Accra, Jan. 14, - The Special
Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy
is asking for policies that consider children with cerebral palsy and their
families
Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Executive Director
of the Project announced this on Saturday when members of the group joined a
keep-fit club at Shop N Save Supermarket Adentan branch as part of their
awareness creation programme.
Mrs Awadzi said: “We want
corporate Ghana and individuals alike to think about children with cerebral
palsy and their families when planning events or organising programmes.”
We also want people to take up
careers as professional care givers and do things that support families raising
children with cerebral palsy.
The Shop N Save Supermarkets
support the project by creating platforms and avenues where the group could
advocate about their activities.
Mrs Awadzi said the project as
part of its fund raising efforts has placed boxes at vantage points of all Shop
N Save Supermarkets, urging people to look out for the boxes and donate to
support the advocacy work.
One of the participants at the
keep fit activity expressed concern about parents who use their children with
cerebral palsy as a means to exploit people and said that kind of behaviours
put people off.
He commended the Special Mothers
Project for taking a different approach and urged Ghanaians to support the
worthy cause.
GNA
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