More than one million African children have benefitted from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa. The non-profit organization, which, this year, is marking its 5th anniversary themed “Accelerating Impact. Driving Change”, also reported that over 300 early-stage social entrepreneurs were … Read more
A non-governmental organisation, Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Volta Lake. The children, aged between five and seventeen, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600 the total number of children the organization has rescued since it was established some 12 years ago. Some of … Read more
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the total number of children the organization has rescued since it was established some 12 years ago. Some of these 17 children … Read more
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 17 trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between five and 17, were made up of four girls, and 13 boys. This brings to 1,600, the total number of children the organization has rescued since it was established some 12 years ago. Some of these 17 children … Read more
By: James Kofi Annan I know you just came out of a very turbulent vetting and approval process. It was tough, so you probably would wish that I allowed you to settle first, before I brought my problems to you. Last year, I did an open letter to the then Minister for Gender, Children and … Read more
The Anti-human trafficking Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Challenging Heights, has rescued some eighteen trafficked children from the Lake Volta. The children, aged between 5 and 17, before their rescue, served as child-slaves to fishermen on the lake. Child trafficking in the fishing industry has been a problem for the Ghanaian government for several decades. It … Read more
Challenging Heights over the weekend rescued 18 more trafficked children from the Lake Volta. Already, the organisation has rescued over 1,500 in the last twelve years. These 18 children, who are between the ages of 5 and 17, are currently going through rehabilitation at the organisation’s rehabilitation centre. Child trafficking in the fishing industry has … Read more
You see how the entire world is quiet? All of us had anticipated a Hilary Clinton win, and I had no doubt about it, especially from the media outpouring of support for her, and the negative reportage on Trump. I had spent nearly four hours writing Simpa Panyin with Clinton’s win in mind, just waiting … Read more
Ghana has been ranked the 34th country with the most modern slaves out of 167 countries in the world, with survey results estimating that there are 103,300 people enslaved in the country. According to the Global Slavery Index Report released on Tuesday, out of the 103,300 enslaved people in Ghana, 85 percent are in forced … Read more
Challenging Heights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Winneba in the Central Region rescued 41 children from trafficking on the Lake Volta in 2015. A total of 118 survivors were given comprehensive medical, psychological, physical, social, educational rehabilitation as well as shelter. A statement issued by Ms Pomaa Arthur, the Communications Manager of Challenging Heights … Read more