Every year, thousands of women and young girls migrate from Ghana’s poorer, Muslim north to the major cities of the Christian south. Known as Kayayo, they travel to work as porters in city markets, and spend their days carrying heavy loads for meager wages. Due to a shortage of employment opportunities and money for housing, many end up sleeping on the streets or being coerced into sexual servitude in exchange for shelter.
Urban Migration Outreach Program
Published November 30, 2009
Filmmaker Alicia Sully, photographer Peter DiCampo, and Peace Corps Volunteer Leader Allison Terry have been traveling village to village in Ghana's Northern Region. Using a locally-produced feature film and documentary photographs, including Peter's work on Ghana's Kayayo girls for the Pulitzer Center, they engage rural communities in discussions on urban migration and HIV/AIDS. In partnership with the local District Information Services, they have been able to have large screenings in 19 different communities in 5 districts reaching more than 10,000 people.
This film was created by Chicago Public School students working with Free Spirit Media, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
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Peter DiCampo is a documentary photographer whose goal is to contribute his work to a dialogue on international development. He launched his freelance career while also working as a Peace Corps...