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Ghana
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Six Children Free in Two Simultaneous Operations in Ghana
This week, police and IJM brought five children to safety and arrested two suspected traffickers in an operation in Ghana. The youngest child, a 6-year-old girl, told social workers that she is excited that she doesnt have to work on the lake any more, and she wants to see her mother. -
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Anti-Trafficking Police Rescue Children in Ghana
The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) and local police rescued two boys forced to fish on Lake Volta last month, with support from IJM. Heavy rain forced the rescue team to delay for more than six hours, but as they waited a police officer reminded the group, it is worth the wait because these children are suffering and we need to rescue them. -
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10 Boys Free from Slavery on Ghana's Lake Volta
ACCRA, GHANA – Ten boys who were trapped in slavery on Ghanas Lake Volta are now free. On Friday, March 20, IJM embarked on our first-ever operation in the region and, working side-by-side with Ghanaian authorities, brought boys as young as 5 to safety. -
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IJM Announces Expansion into Ghana to Help End Child Slavery on World's Largest Reservoir
Leaders from International Justice Mission have deployed to the West African nation of Ghana to open a new field office—joining with the Ghanaian government and other partners to bring children to safety from slavery in the fishing industry. -
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Exclusive Report from IJM Investigator: What Broke My Heart to Witness at Lake Volta
When I went with IJM to investigate child slavery in the West African nation of Ghana last year, I was wholly unprepared for what we saw: children suffering all around us, with no one at all to protect them.