OPERATION STOP CHILD LABOUR IN SENYA,GHANA

        CHEERFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION HAS BEGAN ITS OPERATION IN THE FISHING VILLAGE CALLED SENYA WHERE THE KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 15 WORK IN FISHING BOATS AND ON THE FISHING SHORES.
      WE ARRIVED IN THE VILLAGE ABOUT 10 AM TO START WITH THE INTERVIEWS AT THE SHORES.WE ACTUALLY ARRIVED AT A CASTLE WHICH IS NOW A LODGE.WE DID THE INTERVIEWS IN GROUPS OF THREE,THAT IS MYSELF AND ADAM,ALI AND VIVIAN, AND BRIGHT AND SOPHIA.

 

after the interview ali and sophia help pull a boat to the shores

THE PEOPLE AT THE SHORES WERE KIND OF RELUCTANT TO LISTEN TO US AND PARTAKE IN THE INTERVIEWS BUT LATER ON WHEN THEY GOT TO KNOW WHAT OUR INITIATIVE WAS THEY GOT INTERESTED.AFTER DOING A FEW INTERVIEWS I REALIZED THAT MOST OF THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OR THEIR OWN DESIRE TO MAKE MONEY AT THE BEACH.WE ALSO GOT TO KNOW THAT THE KIDS ARE SOMETIMES NOT PAID AT ALL IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD CATCH.ALSO MOST OF THE KIDS DON'T HAVE AN ASPIRATION TO HAVE A CAREER THROUGH EDUCATION SINCE MOST OF THEM WANT TO DRIVERS,CARPENTERS,MASONS AND OTHER TRADES.BUT NONETHELESS ALL THE KIDS WOULD LOVE TO BE IN SCHOOL.THE KIDS ALSO MOSTLY COME FROM FAMILIES WHERE NONE ARE EDUCATED AND HENCE DON'T SEE THE NEED TO HAVE AN EDUCATION.MOST OF THEM STARTED AND THEN STOPPED SCHOOLING AND HENCE MOST DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR AGE ,DATE OF BIRTH,PARENTS NAMES ETC.AFTER WE HAD FINISHED WITH THE INTERVIEWS WE SPENT SOME TIME AT BEACH TO HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS AND GET TO KNOW THEM MORE.IT WAS REALLY A NICE TIME AT SENYA AND WE ALL LOVED IT.

 AFTER WE CAME BACK TO THE OFFICE TO UPLOAD PICTURES,CREATE PROFILES FOR THE KIDS WE INTERVIEWED,EVALUATIONS,CORRECTIONS ETC.

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