Deepened Collaboration
The Special Mothers Project became an
affiliate member to the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) at
the end of the year 2023, deepening our collaboration with other disabled
peoples’ organisation.
This affiliation was beneficial to the
project, the Special Needs parenting community accessed information on
opportunities within the Disability community.
Some of our Special needs Mothers
participated in training programmes and workshops to build their capacity in
advocacy.
The Special Mothers Project continues to
serve as a hub of information on Cerebral palsy issues and issues affecting
families raising children with Cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
Media activities
The project highlighted some issues
affecting families of children with various disabilities using the media and
social media to create awareness and solicit empathy with the aim of
influencing policies that will enhance the lives of families of Special needs
children
The Special Mothers Project continued to
support some parents with handouts and foodstuff throughout the year.
The handouts are usually donations from
people who admire the work we do.
Donations
In 2024, the Special Mothers Project
received two major donations.
Dr Mabel Oti-Boadi donated lots of items
including foodstuff to mark her birthday.
Red Devils Ghana also donated items during
the football off season
Newsletter
The Special Mothers Project introduced a
newsletter. The newsletter will be a
quarterly one that shares our programmes and activities. The newsletter will also feature guest activities
that aligns with our vision.
World CP Day 2024
World CP Day: The Special Mothers Project
used our social media platforms to create awareness during World CP Day. We are glad that some of our pictures got
featured on the World CP Day social media platforms.
Election Activities
2024 was an election year and the Special
Mothers Project joined the GFD to interact with the two major political parties
in Ghana.
The Special Mothers Project also sent
policy suggestions to the two major political parties in Ghana.
Meeting with Mrs Alma Prempeh
Meeting with Mrs Alma Prempeh: - The
Special Mothers Project had a meeting with Mrs Alma Prempeh, wife of Dr Matthew
Opoku Prempeh, running mate to the NPP's Dr Bawumia.
Mrs Prempeh donated cloths, hair dryers,
sewing machines and cash to support the Mothers’ go into micro businesses.
Partnership with Rotary Club Accra
Teshie-Nungua
The Special Mothers Project is Partnering
with the Rotary Club of Accra-Teshie-Nungua for a project intended to support
three organisations that support persons with Cerebral Palsy and mental health.
The club donated two wheelchairs, one adult
wheelchair and one wheelchair suitable for children to the Special Mothers
Project. The project has since given the wheelchairs out to members who needed
it.
Giving back to society
The Special Mothers Project crowned the year's activities with a give back activity to a mother who reached out to us. The beneficiary, Agatha Gyanoa, a 54 year old mother of six children. Her last two children aged 13 and 10 years old, both girls live with severe Cerebral Palsy.
Agatha used to trade in second hand clothing but due to the condition of her two children, she can no longer trade, she has no one to support her.
Her husband abandoned her after her last two children were born and went to marry another woman.
Agatha says that sometimes what to eat is even a challenge. She was ejected by her landlord when she had her last two children and she lives very far from town, a place called Obaakrowo, around Ashalagya in the Greater Accra region.
The Special Mothers Project donated a big bag of rice, a gallon of oil and some tin tomatoes.
The Special Mothers Project also donated 2000 cedis cash to her to use as a seed capital to start trading in something of her choice.
Agatha says she will start petty trading in soap with the money.
Agatha also gets to benefit from our counseling and empowerment programme.
There is more we can do to help Agatha, they sleep on the bare floor, they need some mattresses, and a few other stuff
Way Forward
For the coming year, the Special Mothers
Project will focus on parents’ empowerment and training.
The Special Mothers Project will therefore
launch a programme dubbed: " Life beyond diagnosis " to
support parents to create a self development plan.
The Life beyond diagnosis programme will
use coaching, mentoring and counselling to empower the parents.
Continued Advocacy
The Special Mothers Project will continue
with advocacy on issues affecting children with cerebral palsy and other
disabilities and issues affecting families raising children with disabilities
in general. The project will continue to talk about access to quality and
inclusive healthcare, Inclusive Education issues, setting up modern
rehabilitation centres where parents whose children are unable to access the
educational system can drop them off and pick them up by close of day,
caregiver programmes and training of caregivers among others.
The project will be glad to have a
constituent radio or TV programme to create awareness and educate the public on
such issues
Collaboration and partnership
The
Special Mothers Project is open to collaboration and partnership with
organisations pursuing similar initiatives and organisations that believes in
our mission to support and enhance the lives of families of children with
Cerebral palsy and other disabilities
Our Advocacy in the coming year will focus
on getting government to make laws and policies that supports parent caregivers
to thrive and live an enhanced life.
The Special Mothers Project continues to
serve as a resource for researchers working in the area of Special needs
children and mental health issues.
Financial Report
Our Financial Report for the year 2024 will
be submitted to our auditors in January 2025. The Audited financial report will
be published on our website specialmothers.org
Accepting Donations
The Special Mothers Project now accept donations to facilitate the work:
all donations can be sent to
Special Mothers Project
ADB Ring Road Branch
Account number: 1011010126145301
Or Mobile Money number: 0244547980
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