The Future of Cocoa Farming Communities Starts With Access to Education
The Future of Cocoa Farming Communities Starts With Access to Education
Since our founding 130 years ago, Hershey has continued work to expand the education system in cocoa-farming communities in West Africa.
自成立130年以來,好時公司一直致力於拓展非洲西部可可種植社區的教育體系。
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 20, 2024 / Hershey
馬薩諸塞州諾思安普頓/ACCESSWIRE/2024年8月20日/好時公司
By Tim McCoy, Director, Cocoa Partnerships
由董事、可可合作伙伴關係主任Tim McCoy撰寫
Key Takeaways:
重點摘要:
Supporting children's education has been a central part of Hershey's mission since our founding more than 130 years ago. Today, we're continuing this work by helping expand the education system in cocoa-farming communities in West Africa.
We've teamed up with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire and are funding the construction of 12 new schools, including a new school in Ozékro, a small village of farmers in Côte d'Ivoire's western cocoa-growing region.
In addition to school construction, we are working to train teachers, establish remedial education programs and improve literacy and numeracy for 5 million primary school children through the Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF).
支持兒童教育是我們好時公司自成立以來的核心使命。今天,我們正通過幫助擴展非洲西部可可種植社區的教育體系,繼續這項工作。
我們已經與科特迪瓦政府團結一致,資助了包括位於西部可可種植區域的農民小村莊Ozekro在內的12座新學校的建設。
除了學校建設,我們還致力於培訓教師、建立補習教育項目,並通過兒童學習教育設施 (CLEF),爲500萬小學生提高識字和算數能力。
Growing up in rural Appalachia, I knew that education was key to a brighter future. The importance of education is deeply engrained in my family going back to my great-great grandfather, who taught primary school both before and after his service in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and my grandfather, who taught vocational agriculture to American GIs after their service during World War II. This makes me especially proud to work for The Hershey Company, where supporting children has been part of the company's DNA since our founding more than 130 years ago. We want all children to have bright futures, and that extends to the communities in our cocoa supply chain.
成長於阿巴拉契亞山區的我知道,教育對於更美好的未來至關重要。教育的重要性在我的家族血脈中根深蒂固,包括我曾曾祖父在內的我家族的祖先們,在美國內戰期間和二戰後曾擔任過小學和職業農業教師。這讓我對在好時公司工作感到特別自豪,因爲支持兒童教育自我們成立以來便是公司的DNA。我們希望所有的孩子都有一個美好的未來,這也延伸到我們的可可供應鏈所在社區。
Milton Hershey may have given us America's most iconic chocolate bar, but one of our founder's most compelling contributions is Milton Hershey School (MHS). Founded by Milton and his wife Catherine, they built the school with the intention of providing youth with a productive and fulfilling life. Prior to his death, Milton Hershey left the entirety of his fortune with the school to ensure its continued success.
儘管Milton Hershey創造了美國最具標誌性的巧克力棒,但他最具吸引力的貢獻之一是Milton Hershey學校 (MHS)。紀念Milton和他的妻子Catherine,他們建立了這所學校,旨在爲年輕人提供有意義的和充實的生活。在他去世之前,Milton Hershey將自己全部的財富留給了學校,以確保它的持續成功。
We've continued to carry on this commitment to education today. In addition to our work with youth in the U.S., we're investing in widescale educational infrastructure in West Africa, where much of the world's cocoa is grown, to support children who lack sufficient access to quality education. Our hope is that having greater school access can help set generations of children on a path to fulfilling and productive lives.
除了我們在美國與青年做的工作,我們還在投資非常依賴可可種植的非洲西部進行大規模的教育基礎設施建設,以支持那些缺乏獲得高質量教育機會的孩子們。我們希望更多的孩子能夠獲得更好的教育,以實現他們的夢想並有一個更有成效的未來。
We engage with leading children's rights experts to enhance our work and apply what we've learned from years of investing in cocoa-farming communities to achieve greater impact. We're active partners with the Child Learning and Education Facility. (CLEF), a public-private coalition to improve access to quality education for children in cocoa-producing areas of Côte d'Ivoire. In CLEF, we are partnering with the Jacobs Foundation, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Education and Literacy, and 14 other chocolate producers and cocoa suppliers to build 2,500 new classrooms, train teachers, establish remedial education programs and improve literacy and numeracy for 5 million primary school children.
我們也與領先的兒童權利專家合作,以提升我們的工作水平,並借鑑多年來在可可種植社區的投資經驗,實現更大的影響。我們積極與公私合作聯盟兒童學習教育設施 (CLEF) 合作,旨在改善科特迪瓦可可種植區兒童獲得高質量教育的機會。在CLEF的合作伙伴中,我們與雅各布基金會、科特迪瓦教育和識字部、14家巧克力生產商和可可供應商攜手合作,建造2500間新教室、培訓教師、建立輔導教育項目,並提高500萬小學生的識字和算數能力。
Last year, Hershey signed an agreement with Côte d'Ivoire's National Oversight Committee for Actions to Fight Child Labor, Trafficking and Exploitation (CNS) and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to fund construction of 12 primary schools (72 classrooms) in cocoa-producing communities that currently lack school infrastructure. In 2023, we built three new schools in Côte d'Ivoire and nine more will be completed by the end of 2025.
去年,好時簽署了協議,與科特迪瓦打擊兒童勞動、販賣和剝削國家監察委員會 (CNS) 和國際可可倡議計劃 (ICI) 合作,在目前缺乏學校基礎設施的可可種植社區資助了12所小學(72間教室)的建設。2023年,我們在科特迪瓦建造了三所新學校,另外九所學校將於2025年底前竣工。
Many rural cocoa-growing communities lack the financial resources to develop a school system that can serve all the children in the area. Lack of educational infrastructure is often caused by factors like distance between households and challenges in recruiting and housing teachers. In Ozékro, a cocoa-growing community located in western Côte d'Ivoire, the new public primary school is already allowing families to benefit from the project. In a community of fewer than 1,000 people, nearly 200 households have been impacted by having a new school within traveling distance, removing a barrier to education for many. Watch the video above to hear from community members how the new school has made a difference for their families.
許多農村可可種植社區缺乏財力來發展一個可以爲該地區所有孩子服務的學校體系。教育基礎設施的缺乏往往是由住戶之間的距離以及招募和住宿教師的挑戰等因素引起的。在科特迪瓦西部的可可種植社區Ozekro,新公立小學已經讓許多家庭受益。在不到1000人的社區中,近200個家庭受到了新學校的影響,通過有了靠近旅遊距離的新學校,消除了許多孩子受教育的障礙。看上面的視頻,聽聽社區成員如何講述新學校如何改變他們的家庭生活。
Our efforts are aimed toward helping children receive a quality education to achieve their full potential and that high-quality school infrastructure is key to creating a safe and protective environment where children can learn. Research also shows that communities with better access to education have fewer children working to support their families' farms, a key issue in many cocoa-growing regions.
我們的努力旨在幫助兒童獲得優質的教育,實現他們的全部潛能,而優質的學校基礎設施是創造一個安全和保護的環境,讓兒童學習的關鍵。研究還表明,更好地獲得教育機會的社區少了許多爲了支持家庭農場而從事勞動力工作的兒童,這是許多可可種植區域面臨的關鍵問題。
We also know education is about more than just classrooms. Our projects extend to the construction of canteens, upgraded water wells, and latrines. Central to any education system are devoted teachers, so we're working with our partners to train educators and, where appropriate, build teacher lodgings. We're providing school supplies in line with the government's national child labor action plans, and helping children obtain birth certificates that are necessary to enroll in school.
我們也知道,教育不僅僅是指課堂教育。我們的項目還包括食堂、升級的水井和廁所的建設。對於任何教育體系來說,投入的教師都是核心,因此我們正在與我們的合作伙伴一起培訓教育工作者,並在適當的時候建造教師住房。我們根據政府的全國兒童勞動行動計劃提供學校用品,並幫助兒童獲得入學所需的出生證明。
Aligned with the objectives of Côte d'Ivoire's National Strategy for Sustainable Cocoa and Hershey's Income Accelerator program, these investments reflect a shared commitment to ensuring a better and more sustainable cocoa supply chain.
這些投資與科特迪瓦可可可持續國家戰略和好時公司收入加速器計劃的目標一致,反映了共同致力於確保更可持續的可可供應鏈的承諾。
Hershey has an important role to play in a sustainable supply chain and the livelihoods of cocoa farming families. It takes an environment of supportive practices and broad cooperation. No single company can do this alone, so we remain committed to collaborating to tackle the complex issues facing the industry. By working with our partners to eliminate barriers to school attendance, we are making strides to set cocoa-growing communities up for success for generations to come.
好時公司在可可種植家庭和可可種植社區的可持續供應鏈和生計方面發揮着重要作用。這需要支持性的環境和廣泛的合作。沒有任何單一的公司可以獨立實現這一任務,因此我們仍然致力於通過合作解決行業面臨的複雜問題。通過與我們的合作伙伴消除學校出勤的障礙,我們正在努力爲可可種植的社區創造成功的未來。
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