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Australian religious body are urging Christians to buy slavery-free Easter eggs this year

byMark Bowling
18 February 2021
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Better choice: “Much of our chocolate is made using cocoa beans harvested by children, often in the West African region.” 

A CATHOLIC organisation fighting modern slavery and human trafficking has launched it’s slavery-free Easter Chocolate Campaign.

Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) is asking people to name their ‘chocolate change’ in Lent and stick to it beyond Easter. 

“There’s so much we can do in 2021 to help eliminate slavery or child labour,” ACRATH Executive Officer Christine Carolan said.

“Buying chocolate that is produced without the use of child labour is an easy place to start. 

“Much of our chocolate is made using cocoa beans harvested by children, often in the West African region. 

“Many of these children are forced into labour. We can help change this.” 

This Easter Australians will buy and eat more than $200 million worth of chocolate. 

Anti-slavery: The appearance of these brands means the product is safe.

Ms Carolan said the bitter truth about much of our Easter chocolate consumption is that it comes at a price in terms of child education and health. 

“About 80 per cent of cocoa comes from West Africa and it is estimated that almost two million children are in child labour in these areas,” Ms Carolan said. 

ACRATH has some practical chocolate buying tips that will help make a difference: 

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Mark is the joint winner of the Australian Variety Club 2000 Heart Award for his radio news reporting in East Timor, and has also won a Walkley award, Australia’s most-respected journalism award. Mark is the author of ‘Running Amok’ that chronicles his time as a foreign correspondent juggling news deadlines and the demands of being a husband and father. Mark is married with four children.

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