Month: July 2021

My name is Vic. I am seventeen years old i followed one of my friends to Accra when I was thirteen because I wanted to make a living to take care of my grandmother. I stayed with my friend and worked as a chop bar hand until my friend asked me to find my own place.

According to 19 year old Grace her, she decided to leave her child’s father because he couldn’t provide for them.  She and her child spent the night on the street of Accra until she found a job as a help at a chop bar (local food joint) which also served as her sleeping place. The […]

Frederica is eight years old and attends the Railway Nursery. She lives in one of the shacks in the Kokomba yam market with her mother and three other siblings. Cecilia, Frederica’s mother is about thirty years old and sells sweets and cola nuts near one of the unofficial public bathhouses. Until she was admitted to […]

Samira is one of the children at the Kinbu ECD center. She is three years old and was admitted to the center about six months ago. Her mother Adamu is about twenty-two years old and works as a Kayayoo (head porter) in the market.

Abu is one of the children who graduated from the Kinbu centre to primary school. He is six years old and was admitted to the centre three years ago.