http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7117997.stm
Police arrested two people in Ghana for child trafficking. They are accused of sending children as young as five from the coast to work in fishing communities in Yeji towards the north of Lake Volta. Poverty in Ghana is one of the main causes of this. Parents struggling to bring up their children would typically receive about $50 in return for sending them away for three years - which some view as an "apprenticeship". They use the children to do things like dive under water to untangle nets. This is horrible that Ghana has resulted to this because of their poverty level. Organizations are working on trying to stop this but because of the lack of funds they can only rescue 1/3 of the children. I think that is terrible.
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