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One Fifty Children rescued from Galamsey
operations and sent back to school
Bolgatanga, Jan. 15, Ghanadot/GNA-
One hundred and fifty children who were actively involved in
small scale mining “galamsey”, in the Talensi Nabdam
District have been given the opportunity to go to school or
learn vocations of their choice.
Afrikids, an NGO involved in the welfare of children,
withdrew the children from the pits and sent them to school.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga, Mr
Raymond Ayine, Programme Manager of Afrikids said, 120 of
them have been sent to school while the other 30 teenagers
are being sponsored to learn a vocation.
He said the children in the mining areas of the Upper East
Region were actively involved in mining to support
themselves and their families, instead of going to school.
He said the programme involved parents of the children and
were given financial support to go into small scale
businesses so that they would not be compelled to depend on
their children.
The programme, being undertaken in eight communities started
in 2007 and has a two year financial support from its donors
including the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Mr Ayine expressed the hope that after the two year
financial support, the programme would be able to source
more funds to ensure that the children were retained in
school and the 30 young men currently learning trades would
get support to start their businesses.
GNA
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