The dark reality behind chocolate

Which two countries together supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa beans?

• The Ivory coast

• Ghana

• France

• Egypt

What is chocolate made from?

• Cocoa beans

• Soybeans

• Coffee beans

What are the working conditions of the children working on the illegal cocoa plantations?

• They use machetes to strike the cocoa pods

• They drag 100 pounds worth of cocoa beans through the forest

• Exposed to toxic chemicals

• They have lobsters for lunch

What time do children working on the illegal cocoa plantations start work?

• 10 am

• 6 am

• 9 am

• 5 am

What do children working on the cocoa plantations eat?

• Bananas

• Toast

• Corn paste

• Eggs

Approximately how much money does a cocoa farmer in the Ivory coast earn per day?

• 2 dollars

• 100 dollars

• 5 dollars

• 20 dollars

What do the children working in the cocoa plantations open the cacoa pods with?

• Spoon

• Sticks

• Machetes

• Swords

How do children end up working on the cocoa farms?

• To support their family

• Traffickers trick them by saying the job pays well

• Some are sold to traffickers or farm owners by their own relatives

• Traffickers abduct young children from small villages

• To eat chocolate

How do children end up working on the cocoa farms?

• To support their family

• Traffickers trick them by saying the job pays well

• Some are sold to traffickers or farm owners by their own relatives

• Traffickers abduct young children from small villages

• To eat chocolate

How can we reduce the number of child laborers working on the cocoa farms?

• Raise awareness on the harsh reality behind chocolate production

• Buy chocolate with the fair trade label on its package

• Pressure big chocolate companies to end child labor and farmer poverty

• Support chocolate companies to continue using child labor on the cocoa farms