Title: Nestle 'to act over child labour in cocoa industry

By: BBC

Published: November 28, 2011 Accessed: November 28 2011

One of the largest firms for producing chocolate is Nestle. Nestle wants to stop child labor from taking place in cocoa farms. Nestle wants to work with Fair Labor Association in order to get rid of this problem. The FLA is going to send a team of examiners to see where most of Nestle's cocoa comes from and where it goes. Nestle says that they cannot get rid of the problem just by themselves, they need help. A recent study by the University of Tulane said that more than 1.8 million children are involved in the growing of cocoa in West Africa. Some of the children are sent by their own parents. Some have not seen their family for three or more years. In order to get rid of child labor, schools, hospitals and anything that will help the progress will be built.

Children all over the world are forced to work, when instead they should be studying. I think that Nestle though a little too late, are still trying to make an effort at stopping child labor, which is fantastic. Children should not be made to do work, but instead be able to play around and enjoy the childhood they deserve. They should be going to school and learning, instead of having a work hours. Around the Ivory Coast where these children are made to work, schools should be built. This way the children can get educated and have a better future. Families should not force their children to work, because no matter what the children need to know what childhood can be like. If the families are having financial problem then maybe Nestle can give jobs to the parents, and raise salaries of the parents. This way the parents can afford to send their kids to school, and still be able to live a comfortable life.

Vocab

Machetes

found children using machetes to hack open cocoa pods to extract the beans.

a large heavy knife use to cut sugar cane or as a weapon first used 1575

The young girl was holding a machete, it looked as though she was about to kill someone.

Obligation

moral obligation" on chocolate companies to help rebuild the country ravaged by years of civil war.

a debt of gratitude, something one is bound to do . First used 14 century

She had the moral obligation to hand in her homework on time.

Commissioned

a report commissioned by the Us government found that the chocolate industry's funding since 2001 had "not been sufficient" and it needed to do more.

To appoint or assign to a task . Circa 1661

The head of school was commissioned to punish the students that were caught cheating in an exam.