Thursday, October 05, 2006

This makes me sad

PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: IT'S SCARY -- HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE MADE WITH FORCED CHILD LABORThe scariest thing about Halloween this year won't be the costumes... it's the chocolate. Almost half of the world's cocoa is being produced on West African plantations where, according to the UN's International Labor Organization, 284,000 child laborers "are either involved in hazardous work, unprotected, or have been trafficked." Say no to the chocolate industry's ghoulish links to child slavery by buying Fair Trade and organic chocolate.* Help educate people about this important issue by sending a letter to the editor of your local newspaper here: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/oca/pickMedia.jsp?letter_KEY=576* Host a slavery-free Halloween house party to distribute trick-or-treat sized Fair Trade chocolate minis to your friends and neighbors. Fair Trade trick-or-treat kits: http://store.gxonlinestore.org/trickortreatkit.html* Order Fair Trade chocolate minis for your Halloween party or trick-or-treaters: http://equalexchange.stores.yahoo.net/organiccocoa.html* Help us publicize the slavery-free Halloween campaign by letting us know about your house party. Contact: alexis@organicconsumers.orgWe rely on your donations to continue our work on these important issues!Donate Now!http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.htm

1 comment:

rubyiscoming said...

that is FRIGHTENING! keep bloggin' sistah :)