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When a blind child enters a family, be it by birth, accident, vision disorder, or adoption, parents and the others close to the youngster face the challenge of catering for that child.  It is undoubtedly a daunting task to cater for a single disabled person, specifically, a blind person. So, how about a single mother, taking care of five blind children alone? That is the story of 65 year old Maame Abena Korkua, who for decades has struggled to provide food, shelter, and clothing for her five blind children at Bodomase, a village in the Sekyire Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region. This reporter Joseph Osei Oppong Brenya visited the family at their single-room mud house and has come through with this. The first time I heard this story, I could hardly believe it. I've always ​ ​lived in a community where one child is born blind or become blind much later in life; but to have five children of a single family go blind is indeed unusual. The story was painful so I decided ...

Tension is brewing between  Ghanaians  and Nigerians in some parts of Nigeria over the killing of a Nigerian student few weeks ago in the University of Cape Coast. Godwin Ayogu, a 300-level Nigerian student of the Cape Coast University, was recently murdered in Ghana by unknown persons. His body was dumped by the roadside, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, have written to Ghana’s Parliament, requesting it to investigate the recent killing of the Nigerian student in that country. Hundreds of Nigerians on Wednesday marched to the Consulate General of Ghana office located in Ikeja, Lagos State to register their displeasure over the brutal killing of a Nigerian student Some Nigerians alledged that Ayogu was killed because of 4,000 Ghana cedis he gave to his colleague for safe keeping.

Well guys today I am not on my best mood truthfully, I had this debate with my cousin about gay rights in Africa. Is it so bad to be gay? is it a curse ? , is it a disease? I mean common really!!??  I read many articles on the subject whether its surveys, religious publishing, newspapers, political reviews, Everybody in Africa is mad because gay people demand to recognize simply as people. Excuse my French but WTF?  To me it is pretty simple; let people do what they want as long as it cause you no harm period! I think we Africans are somewhat delusional , homosexuality has ALWAYS EXISTED ask your grand pa maybe he was gay (lol just kidding) ; no but for real it’s time to let go of this hypocrisy , talking about killing gays , putting them in jail and stuff like that . Will it make them LESS gay!? Really? They are human beings like any other person. It is an ugly taboo in African societies and it needs to stop. I do understand that in most religious beliefs condemn hom...

A political science lecturer with the Kwame Nkrumah University Of science and Technology has supported a call for an Arab spring to register displeasure at current economic hardship been experience in the country.      With a greater mandate as Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako has sworn he will never rest until the governing National Democratic Congress loses power.   The 36-year old businessman elected last January, is promising to replicate in the Ashanti Region, a regime-changing uprising in Tunsia popularly known as Arab Springs. Speaking at a rally in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Antwi-Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi, said people in the Region are disgusted with the capitation policy of the National Health Insurance Scheme piloted in the region. Under capitation, a pre-determined ration of health service will be allocated to each Ghanaian to be used within a certain period. Th...

NETWORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MASSES THE NETWORK IS MADE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE AT HEART. We have the believe that; as people, we are in a unique position to protect the marginalized and the neglected who feels isolated, while at the same time challenge negative stereotype in communities.     Contact:   0244587045, 0505141797 www.welfarenetwork.blogspot.com facebook: Network for the Welfare of The Masses   Moree SHS head stops 'blind tutor' from teaching. Network for the welfare of the masses’ position.   We the members of this network have taking keen interest in the treatment meted out to a visually impaired teacher by the Headmaster of Moree Senior High School in Cape Coast. We hold the view that such outmoded way of leadership has long been thrown into the dust bin of history. We are however outrage to here such inhuman discrimination by no other person but an intellectual who is a head of an institution. The...

REPORT ON FIVE STILL BORN BABIES DELIVERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2014 AT THE LABOUR WARD OF KATH. 1.0 INTRODUCTION It was identified that (18) vaginal deliveries were recorded within the period (i.e. Tuesday 8am, 4/02/2014 – Wednesday 8am, 5/02/2014) at the A1 Labour Ward of which 3 were SBs.    One other SB which had occurred the day before was still on the labour ward on the morning of 5 th Feb. 2014 and is part of the missing SBs and had therefore been added to the rest to make a total of 4. There were also 12 C/S of which one was a ruptured uterus leading to an SB. Therefore the SB arising from the ruptured uterus if added to the 4 SBs at the Labour Ward make up a total of 5 SBs. It is important to set the records straight, in that a total of 30 deliveries and four 4 SBs and not 16 deliveries and 5 SBs were recorded during that 24hour period. As said earlier one of the SBs occurred the day before but because it was part of the missing SBs it is being include...