Forty under-privileged children who were condemned to death by their communities with the support of their parents can now afford to enjoy life after a Catholic nun rose to their rescue.
Saved by Sister Stan-Therese Mario Mumuni from various communities within the three regions in the north, these children are currently seeking shelter at the Nazareth Home of God Children at Sang in the Mion District of the Northern Region.
The children, aged between one to five years- whose only crime is being born with some form of deformities- have been accused of being evil and must be killed in order to avert misfortune in the future by their respective families.
The condemnation was borne out of the fact they were either born with six fingers, missing fingers, toes or their mothers died while giving birth to them, reasons they have been rejected by their families.
The justification for the action of these families is that the unfortunate children possess powers which they could use to destroy people, and the best way to avert this was to kill them.
At the time of DAILY GUIDE’s visit to the home, a two-year baby girl had just escaped from being killed from Binduri in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region.
This followed pressure on parents by community members to have the child killed, accusing her of being evil; threatening to eliminate her if parents if they fail to oblige.
The baby girl, who could neither walk nor eat any solid food except breast milk and for these reasons branded evil, with the support of the nun absconded with the child to the Nazareth Home of God Children to give her hope.
Sister Stan disclosed that the orphanage is unique as compared to other orphanages in the country as inmates had parents just that it they abandoned them in view of the myths by community members.
According to her, the home is currently challenged with resources in catering for the welfare of the children and appealed to benevolent organisations to come to their aid.
The home, she indicated, relies on proceeds from a small poultry farm to buy food from the market to feed the children; some with critical medical conditions.
She told the DAILY GUIDE that she is currently in need of funds to cater for the medical needs of the children, with one currently requiring a brain surgery at a specialist hospital.
Source: GhanaWeb
