Government to strengthen social interventions for children’s welfare
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has indicated the government’s commitment to continue to strengthen social interventions to create opportunities for Ghanaian children.
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She mentioned that the government would strengthen social interventions such as the capitation grant, school-feeding programme and the provision of free school uniforms for children to ensure that they lived in an environment of peace and freedom with unending opportunities irrespective of their social, economic, religious or academic status.
Speaking at the President's party for 2000 schoolchildren at Moree in the Central Region, she announced that Cabinet had approved the Justice for Children policy under which all children would be given equal justice through formal and informal structures.
Justice for children
That, she said, would ensure that children who came in conflict with the law received justice, and pointed out that a child support unit would be established under the policy to, among other functions, file cases in court on behalf of applicants against parents who did not contribute to the welfare of children.
She said the ministry had also developed and launched the Child and Family Welfare policy to make the caring of children a communal responsibility.
The policy, according to the minister, taps into positive traditional values, principles and proactive practices and mechanisms of effective systems that provide guidance to the reform of child and family welfare programmes and activities.
Obedience
She said over the years, the ministry had done a lot for children and recognised the need for them to have a good environment and, therefore, called on children to reciprocate that gesture by being obedient to their parents, teachers and older people.
She said for that reason, an initiative was adopted to renovate all children's parks in the country with the renovation and installation of equipment at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park being underway.
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