AfriKids works in extremely isolated and remote communities in northern Ghana; often people don’t make use of services or let their children fall into the trap of street life, because they are not aware or cannot access services. There is a drain of the young and able in the northern regions because migration to Ghana’s southern cities is commonplace, where unfortunately young people seeking opportunities often fall into street life, indentured slavery, prostitution and crime.

Operation Fresh Start pioneered a method for community education on child rights. One evening a month the project team drive out to an isolated community with a generator and large screen. They play MTV music to gather a crowd and present on the pitfalls of street life. In 2009 this methodology was extended to senior secondary schools to raise awareness of the spirit child phenomenon, child labour, street life and migration. We also plan to increase the focus on how to access education.