Black Lives Matter (the most when they can be exploited to promote socialism where it's most profitable)

''Quick Cocoa Facts:

5 to 6 million cocoa farmers world wide

40 to 50 million people depend on cocoa for their livelihood

Percentage of cocoa that comes from West Africa: 70 percent.

Cocoa growing regions: Africa, Asia, Central America, South America (all within 20 degrees of the equator).

Current global market value of annual crop: 5.1 billion dollars.

Estimated 1.8 million children are at risk for falling under the Worst forms of Child Labor conditions set by the UN (ILO 182).

There are over 27 million slaves in the world today. Of them over 9 million are children.

Children are being trafficked in everyday to work on cocoa farms as slaves. The average cost for a child is $250.

The candy companies admitted that they knew this was a problem and promised to fix it. But they didn't.

Between 2000 and 2004 the number of slaves worldwide decreased worldwide by 11% while during the same period the number of people used as slaves in Africa increased by 49%.

Candy companiesincluding but not limited to Nestlé, Hershey, Cargill, ADM, and Barry Callebouthave admitted accountability and promised to remedy this situation. Sadly, 17 years has passed since this agreement and little has changed.

The candy industry is a US 70-billion-dollar industry.

Cocoa farming reportedly relies on more than 5 million child laborers.''

''There are really only about 6 companies that purchase the 60% of cocoa tied to child labor and slavery and Nestlè, as well as Hershey, are right there. They all say that they are doing their part in ensuring that their cocoa is traceable. If that were the case then the numbers (of children at risk) by the US Dept. of Labor would be going down and not up.

These farmers that are at the end of the supply line about 800,000 of them have tiny plots of land (about 4 hectares). They are deep in the bush where there is no electricity, schools or access to medical care. They don' thave cars either. They harvest their beans and put them on a road and a middle man hands them some cash. They make about .50 cents a day which is 2/3 below the poverty line. If they don't have enough of their own children, they may resort to buying some, under a tree in a makeshift auction.''

http://www.slavefreechocolate.org/