As we mentioned earlier, the International Labor Rights Fund held a contest for students over the Easter | Passover holiday to speak out against child labor in the cocoa industry through essays and art.
The winners received a fairly
traded youth soccer ball.
Congratulations to the winning students, and thank you to everyone who entered!
First prize: Third to Fifth Grade
Be Concerned by Naomi Smith
Runners Up:
- Child Labor in the Chocolate Industry by Elizabeth Marie Pautsch
- Why Buy the Chocolate of Slavery? by Emily Winn
First prize: Sixth to Eighth Grade
Cool to be Cruel? by Olivia Coraggio
Runners Up:
- Save the Kids! by Emanuelle Rodrigues
- No Child Labor! by Marirose Brown
First Prize: High School
Youth and Fair Trade Chocolate by Ethan Miller
Runners Up:
- Equity and Fair Trade by Mariko Powers
- Not So Sweet by Caroline Fay
Art Winners: Pete Kostopanagiotis, Ariel Ore, Juliam Rodriguez, Devin Williams
