On my first week in Ghana the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office went on an outreach to Yeji, a small fishing village by the Volta Lake. We were accompanying Challenging Heights (www.challengingheights.org), a Ghanaian NGO working to end child trafficking in the communities that surround the Volta Lake. The purpose of the trip was to meet with students in the area to raise awareness about the dangers and illegality of child trafficking. Yeji is a hotspot of trafficking, with many of the children trafficked from the poor coastal areas to this part of Ghana. In many cases the children are sold for less than £25, with the parents being tricked into thinking the children will be treated well and integrated into their new communities. In practise most of the children work as helpers for the fishermen,
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