REE-RANGE FIGS pour meat readly free? revealed We test BBQs, party lights and mozzic cepeltents Abid pixelated!INNOGENT . “HILDREN BEH|NIO a 2 or él ‘niovingitNow :CoA Pe ery There is nothing like chocolate. When it ‘comes to the hedonistic appeal of chooolate, the taste, the texture, aroma and packing are unsurpassable. According to World Vision (2012);he average Australian will eat up to six kilograms of chocolate per year, not surprisingly the Australian chocolaté industry is worth $2.5 billion pairs: ram ranks ninth in global chocolate consumption per person beating the USA, Japan and Brazil. Although, you might be surprised but every time you take a bite of that delicious chocolaty sweetness, you have the hai of a child slave to thank (Icke, 201. may be unthinkable, but chocolate does have a dark side, What is Child Labour? Child labour is any kind of work that deprives a child of their childhood, their potential and dignity, and that is harmful to their physical and mental development. It may include work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and destructive to children; that interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; causes them to leave school prematurely or requires them to attempt to combine schoo! attendance with Seceasieioxe and heaw work, Well explained ae ay cee Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean, which grows predominantly in the tropical climates of West Africa and Latin America Approximately 70%-75% of the world’s cacao port Adil within thistegion (CNN, 2012) Gregory (2012) asserts that scattered throughout both these locations are an estimated 200,000 children between the ages of 11 - 15, in some cases younger. He argues that they are forced to do hard manual labour, usually working up to 80 - 100 hours per week and receiving absolutely no income whatsoever. This in turn has a detrimental impact on their wellbeing Cacao beans are sold for very little, thus requiring low labour costs which in turn drives farmers to employ children as a means to survive and profit frori cacao bean harvesting and selling Whilst this is positive for the farmers, as they are able to meet production cost and make profit, this has a sigan feat onthe children’s wellbeing"’In 2012 a study was conducted for the US Department of Intefnational Slavery which states that there are an estimated 200,000 children currently working in the cocoa industry, claiming that this is one of the ‘worst forms of child labour."