Bui Power Authority Chief Supports Kayayei Resettlement Center

Mr. Fred Oware (left) receiving an art work from an official of the Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater Project

The Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority, Mr Fred Oware, is the latest well-meaning Ghanaian to join in the crusade to empower women and young girls by supporting an initiative of the Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater Project to educate and create awareness among disadvantaged girls about fundamental human rights issues.

Mr Oware’s support is towards the procurement of a public address system for the recently established Kejetia Kayayei Resettlement Center and clinic in Kumasi.

A public address system has become necessary due to plans by operators of the resettlement center to reach out to head-porters and market women to educate these groups on important social topics such as health and education for their children.

At a ceremony in Accra to express his support to the Kejetia Kayayei Resettlement Center and clinic, Mr Oware, displayed deep concerns about the deplorable situation most disadvantaged girls find themselves in. He suggested for concerted efforts between government and civil society groups to find lasting solutions to the canker of head-portering.

The Project Director for the Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater Project, Mr Yahaya Alhassan, thanked Mr Oware for his generous gesture and concern for the well-being and progress of women.

Mr Alhassan revealed that the public address system would be used to share useful information to the head-porters. The instruments would also be used for advocacy against the trafficking of girls and young women from the northern parts of the country to the southern sector to engage in menial jobs.

“The choice of Kejetia to lunch the campaign against trafficking of girls is due to the fact that Kumasi has become an important transit point for the traffickers, who ship the vulnerable girls to places such as Tema and Accra” he revealed.

The Kejetia Kayayei Resettlement Center would also welcome local and foreign volunteers, who will be tasked to monitor and collect demographic data of disadvantaged girls and assess the training needs of the head-porters and recommend appropriate training programs.

The Outreach Unit of the Center is tasked with educating the disadvantaged girls and women on the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS, pre-marital sex, and teenage pregnancies which are major challenges for the girls.