Sampson Masun
This is my story.
Sampson Masun was one of the formerly trafficked beneficiaries who lost his father at a very young age. His mother remarried with five other siblings and the stepfather who was a farmer and fisherman engaged him on the Farm in the Northern region of Ghana. He later moved Sampson and his junior brother to a fishing village called Awatetornu in the Volta part of Ghana. He used Sampson in his fishing business for several years.
Sampson used to dive into the river to untangle fishing nets, paddle canoe to long distances, and cast and harvest fishing nets. He suffered from malaria, skin diseases, and headaches. Sampson feeds barely once a day as a result; he cut trees to make charcoal for selling. Unfortunately, Sampson's father suffers from mental health which causes him to abuse Sampson and his brother. He one day attempted drowning Sampson in the river but he was saved by grace. Sampson runs away to live with another fishing Master who also uses him for his gain while giving him just a little food.
In 2012, Mr. Evan Robbins with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was doing child rescuing and found Sampson and his brother at the lake and took them away to live with a foster caregiver at Awatetornu, this was done after Mr. Robbins built a school for the community for the release of Sampson, his brother, and some other fishing children. Sampson was then taken through reintegration processes at Medina Accra and was later taken to start his education at Cornerstone Preparatory School in the Volta Region. Samson was able to complete Junior high School and was later sent to a vocational school where he studied electricals. He graduated from the vocational school and was later enrolled in an apprenticeship in electrical engineering where he graduated with a domestic certificate from Ghana's Energy Commission. Sampson is now a master in electricals and works with reputable companies. He led the electrification and wiring of the BTC housing Project in Sogakope, Ghana as a way of saying thank you to BTCTE.
According to Samson, if it were not Breaking The Chain, he would have lost his life at the hands of his father; his life would have been in a mess. "I might have died or maybe roaming on the street without any meaning to my life", but Breaking The Chain stepped in to make a change in my life I am now working and earning money to support myself and my family. Thanks to BTCTE, Sponsors and Donors.