Ghana
I would like to share my three insights on education, health, and nutrition on child poverty and disparities in Ghana.
Education: Disparities between boys and girls especially in levels of educational attainment are being reduced as a result of specific interventions at all levels of the economic, political, social and cultural structures in Ghana. Despite the progress made to narrow the gender gap in education, a lot; more needs to be done in the area of retaining girls at school beyond the first six years of basic school(http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Ghana_reportdesign_July2010.pdf). The government should adopt special packages for the girls in deprived areas. When these girls don't get the necessities like food, tuition materials, sanitary pads; they are not in full attendance at school. The government needs to take steps to legislate laws that support implementation of FCUBE and expand school enrollment when concerning child education. The government needs to conspire with a view to expanding preschool access; to make sure the transition from home to school is implemented.
Nutrition: There is a high malnutrition rate in rural areas and Northern Ghana. Analysis shows that this is a serious problem and have gotten worse. Nutrition should be their top priority, because of related disorders and deaths in young children in Ghana. The main key is to expand resources for nutrition programs. Government agencies should work together and target the areas that are suffering with malnutrition.
Health: The main objectives concerning health are improve malaria case management, enhance multiple prevention, improve immunization coverage, reduce HIV impact on children, enhance focused research, and promote collaboration and partnership. This will help children get the services they need, and provide transportation for the hospitals, and adequate shelter and nutrition. They will be protected from infection and other illness. The government should involve the families and communities to assess the problem.
The total number of children in the age group 0-14 was 6,728,457 in 1991; by 1998 it increased to 7,776,125 reaching 8,823,792 in 2005. By 2006 the number of children increased to 8,973,459. About 52 percent od children were considered as poor in 1991; the child poverty rate fell moderately to 40.1 percent in 1998;/by 2005/6, 29.1 percent of children were estimated to be poor (http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Ghana_reportdesign_July2010.pdf).
Reference
UNICEF National and regional child poverty/deprivation reports. Retrieved from:
http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Ghana_reportdesign_July2010.pdf
Hello Guadalupe, I really learned a lot of information from your blog. I believe as educators we need to be informative about disparities that occur to children nationally and internationally.
ReplyDeleteHello Guadalupe, I really learned a lot of information from your blog. I believe as educators we need to be informative about disparities that occur to children nationally and internationally.
ReplyDeleteHi Guadalupe,
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. I also was able to research another organization to prevent poverty in Ghana,"Catholic Relief Services Ghana works with the Ghanaian people to tackle poverty with a holistic approach including projects that improve child and maternal health; increase access to clean water and sanitation; scale up farm production; and enhance community level savings and lending." I had a fun understanding Ghana, and researching other organization in Ghana to help prevent poverty. Great post.
Reference
http://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/where-we-work/ghana?gclid=CP283piZmc8CFQsfhgodoIQCVw
Hi Guadalupe,
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. I also was able to research another organization to prevent poverty in Ghana,"Catholic Relief Services Ghana works with the Ghanaian people to tackle poverty with a holistic approach including projects that improve child and maternal health; increase access to clean water and sanitation; scale up farm production; and enhance community level savings and lending." I had a fun understanding Ghana, and researching other organization in Ghana to help prevent poverty. Great post.
Reference
http://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/where-we-work/ghana?gclid=CP283piZmc8CFQsfhgodoIQCVw