Adeleke, Yusuf in Abeokuta
A Non-governmental Organisation, Ray Of Hope Community Foundation has called on parents and guardians on need to enlighten their children on the importance of puberty and attendant consequences.
Penpushing reports that, the founder of the establishmentMrs Taiwo Adebanjo made the appeal at the inter school competition organised by the foundation held at the Women Development Center in Abeokuta.
The foundation boss at the event with the theme, “My Body, My Responsibility and Pride’ pointed out doing this will allow the children/wards to take rightful decisions, noting that adolecent children are tends to b exposed to many things.
Penpushing further reports that, Adebanjo emphasised that parents should not close the information gap thereby making them know about sex and all they should know as growing up ladies.
The participating schools include: Methodist High School Ewekoro, St Peter’s college, Abeokuta, Ifo High School, Ifo, Premier Grammar School, Abeokuta North Local Government, Africa Church Grammar School, Abeokuta, Anglican Grammar School, Ifo, Pakoto High School, Ifo, Otori Comprehensive High School, Ewekoro and Papalanto High School, Ewekoro.
“We are reaching out to them to know about their body, menstruation, puberty level of life, and to prevent them having unwanted pregnancy and secure them from having unsafe abortion. As this adolescent stage is a discovery stage, as many of them didn’t have adequate knowledge on this stage. She tols journalists”
“We are also working on orphans and vulnerable children as well, we have about 3,000 orphan children, that we are supporting one way or the other. The support is always base on their needs, it may be on education or other things and we attached some of them family and a shelter, and we give them some psycho-social support till they get over their problems. So, as to prevent them not become nuisance in the community”, she added
Penpushing also reports that, Vice Chairman, Transition Committee, Ifo Local Government Area, Alhaji Nurudeen Matanmi in his remarks applauded the foundation,stressing that the training was relevant for the beneficiaries.
“We have invited partisan to the program as we have seen that the information passed sink into their heads and some of them have been able to trained younger ones. And to emulate good work of others not to go and get unwanted pregnancy, and they should not proceed on having abortion”, he stressed
The Vice Chairman called on other Non Government Organisations(NGOs) to emulate the good work of The Rays of Hope Community Foundation in educating children to become a good leader of the nation.
Penpushing reports that, a school counselor from Methodist High School, Arigbajo Ifo, Mrs. Fowosere while speaking also commended the foundation’s workshop, noting that it will help many of the students to know more about themselves in preventing molestation, and rape cases as well.
“We have increased number of students registering for the program, as many of them are able to know much about themselves and keep themselves safe from all sorts of molsestion, rape as well”, she stated.
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