Sahara
"Households in cocoa growing areas face the realities of rural poverty, and parents may put their children to work, and keep them out of school, to reduce labor costs on the family farms. But this can, in turn, deprive their children of the chance to develop and advance themselves, and so entrenches the household’s impoverishment for subsequent generations. Our experience shows that most of the children who work on cocoa farms do so within their family structure. However, this does not mean they are not exposed to hazards, and, beyond these situations, illegal and exploitative practices do also exist. Specifically, when children, even with their consent, are taken from their families to be exploited in cocoa farming this constitutes human trafficking.
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