Who are these children and how old are they?
These children in West Africa are surrounded by intense poverty and begin working at a young age to contribute to their family. Some of the children end up on cocoa farms because they need work and they are told that they will get a good pay. Other child are "sold" by their family to traffickers and farm owners, it is also known for traffickers to abduct young boys from villages.
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Most of
the children are between the ages of 12-16, but children as young as 7 have been
filmed working on the farms. Some only stay for a few months, while others
end up working on the cocoa farms through adulthood. According to the
International Labour Rights Forum, 60% of children that are forced to do labour
on the cocoa farms are younger than 14.
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