By Lawrencia Akoto Frempong
Dodowa, Dec 19, GNA – The SOS Children’s Village has organised a sensitisation programme on children’s rights and responsibilities for pupils of the Fiankonya D/A Basic School.
The programme focused on children’s rights and responsibilities as enshrined in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and the Children’s Act.
The sensitisation programme was held at the school premises at Dodowa, and it brought together pupils, teachers and educators.
Ms. Janet Wahiermah, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Director for Shai-Osudoku, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), stressed that the NCCE aimed at educating citizens on the tenets of the 1992 Constitution.
She indicated that the Children’s Act, 1998 (Act 560) protects and provides children with their rights and responsibilities, encouraging them to be respectful children to any member of the community and also protect the environment, among other things.
She cautioned the pupils to study at home and advised them, especially the females, to resist loitering around.
Mr. Dziedzom Owusu Agbe, the Project Coordinator for the Direct Family Empowerment Project, SOS Children’s Village, Tema, said collaborating with the NCCE to roll out such programmes to sensitise children on their rights and responsibilities towards themselves and others within the community.
Mr. Agbe indicated that SOS Children’s Village, through the Direct Family Empowerment programme, has commenced implementing a three-year empowerment project in Dodowa, Ayikuma, and its enclave.
The project, he noted, would support 1050 vulnerable children and provide employable skills for 150 youth.
”The schools on our project would be given good training to help navigate and focus on their academics,” he said.
The project coordinator emphasised that the institution would do its best to ensure the children have better life before the end of the Direct Family Empowerment project, expressing the belief that more initiatives would be rolled out in the communities.
He called on other philanthropists and institutions to support such initiatives for the good of the children as they develop into adulthood.
“Five schools have been enrolled on the project currently, which includes Fiakonya D/A Basic School, Dodowa New Town Basic A and B, among others, and we are looking forward to adding one more school,” he added.
He advised the pupils to refrain from engaging in bad behaviors that might affect their future but rather take their studies seriously.
Master Joel Nkrumah Simde, a Form Two pupil of Fiankonya D/A Basic School, expressed gratitude to the organisers for the education.
He promised to respect every community member.
GNA