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Two Brothers Sold into Slavery to Save Father’s Life

by Free the Slaves | Jul 12, 2018 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana

First came the sickness. Nobody knew what it was. Not the numerous herbalists nor any of the doctors could help Rosemary Gilkpo and her six children find a cure for their ailing husband, father and sole breadwinner, Simon Tetteh Dzeagu. Then the money ran out to pay...

Trafficking’s Footprint Report Unveils Widespread Child Slavery in Ghana

by Terry FitzPatrick | May 3, 2018 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

A new research report has uncovered cases of child trafficking and exploitation in six districts of Ghana. Field teams documented more than 500 instances of child trafficking in 20 communities surveyed in 2016, and 107 households with cases of child trafficking in 14...

Special Ghana Field Report: Child Trafficking No Longer Tolerated

by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 26, 2018 | FTS Updates, Ghana, Thought Leadership

I am in Ghana this week with news to share that just can’t wait, so I’m writing directly from the field. The work you support has transformed villages where child trafficking used to be common. I’ve just seen it firsthand. It takes time to reach Dzilakope, a remote...

2016 Highlight: Rescue Frees 11 Boys from India Carpet Slavery

by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 21, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India

We receive dispatches throughout the year from our front-line partner groups around the globe. This report, from June, is one of the year’s most uplifting success stories. Nearly a dozen boys were freed, the trajectory of their lives put back on track. Shattered Hope...

Former Trafficker Teams With Former Child Slave to Fight Child Slavery

by Staff | Dec 21, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana

By William Greenbaum and Maurice Middleberg Sylvester and Emmanuel were side-by-side as members of the Community Child Protection Committee (CCPC), sitting on plastic chairs and gathered under a tarp to ward off the sun. The CCPC had assembled to talk about efforts to...
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