Global Rescue Project is an organization that cares about children, no matter where they were born or what color their skin is. Karen Doerflein, the Director of Fundraising & Corporate Giving, came to work with Global Rescue Project through her belief that every life is worth celebrating, and every life should be cherished. Supporting GRP will bring light and hope to those living in darkness.

Protecting the victims of human trafficking is critical to GRP, and they are determined to raise awareness in order to help save these children's lives. How does this slavery entrapment work? Children are sold by their parents in exchange for the false promise of a better life. Instead, children are working in dangerous conditions in the world's largest man-made lake called Lake Volta in Ghana. These child laborers are not properly clothed and are extremely malnourished, with no access to health care or education while they continue to grow in violent conditions. With regular beatings and 16-hour work days in a lake filled with parasites, crocodiles, and electric eels, it is no shock that these children witness their friends’ and siblings’ deaths.

However, Global Rescue Project has been combatting this system of slavery. Teams of volunteers approach the masters of the child slaves on canoes and try to communicate with them. If the fisherman is willing to give up his slaves after some time of negotiations, the children go with the rescue team. Building relationships with the master fishermen leads to a hope for growth and an understanding of child labor laws so the masters do not seek to continue the cycle. Next, the rehabilitation team leads rescuers to search for the families of these children while nourishing them back to health. It takes an estimated $960 to rescue five children from Lake Volta, and around $1,080 for post-rescue care in the rehabilitation center for three months. Children receive the help they deserve with food, clothing, counseling services, medical screening and treatment, school supplies and education. The following is a photograph of two siblings after a few months at the rehabilitation center.