She refused to look away: How Regina Asamoah brought Ghana's missing children crisis into the light
Regina Asamoah will be reflecting on a movement she helped build from the ground up on May 25.
Regina Asamoah, founder of Missing Children Ghana, started the conversation about missing children in Ghana. Five years ago, there was no dedicated organization tracing missing children and no national day of remembrance. Thanks to Regina's advocacy, over 300 missing children and adults have been reunited with their families. Ghana now observes International Missing Children's Day annually through her NGO, Missing Children Ghana. Regina Asamoah produced the Missing Children Documentary in May 2021, an investigative piece that began in Ashaiman. The documentary exposed that Ghana had no strong coordinated response to missing children.
After her first visit to the orphanage, Regina Asamoah confessed, "I couldn't sleep for days after my first visit to the orphanage and interacting with over 30 missing children who yearn to go home but are unable to provide enough details. I kept asking myself, how do I tell the stories of these children so that at least I can help one child reunite with his family? It really had a great psychological impact on me." On May 22, 2021, she premiered the Missing Children Documentary. Families rushed to claim their missing children and appealed to Regina Asamoah to help find their children.
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Regina Asamoah noticed a disturbing trend of missing children in Ghana. She decided to use her journalism skills to bring the issue to light - and now people are paying attention.
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