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...
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...
by Free the Slaves | May 31, 2017 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Thought Leadership
FTS is proud to present a special series profiling Ghanaian children who survived fishing slavery on Lake Volta. FTS volunteer Emily Teague traveled to Ghana to photograph them. These young victims were forced to work day and night on dangerous, deadly fishing boats....
by Free the Slaves | May 23, 2017 | Ghana, Thought Leadership
A new special FTS series profiles children who have survived slavery on Ghana’s Lake Volta. They were forced to work day and night on dangerous, deadly fishing boats. They were abused, held under threat of violence, unable to walk away. Many children enslaved on...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 21, 2015 | Ghana
How do you reach thousands of Ghanaian families to spread the word that child slavery is wrong and must be stopped? Get on the radio! That’s what our front-line partner group, Challenging Heights, has just begun to do. They’re broadcasting a live weekly program called...
