General News of Saturday, 16 November 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgChild protection is key to national development - Department of Social WelfareFile photoMr Fred Sakyi Boafo, Deputy Director in-charge of Child and Family Welfare, Department of Social Welfare, has called on the citizenry to help protect children in order to safeguard the country’s future. Mr Boafo was speaking at a sensitization workshop, organized by the Department of Social Welfare with support from USAID and UNICEF for Community Structures and the Media in the Volta Region on the Child Care Reforms and Referral Pathways in Ghana. Mr Boafo said Inter-sectorial Standard Operating Procedure (ISSOP) had been developed based on the country’s existing laws, regulations and official policies to protect children and improve family and caregiver welfare through social services support. Mr Boafo called on parents to ensure that they gave the needed guardianship to their children and also urged pastors to also use the pulpit to educate members on issues relating to child protection. Madam Georgina Mensah, Deputy Director, Standard, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Department of Social Welfare, said the Child Care Reform initiative aimed at promoting adoption and foster parenting and also to reduce the rate at which children grew up in residential homes and institutions.

Source: GhanaWeb November 16, 2019 02:37 UTC