Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar | Agriculture

Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar | Agriculture

ByNews Polite

Aboude, Ivory Coast – It’s 11am in Aboude, a village in southern Ivory Coast, and Magne Akoua has already been working on his cacao farm for several hours. The 65-year-old moves slowly and methodically from one tree to the next, scrupulously shunning the scorching sun. “We have to check on…

‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights

‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights

ByNews Polite

Varanasi, India – “Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,” says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000 mallah, the boatmen whose lives are deeply intertwined with the Ganges – a river considered sacred in India and which they hold in profound reverence….