{"id":3316,"date":"2015-08-27T08:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/?p=3316"},"modified":"2015-08-27T08:12:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T16:12:24","slug":"anti-human-trafficking-event-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchalifekids.org\/anti-human-trafficking-event-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti Human Trafficking Event in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Touch A Life is incredibly proud of our partnership\u00a0with the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Ghana Police Service. They recently visited our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/our-programs\/ghana\/touch-a-life-care-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Care Center<\/a> campus to invite Bernard, our Ghana Country Director, and some of the Touch A Life kids to a human trafficking awareness event for the Ashanti Region in central Ghana. The AHTU team was able to visit with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/meet-mary\/\">Mary Af., who they brought to the Touch A Life Care Center over a year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3317\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GHANA620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3317\" class=\"wp-image-3317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GHANA620-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"www.nbarrettphotography.com\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" data-id=\"3317\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by NBarrett Photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3319\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GHANA623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3319\" class=\"wp-image-3319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GHANA623-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"www.nbarrettphotography.com\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" data-id=\"3319\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by NBarrett Photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the awareness event, groups of children and adults marched through the streets of Kumasi, sharing their stories with the community and exposing\u00a0lies associated with child exploitation. Our children held a banner encouraging people to report any instance of trafficking that they may witness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3320\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"wp-image-3320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1276-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1276\" width=\"650\" height=\"870\" data-id=\"3320\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Touch A Life kids marching through the streets of Kumasi to promote awareness of human trafficking.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3321\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3321\" class=\"wp-image-3321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1323-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1323\" width=\"650\" height=\"870\" data-id=\"3321\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gideon&#8217;s flyer\u00a0reads, &#8220;They promised me an education, they promised me a job&#8230;but they were all lies. I went with them and was enslaved.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3322\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3322\" class=\"wp-image-3322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1328-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1328\" width=\"650\" height=\"870\" data-id=\"3322\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernard with Patience Quaye,National Coordinator for Anti Human Trafficking Unit of Ghana Police Service, and Regina Mintah, Ashanti Regional Coordinator for Anti Human Trafficking Unit of Ghana Police Service.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are honored to have been a part of this event, and are hopeful that events like these will prevent further human trafficking and child exploitation in West Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touch A Life is incredibly proud of our partnership\u00a0with the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Ghana Police Service. 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