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At least 20 children with cerebral palsy in the Ashanti region and their families are seeking relief after being relocated from a place they have always considered home.
Due to the absence of a suitable establishment created by the government, a non-governmental organization acquired a secure facility from a private property owner and transformed it into the sole care home in the area for special children.
However, after four years of leasing the space, the NGO is struggling financially to maintain the facility, leaving the children in uncertainty.
Solomon Evans, a college graduate who, like many others, has considered this place home for years, is concerned about where to find their next resting place.
“For now I’m very confused and don’t know where to go. I’m just waiting on my mother (Founder of the home) he said, his voice a mix of sadness and confusion. “The whole thing is like a dream I want to wake up from. I don’t understand why we have to leave,” he said.
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putting all her resources into the project to help the special children, Founder Martha Opoku Agyemang is now financially exhausted to maintain the facility.“Funding has been difficult. Caring for these children is very expensive. We are late on rent and now the owner needs his facility for something else,” she said.
She, along with the children, confronts the tough reality of eviction after they cannot make the necessary payments for the accommodation.
The unique home provided comfort to the parents and guardians of these children.
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