Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Founder and Executive
Director of the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation
programme on Cerebral palsy issues has urged persons engaged in Caregiving to
take their job seriously.
She said providing care for a person be it
a child with disabilities, an adult with disabilities or a sick person is a
job, it is a Profession, it is a calling and it can be a passion
Mrs Awadzi therefore advised people
providing Caregiver services to do it with all seriousness and with a passion.
The Founder of the Special Mothers Project said
this when she went to train caregivers and staff of Woodfield Manor Autism and
Special Needs School.
A professional Caregiver is someone whose
career is to assist another person in a way that enables them to live as
independently as possible.
Mrs Awadzi said finding a qualified and
passionate person to care for children with Cerebral palsy in Ghana is a big challenge
for many families raising children with Cerebral palsy.
Some of the care givers at Woodfield Manor
Autism and Special Needs School, said they always have to deal with stigma
associated with children with disabilities, in addition sometimes we feel we
are not valued, one of them added
In Ghana, caregivers are not supported by
governments, working as a Caregiver is usually a private sector job
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