A new tax haven created by the west African state of Ghana could attract tax dodgers and drug traders seeking to launder money unless safeguards are introduced, says a new report.

This Easter, as millions of children munch their way through chocolate eggs, it is important to remember that the industry that produces the cocoa survives on a massive child trafficking network, says charity World Vision.

World Vision, one of the world's leading relief and development agencies, has supplied 100 desks to the Kintampo South District Directorate Education Service in Ghana.

While Ghana is, in some senses, one of Africa's success stories, it is still a very poor country where many people lack basic health, education and agricultural provisions. The average life expectancy is 58% years, one in ten children die before their fifth birthday and 40% of people are illiterate.Sponsor a child in Ghana here now.

Ghana is one of the world's poorest countries, with nearly 70 per cent of its population dependent on small scale farming. Malaria, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, malnutrition and measles remain the five leading killer diseases of children. To find out more about child sponsorship, and sponsor a child in Ghana, visit the World Vision sponsor a child website

Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) in the USA is among the global church agencies providing emergency assistance to communities hit by severe flooding in Ghana and Uganda. Nearly 17 African countries have been affected by heavy rains which began in June 2007.