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SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Program, Takoradi (Feb. 14, 2001). The program is on hold at<br />
the moment because fund<strong>in</strong>g ran out. See id. Many people we met with noted that radio is a<br />
particularly effective medium for educat<strong>in</strong>g the public.<br />
[FN335]. See id.<br />
[FN336]. Interview with Justice Okraku, Circuit Court, Accra (June 12, 2001) (“My only<br />
problem with the law is that you always need a lawyer to help you out. Many women cannot<br />
afford a lawyer to assist them.”).<br />
[FN337]. Interview with Mrs. Faust<strong>in</strong>a Borkloe, WiLDAF Legal Literacy Volunteer from Keta,<br />
Ho (June 5, 2001).<br />
[FN338]. Interview with Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal<br />
Aid Board, Western Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001); Interview with Mr. Kwaku Frimpong,<br />
Director, Legal Aid Board, Ashanti Region, Kumasi (June 5, 2001). The Legal Aid Board now<br />
operates under the Legal Aid Scheme Act (Act 542) of 1997 <strong>in</strong> accordance with Article 294 of<br />
the Constitution. See Legal Aid Board, Annual Report 1998, at 3.<br />
[FN339]. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June<br />
14, 2001); Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 3.<br />
[FN340]. See Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 6, 12.<br />
[FN341]. Except <strong>in</strong> the Greater Accra Region, where there is the Director of the Legal Aid<br />
Board, a lawyer, <strong>and</strong> a person to assist both. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal<br />
Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June 14, 2001).<br />
[FN342]. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June<br />
14, 2001); see also Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 7 (not<strong>in</strong>g further that several of the<br />
regional offices are still temporary accommodations).<br />
[FN343]. These lawyers will be paid a fixed salary set by the Legal Aid Board. See Interview<br />
with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June 14, 2001). However,<br />
there is a dis<strong>in</strong>centive to take the cases because they will not get paid if they lose the case. See<br />
Interview with Mr. Kwaku Frimpong, Director, Legal Aid Board, Ashanti Region, Kumasi (June<br />
5, 2001).<br />
[FN344]. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June<br />
14, 2001). Of the 2,088 cases h<strong>and</strong>led by the Board <strong>in</strong> 1998, 850 or 40.7% were h<strong>and</strong>led <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Greater Accra Region. See Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 9.<br />
[FN345]. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June<br />
14, 2001); Legal Aid Board, supra note 338, at 4 (“The absence of transportation <strong>and</strong> appropriate<br />
remuneration have made it difficult for the Board to provide legal personnel for state-assigned<br />
briefs <strong>and</strong> for briefs referred to the Board by the CHRAJ <strong>and</strong> FIDA <strong>in</strong> addition to the mount<strong>in</strong>g