Grace found the founder of the Royal Seed Orphanage, Naomi Esi Amoah and was handed a Kia Spectra saloon car by the SIC Ladies Association(SICLA) at their recent visit to the orphanage located at Bawjiase Papasi No.1 in the Central Region Saturday April 21, 2018. President of SICLA, Bernice Boachie who made the presentation of … Read more
After years of advocacy in child online protection, it has become pretty obvious that a lot of people do not see its relevance in child well-being. It has also become so clear that adults in general are ignoring the consequences and the downsides actions and innovations by them have on children and young people. It … Read more
Joy in Giving Foundation, an initiative of renowned broadcast journalist, Joyce Midley, has donated assorted items and cash as well as feting children of the Volta Home Orphanage at Vedeme in the Volta Region. This is not the first time Joyce Midley is providing such a gesture to the Volta Home Orphanage. In 2015 and … Read more
Child Rights International, has hinted that the excessive exposure of children of the late Major Maxwell Mahama is an infringement on their dignity and privacy. Investigations conducted by Child Rights International reveal that, exposing these children in relation to the incident could affect their social interaction and access to their rights in the future. The … Read more
Controversial TV and Radio Presenter, Sokoo Hemaa has been outdoored as the ambassador of the Orphanage home soccer competition. The maiden edition of the Orphanage League themed “Let’s Play to change tomorrow”, was launched on Rainbow Radio 87.5 FM where the mid-morning show host Sokoo Hemaa was introduced as this year’s Ambassador. Sokoo Hemaa expressed … Read more
Staff of Citi FM and some of its listeners on Monday visited children at the Baptist School Complex, an orphanage at Trotor in the Easter Region, as part of the station’s annual Easter Orphan Project. The past few months saw a number of corporate entities and individuals donate items in cash and kind, in support … Read more
Students and pupils of Saps School Ltd in Teshie-Nungua, have donated seven bags of rice and two gallons of the oil to Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project. Three staff of the school made the donation at the premises of Citi FM, whilst also making individual donations of one bag of rice each. The Karisa foundation also … Read more
Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project has within the last few weeks received a number of donations from its cherished listeners and some benevolent companies in Ghana. The new company to have supported the project is Krugerbrent Security Limited which donated GHc2,000. The Easter Orphan Project is a Citi FM initiative which seeks to support some … Read more
Telecommunication giant, Vodafone Ghana and HFC bank have separately donated cash sums to Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project. Whereas Vodafone supported the project with GHc1, 500, HFC bank gave GHc1, 000. Citi FM has on a daily basis been receiving donations in the form of cash amounts, confectionaries, biscuits, drinks, canned products and other assorted … Read more
Several companies and individuals continue to make donations towards Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project ahead of the annual event. Ashfoam Ghana Limited is the new company to contribute towards the project which seeks to support some selected orphanages in the country. The company donated spreadsheets and scuffs towards the benevolent project. Citi FM has adopted three orphanages … Read more
Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples abroad have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. The orphanage allegedly sold children as young as six months to families in Europe, America and Asia for between $12,000 and $23,000. Police arrested the head of … Read more
French President Francois Hollande called Tuesday on Britain to “accept its responsibility” to take in stranded under-age migrants stuck in France who wish to join up with family in the UK. The issue has been a constant irritant between the two countries, made worse by Britain’s decision this month to end an arrangement to take … Read more
The Corporate Banking Department of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated items worth GH?15,000 to the Potters Village in the Greater-Accra and the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region. The Potters Village, an orphanage located in Dodowa with a population of 127 children received bags of rice, sugar, cooking oil, detergents … Read more
The Corporate Banking Department of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated items worth GH₵15,000 to the Potters Village in the Greater Accra and the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region. The Potters Village, an orphanage located in Dodowa with a population of 127 children received bags of rice, sugar, cooking oil, … Read more
Some migrant children were suffering sexual abuse at the hands of people smugglers, a senior European Union official said on Friday. Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship, made the remarks when addressing a conference in Malta titled “Lost in migration: Working together to protect children from disappearance”. Avramopoulos highlighted the need … Read more
Staffs of Capital & More Microfinance crowned 2016 in a memorable style last Friday as they visited the Christ Faith Foster Home at Frafraha in Accra to put a smile on the faces of the inmates. In a touching gesture, staff members joined foster children at the orphanage for a day of fun-filled moments to … Read more
Ghanaians as a people are noted worldwide for their hospitality. Wherever we find ourselves as Ghanaians, we aim to leave a mark. The success story of MONUSCO Ghanbatt 12 as Peacekeeping troops in DRC was climaxed with an Outreach Programme that fed 1500 Orphans and their Caregivers in the city of Kinshasa. Ghanbatt feted 1500 … Read more
With the introduction of the Care Reform Initiative (CRI) in 2007 by the Department of Social Development (DSD), there has been a shift from emphasizing institutionalized care for orphans to reintegration of orphans into their extended families. The Care Reform Initiative which is a new approach to care services for vulnerable children is based on … Read more
The SOS Children’s Villages Ghana will launch a worldwide children’s rights campaign on November 20, 2016, themed; “No child should grow up alone”. The Children’s Village noted that, one in ten children, or 220 million children worldwide, are growing up without the loving care of a parent or the support they need as children. This … Read more
Reverend David Kwadwo Ofosuhene, the Chairman of All God’s Children International (AGCI), has called on all orphan care agencies, to set up ageing out projects that will equip orphans the skills to earn a living. He explained that ageing out implied there were lots of children who due to their plights could not concentrate on … Read more