Why Blame the Chocolate? by Genesis Alvarez

Dear Chocolate Addicts (Chocoholics),                 

If you are having a hard time staying off of chocolate … Then, I think you will stop if you find out of this shocking fact. Well… here goes the truth: Most chocolate you eat is gotten by child labor. Especially if you eat from the brand “Hershey’s”. The issue is that most chocolate companies are using children.

Ok…you might be thinking now that, “what does children and chocolate have to do with this “. Well … a lot. These poor, innocent children have to dry the beans and also take the cocoa beans out of their pods. Here is some proof from the article “Chocolates Child Slaves“: “Children such as Abdul don’t know anything about protocols or certification. All they know is work. When Abduls mother died, a stranger brought him across the border to the farm. Abdul says all he is given is little food and the torn clothes on his back, and an occasional tip from the farmer. Abdul is a modern child slave “. This shows obvious that child labor does exist

Something’s to do to help avoid this for the future is to write to chocolate companies saying that we don’t like chocolate with child labor in them. If enough people send letters they will listen. Also if you really want to help even further then you can do something that is called reverse Trick or Treating. This is giving chocolate (reverse Trick or Treating doesn’t necessarily have to mean chocolate you want to give to other but in this case it is) to other people instead of receiving chocolate.

This whole entire letter that you are reading right now is to help kids that are going through child labor and how we can stop it from happening for the next generation. Sadly kids my same age and younger instead of going to school and getting an education they instead are doing work that they are not supposed to do. That is very sad. I hope you took this letter in your consideration and time and try to do something today to help avoid child labor for the next generations.