Child Slavery in Ghana's Volta Region

Child slavery is a huge problem on Ghana's Lake Volta.

The children are forced to work excruciatingly long hours.

Here child slaves nervously prepare a fishing net under the watchful eye of a fisherman.

Child slaves live in constant fear. This boy says he would like to go to school, but if he does not come to work he will be mercilessly beaten.

This boy was beaten so badly by a fisherman that he can no longer walk without the assistance of a walker.

A former child slave sits and watches other kids play.