Gender Ministry Holds Xmas Party With Over 500 Children In Sunyani

The Department of Children of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has held a Christmas party for over 500 children at Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

The Regional Director for the Department Mr. George Yaw Ankamah in a Christmas message read on behalf of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, called on parents and stakeholders to support government fight against child trafficking, child marriage and child sexual abuse bedevilling the society.

The party dubbed, ‘President’s Children’s Christmas Party’ was a party of an annual nationwide event organized by the Gender Ministry to afford the President the opportunity to put smiles in the faces of children, interact with them and solicit feedback on their concerns for action and policy redirection.

Mr. George Yaw Ankamah advised the children to be good behaviour and respectful. He tasked them to take their education serious future leaders to become good citizens of the nation.

“Study hard and desist from acts that could lead you into trouble or might mar your future”, he said.

He urged parents to protect and take good care of their children as their key responsibility.

Rev. Mrs. Charlotte Osei, founder of Compassion is Love in Action orphanage at Yawhima a suburb of Sunyani where the party was held for the children thanked the government for the gesture.

She expressed her gratitude to the Department for their love for children and putting smiles on the face of the children.

She said Christianity came about when God expressed his love for humanity by giving out his only son Jesus to come and die for us.“Giving is what God appreciates the most” she emphasized.

She, therefore, called on well to individuals/Ghanaians, corporate organizations and Ghana’s development partners to show their love through donations especially, to the deprived and vulnerable.

The children were fed with food, drinks, sweets and good music, including cash donation made on behalf of the government to the orphanage home.