A facility that will
serve as a home away from home for children with special needs has been
established in Apam in the Central Region
to support families raising children with special needs
The facility which will operate as a residential as well as
a day care facility for all children especially children with special needs
including those with severe forms of cerebral palsy .
It will house the children, feed and provide care and educational needs at an affordable
rate
Madam Mercy Boadu, Founder and Chief Executive of MEB
Special Children’s home said: “I come into contact with a lot of children with
special needs who are usually neglected because the parents or care givers do
not see any bright future for them.”
She said MEB Special Children’s Home will serve as a home
away from home for especially children with special needs, however regular
children are also welcome.
“We will provide an Individualised educational plan for each
child and work closely with the parents to enure that we achieve realistic
targets for the children,” she added
Madam Boadu said MEB Special Children’s Home hopes to work
with the children to help them become meaningful citizens of Ghana.
“I will train the children as I will train my own children,”
she said.
Madam Boadu is a teacher by profession, a head teacher at a
basic school in Apam and a mother of a child with cerebral palsy.
Having worked with children with special needs for the past 15 years or so I think this is welcoming idea. My only hope is that the CEO is able to recruit people with passion for the job. I have seen many who come and goes because they can't fit the special need setting.
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I support this project hundred percent. It's a good initiative to assist parents having children with special needs. Let's all support to sustain it, so that children with such conditions can also have education and future. I am starting referrals now.
ReplyDeleteWoo ! This is great.May God bless your idea helping this children.
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