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Date: Jul - 11 - 2021 , 07:51
BY: By Charles Andoh
Category: Lifestyle
Rev. Dr Mrs Comfort Asare, Director of the DSW, says the department has done a lot for the underprivileged
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The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) plays a critical role in caring for and integrating the underprivileged, destitute, vulnerable, persons living with disabilities (PWDs) and mentally challenged persons into society.
Since its establishment, the DSW has catered for hundreds of people who are deprived one way or another.
However, little is heard about the department and what they do or stand for.
Despite the many challenges, including the lack of adequate logistics, its officers encounter in the discharge of their duties, the department continues to help put smiles on the faces of the neglected in vocational institutions, hospitals, remand homes and rehabilitation centres where the department’s major mandate falls.
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BY: Nana Konadu Agyeman
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The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) has stated that the Madina Social Welfare Shelter in Accra is not in a position to take in child beggars from the streets.
Consequently, the department has asked to be put in place adequate planning and interventions before child beggars are removed from the streets.
Already, the police have indicated their intention to embark on a major exercise to rid the streets of child beggars.
But, speaking to the
Daily Graphic in Accra, the Director of the DSW, Mrs Comfort Asare, said such a move, for now,would be counter-productive.
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) has stated that the Madina Social Welfare Shelter in Accra is not in a position to take in child beggars from the streets.
Consequently, the department has asked to be put in place adequate planning and interventions before child beggars are removed from the streets.
Already, the police have indicated their intention to embark on a major exercise to rid the streets of child beggars.
But, speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra, the Director of the DSW, Mrs Comfort Asare, said such a move, for now,would be counter-productive.
Accra’s streets have been inundated with the sordid spectacle of children, some of them as young as three years, begging for alms.