Call for Ghana to Abolish Orphanages

Orphanaid Africa, a NGO that sponsors families to care for orphans instead of taking them to orphanages, is calling on the Government of Ghana to abolish orphanages in Ghana.

Head of family support services at Orphanaid, Awo Boatema Aboagye-Dakwa, says orphanages are foreign to Ghanaian culture and that the Western nations have abolished them because they have proven to be ineffective.

“Besides the evidence of abuse and criminal activities in orphanages, they also detach children from society and make them lose their self confidence when they become adults,” she argues.

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