Social worker saddened with the ‘Kayeye’ situation
Mike Owusu, Program Coordinator of Light for Children Ghana
is saddened by the way the head porters (Kayaye) situation is being handled.
He called the bluff of the leadership National Disaster
Management Organisation (NADMO) for not being proactive to put in measures to
cushion the living condition of the less privileged who sleep and live on the
streets in the major cities.
Part of the country are experiencing partial lockdown under
executive orders which started, yesterday, 30/03/2020, for the next two weeks in
attempt to help curb the spread of the pandemic COVID-19.
“Whoever is in charge of NADMO must bow his head in shame”,
he said. “In deciding the lockdown, we should have anticipated the homeless and
our people in the streets, and how to handle them.”
However, Mr Owusu suggested some immediate measures to help
solve the situation. “Ok I do not intend to rant. I wish to propose the
following:
1. We must as a matter of urgency identify all the schools
and churches available for use.
2. Convert Independent square, Accra sports Stadium, Elwark
Sports Stadium and similar facilities into a temporary shelter.
3. Call and direct all homeless, Kayayees, misplaced people
to such places.
4. Use the opportunity to screen and provide them with basic
items such as tissues, sanitizer and other cleaning items.
5. Contract the school feeding caterers to provide them
food. Or use the matrones in the secondary school to cook for them. We can also
employ the hotels restaurants to cook for them. This way we can get the hotels
to generate revenue at the same time.
6. Philanthropist and well-meaning Ghanaians can mobilized
to support such effort by donating in kind and cash. Some of us can even
volunteer our time in times like this.
“This way we can help achieve the goal of the lockdown with
a human face.”
This is a brilliant idea but come to think about it,would your voice reach the top because brilliant ideas such as yours fall on deaf ears.
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