I have deifneitly learned al ot about the conditions of fafrmes and about the negtaive affects of cocoa farmign and about how and where the cocoa is made!

Question one- Do you feel cocoa is good for the Ivory Coast?

I think that cocoa is bad for the ivory coast. I feel like it is bad because children are forced to work in harsh climates, kidnapped/abducted from their families and get barely any education. From the Newsela Article “Cargill tries to improve conditions at West Africa’s cocoa farms” “Then there’s work that could harm children’s health and safety, such as spraying pesticides or wielding machetes.” This quote is showing that they are working in terrible fields that no one should be working in let alone children. They could get hurt or slowing damage the rest of their bodys with the pesticide without proper care of working on so. Another piece of text evidence is that they are kidnapped or abducted from their own homes. In the same newsela article “Cargill tries to improve conditions at West Africa’s cocoa farms”, “or worse, abducted and made to work without pay — have dogged the cocoa industry for more than a decade.” This quote is also showing that they are being forced to work, with no sy in the matter not even their parents can help what could happen. They get no pay so they are forced to live off of what the place provides them, as for their family get nothing from it os they live without a child and without some of the pay from what the child is working from. The farms have dogged so many reports by now that since so, no one can or have done anything for those kids is these types of farms.

Question 2-What human rights are being violated by the cocoa industry and how are they violating them?

Well for example, the first one that I can think of is unfair detainment. I don't really have text evidence for it but have a good reasoning. The human right is putting the people who run these farms and want to work at no risk. No form example the kids working in these farms, have a different story. They can/are abducted from their family and treated like a slave. They are brutally punished by little food and water. The basic needs to survive. Another option that I do not have evidence for is slavery. I feel like these two are very ovis for example reasons, but can’t find a good text evidence for it. It is in Slavery by pulling them from family and getting no pay for the matter that they worked in. 

Question 3- How do you think the negative issues with cocoa farming should be addressed?

I think the negative issues should be addressed with the fact that all of the problem they are making. Also, then what is happening to the larger factories and how it can lead to their own pay. Like in the article, “The numbers behind chocolate labor” (National Geographic) I had found a graph. I would, If i could be apart of this situation, go up to one of the largest frame that produces the cocoa and sgho them (this graph). The graph is showing that the do two parts of the process, as for all of the other countries do the rest, not those other countries get more pay than they do. Without you (Cocoa Farmer) We wouldn’t have chocolate. Then I would show them one of the articles about these kids and their working conditions, like this one from Newsela “Cargill tries to improve conditions at West Africa’s cocoa farms” “'Stop child labor on cocoa plantations or the world may stop buying your cocoa.' This means that your farms could go out of business because we all know that you are using child labor. We don’t support it as for we could easily reveal to the world what is happening. No one will buy the cocoa as for you would be responsible for putting out all of the other major collate business. You would get hurt as for all of the other people knowing about this will hate you and your country. Therefore, you should stop using these poor, poor children, and start with paying them and following the human rights as well. They might be kids, but they still have a life t olive and expersine without being harmed on your cocoa farm.

Question 4- What did you find or interesting from what you read about the cocoa industry?

I thought that how and why they use the kids for child labor. For example in the article “Is chocolate fair to eat?” “The reason is money. Extremely poor countries send children to work in other countries where cocoa beans grow. In exchange their government is paid.” This means that they are taking these kids because of how their money situation is working so they need more product,so they use kids to get all of that money.

Question 5- What questions do you have about the cocoa industry?

Why DO they still use children?

Do they really see the problem in using kids as workers?

Why do they take they kids and them give NO pay!?!?!

Question 6- What have you learned about this topic or from the work you did in this mini-Unit?

I have learned that this topic is such a horrible thing. These people are getting all of their human right violated, they are getting hurt and are working under bad conditions.they get no pay, their education is limited as well as they are kept in horrible climates.

I feel like people should try to steer clear of the cocoa industry so we can focus on other jobs for the people of the Ivory Coast that are safer and are able to contribute to their wellbeing. One of the things that the constitution says is that we are all free and equal. Nobody should be kidnapped or sold to anybody for the profit of cocoa. In fact, you could land yourself in prison for that if you are caught. 

#1: “We should all be treated in the same way.” Some of these children are tricked into going to work on cocoa farms and they are typically neglected. 

           #4: ”No slavery.”  Children are being stolen and kidnapped against their own will and against their parents permission. 

          #26: “The right to an education” Some children are unable to get an education because they don’t have the time to go to school and learn and they won't make enough money if they go to school.”

I think that people should be given the option as to whether or not they want to go and work in the cocoa industry or move somewhere else and start a better life. People shouldn’t just be promised something like money when in reality they aren’t going to get it. These workers make less than $2 a day. 

I was very surprised to find that this the people involved with the farming dont just move away and find a different job

I’ve learned a lot in this unit but this most important thing I’ve learned is that there are a lot of problems in this world (cocoa farming being one of them) and people need to start fixing them. It’s not ok to let people suffer for the benefit of others.