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We can't take child beggars – Social Welfare explains


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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. ....

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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.
Accra’s streets have been inundated with the sordid spectacle of children, some of them as young as three years, begging for alms. ....

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'No homes, logistics to take child beggars off streets'


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BY: Nana Konadu Agyeman
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The lack of resources and homes for the upkeep of homeless and vulnerable children who have been picked from the streets is a major hurdle undermining the capacity of the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in Accra to rid the capital of child beggars.
Currently, the various offices of the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) at the assemblies lack vehicles to enable officials to move round to pick child beggars from the streets.
Besides, there is currently only one state-operated home for homeless children at Madina Social Welfare, but the facility is not big enough to accommodate many street children. ....

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