Days news. First, we look at children who have been trafficked into Forced Labour in ghana. Ghanas biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. Tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of Forced Labour. Given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. Many face violence, and some even die on the job. Hes a child, but hes no longer a child. Hes been through things us as adults havent been through. The government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. Theres so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment theres no one in here. With the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves . Yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. Around 35,000 people live here and the main source of income is fishing. Its one of ghanas biggest industries, but the trade relies on an army of children some as y
Days news. First, we look at children who have been trafficked into Forced Labour in ghana. Ghanas biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. Tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of Forced Labour. Given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. Many face violence, and some even die on the job. Hes a child, but hes no longer a child. Hes been through things us as adults havent been through. The government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. Theres so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment theres no one in here. With the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves . Yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. Around 35,000 people live here and the main source of income is fishing. Its one of ghanas biggest industries, but the trade relies on an army of children some as y
Here with the full round up of the days news but first, we look at how Tens Of Thousands of children in ghana have been trafficked into Forced Labour. She joins ghana have been trafficked into Forced Labour. Shejoins a team of charity workers. Ghanas biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. Tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of Forced Labour. Given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. Many face violence, and some even die on the job. Hes a child, but hes no longer a child. Hes been through things us as adults havent been through. The government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. Theres so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment theres no one in here. With the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves . Yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. Around 35,00
Here with the full round up of the days news but first, we look at how Tens Of Thousands of children in ghana have been trafficked into Forced Labour. She joins ghana have been trafficked into Forced Labour. Shejoins a team of charity workers. Ghanas biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. Tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of Forced Labour. Given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. Many face violence, and some even die on the job. Hes a child, but hes no longer a child. Hes been through things us as adults havent been through. The government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. Theres so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment theres no one in here. With the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves . Yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. Around 35,00
are missing out on money that is rightfully theirs there s an average of £2,000 in each unclaimed child trust fund. ben s been looking at this and has some advice for us. yes, we re talking about child trust funds. essentially it s a tax free savings account set up by the government back in 2005. if you were born between september 2002 and january 2011, and your parents received child benefit, you ll most likely have one of these. basically, the government gave parents vouchers worth £200 or £500 for those on lower incomes to deposit into the accounts. this was then invested by the scheme ready for when the child reached 18. the average account is now worth almost £2,000. and there s a grand total of £1.7 billion up for grabs. nearly one million adults haven t claimed their money yet. one influential group of mps thinks there isn t enough being done