ghana: How an NGO Profited from Child Neglect

When Ken Amoah established a child-welfare organisation eight years ago, he sought to rescue child labourers from a life toiling in the streets. The foster home, which is located in the New Achimota section of Accra, was set up to provide needy children with a place to live, an education - and a respite from work. Amoah has delivered on some of his goals, yet his prime donors - an arm of the Danish government called Danish International Development Assistance - are wondering whether he - and not neglected children - is the main beneficiary of his Accra-based organisation, Children In Need Ghana.