From
Michael Ndi in Bamenda
The alarming rate of sexual exploitation of the
girl-child in the North West region has pricked the North West regional delegate
for basic education in particular and other basic education stakeholders in
general.
The regional delegate, Susan Fon Nyanga who raised
the issue during the launching ceremony of Cameroon Journalists for Children
and Health Ngo, instanced several cases of pregnancies recorded amongst primary
school children in the region. She cited a case in Bafut where a teacher was
reported to have impregnated 29 schools pupils.
Susan Fon lauded the efforts of the initiators of
the Cameroon Journalists for Children and Health, CJCH, hoping that the
association will help to expose cases of child rights abuse in the region for
the perpetrators to be pinished.
Meantime, the representative of North West governor,
corroborated the basic education delegate by opining that CJCH is a special
platform formed by journalists not only to report on children’s health, but to
make ample proposals to enable stakeholders forge ahead in the cases of
children’s health. “It should be noted that children are part of the
marginalized community and everyone has abused the rights of children in one
way or the other”.
The governor’s representative enjoined CJCH
officials to strictly follow the roles of the association.
Observing that investing in children is safeguarding
future generation and building a nation fit for children, the pioneer president
of CJCH, Nyincho Hilary, said that it was timely that the organization was
launched at the time when Ebola has become the greatest killer. “The official
launching of CJCH meant to vulgarize and create an effective and sustainable
platform for cooperation and partnership between a pool of news reporters and
stakeholders in the area of public health campaign initiatives and children
welfare in Cameroon,” the president noted.
He added that they will soon launch a website which
will showcase the success stories in health initiatives and most importantly
sensitize the public on such campaigns and above all, highlight efforts of the
government of Cameroon through the ministry of public health and specific programmes
in working for children welfare and the amelioration of health challenges.
The launching witnessed the active participation of
stakeholders like UNICEF, Plan Cameroon, CBC health services and the World
Health Organization.
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