Ghana is one of the world’s top 10 gold producers.

Ghana is one of the world’s top 10 gold producers. Around one-third of Ghana’s gold is mined in artisanal and smallscale mines, which mostly operate illegally and use child labor. Two boys, 9 and 12 years old, demonstrate their daily work of washing and sluicing gold ore in Homase, Amansie Central district, Ashanti Region.
 

© 2014 Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch.