(1)

It is customary that the setbacks that afflict us come from outside, so we take refuge with those who are close to us, those who carry our concerns and do their best to keep us in peace, but the setback of our story comes from who is supposed to be the same as the firewall. what to be.

(2)

Our story begins in a poor village in Ghana, the heart of Africa, where poverty threatens all people, including a family that gave birth to 12 children, none of whom knew the way to school, nor how to read or write.

Our hero is the youngest among them, but his story is different. As soon as he is six years old, his father decides to send him to work in the fishing harbors, as if he is the most unlucky of all his brothers, who are old enough for their father to lose any control over them, after finding each of them - One way or another - his chance to make a living.

Have you imagined that your salvation would one day be in the death of someone, that your crossing to the other side would be the departure of your tormentor in life?

(3)

James is sent to work with fishing groups, and there the youngster discovers that it's not just a job, but a prisoner of forced labor without understanding any of the meaning of it.

5 children, the sixth of them, start work at three in the morning and continue until eight in the evening, they eat one meal a day, and there is no treatment for those who fall ill, and as a result 3 of his companions die.

Longing for his mother, her heart tells her that something is wrong, she travels to visit him, reaches where he works, but they prevent her from meeting him, they both cry and she is forced to leave, but his father comes regularly, only to receive the agreed money in exchange for his son's work, and does not cost himself to meet His son, his consolation, or the like.

(4)

When you are in a bad situation, you hope to survive, of course, but you want more than that, you want compensation for what has happened to you, and you dream while you are at the bottom of the bottom that you reach the top, you seek help with a dream, a dream that helps you achieve this amazing leap.

One morning, while James is working, he hears someone speaking in a different language that seems strange to him, he asks and knows it's called English, he spins his head for hours, a dream has just been born, he decides to escape until he gets a chance to gain science and knowledge.

With the enthusiasm of a child who does not realize all the consequences, he gathers his pieces and tries to hide in the hope of a suitable moment to escape, but they catch him, and receive his share of beatings and torture. But who said: dreams die that easily?

(5)

Have you imagined that your salvation would one day be in the death of someone, that your crossing to the other side would be the departure of your tormentor in life?

James is thirteen, a young man in his early teens dies, the one who enslaved him for years dies, everyone was forced to participate in the funeral, including no doubt James.

Our friend had an idea and was determined to do it, in the midst of the crowd, and while everyone was busy with the funeral, our hero fled, and threw himself on the first bus that passed by.

He heads to his family's home, from which he left at the age of six, forced into a life he never wanted. Surprise complicates everyone's tongues, but there is an even bigger surprise. The poor man who cannot read or write decides to enroll in the neighborhood school. Everyone laughs at him: You're crazy, James!

(6)

The family is divided against itself, his mother rejoices at his decision to engage in the education path, while his father becomes angry and expresses his indignation at what is happening, the division increases and the dispute ignites until the couple separate after this long life, and the family bond is broken.

But James is getting more determined, and his feeling of challenge is burning more and more. He does not know how to read or write, and he does not have enough money to spend on his studies, but he will challenge all of that, and he will solve his problems one by one, he will work next to the school, and he will learn to read and write.

Years pass, and the boy is as if digging in the mountain, fighting the battle completely alone, between fellow poorest and least educated, but he progresses in his studies in an astonishing manner, until he learns English just as he dreamed.

(7)

He joins the university and excels in it, and when he graduates, he will be among the top students, not long after he reaches the decision to appoint him as a bank employee in the capital, Ghana.

The world is finally smiling at him, he has crossed to the other side, but his great crossing was not the end.

He is noble, and therefore wants to help others, and to help save the other children from what has befallen him and hurt him. He has decided to endeavor to build a bridge over which others will cross over to the bank he has reached.

James Annan establishes an institution to educate children and save them from slavery and hard life, and that institution succeeds in attracting many children from poor families, providing appropriate educational opportunities for many of them, and saving them from gangs of forced labor.

His foundation continues its success to become one of the most important Save the Children in Ghana, receiving 8 international awards in the field of Education and Save the Children.

And you.. Have you not crossed to your other side yet?