Ghanaians urged to embrace foster parenting to curtail streetism

CHILDREN WORKERS URGED TO ADVOCATE FOR FAMILY CARE SYSTEM FOR ORPHANS.

Children workers and care givers have been encouraged to advocate for family care system for orphans in their local churches other than the orphanage home systems.

This plea was made by Mr. Isaac Yeboah, Programs manager for Bethany Christian Services Global- Ghana at the ongoing Vulnerable Children’s Ministry training at the Pentecost Convention Center in Gomaoh Fetteh organized by Ghana Without Orphans.

In his submission at the opening session on Monday 26th August 2024, Mr. Isaac Yeboah Agyei took participants through introduction to Vulnerable Children’s Ministry. He made participants aware, that vulnerable children such as orphans and children in the slums, ghettos etc are dear to GOD and in view of that, GOD requires that families adopt these vulnerable children and show them love and give proper family nurturing and care to them.

Mr. Isaac Agyei Yeboah added that, as a result of the love for children, GOD created conducive environment to meet the child’s survival needs such as sun, moon sky, land plants, animals etc and also created Adam and Eve; thus, Man and woman to produce and help nurture the child in godly way and meet the trivial needs of the child which includes, love, affection, education, cognitive and virtues among others.

Delivering his opening address for the workshop, the convener, Rev. George Abaidoo was hopeful that that at the end of the workshop on Wednesday 28th August GOD willing, participants will know GOD’s plans for vulnerable children and appreciate the call on us to intervene for them.

Report filed by HUM Media Team (COP)

 

 

Ghanaians urged to embrace foster parenting to curtail streetism

Ghanaians have been entreated to encourage foster parenting and guardianship as a major social protection measure to end the rising influx of children on the streets. This call has become necessary due to the fact that not all orphans and vulnerable children find their way into orphanage homes. It is against this background that the Founder and National Coordinator of Ghana Without Orphans, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Rev. George Abaidoo has become the lead advocate for the need for foster parenting and guardianship. According to him, Ghanaians believe in the family system hence orphans and those vulnerable unfortunately can also be offered some hope if people should start adopting and fostering them which can go a long way to reduce the burden and load on orphanage homes and centers. Ghana Without Orphans is a movement of church organisations and groups which implement family-based solutions for vulnerable children in the community. GWO is part of World Without Orphans which has a vision of seeing orphaned and vulnerable children thrive in loving families rather than in orphanages. Rev. George Abaidoo was speaking at the official launch of a new Book which is expected to serve as a guide for raising, fostering and nurturing orphans and vulnerable children in general. The Book titled: “Manual for Vulnerable Children’s Ministry” was launched on Sunday 22nd May 2022 at the Assemblies of God Ghana Cedar Mountain Chapel in Accra. The book was written with support from the Bethany Christian Services. “Since our advocacy commenced in 2014, we have been at the forefront of advocacy so far as these issues are concerned. For me, the best thing we can do as much as possible as a church, organizations and specialised groups is to resort to foster parenting, guardianship and adoptions to bridge the gap. We realised from past observations that in certain cases even people who are ready to marry get discouraged when they find out that their partners have no parents whether foster or guardians,” he lamented. Touching on the book, he revealed that the Manual for Vulnerable Children’s Ministry is a timely intervention to the proper ways of adopting, training and nurturing of vulnerable children in order to achieve the best standards of care and social protection. “Ghana Without Orphans (GWO) is an offshoot of World Without Orphans, (WWO) born out of the understanding of God’s heart for orphans and His command in Scripture to take care of them. We have made a country-wide effort with determination to provide all orphans and vulnerable children a place of hope, love and a sense of belonging within a Christian family environment and thus enable them to reach their full potential in Christ. We believe the church in Ghana can help make this vision a reality considering the 4,432 orphans in 133 Orphanages with an equal number of vulnerable children living on our streets and ghettos learning to be abused and a nuisance to our country.” Touching on how it all began, Rev. George Abaidoo recalled that he had a vision to set up an orphanage but considering the cost involved he later had to divert into promoting and encouraging foster parenting and adoptions rather especially among churches and families. “Imagine if we have churches and organised homes absorbing a number of these vulnerable children as their own, I bet no one will be loitering on the streets. This is where we can see and feel the full participation and involvement of communities in such matters that deserve critical social attention. The Ghanaian society and the government as a whole stand to benefit a lot from this since we won’t have to worry about people becoming liabilities,” the man of God stated.

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