The Osu Children’s Home has revealed that no budgetary allocation has been given out to the institution since the beginning of 2025.
The parliamentary committee on Gender, Children and Social Welfare visited the Osu Children’s Home as part of their oversight responsibility on Thursday, May 22, to assess the development and challenges of the facility.
Addressing the Committee, the Supervisor at the Osu Children’s Home, Reindolf Dartey, on May 22, identified funding as a key challenge impeding the development of the facility.
He further added that only GHC16,000 was allocated to the facility in 2024, whilst their expenses per month stand at GHC120,000.
He indicated that they rely mostly on donations from individuals, Non-Governmental Organisations, and other sources.
“The whole of this year, nothing has come. The whole of last year [2024], we had only GHC16,000, and that is what we used to pay our electricity bills. Our monthly budget estimate is GHC120,000,” he disclosed.
The Supervisor of the Osu Children’s Home further indicated that the influx of children with special needs is another major challenge the facility faces.
According to him, the facility has not been structured to accommodate and adequately cater for children with special needs.
“We’re facing a huge challenge with the influx of children with special needs. This has become a major issue simply because the Home was not built to suit the various needs of the different categories of children with such medical conditions.
“Excuse my word, a room that an able child can be comfortable with will not be comfortable with a child with epilepsy. A child with epilepsy’s room should be different from a child with mental health issues. And such cases keep coming,” he said.
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