LET'S HELP OTHERS: BECOME A VOLUNTEER
International women’s day is celebrated across the nations of the world to appreciate women on March 8th every year. “Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge…
Did You Know That Foster parents Are Needed In Ghana? Who is a Foster parent? A foster parent is a person who is willing and able to provide a stable, secure, and loving temporary family home for a child. Gradually,…
How do young people transition out of care? Graduation ceremonies are organized for almost every new level a person enters into but not with young people in orphanages. What happen to young people when they turn 18 years in the…
A child is termed vulnerable if he or she has inadequate or no parental support. A friend asked me whether every orphan or vulnerable children have a dream. The Great Sigh-orphans and vulnerable children have dreams too. Every orphan or…
Why are children important to the nation? Children are very important to the nation’s present and its future hence the need to have policies documented to guide their welfare. Almost every nation has policies documented to guide the wellbeing of children…
Can Streetism ever be eradicated in Ghana? In 2011, there were over 60,000 children on the streets of Accra according to the Ministry Of Gender, Social And Children Protection. A one-day stakeholders’ consultative and validation workshop on ‘street connected children’…
Hurray! My book launch was a success. My second title “Forest In The Wilderness: Life Inside A Ghanaian Orphanage” on my list of 5 sequel books on the alternative care space was unveiled in December 2021. I want to take…
Happy 2022 dear friends of CharisTouch. The start of a calendar year is the perfect time to start something new. Together, we were able to accomplish some amazing projects last year. From our 5th anniversary celebration, our outreaches and our…
I guess you have read or heard about Oliver Twist, Cinderella and Anne of Green Gables. There have been more interesting books about orphanages, orphans and foster care published over the years and 2021 is no exception. For all the…
The Orphanage has many definitions. I was raised in an orphanage. I am neither proud nor ashamed of it. However, my greatest desire is to live in a world where investments are made to ensure children in orphanages, on the…