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Name:_______________________

Fair Trade

ChocolateActivity Book


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Do you like chocolate?

Whats your favorite kind?

(Write or Draw it Here)

Do you know what chocolate is made of?

Make your best guess!

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Lets Find Out!

Chocolate always has cocoaand cocoa butter. It usuallyhas sugar and sometimes milk, too.

This drawing shows how much of

these are in a chocolate bar.

Cocoa and cocoa buttercome from cocoa beans.

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SUGAR

Milk

CORN OIL

45%

25%

Cocoa

25%5%

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Cocoa beans grow on trees,

inside pods that are as big as

footballs!

Cocoa

grows in

rainforeststhat are

warm and

wet.It is too cold to grow cocoain the United States. Cocoapodsmight want a scarf to staywarm here!

Lets Find Out!

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Can you name some places where cocoamight grow?

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Do you know where these countries are?

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Do you think you could walk to them?

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It grows incountriesin LatinAmerica like:

Lets fnd them on a map!

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You could walk to

Latin Americabut it would take a

really really long time!You would probably

want to take a planeor a boat or

a car.

Find Nicaragua, Belize

and Ecuador on the

map of Latin America.

When you nd each of these places, writetheir names on the map or color each one a

different color so you will remember where

they are.

Belize Ecuador Nicaragua

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Africa andSoutheast Asiaare all the way across

the ocean. You wouldhave to take a long

ride on a plane or

boat to get there.

Cocoa from Africaand Southeast Asiacomes to the United

States on big boats.

Find Ghana and Cameroon

and the Ivory Coast on the

map of Africa

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It grows incountries inArica like:

Lets fnd them on a map!When you nd each of these places, writetheir names on the map or color each one a

different color so you will remember where

they are.

Ghana Cameroon The Ivory Coast

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Find Indonesia on the

map of Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia

Every time you eat chocolate,you are sharing a yummygift from hard workingcocoa farmers that live inthese faraway places. Chocolatebrings the world together!

Draw a picture of yourself

sharing some chocolate with

a cocoa farmer.

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When you nd each of these places, writetheir names on the map or color each one a

different color so you will remember wherethey are.

Indonesia

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Most cocoa farmers have nevereven eaten chocolate! Theyare too poor to buy or makechocolate bars. They cannot evenpay for things they need, like foodand clothes and trips to the doctor.

Cocoa farmers arepoor because theydo not get paid verymuch for their cocoa.

Cocoa farmers get 25 to 50for each pound of cocoa beansthey sell. This is not even enoughto pay for the cost of growingcocoa.

What could you buy with 25?__________________________

Could you buy lunch?

__________________________Could you go to the doctor?__________________________Could you even buy a chocolate bar?__________________________

Circle some coins to make 25.

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This is not even

enough to pay for thecost of growing cocoa.


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Farmers do not get paid much for theircocoa beans because they do not have anysay in what the price should be. They just getwhat companies want to pay them.

This is why farmers stay poor.

Do you think that is right?_____________________________________How do you feel about that?_____________________________________

On some farms, these workers are children,just like you. They do not get to go to school,

or play. They have to work very hard oncocoa farms all day because their parents are

too poor to afford to send their children toschool and hire people to work on the farm.

Some farmers are so poor they do not evenhave the money to pay their workers. These

workers are slaves. They are often children,brought from other countries to work far

away from their homes and families. They dovery dangerous work. They get yelled at

and are treated badly.

These boys were rescued but

others are still working as slaves

on cocoa farms.

How do you think they feel?_____________________________________How would you feel if you were them?_____________________________________

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Some farmers havealso cut down the

rainforest to growmore cocoa to sell.

This has taken homes

from birds andother animals that

need the rainforest.

Some of these farmers also use chemicalsto keep away bugs and diseases. These

chemicals make the water and air dirty.

Many of the people and animals who

breathe the dirty air and drink the dirtywater get very sick.

Fortunately, people are trying to x these

problems.

Some chocolate companies in the UnitedStates are trying to end child slavery on

cocoa farms.

They are also helping farmers grow cocoain ways that are good for the earth.

These are very good things for companiesto do!

But, these companies still have notagreed to pay farmers enough for theircocoa.

This means that many children will stillhave to work hard so their families willhave enough money to buy food andclothes and go to the doctor.

How does this make you feel?______________________________________Do you think farmers should get moremoney for their cocoa?______________________________________

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A lot o people think that armers

should get more money. People like this

set up something called the Fair Trade

system.

The Fair Trade systemgives armers at least

80 or each poundo their cocoa. This

gives armers enough

to buy ood and

clothes, go to the

doctor, and send their

children to school.

Hooray! Circle some

coins to make 80.

The Fair Trade system also makes sure

that armers do not use slaves

or mistreat their workers. This means

that cocoa armers are always sae

and sound.

Children do not have to work on

Fair Trade arms. They can go to

school and play like you. Hooray!

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I older kids want to help out on the

arm when they come home romschool, that is ok. But, they cannot be

made to work all day instead o going

to school. Fair Tradearmers work

together and help each other.

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You can read stories about

some of these farmer groups

on the Internet. See the back

of the book for a list of good

web sites.

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When you nd each of these places, write

their names on the map or color each one a

different color so you will remember wherethey are.

Africa

Latin America

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There are a lot o armers in the Fair Trade

system over 50,000!

(Draw some farmers here)

How many did you draw? _________

Fair Tradechocolate has

special labels

that tell you that the

armers were

paid a air price.

Have you ever eaten Fair Trade chocolate?__________________________

What did it taste like?_______________________________________

Do you think Fair Trade is a good idea?____________________________

Why?___________________________________________________

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Fair Trade chocolate is sold by

only a ew small companies in the

United States. Big companies do

not sell Fair Trade chocolate. Cocoa

armers do not get a air price or

most o the chocolate we eat.

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Cocoa farmers get only onepenny for every chocolate barthat is not Fair Trade!

What do you think you can do to get bigcompanies to sell Fair Trade chocolate?

You can write to your favoritechocolate company!

Tell them that you are sad that cocoa farmers do not getpaid enough and that some even use child slaves. Tell themyou are sad that many children work on cocoa farmsinstead of going to school. Ask them to start selling FairTrade so that these problems will not happen anymore!

Tell your friends and family to writeletters, too! If we all ask companies tosell Fair Trade, they will know howimportant it is and they will do it!

Do you know where to send your letter?

To nd out, look at the wrapper of a chocolate bar.

Edmond Opler,Chairman and CEOWorlds Finest Chocolate4801 S. LawndaleChicago, IL 60632-3062

Dear Mr. Opler,

I am sad that cocoa farmers do not get paid enough to

buy food or go to the doctor. I am also sad that many

children work on cocoa farms instead of going to

school or being able to play like me. I am the most sad

that some

even use child slaves. Please sell Fair Trade chocolate

so that these problems will not happen anymore!

Please write back to let me know when you w ill startto sell Fair Trade Chocolate. Thank you!

Your friend,

Edmond Opler, Chairman and

CEO, Worlds Finest Chocolate

4801 S. Lawndale; Chicago, IL

60632-3062

Here is a sample letter: Here is the address for WorldsFinest Chocolate:

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(Sign your name here)

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After you write to the chocolatecompany, you can do more thingsto help cocoa farmers:

1.Share this book with friends & family. Ask them to buyFair Trade chocolate & cocoa all the time. Ask themto write to chocolate companies, too!

2. If your school or club sells chocolate for a fundraiser,ask the chocolate company to sell Fair Trade. If thechocolate company wont sell Fair Trade, get yourschool or club to switch to a company that does.Global Exchange has a packet to help you at www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ fairtrade/cocoa/FTFundraising-Guide.pdf.

3. Ask your local stores to sell Fair Trade chocolate& cocoa. You can get a list of companies from Global

Exchange.

4. Learn more about Fair Trade farmers and theplacesthey live. See our web site for farmer stories at http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ fairtrade/cocoa/cocoaco-

operatives.html. Also check out the resources in theback of this book to get started.

5.Support other Fair Trade!

Look for Fair Trade bananas and fruits! If your parents

like coffee and tea, they can get Fair Trade in thestore! See Global Exchanges web site for companyand store listings.

You can nd fairly traded clothing, hand-crafts, musicalinstruments, and other cool things from FairTrade Stores

Fair Trade Federationwww.fairtradefederation.orgGlobal Exchange Fair Trade Storeswww.globalexchangestore.org

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Here is how you can contact Global Exchange:


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Here is how you can contact Global Exchange:

Email: [email protected]: www.globalexchange.org/cocoa

They have a Fair Trade chocolate campaignand they can help you out! They would alsolove to hear about your letter to the

chocolate company!

You also can nd a list ofother helpful groups and websites in the back of this book.

Thanks for helping bring Fair

Trade to more farmers like usand our families!

Mariano, Nicaragua

Ovida, Dominican Republic

Manuel, Dominican Republic weekfourAsamoah & Lydis, Ghana

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