The Truth About Chocolate by Karen Lara

Dear Candy Lover ,                                                                                                              Imagine a place were there is barely food to eat. A place that is full of cocoa beans which are waiting to be cut down by machetes. Well this is what is happening In the Ivory Coast. How do these kids feel? There is a big problem here.                                                                                What is the role of children? What is their impact on this? The role of children is been as a slave. Welcome to the life of a 7 year old Abdul. According to the article “Child Slavery and Chocolate All easy to find ”Abdul is now 10 years. “He was trafficked from neighboring farms. He can’t leave the farm, can’t go to school, and he isn’t paid. Abdul is been a child slave. The children we spoke to in Ivory Coast weren’t upset. They weren’t chained or locked up. These children know nothing else. They don’t know what freedom is- can’t even imagine it.” This demonstrates that the children don’t know what freedom means so the cocoa farmers are manipulating them.

        Where does the Hershey bar begin it’s life? The Hershey bar starts it’s life by child labor . What could we do raise awareness? We could do this by showing the chocolate factories some videos of child labor and how they have to work really hard.                                                                  Do you think it’s fair for children to be suffering? Why take the freedom of a small kid? Think about it before eating or buying chocolate.                          Sincerely, Karen Lara