How I helped the government end the kidnappings in Ghana
Community sensitisation is essential to reducing young people’s vulnerability to kidnappings, drug abuse and teenage pregnancy, says Joseph Wemakor. Ghana, a beautiful peaceful, culturally rich country in Western Africa, is home to a little over 30 million people. In recent history it has had the privilege of relative stability compared to many countries on the African continent but in 2018 something terrible happened. KIDNAPPINGS, A NEW MENACE. Three young Ghanaian girls from Sekondi-Takoradi in the west of the country went missing . They have still not been found. A little later two young Canadian women who worked for Youth Challenge International, were reportedly seized at a golf course in the city of Kumasi . Then an Indian businessman was kidnapped, then an Estonian diplomat. All in all almost 70 kidnapping cases were recorded during the latter part of 2018. This bizarre saga hit like a tsunami sending shock waves of intense consternation and trepidation across the country