Bejewahume Community gets NGO’s support towards creation of new Child Welfare Centre



As part of efforts to promote healthcare delivery in the country, the Rural Project Support Network (RPSN), an NGO committed to improving the lives of rural people in the country has supported Bejewahume, a community located in Achimota within the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region with some relief items towards creation of a new Child Welfare Centre to cater for the health needs of children.

The items which valued at a total cost of GH¢1,500.00 include 1 weighing stand,1 veronica bucket, 2 benches,1 table and 3 plastic chairs.

The gesture according to the Executive Director of Rural Project Support Network, Ms. Felicia Sosu seeks to aid caregivers to help provide healthcare services in the community with ease.

It is also intended to help address the challenges most parents face in the community in attempt to assist their children attain healthcare delivery.

Speaking in an interview, Ms. Sosu noted the idea to create new Child Welfare Centre (CWC) at Bejewahume emanates upon realization that the whole community has only one centre which serves a very high population of mothers  who had to travel from long distances only to patronize the facility during the time her outfit together with other partners are vigorously campaigning under the pilot project of the 2nd Year of Life(2YL).

“Today we’ve provided some items to support the community and the nurses around. We wanted to open a new CWC because during our 2YL campaign period, we saw that the entire community has only one centre and looking at the interval people travel from is far making it difficult for them to access healthcare therefore we saw the need to create another one today”.
Ms. Rosemond Appau, the Municipal Health Promotion Officer at Abokobi, Ga East Municipality receiving the donation on behalf of the community commended the donor for the support.

“We are indeed very happy so now when we go for home visits and we’re inviting mothers, we will be bold knowing very well that when they come to the centre they’ll get a place to sit comfortably and be taken care of without complaints”.

Ms. Appau observed lack of logistics within the CWC’s  in the municipality makes it difficult for caregivers to operate including parents who sometimes refuses to turn up during home visits.

She therefore called for more donor support and appealed to other NGOs, Institutions and individuals in the country to help donate logistics and support the centres and the caregivers to deliver towards improving the health conditions of children in the country.

For her part, Administration Officer at Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health(GCNH), Ms. Harriet Aryitey noted the successes chalked under the 2nd Year of Life (2YL) pilot project which came to an end in November was evident due to the low records of diseases like polio, measles, whooping cough among others registered by children in the country.

She lauded the Ghana Health Service(GHS), RPSN, GCNH), Center for Disease Control(CDC), USA and  its partners from South Africa and Kampala for making it a success and prayed for the enrollment of the actual campaign in 2018.

The 2YL project was an initiative which seeks to help raise an awareness as well as sensitize women especially young mothers on the importance of immunization in order to ensure children are well immunized according to the laid down schedules of health experts; right from birth till the age of 2 up to 5 years period.

The 3- month initiative was run as a pilot project which kicked-off somewhere  early September and ended in November this year paving way for the actual project likely to be rolled out early next year.

It was implemented by the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) though the support of the Ghana Health Service(GHS)  with funding from the Center for Disease Control(CDC), USA and  its partners from South Africa and Kampala(Uganda).




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