{"id":40341,"date":"2014-08-19T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T15:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=40341"},"modified":"2014-08-19T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T15:12:58","slug":"lost-childhood-the-story-of-the-children-of-agbogbloshie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/lost-childhood-the-story-of-the-children-of-agbogbloshie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Childhood &#8211; The story of the children of Agbogbloshie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Agbogbloshie market is one of Ghana&#8217;s biggest slum communities. A visit to the place reveals the dehumanizing conditions people are living in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The crime rate in the slum has earned it the name Sodom and Gomorrah. Sanitation in the slum is very bad and the dump site close to the slump is believed to one of the most toxic sites on earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Child labor is prevalent in Agbogbloshie and most of the children are not enjoying any kind of education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Timothy Ngnenbo tells the story of thousands of impoverished children whose lives are in danger in the slum and seeks to get help for them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/163800137&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 97.3 Citi FM Hold My Hand Documentary Series is proudly sponsored by <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a title=\"Click to go to the Star Ghana website.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starghana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">STAR GHANA<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agbogbloshie market is one of Ghana&#8217;s biggest slum communities. 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