Reverend Stanley Mensah, Deputy General Overseer of the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry (CEM) has called on government to build facilities that support disabled persons. He said the existence of such institutions in Ghana will not only help make them independent, but will also help harness their abilities to enable them to contribute to the nation’s development […]
Ghana education service told children with cerebral palsy must be admitted in schools
Ms Gloria Gyamea, a Physiotherapist at the Orthopedic Training Centre (OTC), Nsawam, has called on the Ghana Education Service to urgently ensure that children with cerebral palsy are admitted into mainstream schools She said: “As a physiotherapist, the first recommendation I make to parents is to tell them to send their children to mainstream school, […]
Ghana: NGO supports mothers of children with cerebral palsy
Women of Love Ministry, a non-governmental organization that aims to empower women to be entrepreneurs, has supported two women with some equipment to start working to earn a living. Ms Rebecca Agama, a seamstress and a mother of a child with cerebral palsy was supported with a sewing machine. Rosemary Ladzi, another mother, was supported […]
NGO in Ghana calls for national dialogue on cerebral palsy
Special Mothers Project is a non-governmental organization in Ghana that advocates and helps in creating awareness about cerebral palsy. The organisation has called on the government to initiate a national dialogue on cerebral palsy, a dialogue the organisation stresses is not only needed, but long overdue: “Having a national dialogue about cerebral palsy will go […]
Mothers deplore poor services for children with cerebral palsy in Ghana
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana has recently come under pressure to provide adequate social support and services for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). A group of mothers with children with CP met with ministry officials to discuss welfare and other concerns and the changes that are urgently needed to adequately support […]