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<p>This paper reports the findings of a study on the children’s engagement in work and the associated trade-offs from working in fisheries on the Volta Lake in Ghana. Data for the paper comes from survey conducted with 342 children, including 201 males and 141 females working on the Volta Lake together with semi-structured interviews conducted with 30 of the children surveyed. What emerges from survey and interview data are that work is a central part of children’s learning, in making and maintaining their identity as good children, meeting school and personal expenses, and contributing to household livelihood building. There is evidence of negative effects of children’s work, including tiredness, bodily pain and impacts on school attendance and academic performance. These negative consequences are not isolated but widely reported among participants and must be weighed alongside the benefits children derive from work. The paper makes a strong case for the need for policies to foster the benefits associated with children’s work and at the same time address the cost of work on children’s physical health and schooling outcomes, even in the context where children themselves do not frame their experiences in terms of harm.</p>

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The Voices of Working Children on the Trade-Offs from Working in Fisheries on the Volta Lake, Ghana

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    2026年6月24日

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  • Thomas Yeboah,
  • David Amaning Kwarteng,
  • Leander Kandilige,
  • Emmanuel Kumi

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This paper reports the findings of a study on the children’s engagement in work and the associated trade-offs from working in fisheries on the Volta Lake in Ghana. Data for the paper comes from survey conducted with 342 children, including 201 males and 141 females working on the Volta Lake together with semi-structured interviews conducted with 30 of the children surveyed. What emerges from survey and interview data are that work is a central part of children’s learning, in making and maintaining their identity as good children, meeting school and personal expenses, and contributing to household livelihood building. There is evidence of negative effects of children’s work, including tiredness, bodily pain and impacts on school attendance and academic performance. These negative consequences are not isolated but widely reported among participants and must be weighed alongside the benefits children derive from work. The paper makes a strong case for the need for policies to foster the benefits associated with children’s work and at the same time address the cost of work on children’s physical health and schooling outcomes, even in the context where children themselves do not frame their experiences in terms of harm.