'This breaks our hearts': Ghana promises action after CNN child slavery report

CNN has reported that around 20,000 children work as slaves on Lake Volta in Ghana. Desperately poor parents sell their children to human traffickers for as little as $250. For me, a human being has no price; this is horrible. I cannot believe that this is still happening in the world. Those poor children are enslaved by fishermen and are forced to call them “master” and work all day on the lake, which is their only source of income. Many children die drowned while fishing in the lake. In addition, they are mistreated and poorly fed.   

Ghana’s minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, promised specific action: “aimed at rescuing the victims, rehabilitating them, reintegrating them into society (and) prosecuting persons responsible”. The saddest part is that the government is aware of this and – in my opinion – is doing nothing to stop this crime against human rights. I strongly disagree with child labor; I’m absolutely against child slavery or any other kind of slavery. The minister can say whatever he wants, but the reality is that they do not have the resources necessary to achieve all the statements that he made to CNN. All of these problems are caused by Ghana’s biggest problem of all – poverty.

I’m super mad L

by Lupita Turriff     

reporthttps://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/africa/ghana-child-slaves-minister-intl/index.html