She, has, therefore, expressed concern over the increasing rate of parental irresponsibility, which such parents always attribute to poverty, that continuously push more children on to the streets, especially in Accra. A 2012 Census on Street children in the Greater Accra Region put the number of street children in the region at 61,942, made up of 57 per cent females and 43 per cent males. Accra’s street children are said to drift through traffic, market places, and bus terminals in search of daily work so they could meet their basic needs. We need to preach and uphold the family system and values and take care of our children”, Ms Amoako said. Upon completion of the training, the girls were given certificates of from the S.AID and tool boxes as a start-up kit for them.

Source: GhanaWeb April 02, 2019 03:37 UTC