Ghana: Lydia Forson Rescues 12-Year-Old Boy From Slavery

A Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, has facilitated the rescue of a 12-year-old boy who had been forced into child labour at Gasoekope, a village surrounded by water in the Volta Region.

The boy, who gave his name as Emmanuel, said he was taken from his mother at Tema near Accra to the Volta Region where he was forced into child labour, together with several other children brought from other parts of the country.

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