Mother of cerebral palsy child establishes Inclusive Educational Centre – Ghana News Agency

Accra, Aug. 12, GNA -Mrs Ellen Affam-Dadzie, a mother of a seven-year old girl with cerebral palsy,has established an Inclusive Educational Centre to cater for children withspecial needs and offer the parents the opportunity to work and earn an income.

The Centre; With GodCerebral Palsy Ghana, also offers physiotherapy services and provides qualitycare for children with cerebral palsy for free.

Mrs Affam-Dadzie, inan interview with the media, said she knew how stressful and frustrating it wasto have a child with the condition and decided to offer support to enablemothers of such children to earn an income.

I do not believe thatany family or person should become poor simply because they had a child withcerebral palsy. The mothers inability to work, among other factors, is whatcauses many families to kill these children or even wish their children dead,she said.

Mrs Affam-Dadzie saidsince government was not doing much to support families of such children, shedecided to start the Centre as her contribution towards reducing their burden.

She said the Centrealso gave the children with special needs an opportunity to mingle with otherchildren, adding; We are practicing inclusion.

Mrs Affam-Dadziecalled on the Government to ensure that the inclusive education policy embracedmajority of children with cerebral palsy, if not all.

She said the very fewschools in Ghana that admitted children with the condition were very expensive,which many parents could not afford.

We also intend to setthe mothers up in small enterprises so we train the unemployed mothers in soap,beads, batik and tie and dye making among other things, and we hope thatcorporate organisations will come on board to help us enhance the lives offamilies with children who have cerebral palsy, she said.

Mrs Hannah Awadzi,Initiator of the Special Mothers Project, lauded the initiative saying; Thisis what the project is looking for; we need mothers to take up the fight forservices and do something to help children with cerebral palsy.

She called on theGovernment, corporate organisations and volunteers; both home and abroad, tosupport the Centre to make it viable.

GNA

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