General News of Friday, 24 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.gh73 per cent of children poor — ReportSchool pupilsA maiden national report on child poverty in the country has established that three out of every four children are poor in many ways, a situation the report describes as “multi-dimensionally poor”. The Multi-Dimensional Child Poverty Ghana Report defines multi-dimensionally poor children as children deprived of three or more of their basic human rights, services and needs required for their long-term development. Findings, recommendationsThe report further established that only 2.5 per cent of children in Ghana were without deprivation. It said also that at the national level, 28.2 per cent of all children were monetarily poor, a phenomenon much common in the rural areas. It also called for an increase in political will to prioritise child poverty issues at all levels through sensitisation campaigns.

Source: GhanaWeb January 24, 2020 11:15 UTC