IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE has established a Children’s Village in Weme near Abor since 2000.
A. Rationale for Its Establishment
Firstly, some of these children were compelled to stay with their ageing grandparents (who in actual fact needed to be looked after). Life was therefore very difficult for these neglected children.
Secondly some of these medically unfit and disabled children could not follow the prescribed medication because their guardians do not simply have the time to administer the prescribed drugs to the children.
Thirdly, beneficiaries of the Health Support Service need a conducive environment to recuperate as well as a close medical supervision for rapid recovery.
Finally, the dwelling place of some of them is in such a deplorable state that the organization had no other choice than to establish the Village where these needy and deprived children can live decent lives to grow into responsible adulthood.
Briefly the Children’s Village provides the following to the children: Love, Food, Shelter, Clothing, Good Health and Training through formal education.
Category of Children in the Village
a. Children who have lost both parents
b. Children of single parenthood
c.
Children of broken marriages
d. Children of poor parentage
e. Children who are sick
f. Children with disabilities
g. Beneficiaries of the Health Support Service.
B. Mode of Admission
1.
There are two distinct means of admission into the Children’s Village. These are direct admission and Admission through application.
2.
The Direct admission refers to sick, neglected children who are identified by the Executive Director on his pastoral duties and are brought to the village in consultation with the parents and community leaders.
3.
Admission by application refers to those children who are admitted through applications addressed to the organization by guardians, parent, community leaders and peripatetic officers. These cases are investigated by our Field Co-ordinators id found to be genuine the children are then admitted.
C. Priority Areas
Activities in the village are focused on three key areas. These are: Health, Nutrition and Education.
- Health: Since most of these children are admitted on health grounds adequate measure are put in place to ensure that the children enjoy good health at all times. There is a medical officer who is solely responsible for the health needs of the children.
- Nutrition: Extra care is taken about the meals prepared for the children. This ensures that the children have balanced diet all the time. It is in the line with this that an agricultural project has been established where essential food items are produced for the consumption of the children.
A poultry farm and piggery provides the protein needs of the children.
- Education: This is one of the most important concerns of the Children’s Village. It is our belief that it is only through education that these children can become useful persons to themselves as well as to society. It is in this vein that the organization has set up a basic school complex to cater for the educational needs of the children.
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