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and they also interact with donors and they are able to raise resources to undertake certain activities,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\nThe former Minister of Women and Children Affairs, Hajia Alima Mahama has said the lack of resources should not be an excuse for the Department of Social Welfare not to strictly monitor orphanages across the country.<\/p>\n
She acknowledged that the Gender Ministry is poorly resourced which affects the operations of the Department of Social Welfare but according to her, there are many other means to acquire funds for their work.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”cmAE9NU1J7S2U6vhrX7opoa2GIN2O4Rz”]\u201cWe all know that the Social Welfare Department now under the Gender Ministry is under resourced but for me, it\u2019s a question of priority because whether we like it or not, the Ministry of Gender gets some money and they also interact with donors and they are able to raise resources to undertake certain activities,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n
Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas in his recent undercover investigations shed light on the inhumane treatment being meted out to some orphaned children<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>in an orphanage in at Awutu Bawjiase in the Central Region.<\/p>\n The over 100 children at the Countryside Children\u2019s Welfare Home are forced to fast, even in the midst of plenty.<\/p>\n Anas Aremeyaw Anas, and his team lived in the home for six months, uncovered a home that has been turned into a business venture by its founder, Mrs Emma Boafo Yeboah, affectionately referred to as Auntie Emma or Mummy in the home.<\/p>\n At the home, the children are made to pose for photo opportunities to receive items from donors, only to be starved behind the walls of the orphanage.<\/p>\n On the back of this, the Gender Ministry is set to organize a press briefing on Tuesday to respond to the issue.<\/p>\n But on Eyewitness News, Hajia Alima Mahama asked, \u201cyes, there will be a press conference to say A, B, C, D but are we going to wait for another investigation before we take action?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis thing has been going on, it\u2019s being reported, investigations happen and then we don\u2019t hear anything about it,\u201d she fumed.<\/p>\n According to her, the institutions with the policy mandate of monitoring and regulating such orphanages have to take immediate action.<\/p>\n She also recommended that monitoring of orphanages should be a priority and \u201cmoney should be put in\u2026the little that we get, we need to use it to implement our programmes. It is our children that we are talking about!\u201d<\/p>\n The former Minister admitted that in society, there will always be people who will exploit others \u201cbut the institutions with the mandate to do it have to be proactive and complaining about resources should not be the excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is really, really sad and it\u2019s unfortunate. No one is obliged to establish an orphanage so if you go out there as a citizen of Ghana to say you want to establish an orphanage,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"Hajia](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/images.jpg\")
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