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Empowering Formerly Trafficked
Children for a Brighter Future!
Our mission is to uplift children in Ghana freed from slavery and child labor by offering rehabilitation, education, and support. We aim to create a safe environment where they can heal, thrive, and build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
Every Child Should Be Able To Live Free!
Modern Slavery on Ghana’s Lake Volta
In Ghana, on Lake Volta, children are working in the fishing industry. Some work with their families, but others are trafficked there to work in modern-day slavery. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta visits the lake with an NGO that rescues children from forced labor and speaks to a former child trafficker who details his most shameful actions. View the full version (15mins).
What makes BTCTE unique?
BTCTE works on creating a long-term foundation for safety, stability, and happiness for the beneficiaries we care for.
When tracking the progress of formerly trafficked children, we observed that these children often were not provided with the support they needed to maintain their well-being. At most, we found that other organizations provided two years of care. This puts children at risk of falling into situations equally as dangerous or harmful to the ones they were rescued from.
The beneficiaries we care for are a part of our organization from the moment they enter our care until they can live independently. This type of results-based approach is promoted by The World Bank as an innovative way to achieve the most sustainable outcomes.
Beneficiary growth and success:
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2018 – present
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50+ have graduated
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beneficiaries total currently 110+ as we continually take on new beneficiaries in need when others graduate from the program
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new campus built and opened in 2024 that can house 40 beneficiaries
BTCTE’s Latest News: Campus
Thanks to Project Redwood, a nonprofit partnership of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni, BTCTE has received its second year grant. This grant helped purchase land in the Sogakope region of Ghana, and a new residential center has been constructed, along with a new educational center. The remainder of the land will be farmed to grow crops, raise animals, and a volleyball court will be built for activities. We are happy to announce that the construction of this new facility was mainly completed by BTCTE beneficiaries who have graduated from BTCTE vocational sponsored programs including electrical engineering, window installation, concrete mixing and preparation, tiling, and painting, etc.
The newly built campus will provide supervised housing to BTCTE’s beneficiaries who are learning a trade, and will also house students when schools are closed. Students who do not have safe living quarters will also be housed in the new facility. Having so many BTCTE beneficiaries under one roof will not only allow the social workers to spend more time working with students, but will also significantly reduce housing costs, allowing BTCTE to enroll more beneficiaries into the program. The grant will also cover salaries for a BTCTE designated social worker and security officer to live on campus.
BTCTE's mission is to uplift and empower formerly enslaved children in Ghana through the power of education. BTCTE employs case workers in Ghana who place beneficiaries in a safe environment conducive to pursuing an education or specialized vocational training. Since BTCTE’s inception, we have never had a campus allowing program beneficiaries to live together in a large group setting. This new approach will have many apparent cost-effective benefits, but, more importantly, will increase the psychological well-being of more BTCTE beneficiaries.
BTCTE would LIKE to thank the Generous Support of:
Mitzi & Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation Inc.
