Community Child Protection Committees: Educating, Preventing, and Rescuing Across Ghana’s Coast

Child labour and trafficking (CLaT) remain among the most serious and persistent challenges facing Ghana’s fisheries sector. Along the coast and on Lake Volta, children are engaged in hazardous fishing activities. These practices rob children of their childhoods, their education, and in many cases their safety. GFRA, working in partnership with Metropolitan, Municipal, and District […]
Circles of Support: Safe Spaces for Women and Young People Across Ghana’s Coast

In May 2026, GFRA conducted an extensive operational review of selected Circles of Support groups to assess their operational health, community engagement, and overall effectiveness. Across Ghana’s coastline, in fishing communities where the pressures of poverty, irregular incomes, and social marginalisation converge, GFRA has established CoS groups, structured, community-based safe spaces where women and young […]