On Thursday, the charity International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), signed an agreement along with the government to build schools in the Ivory Coast in an effort to reduce child labor. The agreement also included plans to better protect and support victims of child labor. Cocoa plantations are large culprits of child labor. In 2011, $22 million was put toward a plan to reduce child labor in the industry by 70% by 2020. It is estimated that as many as one million children are employed by cocoa plantations in the Ivory Coast.
See "Boost Education to Cut Child Labor on Ivory Coast Cocoa Farms: Charity", New York Times, April 29, 2016