Purpose
Human Trafficking Education and Awareness for Ghana
The Hope Education Project is a survivor-led anti-trafficking organisation working with schools and communities across Northern Ghana.
Our mission is to prevent trafficking at the source. We equip young people and their communities to recognise risk, resist recruitment, and protect one another - through schools, girls' groups, and survivor-led community sessions.
Why Northern Ghana
In communities where awareness is low, vulnerability is high.
Around 90% of Ghana's internal trafficking flows from north to south. Children from the north are taken to work in Lake Volta's fishing communities and on cocoa farms; young women are drawn into domestic work and head portering in the cities. Recruiters now reach young people directly through Facebook and TikTok.
Recruitment follows recognisable scripts. Young people who can spot them, who know their rights, and who know which adults to turn to are better placed to say no. That is what our education gives them.
Committed policy in Ghana
“Ghana is fully committed to combating human trafficking in all its forms and ensuring the rights of individuals are upheld.”
National Plan of Action for the Elimination of Human Trafficking in Ghana 2022-2026
Our work
The three pillars →
Pillar 1
Equip Young People
Young people gain the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to recognise trafficking risks, resist recruitment, make safer decisions, and adopt protective behaviours that reduce their vulnerability to exploitation.
Pillar 2
Strengthen Protective Communities
Families, schools, and communities become stronger protective networks that reinforce safer choices, identify risks earlier, and respond when concerns arise.
Pillar 3
Strengthen Prevention Systems
Research, innovation, training, and partnerships strengthen trafficking prevention practice and extend impact beyond Hope Education Project's direct delivery.
Why our approach works
In schools
Delivered inside the Ghana Education Service timetable, as a five-module cycle for JHS1 students.
Survivor-led
Community sessions are co-led by a survivor advocate, and our work grows out of direct experience with survivors of trafficking.
Evidence-led
Research partnerships with the University of Texas at Arlington, Washington University in St Louis and Montclair State University, with ethics approval from the Navrongo IRB.
Be Smart! Be Strong! Say No When Things Feel Wrong!
“…I turned around, thinking maybe she’d been in one of our sessions. But she hadn’t - her sister had. Her sister taught her the slogan at home.”
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Pilot project in Tamale
The Tamale Pilot
Learn about our pilot project run in GES schools and their communities in 2025
Reaching:
- 3GES Junior High Schools
- 300Students Reached Directly
- 200Out-of-School Girls Reached
- 4Survivor-Led Community Sessions
- 3Student Performances Delivered to Peers
Delivered in Tamale, Northern Region Feb/Mar 2025
Teaches: Children’s Rights and Responsibilities · Victims, Traffickers & Trusted Adults · Online Safety, Reporting & Trafficking Risks · Theatre-Based Learning · Performance and Peer Advocacy · Equipping Youth Advocates
Our journey started where for many West African women it ends - the United Arab Emirates
The Hope Education Project was borne out of our experience rescuing and repatriating Nigerian women and girls who are the victims of sex trafficking in the United Arab Emirates. Find out more about the Stop Trafficking Africa campaign here.
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