More than a week and a half after the fire broke out at the Kantamanto second-hand market in Ghana, the effects are becoming increasingly clear. An inventory by the non-profit organization The Or Foundation shows that more than 60 percent of the market has been destroyed and 10,000 people have been affected.
The 40 percent that weren’t destroyed primarily employ thousands of upcyclers and tailors, according to the nonprofit’s LinkedIn post. Those affected include second-hand clothing dealers, tailors, upcyclers, food sellers and security forces.
The Or Foundation could not provide an exact figure for the financial damage, but “we can say with certainty that tens of millions of dollars in clothing bales, infrastructure and equipment have been lost.”
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