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Bosome Freho District receives assistance from NGOs to Combat Teenage Pregnancies
Teenage age pregnancy over the years in the Bosome Freho’s abrupt escalation has become a major concern and challenge to the people of the district.
The district is rated amongst others in Ghana where teenage pregnancies increase every year.
The challenge in the Bosome Freho District as a result has call for the intercession of government and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the fight against the canker (teenage pregnancy).
In relation to the challenge, a consortium of two Non–Governmental Organizations(NGOs), thus Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) and Rights and Responsibilities Initiatives Ghana (RRIG) have collaborated to fight against the undesirable teenage pregnancy via the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Project (CSEP) funded by the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) the in the Bosome Freho District.
“We are here to educate our dearest teenage girls on teenage pregnancy and as well fight against it in this Bosome Freho District”. Ms Aba Oppong, Executive Director of the RRIG revealed during the inception and Orientation Meeting on ARHR/UNFPA at Asiwa, the District capital of Bosome Freho, under the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Project (CSEP).
The RRIG and the ARHR have targeted to train about 20,000 dropped out of school adolescent facilitators who can read and write, aged between 10 and 19 in what is called Peer Champions, to participate in the Comprehensive Sexuality Education.
The peer Champions after the training would serve as ambassadors of the ARHR and the RRIG to champion and educate their peers on the adverse effects of teenage age pregnancies in their communities.
“We believe that adolescent peer understands themselves much better than their parents. Therefore, our interest is that the Comprehensive Sexuality Education will empower them to know their rights as adolescent girls. As young girls in this district they have rights that they should be very aware of.
We hope that teenage age pregnancy would be reduced completely by the end of this project. This is the reason why we are specifically enrolling them in the project”. Ms Rachel Afia Karikari of the ARHR has stated.
The project according to the NGOs will last for 3 years or more.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Ghana Health Service) in the district have pledged to assist the NGOs to a successfully implement the project (Comprehensive Sexuality Education).
The district director of education Mr. Clement Nti- Boateng an interview with the Daily Dispatch Newspaper indicated that, “We are ready to give out every aid to the NGOs to battle the menace; we cannot do it alone in this district. I believe through the intervention of the NGOs we can fight against the numerous teenage pregnancies”.
A lot of the people in the district have embraced the project. They have commended the ARHR and the RRIG for their quest to educate the adolescent girls through the eradication of the over burdened teenage pregnancies in the district.
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“Senseless Movie Is Better Than Pornography” – Shatana Slams Martha Ankomah
Philanthropist and female songstress, Shatana has replied famed actress, Martha Ankomah over her utterance on Kumawood movies.
Martha in an interview has asserted that most of Kumawood movies did not have substance and were baseless in terms of storyline. Shatana has rebutted her claims saying, that these ‘senseless’ movies are better off than movies with excessive sensual and erotic movies that Martha heavily featured in.
She expressed that there are most veteran actors and actresses who are finding it difficult to erase some movies they did when they were young because their reputation now is at stake but can’t.
She further issued a word of advice to young and upcoming actors to be on their guard as to the type of roles they take up because some are life altering in the near future.
Checkout exactly what Shatana said from below.
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“I’m Not Afraid Of Shatta Wale, I Will Face Him Squarely” – Andy Dosty
The feud between Ghanaian dancehall best, Shatta Wale and revered DJ and journalist, Andy Dosty got a bit personal when Shatta took to a stage and insulted the latter’s mother. Before then, they were very cool friends, colleagues that got most jealous about their religious friendship.
Yesterday on Asempa 94.7 FM’s “Showbiz Review” entertainment show, Andy Dosty opened up for the first time on the issue. Speaking to the host, Obidombie Adu Kumi, Andy confessed that the issue is deeper than what the public see and have heard. He furthered that he and Wale still talk sometimes.
He explained that the relationship with Shatta Wale only turned sour when Wale came insulting his mother. Andy also said that he is not utterly angry about the whole issue and that if he was, he would confront Shatta Wale face to face.
Andy Dosty then told a story where he and Bisa Kdei were in a car and Shatta Wale came to greet Bisa and insulted him.
Watch the video of what he said from below.
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