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The US Ambassador to Ghana, Gene A. Cretz

U.S. considers Ghana for child protection partnership

The United States of America (USA) is considering Ghana as the first country to collaborate with in a Child Protection Compact Partnership (CPC Partnership).  

The programme contemplates developing jointly with Ghana, a multi-year plan to implement new and more effective policies and programmes to reduce child trafficking and improve child protection in Ghana. 

The US Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Gene A. Cretz, who made the announcement, when he delivered the keynote address at the launch of the International Justice Mission office in Ghana, a new civil society organisation, said the partnership aimed to bolster the current efforts of the government of Ghana and civil society organisations to address child sex trafficking and forced child labour in Ghana. 

The partnership would be a five-year, $5 million innovative effort to combat child trafficking.

Ghana's selection

He said Ghana's selection was based in part on the Government of Ghana's commitment to partner with the USA and the strength of the NGOs and international organisations working to combat modern-day slavery in Ghana. 

Ambassador Cretz said the USA recognised Cabinet’s action to approve the memo for the amendment of the Children's Act; indicating that processes by Parliament to ratify the 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions; and establishment of the Child and Family Welfare Policy, confirmed that Ghana was the right partner for the CPC Partnership. 

"When we work in conformity with internationally recognised norms and processes and tighten legislative loopholes, the needs of vulnerable children are also served," he noted.

The International Justice Mission Office Director, Kaign Christy, announced that the Ghana office was the organisation's 18th global office and noted that the organisation would focus on eliminating forced child labour in the Volta Region.

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