The government has been urged to establish a special fund for the effective running of orphanages in the country, to promote the welfare of inmates, particularly their education and health.
This has become necessary as children in some orphanages, instead of continuing their education or acquiring employable skills, are made to leave the facilities as soon as they attain 18 years, thereby becoming a liability or threat to society.
President-General of the Eminent West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF), Nana (Dr) Appiagyei Dankawoso I, who made the appeal, lamented that, "Some orphanages are struggling to provide food, health, accommodation, clothes and education for inmates, and it is crucial for us to come to their aid." He noted that while extended families were obliged to provide basic needs of orphans at homes, those in orphanages continued to rely on the benevolence of individuals and organisations.
Nana Dankawoso I made the call after donating food items including, bags of rice, sugar, gari, beans, tins of tomatoes, toilet rolls and cash, all amounting to GH¢30,000, to the Countryside Children's Welfare Home, at Bawjiase, in the Central Region, at the weekend.
