End Modern Slavery (EMS) of Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international non-profit organisation, has rescued a 13-year-old girl (name withheld) from child labour and trafficking at Adawso Karbu in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region in collaboration with Suhum District Domestic Victims and Support Unit (DOVVSU) Command of The Ghana Police Service.
According to reports, she was transferred to Ahenema Korkorben in the Ashanti Region.
End Modern Slavery stated, the victim was living with her grandfather in Suhum, where she was born, until her mother died.
She was then placed in the custody of her grandfather.
When the upkeep became too much for the grandfather, she reportedly fled unannounced to one of her uncle’s homes in the same neighbourhood.
According to the reports, after a few weeks with the uncle, the victim claimed that the uncle, in order to relieve himself of further responsibilities for her niece, trafficked her from Adawso to Kumasi.
After hearing the case, the victim’s father, who had abandoned his daughter, reported it to the Suhum District Domestic Victims and Support Unit (DOVVSU) Command of the Ghana Police Service.
The District DOVVSU Command collaborated with the End Modern Slavery (EMS) department of Engage Now Africa (ENA) on a similar rescue mission known as the involvement of a non-profit organisation for assistance.
End Modern Slavery worked with the family and the police to bring the daughter in for the next two weeks.
The victim’s grandfather joined forces with the EMS team and the uncle, who identified Daavi as the suspected trafficker who later refused to release the young girl to the family.
Daavi, as she is popularly known, allegedly changed the victim’s communication line in order to avoid direct contact with her family.
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The victim allegedly made the audacious decision to call her father, whose phone number she had written on a wall somewhere in the house when Daavi was not present.
The victim’s father told the team that his daughter was wailing and crying about the torments she was experiencing and pleaded with him to help her.
The father and other family members travelled to Kumasi with the assistance of the End Modern Slavery (EMS) team to meet with the suspected trafficker, Daavi, but she did not appear. She later requested that End Modern Slavery send her money for the victim’s transportation.
Daavi then sent the victim to a bus station and paid for her transportation from Kumasi to Koforidua.
The former Adawso Assembly member who was aware of the situation quickly informed the police of her arrival.
The End Modern Slavery (EMS) rescue mission team transported the victim to a clinic for medical examination, where it was determined that she had been assaulted.
The team covered all medical costs and reunited the victim with his poor widower and father.
The Suhum Police Divisional Command issued an arrest warrant for the uncle and trafficker, who allegedly fled.
End Modern Slavery also provided the victim with school supplies so that she could return to school.
School bags, exercise books, notebooks, school uniforms, mathematical sets, and other items were provided.
The team also provided financial assistance to the victim’s father in order to serve as a start-up for him and the victim. The victim’s grandfather and uncle have been invited by the police for further investigation.
Mr. Afasi Komla, Director of Operations of Engage Now Africa, who led the End Modern Slavery (EMS) team, stated that his organisation is opposed to all forms of modern slavery and urged the public to support them in some way to help fight Modern Slavery in the country.
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