Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has advised parents not to see children with disabilities as a curse from God.
According to him, parents must offer love and care towards such children so they could feel they are part of the society.
Mr. Ablakwah said this during a donation to the Three Kings Special School at Battor in the Volta Region to mark this year’s World Cerebral Palsy Day over the weekend.
The event was organized by C.P- Awareness Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization in collaboration with Prosper Ntoso Music Ministry and the office of the Member of Parliament on the theme ”Empowering Persons Living With Cerebral Palsy.”
Mr. Ablakwah bemoaned the practice where most of these special children are stigmatized, abused and killed in certain parts of the society due to certain misconceptions towards person with disabilities.
He commended C.P- Awareness Ghana and the Prosper Ntoso Music Ministry for this move to create more awareness about Cerebral Palsy and other forms of disabilities.
Prosper Ntoso, a gospel musician and President of the Ministry, explained that the support was to fulfill one of the core goals of positively impacting the lives of the vulnerable in society.
”Every year after my birthday, my team and I have taken it upon ourselves to use part of the resources God has blessed us with to help change the lives of the less privilege, hence our partnership with C.P- Awareness Ghana this year”, he said.
He called on other artistes to offer the needed support no matter how little to help change lives.
Boniface Kwaku Aberor, Founder C.P- Awareness Ghana said the organization over the years has been on a mission to create awareness on Cerebral Palsy and to help reduce stigmatization of persons with other forms of disabilities especially Children.
He urged the public to offer support to persons with disabilities adding ”disability is not a curse, let’s say no to stigmatization”.
Mr. Aberor called for more support to help champion the course of raising more awareness on Cerebral Palsy in the country.
Madam Ophelia Kushigbor, headmistress of the school expressed gratitude to the donors and called for more support.
She identified infrastructure as one of key challenges facing the school urging government and other Civil Society organizations to assist the school.
Items worth 10,000 cedis were donated to the Battor Three Kings Special School.
The items donated included toiletries, water, bags of rice, maize, beans, assorted drinks, detergents, clothing etc.
Other activities marking the event were a health walk and medical screening sessions.
Cerebral Palsy is a childhood most common physical disability that affects children from age 0-3.
It occurs as a result of trauma to a developing brain and it is characterized by movement and posture disorder.
In Ghana, there is no data about cerebral palsy and this can be attributed to the stigma associated with the condition.
It is in this light that C.P Awareness Ghana embarked on a rural awareness campaign this year to celebrate world cerebral palsy day.
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By: citinewsroom.com/Ghana
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