Pro-Link an NGO in collaboration with the International organization for Migration (IOM) has organized a handing over ceremony at Immuna in the Mfantseman East Constituency for 52- trafficked children.
The children who were handed over to their parents were trafficked from Immnuna, Senya Braku and other communities in the country to Yeji to engage in fishing activities but were rescued by pro-link and IOM.
The Co-ordinator for Pro-Link, Mr. Bernard Yamson disclosed, his organization provided school uniforms, shoes, enroll the victims in school and also provide them with learning materials to ensure they attend school.
He said research revealed the children are given out to traffickers in exchange of money for the performance of death rites for family relations.
He warned people who engage in child trafficking should desist from the act since it is illegal and added culprits will be dealth with by law when caught.
Mr. Yamson called on stakeholders to assist in finding sponsorship packages for the children’s upbringing to prevent them from becoming wayward.
Mr. Emmanuel Hope from the National Commission for Civic Education tasked parents to work hard to be able to fend for their wards since it’s their sole responsibility to provide for the needs of their children.
The Mfantseman Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Emmanuel Odonkor said the welfare of the nation depends on children who are future leaders and tasked parents to see to their education.
The Mfantseman Municipal Social Welfare Officer, Mr. Osborn Amonoo, attributed the causes of child trafficking to broken homes as a result of divorce, out- moded cultural practices where children are made to buy coffins to bury their dead father, Ignorance and others.
He tasked people to assists government in eradicating child trafficking from the Central Region and the country as a whole.
BY RUBY NYAMEKYE OFOSUA
JOURNALIST -MFANTSEMAN
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