Ghana is where
the calling began.
Since 1997, we've been building homes, schools, and rescue operations to protect Ghana's most vulnerable children, growing from the Countryside Children's Home in Bawjiase to the Seeway Academy in Namanwora.
Years serving Ghana (since 1997)
Children rescued from slavery
Students at the Seeway Academy
Bawjiase, Ghana. Since March 2000
Where the calling began.
The Countryside Children's Home in Bawjiase was the first home George and Sally Bainborough supported when they answered God's call to Ghana. When they arrived, over 60 children were being cared for with no electricity, no running water, and very little money.
Since March 2000, Seeway Trust has been a consistent partner, funding improvements, supporting the staff who care for the children, and giving donors in the UK a direct connection to the children who call it home. The home has grown and today supports over 200 children.
Charity Afadua, now Director of the Akwaaba Seeway Foundation, was herself a child at this home, a living testament to the life-transforming impact of long-term investment in vulnerable children.
Opened 2021
The Seeway Academy.
Built with UK donor support, the academy in Namanwora opened in 2021. It includes a school now serving 270 students, a children's home for rescued children, and a mission house for operations and visitors.
The children's home currently houses 8 rescued children across its living units, each with a dedicated mother figure providing daily care. The 10-unit structure sets the pattern for far greater capacity: on our new 10-acre site, we plan to build the accommodation and school needed to care for many more.
Lake Volta rescue
Rescuing children from slavery.
Thousands of children on Lake Volta are forced into hazardous, exploitative labour. Sold by desperate families or trafficked by criminal networks, they work gruelling hours on the lake with no education, little food, and no hope of escape.
Seeway Trust, in partnership with the Akwaaba Seeway Foundation and Rev Joel Coxton Thompson, has rescued over 20 children to date from Lake Volta fishing slavery and Trokosi shrine captivity. They now live safely at the Seeway Academy, attending school, receiving care, and rebuilding their lives. Our vision is to rescue many more.
21.8% of children aged 5–17 in Ghana are engaged in child labour.
- Ghana Statistical Services
“Every child we rescue is a life rewritten: from captivity to classroom, from darkness to belonging.”
- George Bainborough, Co-Founder
Trokosi liberation
Freeing girls from shrine slavery.
In the Volta region of Ghana, an ancient practice called Trokosi sees young girls sent to Voodoo shrines to atone for family offences. These girls are enslaved, endure hard labour and abuse, and are denied education.
Seeway Trust has begun rescuing the children born into this system: children born to Trokosi women, now freed and given a safe home at the Seeway Academy. Partner organisations work alongside us to support the women themselves. It is part of our core mandate: rescue, restore, and empower.
A story of transformation
Charity Afadua.
Charity was once a vulnerable child at the Countryside Children's Home in Bawjiase. With the support of life-long sponsors Julian and Sarah Warren, and the leadership of George and Sally Bainborough, she completed a degree in procurement management and married Harold Acquah.
Today, Charity is the Director of the Akwaaba Seeway Foundation and oversees the Seeway Academy in Namanwora, leading a school much like the one that shaped her own future.
“We have been changed to change others. We have been blessed to bless others.”
- Charity Afadua
Ghana: Seeway Academy
Sponsor a rescued child.
For £40 a month you can rescue a child from slavery and give them safety, education, and a loving home at the Seeway Academy.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners… to set the oppressed free.”
- Luke 4:18