Time to leave 530 am (Ghana time 630 am): the house is lovely and I understand it has been in process for 20 y,ears ( remember mortgage interest rates are over 30 % so one builds when a small amount of money is saved and then wait until the next money is gathered)
house blessing followed by celebration of the Eucharist
back home by 845 am, there was to be a workshop planned by the Compassion Group on Child Abuse scheduled for 9 am at the cathedral, knowing well that a 9 am Canadian start time is not the same as 9 am Ghanaian I went back to my house and had a nap. I wandered up around 930 and it started at 1015
there were many resources, police, Child Welfare from the Government (he gave a very good presentation) the Chief and the Queen Mother for this area.
Child Abuse as a topic is at the beginning stage of being talked about and discussed. There are laws in place, many do not know what they are, many hesitate to report abuse so the police rep asked that the churches play an active part is initiating discussions also churches were asked to not come begging to the police station for the charges to be dropped
It is still quite a taboo topic.
some states given today for Sunyani:
there is evidence of the following occurring: child abuse, child neglect, economic exploitation, sexual exploitation, child trafficking, abduction and murder for ritual purposes, sexual abuse
70% of all births are not registered with the government (data collected from school records where there is no documentation available when the child is registered for school),
90% of all children are exposed to physical and mental abuse
the Chief and the Queen
Chief with final remarks,
notice very large golden rings on both hands and an arm bracelet of gold
he is wearing tradition cloth (somewhat like a toga)
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