Mildred Osei Asiamah, founder of Impact Care and Rehab Foundation at Weija is appealing to the government and civil society organizations to support the running of the centre for people living with Cerebral Palsy.
Madam Mildred made this appeal when Cerebral Palsy Awareness Ghana, a non-governmental organization made a donation to the centre as part of activities to mark the 2019 world Cerebral Palsy day.
The President, Mr Boniface Kwaku Aberor, during the presentation, urged the government and other key stakeholders must not write off persons living with cerebral palsy but rather implement an inclusive education policy in Ghana to give them support to do exploit in the society.
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Speaking at an event at the Cerebral Palsy centre to mark the 2019 world Cerebral Palsy day under the theme “Move as one”, bemoaned the practice of stigmatization against children with special needs.
“Most of the children with special needs are stigmatized, abused, and killed in certain parts of the society due to certain misconceptions towards persons with disabilities but our organization over the years has been on a mission to create awareness on cerebral palsy and to help reduce the stigmatization of persons with cerebral palsy. Disability is not a curse, let’s say no to stigmatization,” he said.
As part of the celebrations, there was face painting, colouring, bouncy castles, motivational messages and music and dance with items ranging from diapers, toiletries, detergents, books, and pencils donated to Impact Care and Rehab Foundation.
