Trafficked at 7, rescued at 17 — Survivor Godson Glawu calls for sustained child protection funding

Godson Glawu, now a chapter leader with the Ghana Survivor Network in Keta, shared his story at Ghana's National Justice Conference 2026 in Accra on Tuesday, held under the theme "Sustainable Funding for Child Protection Against Labour Exploitation.

A survivor of child trafficking on Lake Volta has called on the Ghanaian government to treat funding for child protection systems as a sustained national priority, describing how coordinated investment in rescue and aftercare services transformed his own life.

Not as a one-time effort, but as a sustained national priority," Glawu told government officials at the conference, calling for increased funding for police, social welfare services, survivor-led initiatives, and prevention programmes rather than response alone.