Welcome to the official site of the Mercy Project!
We are now selling official Mercy Project team shirts! (click above for much larger image) T-shirts are $15 each and tek shirts are $20. E-mail mercyproject@yahoo.com to place your order.
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The Mercy Project exists to help rescue children around the world who are in slavery. We are deeply committed to speaking on behalf of these kids who have no voice.
We hope these pages will help give you a better idea of who we are and what we are about. Even more importantly, we want you to get a better idea of what is happening with the children in Ghana and what a bunch of regular folks like us can do about it.
Here’s the bad news: Right now, in Ghana, West Africa, there are an estimated 7,000 children in slavery. Some of these children have been sold for as little as $20. Many of them are as young as 5 or 6 years old. The kids often work as many as 100 hours a week as fishermen. They fish, mend nets, and scoop water out of leaking boats. They rarely smile or laugh. Their childhoods have been stolen.
Watch this short video to learn more and meet some of the kids:
Here’s the good news: We can do something about it. Yes, you and I. It doesn’t matter if you are not rich or famous. In fact, the Mercy Project was started by a guy who is far from rich and certainly not famous, and I started the project for people just like me. People who want to make a difference in the world but don’t know where to start. People who wish there was something they could do to help but feel overwhelmed. People who want to help make the world a better place.
So here’s the bottom line: We have partnered with a woman named Pam Cope and her group The Touch A Life Foundation. This group is doing an amazing job of rescuing children from the lake and providing for them once they are rescued. To date, they have rescued more than 70 children. When I was in Ghana this past August, I asked Pam what was keeping them from rescuing more children. Her answer was simple, “We don’t have anywhere to house them.” Thus the Mercy Project was born. We have committed to Pam and Touch A Life that we will raise $80,000 over the next year to build two houses where more rescued children can live (edit: we blew past our original goal of $40,000, so we have now doubled it!). When we meet our goal, Pam and her team will be able to rescue as many as fifty more kids from the lake who will be given new life, freedom, and hope.
Are you ready to change the world? (click here to see how you can help)
Chris Field, Mercy Project Founder