Child Slavery in the cocoa bean industry

When you get your bar of chocolate from the shop do you ever think where the cocoa beans used to make your chocolate come from? Have you ever thought when you're eating it, about the children that had to pick the cocoa beans? Have you ever realised that they get beaten most of there lives just for you to eat a simple bar of chocolate? Would you want to get beaten just because some person thinks that you're not doing the job probably.

Well its true! There are children that get beaten because their bosses say that they are not picking enough cocoa beans even if the poor little kid had picked about a million a day. I think this is horrible and children shouldn't be treated this way ever! Thankfully there are people that stop child labour in the cocoa bean industry but its still not enough we all need to help.

Firstly, I think that its awful how people think they can treat kids the way they do. The way they treat them, beat them and care for them worse then you would treat a rat and that only happens to the luckily ones who live on bananas and cornpaste. The unluckily ones are whipped and beaten like horses to harvest cocoa beans that are made into chocolate treats for more luckily children in Europe and America. Would you like to be treated this way?

Thank goodness for companies such as Fair Trade, Save the children, Trade Aid, World Vision and many more around the world who help stop child labour in the cocoa bean industry. These organisation them fair deals so that they can earn more than they use to such as only 50c a week. Fair Trade has gone worldwide and is getting bigger. Have you heard of the 12 year old boy who started up Save the children and took his idea worldwide. He believed he could do it and reached his goal.

You might ask your self "How can I help? How can I make a difference?" You can by buying Fair Trade products at a supermarket. You can help ensure that the growers and pickers will get the money they need to survive off.

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