Every morning, shortly before eight o’clock, Mma Teni spreads a rubber sheet on the ground at the entrance to the Bolgatanga new market. She tips out a heavy sack of second-hand clothes, and a cloud of plastic particles rises into the air to mix with diesel fumes and smoke from charcoal fires. As she settles onto a low stool, ringing a bell to call passing shoppers, the pollutants travel into her lungs and eventually her bloodstream. She knows the danger, but there is nothing she can do about it.

Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: Ghana to spend Ghc8 billion on new 24-hour markets – but nothing to stop toxic air making traders sick. – A1 Radio Bolgatanga

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives. Funding was provided by the Clean Air Fund. The donor had no say in the story’s content.