Wamfie (B/A), Aug. 20, GNA - Mr. Isaac Kyeremeh, Dormaa-East District Chief Executive, has called on churches in the district to embark on socio-economic programmes to help uplift the living standards of their members.

He said by this churches would be complementing the efforts of the government in dealing with unemployment and rural-urban drift. Mr. Kyeremeh said this when he addressed the close of the Christian Home Week celebration of Wamfie Council of Churches at Wamfie. Under the theme "Child labour and trafficking - a challenge to the family and society", the five-day celebration brought together 17 Christian churches in Wamfie to engage in clean up exercises, health walk and special prayers for the nation.

He said even though the menace of child labour and trafficking could be judged to be minimal in the district, adventure among the youth was rife and must be curbed.

Mr. Kyeremeh called on parents to guard against negative practices including child abuse and parental neglect to ensure that the best interests of their children would be protected. The chairman of the Council of Churches, Reverend Isaac Gyamfi, said the aspirations of the church would not be attained if it neglected its social responsibilities.

He called on the leadership of the local churches to draw special programmes for their youth to make them shy away from immoral and other unacceptable acts. A medical assistant at the Wamfie Health Centre, John Agampim, appealed to churches to encourage their members to embrace the National Health Insurance Scheme.