Illegal child labour is being used to supply cocoa beans to Cadbury – Britain’s favourite chocolate brand.

#Dispatches has been undercover in Ghana where children as young as 10 have been working gruelling hours to supply cocoa beans to Cadbury.
“Did it hurt?”

Young children bear scars from the dangerous work they do using sharp knives and machetes on coca farms linked to Cadbury. Other children are seen struggling with heavy loads, long hours and dangerous tools.
“I suffer a lot when I am farming.”

Some of the children working here have been sent by their families to live and work on the farms, stopping them from going to school.
The low price Cadbury pays for its cocoa beans means farmers are often forced to employ children.

From a typical £1 chocolate bar, just 11p goes to the farmer.
Using information on Mondelez’ ‘Cocoa Life’ website, #Dispatches tracked down several farms that supply beans to the food giant.

On these farms we saw children working to harvest the cocoa pods.
Mondelez insists that “no amount of child labour in the cocoa supply chain should be acceptable,” and promises to improve the lives of cocoa farmers and their communities.
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