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Project Akoma

02/12/2015 | Posted by Chloe aka Aya in Updates| 0 comments

An excellent video by Interpol about Project Akoma carried out around the Ivorian southern western town of San Pedro in June 2015; wonderful to see people we work with who were on the ground carrying out this work. San Pedro is a two day journey from our centre so we weren’t able to assist in this […]

Months of active action

25/06/2015 | Posted by Chloe aka Aya in C.R.E.E.R, Updates| 0 comments

We’ve been a little lax, the website hasn’t been updated for a few months but there are numerous reasons for this. Our Outreach Worker & Administrative Assistant have been incredibly busy on the ground, gaining support from the team in France who in turn have been endeavouring to gain further support and awareness of the […]

And so CNN had to leave …

05/10/2013 | Posted by creercentre in C.R.E.E.R, Updates| 0 comments

But not without a great second day with our team in Cote d’Ivoire took CNN Freedom Project Presenter Richard Quest & team to Divo meeting planters en masse, offering them chocolate which many won’t have tasted before as they don’t have the means to pay for it. Sadly the box the chocolate is in […]

Syndicated: organized crime and human trafficking

28/07/2013 | Posted by creercentre in C.R.E.E.R, Trafficking Facts, Updates| 0 comments

Very interesting piece on human trafficking that could be applied anywhere in the world. Particularly after one of our followers alerted us to this situation with a young Egyptian girl ‘sold’ to a Nigerian Senator http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201307/169804.php

Akwaba Sébastien!

23/07/2013 | Posted by creercentre in C.R.E.E.R, Trafficking Facts, Updates| 0 comments

We are thrilled to welcome Sébastien Jadot to the C.R.E.E.R team, based in Brussels, Belgium; seat of the EU government he has an excellent background to join C.R.E.E.R as a Policy Analyst and on a benevolent level. Sébastien wrote an excellent article on the historical & political background to cocoa farming; highlighting the reasons why […]

STOP PRESS!!!

12/07/2013 | Posted by creercentre in C.R.E.E.R, Trafficking Facts, Updates| 0 comments

We have just been alerted that 200 trafficked chldren were found in transport in Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire heading for cocoa farms the night of 10th/11th July (the night before last) The majority are apparently from neighbouring Burkina Faso; there is also talk that they are part of a convoy of 750 trafficked people but this […]

Why, where, what will C.R.E.E.R be?

10/02/2013 | Posted by creercentre in C.R.E.E.R, Centre Building, Trafficking Facts, Vocational Ideas| 0 comments

C.R.E.E.R = Centre de Reinsertion et d’Education pour les Enfants de la Rue (Centre of Reinsertion & Education for street children) Why? Some children are sold by their families for about US $60, believing that they will have a good life with an employer or promised that they will receive an education. The families often […]