The With God Cerebral Palsy Ghana Centre, a facility that
provides day care services to children with cerebral palsy and other
disabilities has reopened.
The centre closed down temporarily last year due to a few
unforseen challenges, however, Mrs Ellen Affam-Dadzie, Executive Director of the centre
said the challenges has been resolved and the centre is now fully operational
Mrs Affam- Dadzie has also started a degree programme in
Community based rehabilitation and disability studies at the University of
Education, Winneba to acquaint herself with current knowledge to be able to
serve the disability community better.
She said “being a mother of a child with cerebral palsy
myself, I knew at first hand the challenges associated with raising a child
with cerebral palsy in Ghana. I know how parents struggle to find safe places
and environments to keep their children in order for them to work.”
The centre initially provided day and boarding facilities to
children with disabilities but now provides only day care services, Mrs
Affam-Dadzie said
She said providing this facility to serve the children with
disabilities goes a long way to enhance the lives of families raising children
with special needs.
She said her major challenge has been the ability to employ
and maintain qualified staff and appealed to professionals already working in
Ghana to volunteer in her facility where possible
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