Child LaborArchive 2008–2016

Child Labor in Bolgatanga (2010)

A child labor case from 2010 in Bolgatanga, Ghana.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

The traffickers were taking children from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana to Accra. The 29 children, ages 2-19, were intercepted at Tamale aboard a passenger bus bound for Accra.

Response and intervention

Ghana police intercepted the children at Tamale. Their interception was the result of a tip from an intelligence source in the Upper East Region. Ghana Police intercepted the children at Tamale. Victims are in police custody. News agency

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Volta Region, Ghana, 2009

Ghana GH

Many of the children were sold or given into slavery as fishers and divers when they were too young to remember, and have done it all their lives, for at least the past 15 years. They were recruited from poor families who felt themselves incapable of providing for their children.

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Child Labor2009

Central Region, Ghana, 2009

Ghana GH

A man told the victim's parents he would be involved in his successful sales business. He sold the victim to fishers on Lake Volta, who enslaved him for 8 years From 4 to 8 a.m., he pulled the nets into the boat and unloaded the fish to the riverside. Then spent the day mending nets to prepare for more fishing in the afternoon. First meal of the day was eaten in the afternoon, and the second and last one just before bed. He was frequently beaten, other times he was punished by having the fishermen steer the boat away, forcing him to swim a long distance to catch up with them. Web address(es) of reports www.freetheslaves.net/NETCOMMUNITY .SSLpage.aspx?pid=378&srcid=248

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