NGO to register children with health insurance
The SEWA Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), is to register about 1,000 under-privileged children in the Eastern Region under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
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The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr Jones Owusu Yeboah, said that at the launch of the foundation at the Assemblies of God Church in Koforidua.
He said the initiative formed part of a nationwide drive to put 10,000 children on the National Health Insurance Scheme.
Mr Yeboah said the initiative was part of SEWA’s greater agenda to fight the booming child sex trade, which is the result of child trafficking, poverty and irresponsible parenthood.
He said a survey by SEWA showed that the growing number of children engaged in commercial sex trade was worrying, adding that most of the girls slept with an average of 12 men in a week and charged from GH¢2 to GH¢5 per man.
Mr Yeboah commended the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) for partnering the organisation to achieve its aim of giving life to underprivileged children.
He disclosed that in the Eastern Region, children from Koforidua, Somanya, Kwahu and Akim Oda would benefit from the scheme.
Mr Yeboah said it was the goal of the foundation to help reduce child prostitution and build a multipurpose home for street and trafficked children, as well as delinquents who needed reformation and reintegration.
He said the foundation, with its partners, including the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, would collaborate to work hard to reduce the canker.
Mr Yeboah commended sponsors of the foundation, First Allied Savings and Loan and Nii Cudjoe and Associates Company Limited, for their support for activities of the foundation.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Daniel Yaro, Officer in charge of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, said child trafficking had become one major challenge for the nation, and, therefore, urged all to report people suspected to be involved in it.
GNA