by Free the Slaves | Oct 15, 2013 | Ghana
FTS is proud to share the news that slavery survivor and Ghanaian frontline anti-slavery activist James Kofi Annan has been awarded the 2013 World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child. The prize is determined by children who vote for one of three...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 4, 2013 | FTS Updates, Ghana
Boys as young as 12 are working with dangerous chemicals to extract gold dust from ore. Girls as young as 10 are prostituted in mining camps and are pushed into relationships with older men. These deeply moving stories of children losing their childhoods and freedom...
by Free the Slaves | Jun 14, 2012 | Ghana, Uncategorized
FTS frontline work is focused on community organizing, and our partners in Ghana are no strangers to doing it effectively. One technique is to form a “CCPC,” a Child Community Protection Committee. These community watchdog groups protect children from various forms...
