Care giving is a Profession – SMP

Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Founder and Executive Director of the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on Cerebral Palsy issues has urged persons engaged in Caregiving to take their job seriously.

She said providing care for a person, be it a child with disabilities, an adult with disabilities or a sick person was not just a job, but a profession and a calling, which could also be a passion.

Mrs Awadzi, therefore, advised people providing caregiver services to do so with all seriousness and passion.

The Special Mothers Project uses the media to advocate on Cerebral Palsy issues.

A professional caregiver is someone whose career is to assist another person in a way that enables them to live as independently as possible.

Mrs Awadzi said finding a qualified and passionate person to care for children with Cerebral Palsy in Ghana was a big challenge for many families raising children with Cerebral Palsy.

Some of the caregivers at Woodfield Manor Autism and Special Needs School, sharing their experience said they always had to deal with stigma associated with children with disabilities, saying, “Sometimes, we feel we are not valued”.

In Ghana, caregivers are not supported by governments, working as a caregiver, is usually a private sector job.