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A tripartite partnership involving Hershey, the National Committee for Monitoring Actions to Combat Child Labor, chaired by Côte d’Ivoire’s First Lady, Dominique Ouattara, and the International Cocoa Initiative Foundation led the school project.

The schools are part of a larger effort to enhance educational infrastructure in regions known for cocoa farming, an industry where child labour has been a concern, according to Hershey.

Hershey’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, James Turoff, said the company had regarded education as important for over 130 years of its existence.

Turoff said, “Supporting children’s education is fundamental to our work in cocoa-producing communities. Through this effort, we hope to provide better access to quality education and help generations of children thrive.”

Hershey noted that one of the schools was named ‘Gly 3 Dominique Ouattara’, after Côte d’Ivoire’s First Lady, Ouattara, in recognition of her dedication to children’s rights.

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