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121:- In order for them to address child trafficking, they must think about the root causes. They have identified poverty, naivety, and family separation as the main three root causes. Through donations and grants, they have created a number of programs that they believe will help improve the lives of the people in the community.
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in 2005, who is himself a survivor of child trafficking and the worst forms of child labor. Kofi is the last and the only educated out of twelve children of his illiterate parents and was forced to work as a fisherman in more than 20 villages along Lake Volta from the age of 6 to 13, before finally
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