Child Protection Awareness Day marked at Apam
A Child Protection Awareness Day instituted by Compassion International Ghana, a child-centred non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been observed by the Mount Zion Methodist Project of the NGO at Apam.
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Speaking at the function, Mr Edward Ndzibah, Project Co-ordinator, said the celebration of the day was to bring to the fore issues concerning the abuse of the rights of children, and added that many parents did not know what constituted abuse of children’s rights.
He said the Mount Zion Project, which was established six years ago, now had 305 children being sponsored by expatriates worldwide.
He said the project catered for the children’s education, and their medical bills.
Mr Ndzibah said Compassion International worked in partnership with local churches.
Mr Alex Kobena Afful, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), who represented Mr John Mensah, Gomoa West District Director of CHRAJ, as the principal resource person, took the gathering through children’s rights, child labour and abuse, rights to opinion and sexual harassment, as well as child responsibilities.
He appealed to the general public to not hesitate to approach the commission with problems concerning human rights abuse for redress.
Mr Afful said the way parents treated their children would determine their intelligence, and advised parents to desist from insulting their children or frowning on everything they did.
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