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  IJM Announces Expansion into Ghana to Help End Child Slavery on World's Largest Reservoir

  Accra, Ghana, September 23, 2014 Leaders from International Justice Mission have deployed to the West African nation of Ghana to open a new field office—joining with the Ghanaian government and other partners to rescue children from slavery in the fishing industry. IJM will collaborate with the anti-human trafficking police to arrest slave owners and free children being forced to work on Lake Volta, the world’s largest man-made reservoir.

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  IJM Uganda: Justice Starts with…Paperwork?

  KAMPALA, UGANDA – Faces obscured with dust masks streamed back and forth between a Ugandan courthouse and the large white tent dominating its yard. Volunteers hauled armfuls of dust-covered files to the tent's long tables, where another group carefully labeled each with a neat legal code. Together with local staff from IJM Uganda, these volunteers organized more than 100,000 important records at two local courthouses this way. Though tired and dirty—with white latex gloves turned dirt brown—they knew their tedious work was crucial.