…Nearly 50,000 children work in Ghana’s fishing industry, with tens of thousands working on Lake Volta alone, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. A 2013 IJM study revealed that nearly 60% of the children encountered on the Lake were believed to be trafficked and that more than half of the children were 10 years of age or less. Forced to work long hours — in some cases under violent abuse — and with very little sleep and sustenance, the conditions are horrific and unrelenting.
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…Nearly 50,000 children work in Ghana’s fishing industry, with tens of thousands working on Lake Volta alone, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. A 2013 IJM study revealed that nearly 60% of the children encountered on the Lake were believed to be trafficked and that more than half of the children were 10 years of age or less. Forced to work long hours — in some cases under violent abuse — and with very little sleep and sustenance, the conditions are horrific and unrelenting.