A little while ago Steven Chalke spokesperson for stop the traffik was on ABC's Sunday nights with John Cleary. He was talking about the current levels of human trafficking in the world today which are 2-4 million men, women and children every year. The good news is that there are things that we can do about it. Nearly half the world's chocolate is made from cocoa grown in the Cote D'Ivoire, in Africa and nearly 12,000 children have been trafficked into cocoa farms in Cote D'Ivoire. When we buy chocolate we are being forced to be oppressors ourselves as we have no guarantee that the chocolate we eat is 'traffic free'. The good news is that chocolate is not a necessity (I know that is a shock to some) and that there are fair trade alternatives and the stop the traffik website has a List of Australian fair trade chocolate. Essentially you're going to be looking for the fair trade logo.
Pretty easy really.
Pretty easy really.
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