Slavery is a problem in the cocoa industry

"With Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire producing around three quarters of the world’s cocoa, it is believed that hundreds of thousands of children are working illegally in the plantations across these two countries alone."August 2009, Interpol media release. 

• Read about the extent of slavery in the cocoa industry in West Africa
• Read Aly Diabate's story
• Join the Trade Aid slave free chocolate group on Facebook

The question Trade Aid is encouraging chocolate lovers to ask is as simple as this: 

Q: Do you know if there is slavery in your chocolate? No ifs, buts or maybes - YES or NO?

Write, phone or email a chocolate maker using these contacts to find out:

• Cadburys New Zealand
  Phone: 0800 223 2879
  Mail: Cadbury Ltd, Freepost 577, PO Box 890, Dunedin
  email contact
• Whittaker J H & Sons Ltd
  Phone: (04) 237 5021
  Fax: (04) 237 4743
  Mail: Whittaker J H & Sons Ltd, Mohuia Cre Elsdon, Porirua
  email contact 
• Nestle New Zealand Limited
  Phone: 0800 830 840
  Mail: Consumer Services Department, PO Box 1784, Auckland 1015
  email contact
• Richfields
  Phone: 0800 RICHFIELDS
  Fax (03) 365-0869
  Mail: PO Box 11111, Christchurch
  email contact

When you receive a reply from the chocolate makers let us know what they had to say!

• Join the facebook group to post your replies on the discussion board, or email us your replies.