By
Eunice Hilda Ampomah, GNA
Accra, Dec. 12, GNA
– Ms Pathula Esi Kwaw, the Executive Director of the ‘Beautiful Life
Foundation’, a not-for-profit organisation that supports parents of Persons
With Disability (PWDs), has stated that the Foundation, would support such
parents to get back on their toes.
She said the
Foundation, among other initiatives, would empower parents of children with
special needs through entrepreneurship programmes to enable them to become
financially independent.
Ms Kwaw, told the
Ghana News Agency in an interview that, most parents of such children struggled
to give them better life and care, as most of them were not working because of
their children.
“Most of these
parents, usually single parents end-up having health problems like depression
and stress. We believe parents must not die trying to care for such children,
this is where Beautiful Life Foundation comes in, we are here to give beautiful
life to parents,” she added.
She said although
the Foundation was launched this month, it put measures in place to support
such parents to reduce their plight and enhance their livelihood.
The Foundation would
organise respite care provision programmes for parents and other caregivers on
child care services to provide a short term relief, improve family stability
and reduce the risk of leaving their children in the care of others to be
abused.
Ms Pathula urged the
public to stop stigmatising parents with special needs children and offer them
the needed support.
“It is not the
fault of anyone to have a child with a deformity, it could happen to
anyone”, she said.
Mr Prosper Ntoso,
the President of the ‘Prosper Ntoso Music Ministry’, which is a partner to the
Foundation, said his Ministry had over the years engaged in humanitarian
projects to support the less privileged in society.
“We want to
positively affect lives not only through music, but by helping to change the
lives of many vulnerable people in society, this is one of the core mandates of
this ministry.”
The Ministry, would
implement a project next year to create awareness about cerebral palsy and
offer support to such children to live fulfilled lives, he said.
The Ministry
supported a special school in Battor, Volta Region last year, he noted, and
disclosed that it was working to fully adopt the school as part of its project.
GNA
