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Help Stop Child Slavery In Africa 2

Target: Nestle USA, Inc.
Sponsor: X X
  • Signatures: 1,407
  • Goal: 5,000
  • Deadline: 1-7-2005
Dear Nestle USA, Inc., We the undersigned feel that your corporation should take measures to ensure that the cacao beans that you purchase are not grown by using child slavery. Please develop means to end this cruel cycle that is hurting countless children.

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Number Date Name Age Gender City State Zip/Postal Code Country Why am I signing this petition?
1,409 3:57 pm PDT, Sep 23 angela hatfield 47 Female Glasgow     United Kingdom because it is disgusting in this day and age that children are being used for slave labour when there is such opulence in this world such as golf courses and ski slopes being built in the desert while children are being given just the basic means too exist, not have a life just an existence. Its time to end it and give them a life.
1,408 7:26 pm PDT, Sep 2 Jessica Main 15 Female Indianapolis Indiana 46227 United States  
1,407 6:28 pm PDT, Aug 23 Jaylan Salman 0 Female Alexandria   99994 Egypt  
1,406 4:22 pm PDT, Aug 9 Anonymous 34 Male birmingham   b92 2af United Kingdom Because I am black, and if people learned about the first round of slavery this might not be happening
1,405 2:48 pm PDT, Aug 8 greta malkotzoglou 32 Female Athens   10440 Greece  
1,404 6:39 am PDT, Aug 8 Roy Lindquist 58 Male 6030 Langevag   6030 Norway Stop using children in the Ivorycoast for cacao harvesting..its a shame
1,403 1:31 pm PDT, Jun 20 Jeanie Buerger 65 Female Newburyport Massachusetts 01950 United States  
1,402 10:06 am PDT, Jun 12 Melissa Geraci 0 Female Buchanan Michigan 49107 United States  
1,401 12:30 pm PDT, May 4 Patricia Nigro 66 Female Deltona Florida 32725 United States  
1,400 7:47 pm PDT, Apr 6 Craig Hall 18 Male Calgary   T4R 3T5 Canada  
1,399 12:42 pm PDT, Apr 4 Deborah Cooper 44 Female Durham   DL16 6HS United Kingdom  
1,398 2:53 am PDT, Mar 30 avril kettle 55 Female Grantham   NG31 8ET United Kingdom  
1,397 6:08 am PDT, Mar 26 Liz Sands 47 Female Nottingham   ng8 5ng United Kingdom  
1,396 10:16 pm PDT, Mar 24 Jaime Cammarata, RD 31 Female Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19145 United States  
1,395 6:15 pm PDT, Mar 24 Anonymous 39 Female Oswego New York 13126 United States Exploiting children is immoral.
1,394 10:56 am PDT, Mar 24 Alex P Bostwick 22 Male Covington Kentucky 41011 United States  
1,393 9:58 pm PDT, Mar 23 William Harper 58 Male Athens Georgia 30601 United States  
1,392 11:45 am PDT, Mar 22 Cher Isbell 34 Female San Antonio Texas 78242 United States  
1,391 11:43 am PDT, Mar 22 Vickie Burchell 43 Female Luttrell Tennessee 37779 United States  
1,390 9:51 am PDT, Mar 22 Dori Maschke 47 Female South Haven Michigan 49090 United States  
1,389 7:06 am PDT, Mar 22 Jaylena Greenfield 95 Female Ashland Ohio 44805 United States  
1,388 6:40 am PDT, Mar 22 Virginia Schwartman 39 Female Norfolk Virginia 23509 United States  
1,387 4:19 am PDT, Mar 22 Art Deco 44 Male Kennebunk Maine 04043 United States  
1,386 11:52 pm PDT, Mar 21 Black Tiger Petersen 69 Female Vancouver   V6R 4H4 Canada Time to let children BE children and allowed to play.
1,385 7:23 pm PDT, Mar 21 JOCELYNE ANNIE 57 Female Saint-augustin De Desmaures-   G3A 1A8 Canada  
1,384 3:42 pm PDT, Mar 21 daniella roozenburg 38 Female Amsterdam   1079ZJ Netherlands  
1,383 9:12 pm PDT, Mar 20 Jenny Vegan 31 Female United States     United States Minor Outlying Islands I am firmly opposed to the brutal practice of slavery.
1,382 6:17 pm PDT, Mar 10 Anonymous 27 Female Bentley Spgs Maryland 21120 United States  
1,381 12:52 am PST, Feb 25 Kat Duval 0 Female Regina   s4r3n4 Canada  
1,380 3:32 pm PST, Feb 14 Isaiah S 16 Male Detroit Michigan 48219 United States I have just recently learned the realities of child labor and child slavery. It is VERY wrong; it should not be going on in Africa, or any other continent, country, or region!
1,379 8:01 pm PST, Feb 12 Anonymous 14 Female Mcminnville Oregon 97128 United States  
1,378 11:33 am PST, Jan 29 Anton Oscar Iorga 25 Male Regina   S4S 4P6 Canada  
1,377 2:40 pm PST, Jan 19 J.P. Wright 0 Male Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308 United States  
1,376 10:36 am PST, Dec 31 Sandra Pavlou 0 Female London   xx United Kingdom It is about time that this serious issue is addressed once and for all. I am disgusted and ashamed by the facts and it must be stopped immediately.
1,375 10:28 am PST, Dec 7 Dimpel Nagin Patel 29 Female Orem Utah 84057 United States For the obvious reason that slavery in any way, shape or form is WRONG!
1,374 1:27 pm PST, Nov 18 Jon Marshall Jr 29 Male Tanner Alabama 35671 United States  
1,372 2:19 pm PDT, Oct 20 Nader Kamal 0 Male Madison Wisconsin 53713 United States  
1,371 1:14 pm PDT, Oct 18 Lee Butt 39 Male Baird Texas 79504 United States This should go without saying, but slavery is WRONG!!
1,370 8:39 pm PDT, Sep 24 gary mckinney 55 Male batavia Ohio 45103 United States I shouldn't have to answer this,,but slavey in my america,,come on,,this is insane,,we need this stopped now..I mean now,, come on now,, it's beyond the realm of greedy bastards,, it's plain and simple,,EVIL.. THANK YOU,,GARY McKINNEY
1,369 5:35 am PDT, Aug 15 Anonymous 31 Female London   W10 United Kingdom I have been put off chocolate after becoming aware of the child labour situation on cocoa plantations. I am astounded that in this day and age big corporations have been able to get away with this type of behaviour without the US government taking action. SOX 'took care' of Enron - who's going to 'take care' of these kids?
1,368 12:54 am PDT, Aug 15 Melinda Lester 28 Female Odd West Virginia 25902 United States  
1,367 2:56 pm PDT, Jul 30 Elizabeth Laukkonen 29 Female Snohomish Washington 98290 United States  
1,366 8:27 am PDT, Jul 11 Latilya Johnson 24 Female Tifton Georgia 31794 United States This is dehumanizing and in all forms of child abuse.This also robs the children of their childhood and education.
1,365 8:39 pm PDT, Jul 7 Anonymous 0 Female Charlotte North Carolina 28270 United States  
1,364 7:29 pm PDT, Jun 28 Anonymous 42 Female las vegas Nevada 89145 United States i would like to see slavery stopped in africa
1,363 12:02 pm PDT, May 26 jamika broadnax 25 Female jacksonville Arkansas 72076 United States stop slavery
1,362 7:33 pm PDT, May 23 Shar Medina 38 Female Chicago Illinois 60630 United States  
1,361 3:02 pm PDT, May 23 Darlene Holt 21 Female Kunkletown Pennsylvania 18058 United States  
1,360 11:02 am PDT, May 23 Eric Pollock 105 Male ridley Pennsylvania 19064 United States because i believe everyone should be treated right and kids are not made for jobs they are made to bring happiness to the world
1,359 11:51 pm PDT, May 22 Deborah Hillman 46 Female Terre Haute Indiana 47802 United States  
1,358 2:54 am PDT, May 22 Linda Perry 44 Female Auburn New York 13021 United States LINDA PERRY
1,357 3:53 pm PDT, May 21 Joanna Piela 24 Female rzeszow   00000 Poland  
1,356 8:37 am PDT, May 21 anonymous anonymous 0 Female springfield Pennsylvania 19064 United States  
1,355 8:34 am PDT, May 21 sydney danelutti 0 Female morton Pennsylvania 19070 United States  
1,354 7:45 pm PDT, May 20 Hyoun Jung Yu 25 Female Los Angeles California 90006 United States to stop slavery
1,353 2:53 pm PDT, May 20 Anonymous 40 Female West Hills California 91307 United States STOP SLAVERY FOR CHILDREN! Children are our future and should NOT be put to work like that. Love and nerturing are part of what children NEED!
1,352 10:24 am PDT, May 20 nancy alinovi 48 Female Cary North Carolina 27513 United States  
1,351 10:03 am PDT, May 20 Tania Melendez 19 Female Lake Worth Florida 33463 United States Slavery over all is just unnecessary. We should all be free. Especially a child, for an innocent child to work as someones slave is demeening. We need to open our boundaries and move freedom further into Africa's borders.

Help Stop Child Slavery In Africa 2

Over 200,000 West African children a year are being sold into slavery in order to work cacao plantations. Cacao is the raw material for chocolate and cocoa. Nearly 50% of chocolate produced is made from cacao that was produced by child slavery. For as little as $15 US dollars, parents are selling their children into slavery, often misled to believe that their children will be receiving a better life through education and jobs. Instead, children are being subjected to harsh lives as field hands, domestic workers, and even prostitutes. They are living in cruel, squalid, and impoverished conditions.

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