Reverse Trick-or-Treating sounds, well, a little tricky, but really it’s an amazing campaign to help stop all sorts of social and economical ills around the world, as well as encourage kids and adults to learn about the issues now.

The Reverse Trick-or-Treating campaign launched three years ago by Global Exchange in order to create awareness of the pervasive problem of child labor, forced labor and trafficking in the cocoa fields. It also serves to empower consumers to advocate for more fair cocoa sourcing policies. Fair Trade standards matter to people all over the world – when you support Fair Trade …read more

Your own children can help spread the word against abusive child labor in the cocoa industry. It’s a very real problem.
Interpol recently rescued 54 children from slavery in cocoa fields in Cote d’Ivoire. The kids, as young as 11, worked for 12 hours a day in hazardous conditions.

To speak out against problems in the cocoa industry, witches, ghosts and Harry Potters will distribute Fair Trade certified chocolate this year by reverse trick-or-treating, a project started three years ago. When kids receive their Halloween treats, they hand back a Fair Trade treat. The free Fair Trade chocolate kits include Fair Trade …read more