‘There’s nothing sadder in this world in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child’. – Erma Bombeck. Nothing is exciting for a child than Christmas day, sadly, some children are not able to experience such feelings. It will be like a regular begging day for a street child, nothing to…
Everybody has got stages in life that when it passes one cannot go back to. One of these precious stages is childhood. As people progress into adulthood, they throwback to how lovely their childhood has been and the desire to reverse back into that stage. This is so because memories are vital in every child’s…
‘Because in our pain we must find each other – a mirror to mirror the grace of our shared humanity, the stunningly broken beauty of our shared grief. And you can let your grief see my grief and let our tears mingle into some kind of healing alchemies and you’ll know what I know. –…
— PRESS RELEASE — Today, Friday 20th November 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. On this occasion, a nation-wide coalition of NGOs is calling on the Government of Ghana to make the protection of child rights a priority in 2021 and beyond. Thirty years ago, Ghana made…
Christmas! A season of sacrifice and love. Remember the Manger story we were told when we were kids; even now as adults, we get to hear it at church. How an Inn Keeper gave his Manger, a place where animals are kept for the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ – sacrifice. Before Christ was…
Despite the many legislative interventions put in place by Ghana’s Parliament, against domestic violence which reflects the global efforts in pushing for women’s rights to be recognized as human rights, there is still a high rate of such incidents being recorded. This can be partly attributed to some cultural beliefs that the man has express…
Some years ago, begging in Ghana was rare. Now, begging, especially in the capital cities, is happening on every street corner and every pavement in the central business districts, particularly Accra despite the law that makes it an illegal venture. It’s often perpetrated in the full glare of the police, the very institution mandated to…
Ghana as a sovereign state has as a set of regulations as enshrined in the 1992 constitution, the Children’s Act 1998. These rules are to “reform and consolidate the law relating to children, to provide for the rights of the child, maintenance and adoption, regulate child labour and apprenticeship, for ancillary matters concerning children generally”…
I had been asked to go out and get some things for the house and I was angry. Who would send anyone out under this scorching sun? If Sunday school had taught me anything, I knew the Ghanaian sun was just a replica of how hades might be. Then I saw him, with little beads…
There is a growing trend on the streets of this country which if not checked will become a security threat. Particularly in the capital Accra, one most of the streets, one is likely to see children as young as two (2) years old begging. Those a bit older yet within school-going ages are also engaging…