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[ [link removed] ]A person cuts open a cocoa bean with a machete.

 

John,

Five year old kids in Ghana are working all day in blistering heat to pick
the cocoa used in M&Ms and Snickers – and chocolate giant Mars made $47
BILLION last year off the back of child labour.

Kids should be learning to read and write, not nearly losing their
fingers cracking open cocoa pods with machetes.

In the past, Mars has batted off claims that it uses child labour by
claiming there isn’t concrete proof. But if we fund the legal team working
on gathering this evidence, we can change that. Will you chip in to stop
Mars using child labour?



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Right now, lawyers are in touch with a whistleblower who for the first
time will be able to identify with 100% certainty which Mars suppliers use
child labour.

Now the legal team needs to travel to Ghana to begin the painstaking task
of gathering evidence. This won’t be easy - they’ll need to visit dozens
of small farms in Ghana’s remote cocoa belt and collect kids’ testimonies.

But with thousands of small donations from this incredible community we
can give the experts the time and money they need to build a watertight
case. And this will give us the best possible chance of winning in court.

This be a game-changer and finally put an end to chocolate billionaires
getting rich off of child labour. Will you chip in to help fund this
critical evidence gathering mission in Ghana?



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Mars boasts that it rescues thousands of kids in Ghana, keeping them in
school and off cocoa plantations. It even hands out backpacks and pencils
to kids on the farms. But a recent media investigation showed the scheme
is a sham – some of the children listed by Mars as being back at school
were still working in the fields.

Mars has denied and deflected accusations of child labour in their supply
chain time and again. The only way to win this is to present this
shameless company with irrefutable proof – and with enough donations we
can make sure that the legal team is able to do just that.

Mars is owned by the third richest family in America – it has deep pockets
when it comes to defending itself in court and in the media. But we have
this brave community of millions and we are determined to hold Mars to
account.

We’ve stood up to massive corporate giants like McDonalds and Pepsi, and
forced them to adopt more sustainable palm oil practices, saving
rainforest and protecting wildlife. Now let’s help these lawyers and brave
children take on Mars and help these kids get their childhood back.



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Vicky and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana:
CBS News investigation. CBS News 29 November 2023
[ [link removed] ]Leading candy manufacturer Mars Inc. accused of using child labor in
CBS investigation. USA Today 01 December 2023

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for people and the planet.

 

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