Right To Be Free/Africa
Founded by Ghanaian Eric Peasah, Right To Be Free/Africa, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to freeing victims of trafficking, forced labor, and other forms of exploitation. Eric rescues children forced to work in the hazardous fishing, gold mining and cocoa farming industries in Ghana. Every day these children endure physical and emotional abuse while being denied access to medical care and the opportunity to go to school.
In Ghana and throughout Africa, Eric trains and works closely with Interpol, the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the Department of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana Immigration Service, the Anti-Human Trafficking Secretariat, law enforcement, anti-terrorism and security forces, NGO's, and inter-governmental organizations who seek his expertise, to influence policy and combat human trafficking in Ghana and the West African Sub-Saharan region. He was a key advocate in establishing the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service and the Human Trafficking Act in Ghana. He has worked with the Somalian government to rescue young girls that were being trafficked into the sex trade in Yemen and Saudi Arabia and helped create a safe house for their protection. His anti-trafficking efforts and achievements have been featured in the New York Times, Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC News, Thalasa TV in France, TV5 in Hungary and the documentary film Not My Life. Eric serves on the National Diaspora Engagement Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana and was appointed to the inaugurated Anti-Human Trafficking Management Board by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana on August 1, 2014. He was recently re-appointed by the President of Ghana to serve a second term.
Eric Peasah, Executive Director, Right To Be Free/Africa
EPeasah@righttobefree.org
In Ghana and throughout Africa, Eric trains and works closely with Interpol, the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the Department of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana Immigration Service, the Anti-Human Trafficking Secretariat, law enforcement, anti-terrorism and security forces, NGO's, and inter-governmental organizations who seek his expertise, to influence policy and combat human trafficking in Ghana and the West African Sub-Saharan region. He was a key advocate in establishing the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service and the Human Trafficking Act in Ghana. He has worked with the Somalian government to rescue young girls that were being trafficked into the sex trade in Yemen and Saudi Arabia and helped create a safe house for their protection. His anti-trafficking efforts and achievements have been featured in the New York Times, Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC News, Thalasa TV in France, TV5 in Hungary and the documentary film Not My Life. Eric serves on the National Diaspora Engagement Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana and was appointed to the inaugurated Anti-Human Trafficking Management Board by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana on August 1, 2014. He was recently re-appointed by the President of Ghana to serve a second term.
Eric Peasah, Executive Director, Right To Be Free/Africa
EPeasah@righttobefree.org