Participants of the Dakonplayiri COP Child and Youth Development Center came forth at a national Robotics competition held at the University of Ghana Legon.
This was disclosed during a child protection durber at the community by the project Mr Timothy Tungmene Bayel.
Addressing the chiefs and people of Dakonplayiri he mentioned this among other achievements under the project of youth development .
Our center runs structured programs which include ICT and robotics training for 25 and 12 participants respectively,
Other remarkable achievement include dressmaking project for 10 participants
The AWANA discipleship program for 50 children, Xylophone learning for 7 participants Literacy casses for all 218 participants on, Wednesdays after school and Saturdays UCMAS mental arithmetic training for 50 selected participants.
In the past two years alone, we’ve invested over GHS 80,000 in supporting 35
within two years, with over 90 caregivers benefiting from loans to support their households, caregivers through farming support, bee farming, small business startups, and interest-free loans.
In addition, we are proud to have initiated and nurtured six Chalmers savings groups with over 195 caregiversbeen part of the savings groups. These groups have saved more than GHS 350,000
businesses, and farms.
On health they Catered for the medical bills of 20 participants to undergo life-saving surgeries totaling
over GHS 100,000.
On the back these among other achievements he plead with parents to take the development of their children serious in order to avoid teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.
Madam iddisah Ayisha is with social welfare department encouraged parent to take responsibility of their children in order to reduce social vices
She said being responsibie as a parent involve a lot of commitment for the general development of the child
The social welfare opine that quality child engagement, feeding, teaching and mentoring among others
She said parents should consider interacting with children including accepting their view for a total growth and development of the child
The Assembly member of Tuna west Hon Nugal Joseph lamented how government policies has really affected parent onl Ghana
The Assembly member posted that when a child is not threaten by any disciplinary sanctions they turn to to be careless.
He is the view there should be a policy review of the current standard of child development .
source: yagbonradioonline
