RAISE RED FLAG AGAINST CHILD ABUSE

Child abuse is all too common in Ghana today. It is likely you have heard testimonies of people whose lives are shattered due to one form of abuse they suffered when they were children.

Child abuse has dire implications the health, well-being and safety of our nation’s young people. It leaves both psychological and physical scars on the child through to his/her adulthood. Physically, some are maimed forever like a girl whose grandparents made her sit in very hot water desist her from bed wetting. In extreme cases, some of the children die from the ordeal as reported in the news on 15th May, 2013 of a 12 year old girl who died after being defiled by a 28 year old man.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), child abuse is any behaviour directed towards a child by a parent, guardian, care giver, other family member or other adult that endangers or impairs a child’s physical or emotional health and development. There are different forms of child abuse; sexual abuse, neglect, emotional abuse and physical abuse. We now find on the ascendency in Ghana sexual and physical abuse of children. This is not to say the other forms do not exist in Ghana.

Sexual abuse includes intercourse, touching up and any kind of behaviour that is sexual towards children. It is quite alarming the rate at which we hear of rape and incest cases on our media networks as each day goes by. Have we ever thought of the effects of these acts on the social and psychological development of these children? Victims undergo severe trauma with it long term consequences such as fear, anxiety, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, abnormal and improper sexual behaviour and suicidal tendencies surfacing later.

Early January 2013 in Ghana, we heard a story of two grandparents subjecting their 11year old granddaughter to severe physical abuse. According to the story, the grandparents made the girl sit on boiling water in a basin due to the fact that the child have frequent bed-wetting habit. This is indeed a barbaric act on the part of the grandparents. Many children in Ghana undergo diverse degrees of physical abuse from parents, guardians, relatives and others.

The Ghana YMCA gladly tasks all parents and families to raise RED FLAGS against child abuse and make the protection of children their first priority. Let us increase community awareness of the effects of violence against children. Government Institutions, Social Welfare Agencies, NGOs, Civil Organizations, Churches and the Security Agencies all have a responsibility to play by providing a protective environment for the growth and development of our children.
The children are our Future Leaders; let’s protect them for a great Ghana and a better Africa.

Source: www.myjoyonline.com
 
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