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Advice and Assistance for Parents of Handicapped Children in Sokode-Ho
Bringing up an ill or handicapped child weighs heavily on a family living in a Ghanaian village. Most of the families live on their field crops and on what they can sell on the local market. The next hospital is often far away. Journeys there and medical treatment cost cash which has to be paid in advance. Health insurance or social welfare do not exist in this country. Where could concerned parents find help, advice, and answers to their questions?
Early aid is most effective
Care services for disabled people and for parents with disabled children are only poorly developed in Ghana. Only few disabled children have access to kindergartens or schools. However, if those children are helped at an early stage in their development, they can be integrated into the education system und later on they will be able to at least partly earn their own living. Also, the burden on the family can be reduced this way.
Rehabilitation centers close to the community
There did not yet exist any institutions for the early training of disabled children in Ghana, when in 2002 the aa/D in cooperation with a local self-help group for disabled people founded the so-called Aid & Counselling Center (ACCD). In the following nine years, the ACCD' work could be expanded substantially. The people's attitude towards diabled people is now changing. The programme was able to reach out to more and more villages in the mountain region and to make contact to families with disabled children.
Continued aid is needed
The aa/D and its members and supporters continuously supported the ACCD's work in all those years. The aa/D is paying the salary of counsellors and therapists, is making a car available and helps poor families to pay for operations and orthopedic treatments. Today, also the Social Welfare Office is supporting the ACCD's work. Yet, more help is needed.
Annual needs:
- A fund for operation and treatment costs 5.000 euros
- A contribution to the operation and maintenance costs of the vehicle 2.000 euros
We look forward to letting you have more information about this project. Please visit their homepage:
www.freewebs.com/ccagghana/index.htm
Therefore, we kindly ask you for your assistance. Please transfer your donation to the bank account mentioned below