'It's a heartbreaking story, and it's a matter of concern for the government and the people of Ghana.' A top Ghanian official has promised action following a CNN report into child slavery on Lake Volta
Around 20,000 children work on the lake, enslaved by fishermen they call"master." Most of them come to the lake from hundreds of miles away. They are sold by their desperately poor parents to human traffickers, sometimes for as little as $250."It's a heartbreaking story, and it's a matter of concern for the government and the people of Ghana," Ghana's Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told CNN Thursday.
How a slave master buys children 03:27Taking action The government in Ghana was aware of the problem ahead of CNN's reporting and working, albeit slowly, to remove children. In 2017, the country hosted its"National Child Labor Day" in the lakeside town of Kete Krachi, to call awareness to the issue. There is also an effort to register all the boats on the lake, which could make it easier to track down and punish fishermen using child slaves.
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