The students were taken through activities of traffickers, how they could report suspects, cyber trafficking and the methods being used in the illicit activities being carried out across the bor­ders, including the Aflao border, and the need to bring such activi­ties to an end.

Addressing the students at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, the Assistant Superior General of the Hand­maids of the Divine Redeemers Sisters Foundation (HDRSF), Regina Ignatia Afla, explained that the educative programme dubbed: ‘Amewuga’ advocacy campaign aimed at raising awareness on human trafficking.

Ms Afla said her outfit had waged a relentless war against hu­man trafficking, and concentrating on protection of migrants’ rights, building resilience of women, girls and children against what she called modern slavery, abuse and exploitation of the vulnerable in society.
    

She also stated that the Founda­tion was committed to improving support systems for victims, and to reducing trafficking cases in border communities, and dedicated to the promotion of education and built resilience of women and girls to enable them to reach their full potential.

In furtherance, Ms Afla noted that the Foundation would con­tinue to partner the International Centre for Safe Migration (ICSM) and the Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons (AH­STIP) unit to create awareness on cross border crimes, particularly human trafficking.

The Second in Command at the Aflao Sector of the Ghana Immi­gration Service (GIS), Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI) Mr William Bannerman-Wil­liams Hans, commended the spon­sors of the programme, the ICSM and AHSTIP which have been supporting the GIS to deliver on its mandate, especially in the area of capacity building and awareness creation on human trafficking.

ACI Hans indicated that the command was appreciative of the assistance extended to the sector by the sponsors who were com­mitted to ensuring that personnel of the sector meet international standards.

The officer- in- charge of AHSTIP Unit of the Aflao Sector command, Deputy Superinten­dent of Immigration (DSI) Justice Kudzo Normeshie, stated that her outfit was committed to promot­ing a gender responsive migration management to protect women, girls, children and the youth from modern slavery, sexual and labour exploitation.

‘Amewuga’ outreach education programme was premised on an Ewe cultural value that valued human life worthier than money, which resonated well with the target audience, who were the youth, commercial motorbike riders, drivers and members of the border communities.