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Yeji, Ghana

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March 3rd 2010
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 dan ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more