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USA: Hershey to invest $10 million in West Africa to reduce child labor – Washington Post

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Posted February 1, 2012

In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Cocoa + Chocolate Production, Corporate Social Responsibility, U.S. News

Hershey to invest $10 million in West Africa to reduce child labor, improve …
Washington Post
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — The Hershey Company says it will invest $10 million in West Africa to reduce child labor and improve the cocoa supply, mostly in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Spokesman Andy McCormick says the measure will bring higher productivity for …
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