QNet in Ghana: The Promise, The Reality, and The New BBC Investigation For years, the name “QNet” has sparked heated debate across West Africa. To some, it is presented as a life-changing business opportunity; to others, it is synonymous with sophisticated fraud. This week, a new BBC Africa Eye documentary has brought the issue back …
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Hope Education Project UK Is now a registered charity We’re proud to announce that the Hope Education Project UK is now officially registered as a UK charity. HEP UK is a separate entity to Hope Education Project Ghana, a registered NPO in Ghana and is an important next-step towards building a sustainable operational model for …
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From Illicit Hubs to Exploitation: Organized Crime in Northern Ghana Fuels Trafficking Vulnerability The Illicit Hub Mapping in West Africa 2025 report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) this week validates our choice of Tamale for the pilot program. The city lies in a high-risk corridor where organized crime and illicit economies …
Child-Centred Prevention and Filling the Data Gaps in Ghana Children’s Voices Expose Hidden Risks In Northern Ghana, children themselves are showing us where protection systems fall short. In our pilot program in Tamale, junior high school students and out-of-school girls used theatre, storytelling, and role play to surface risks in their own words. One …
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Behind the Hashtag: BBC Investigation Reveals Deaths Behind #DubaiPortaPotty This week, BBC News Africa and Thread Studios released a powerful investigation by journalist Runako Celina that exposes a human trafficking network operating between Uganda and Dubai. The documentary, Death in Dubai: #DubaiPortaPotty reveals the tragic stories of Monic Kurunji and Kayla Bunji, two young Ugandan …
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The term “Porta-Potty” has a hidden and disturbing meaning beyond portable toilets. In the context of sexual exploitation, it refers to women and girls being dehumanized and abused in exchange for money, often linked to trafficking and power imbalances. This article exposes how the term is used, the harm it causes, and why greater awareness is urgently needed.
Beyond “Sex for Fish”: The Male Accountability Crisis in Ghana’s Trafficking Networks Triggered by new research, a disturbing video investigation published this week reveals how male-dominated systems perpetuate child sexual exploitation whilst trafficked girls remain trapped in cycles of re-victimisation. In the shadow of Cape Coast Castle, where centuries of human trafficking began, a …
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Cyber Scamming: The Rise of Industrial-Scale Operations and Human Trafficking Cyber scamming operations have evolved from individual criminal activities into sophisticated, industrial-scale enterprises generating tens of billions of dollars annually. Research from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GIATOC) reveals how these networks, primarily based in Southeast Asia, have become what experts describe as …
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From Tamale to Madrid: How Global Digital Culture is Grooming Girls into Sexual Economies A recent Spanish study on adolescents’ perceptions of OnlyFans reveals troubling parallels with our findings from Tamale, Northern Ghana. Despite their contrasting contexts – digitally connected Spanish teens and Ghanaian adolescents with limited access – the study and our observations in …
My Lens – I am still here – Photography Exhibition Survivors of modern slavery are taking back control of their stories in a moving new online photography exhibition, ‘My Lens – I am still here’, launching today. This unique collection of photographs gives a powerful insight into the lives and perspectives of people who have …
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Community Celebration at Darul Haddis Following strong community interest generated by our school and community sessions, the Hope Education Project hosted a final public event as part of the pilot on Saturday, 22 March 2025, in New Gbolo. The event turned into a celebration of everything we have achieved in the schools and community programs …
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Hope Education Project: Out-of-School Girls Community Program Alongside the Schools Program pilot, the Hope Education Project delivered a targeted three-session program for out-of-school girls and young women in the communities surrounding St. Paul’s JHS (Gumbihini), Bagabaga Annex JHS (Sagnarigu), and Darul Haddis JHS (New Gbolo) in Tamale, Northern Ghana. This initiative responded to the urgent …
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