As we celebrate the love in our lives today, I beg of you to consider where the chocolate gifts that you buy come from. PLEASE BUY FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE! So much chocolate, especially big corporations like Hershey's, use CHILD LABOR to harvest the cocoa. Why would they do this? - It's simply a matter of money: more money in Hershey's pockets.
I read the article "Valentine's Day activists say chocolate uses child labour, finances Ivory Coast's Gbagbo" from the Winnipeg Free Press (www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/activists-say-valentines-day-chocolate-uses-child-labour-finances-ivory-coasts-gbagbo-116153054.html) and it made me SO angry. I want to know why companies like Hershey's refuse to use certified cocoa. How can the bottom line be so much more important than the future of our children? Yes, OUR children because we are all truly connected and no child deserves to grow up working. They deserve to laugh and play, to learn and be safe. They should never be working their lives away, especially for our luxury. Let us remind ourselves that chocolate is a luxury, NOT a right we have.
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