I just read about some chocolates that use children slave labour. / myLot

Chile

December 7, 2016 12:05pm CST

They are: Hershey Mars Nestle ADM Cocoa Godiva Fowler´s Chococolate Kraft. WE love chocolate. But let´s consider, when we pick up one of our favorite chocolates, to only eat those that are NOT using children to labour for our happiness. Chidren should make us happy with their smiles, not with our cries.

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Saurabh

@saurabhrmp (2283)

• Hyderabad, India

7 Dec 16

yes, i completely agree with you. we should stop promoting child labour. this can be done by avoiding those items which uses child labour.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Dec 16

I completly agree. THere are many countries (besides what I am talking about in this post) that use child labour because, for instance, they have small fingers or better eyes or small bodies.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

8 Dec 16

@saurabhrmp There are many reasons why child labour is used. At the beginining of the XX century, my father in law got paid at 7 years of age to get inside big tubes that were used to build a railway. His family needed the money: he was an orphan in charge of his grandmother.

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Saurabh

@saurabhrmp (2283)

• Hyderabad, India

8 Dec 16

@marguicha , i think they will get cheap labour as a form of child. thats why they use child labour.

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Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

7 Dec 16

S\S;eIt seeems that every company cthat I buy chocolates from does t hat so s and awfull

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Dec 16

It os awful and the article sounds true. In is done in Africa.

Marlina

@marlina (154103)

• Canada

7 Dec 16

Found this website about this.

Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry | Food Empowerment Project

www.foodispower.org

Site Search: Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean, which grows primarily in the tropical climates of Western Africa, Asia, and Latin America.[1] The cacao bean is more commonly referred to as cocoa, so that is the term that will be used throughout this

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

7 Dec 16

Thank you for the link.