The radio
Yao worked really hard for a year in Nigeria so he could buy himself a radio, but now it doesn’t work...
Two friends, one bicycle
Kodjo and his friend decide to go and work in Nigeria to buy a bike. During the trip the children are caught in a fire in the bush and Kodjo’s friend dies…
A better futur
Children should go to school and learn so they can help their families and make a better future. You shouldn’t leave your country to look for happiness somewhere else. This is what Hodalo says.
Waiting
Moutawakilou worked two years in Nigeria because Oga, a drug dealer, had promised to buy him a motorbike in exchange, but he didn’t keep his word.
Oga (trafficker)
Abibou was taken with other children to Nigeria by a child-trafficker. He had promised to buy Abibou a motorbike. In fact, he used him to earn money and stopped him from going to school and so destroyed his chances of an education.
Akouvi at school
Akouvi wants to learn to sew so she can make her own clothes. Without listening to her mother who forbids her to do this, she decides to go to Nigeria in order to buy a sewing machine. She returns some time later, unhappy and without a sewing machine.
The dream
Even if certain women say that in Nigeria you can have everything you dream of (wraps, radios. .), Mawulé says this isn’t true and tells how her stay there was very difficult.
The motocycle
Agbéko worked in Nigeria for two years to buy a motorbike. He only rode it once and then he had an accident. Since then it no longer works. Two years of working in tough conditions and all that suffering for nothing !
Over there
Many young girls are persuaded to go and work in Nigeria in order to be able to buy everything they’ve ever dreamed of. There, they are, in fact exploited by adults and only experience unhappiness.
Talking with my parents
Despite her parents forbidding her to go there, Assigble set off for Nigeria. On her return she tells of the unhappiness she experienced whilst living there.
Being proud
Amavi tells us that it’s more rewarding to work at home in the village, rather than work as a domestic help far away from home.
Feel lucky
A group of Togolese children taken to work in Benin and Nigeria explain their decision never to go back there.ENVOYER À UN AMI
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