{"id":247918,"date":"2016-09-15T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=247918"},"modified":"2016-09-15T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T06:00:21","slug":"king-nobert-writes-ghosts-among-men-the-neglect-of-the-cleft-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/king-nobert-writes-ghosts-among-men-the-neglect-of-the-cleft-child\/","title":{"rendered":"King Nobert writes: ‘Ghosts’ among men; the neglect of the cleft child"},"content":{"rendered":"
They live next door but you can\u2019t see them. They live in our homes but no one hears them. Indeed, you may think of them as invisible, but they are present in our households, coiled in humiliation and fear.<\/p>\n
Being an African child born with facial and oral malformations is like living a life under a death sentence. An unknown number of children born with cleft lips and cleft palates in Ghana continue to be denied the right to live by their parents and families, who sometimes kill them all in the name of superstitious beliefs that \u00a0such kids come along with curses and bad luck to their families.<\/p>\n
The few survivors face multiple-discrimination and are among the most\u00a0vulnerable people in society. Through no fault of theirs, they are often referred to as ghosts due to the nasal sound they produce when speaking. Their desires for a happy life has been truncated.\u00a0They live in depression and do not feel good about themselves.<\/p>\n