The Sahel Emancipation Model is a model design to focus on addressing poverty and quality education in Ghana, which was officially launched on September 23, 2022. Under the theme; An Emancipation Model Towards Addressing SDG 1,2 & 4. The project basically is about liberating Ghanaians from poverty and improving upon our educational system which is increasingly deteriorating. The primary sustainable development goal we are advancing is goal 1. As at November 2022, the project was already officially launched and the representatives for each of the three regional cities for our target audience, were brought together. During our time on campus we could not start the project because our target audience was not in the same place as our school.
The SAEM project is serving school dropouts and street children in the cities, Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. In Ghana, street-ism is a rising social concern as more and more minors and youth take to the streets in a daily struggle to survive, many of these children are school dropouts with no special skill or vocation. This phenomenon gravely offsets ‘The Children’s Act, 1998 Act 560 especially, and other conventions that explicitly outline the Ghanaian child's rights and the legal frameworks and policies within which protection, survival, and development of minors are to be pursued. Despite these conventions, for one reason or the other, most vulnerable children in Ghana remain unreached and unprotected in the midst of failed legal, policy, and institutional frameworks that hamper the achievement of absolute protection and representation of the vulnerable Ghanaian child and children in general. The SAEM project saw to it that these failed legal interventions are implemented in the lives of these children and their interests are well represented.We feel that addressing the issue of street-ism will aid in the reduction of poverty in Ghana. When these street children are given access to high-quality education and vocational training, they will be able to thrive in a microeconomic setting.