A PROJECT aimed at empowering children to know their rights and report abuses to the appropriate quarters has started in 10 communities in the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region.
The project is being implemented by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), CareNET (Ghana), with funding from Plan Ghana.
The beneficiary communities are Likpe-Abrani, Likpe-Mate, Santrokofi- Bume, Fodome-Amle, Fodome-Kodzeto, Alavanyo-Abehenase, Ve-Wudome, Liati-Wote, Nyagbo-Odumase and Kpeve-Tornu.
Briefing the Daily Graphic at Ho, the Country Director of CareNet (Ghana), Mr Patrick Ahumah, said Rights of the Child (ROC) clubs had been formed in the communities.
He stated that a special logo had been designed for posting at vantage points in the communities to direct children to where they could report their stories of abuses.
Mr Ahumah said trained counsellors were at the vantage points to receive complaints from abused children and help them to make their grievances known to the police and other law enforcement agencies such as the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVSSU).
Mr Ahumah said it was expected that in the long term, the counsellors would be able to track down cases of abuse to make cases more authentic and documented to inform stakeholders on action and necessary deterrents.
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