The Volta Regional Directorate of the Department of Social Welfare in collaboration with AiBi Friends of Children Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has provided a training for some selected parents on good parenting.
The participants included foster parents and parents whose children had been reunited with them after years of separation due to abandonment. The parents drawn from different parts of the region were equipped with effective parenting skills, focusing on positive discipline techniques, open communication, setting clear boundaries, and fostering a healthy parent-child relationship.
Madam Stella Mawutor, Volta Regional Director of Department of Social Welfare said the programme aimed to improve the beneficiaries’ ability to raise children in a supportive and nurturing environment. The Director stated that the training was designed to keep parents up to date on contemporary developments in child-rearing, including the applicable laws.
She said owing to the separation, the children needed to learn how to adjust to their new environment, thus it was critical to provide the necessary knowledge to the parents so that they could appropriately handle them. Madam Mawutor stated that the country’s policy was for every child to grow up in a family, emphasizing that the home was the ideal location for children to receive love and care.
The Director asked parents to prioritize quality time with children and should endeavor to address their physical and psychological needs as they were vital for children’s wellbeing and development. Mr. Gideon Korda, Director, AiBi Friends of Children Foundation, said the Foundation would continue to collaborate with Social Welfare to reunite vulnerable children with their parents.
He said it was a blessing to support vulnerable children in society, encouraging the parents to provide the best of care to their children. Some of the parents who spoke to the Ghana News Agency thanked the Department of Social Welfare and the Foundation and pledged to put to good use the knowledge and skills they acquired.
Source: GNA
