“Every child must go to school. Nobody is free until every child has received at least a basic education. You are free because you are educated, I am free because I am educated,” says James Kofi Annan a former child slave. Now free, Annan is rescuing victims of child trafficking in Ghana and has even built a school to help give them a better future.
Annan quit his promising job at Barclays Bank to open Challenging Heights School. Now, he buys back children from slavery and educates them at the school in Sankor, right in the middle of an area known for children being sold by their parents. At any time his school has several dozen former child slaves, mixed in with 300 other students.
“The wrong in society has to do with the impoverishment of children, exploitation of children, putting children in slavery and in child labor,” he said. “We must resolve this issue, then I can go back to my business. Otherwise we will fight and fight until every child has received this justice.”
To see a video interview of Annan’s amazing story, click on the link below.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2010/05/18/ia.fish.school.bk.b.cnn
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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