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Houses affected by coastal erosion and storms a few meters away from the sea.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Photo of properties destroyed by the sea right at the shoreline, which is increasingly dangerous to communities living there.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Mariama Mahama helping her mother fry and sell �pinkaso� (a lightly crunchy, spiced, fried flour dumpling that originates from the Ghana North) at Madina Market, Accra.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Portrait of Mary Annor, a traditional local leader living along the coastline whose property was destroyed by the sea.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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A view of the sea from a wrecked house along the shoreline of Accra, where coastal erosion and tidal waves slowly eat away at human settlements.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Ama Adama is a head porter who migrated from Northern Ghana to Accra, where she works multiple jobs to take care of her family. She sometimes helps the watermelon sellers and also gathers pure water sachets for sale.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Photo of a Kayayo woman spotted in the Madina market, an area with a huge population of migrants who have come from the north of Ghana due to drought and flood impacts to their livelihoods.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Portrait of Akpene Abgobli, a Kayayo (female head porter) and mother with her baby, carrying a silver pan. She has migrated from her hometown to work as a head porter in Madina Market, Accra.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Leticia Dovlo, a tomato seller in Madina market under the shade of her pan during a very sunny day.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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A woman sitting in front of her house in the coastal Korle Gorno community, which is affected by sea level rise and has seen many people move away or be displaced.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Portrait of Stella Adzo, an elderly fishmonger who lives on the shores of the beach. and whose home was wrecked by the sea.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Photo of a young girl who has migrated to Southern Ghana with her mother to work as a head porter (Kayayo) in the Madina market instead of being in school.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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A point where the Korle-Gorno lagoon joins the sea. This serves as a border between the Dansoman and Chokor communities in the Municipality in Accra.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Nashiru Afie sitting in the kiosk she lives in after her home was

Medina Market

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Ghana

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A photo of fishermen mending their nets after their morning trip to the sea.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Photo of a pepper seller in the Madina Market. Men who have migrated from the Northern part of the country are mostly engaged in the pepper and onion business in their destination area

Medina Market

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Ghana

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Canoes of the local fishing community anchored at the shore, waiting to go out to sea again.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Photo of Tettey Atoh, a man whose home was wrecked by the sea.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Photo of residents destroyed by the sea, guarded by sand and wooden fence bags.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Mariam Issa, migrated from the Upper West of Ghana and now works as a head porter in Madina market.

Medina Market

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Ghana

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A boy walking out of the sea holding a basket after fishing.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Photo of housing destroyed by the sea due to tidal waves and rising sea levels, which exacerbate extreme weather events and coastal erosion.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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An aerial view of wrecked houses in the Chokor and Dansoman Korle Gorno community.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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Mary Lamptey standing in her house, which was wrecked by the sea.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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A point where the Korle-Gorno lagoon joins the sea. This serves as a border between the Dansoman and Chokor communities in the Municipality in Accra.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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An aerial view of the Chokor and Korle Gorno communities near the sea in Accra, increasingly threatened by the rising sea level, coastal erosion, and storms, which forces people to abandon their homes and move away.

Jamestown Beach

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Ghana

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