EVANG – GH was founded in Accra, Ghana in 2004 by a group of teachers, parents and some community leaders led by Christian ASHIAGBOR Platini, a teacher, who used to believe that the only language the African child understands, is the cane. This is what he was told by a fellow teacher when he was posted to his first school after graduation.
EVANG – GH is a non-profit making and a non-governmental organisation that has for objective combating violence against children who are the future generation. It has a total conviction that, there is nothing like a bad child; and therefore, given the opportunity, every child under the sun, irrespective of where he or she is, can develop all his or her God given talents. With the conviction that the greatest gift God has given us are children, we decided to put our talent and resources together in helping parents and educators better understand this principle of up-bringing and also help children respond better to it.
Even though founded by few people, EVANG – GH now has a lot of parents who are prepared to speak as volunteers at gatherings, to share experiences they had in the up- bringing of their children; educators about their experiences in the course of their duties and victims of violence both at home and in schools.
EVANG – GHANA believes in the education of the child both at home and in school in a violent-free environment. We believe that spanking, canning, beating or whatever one decides to call it has nothing positive to offer in the education of the child; hence the fight for the complete abolishing of the cane in our schools and homes. We believe that we can only have a safe society if we do away with all forms of violence against the next generation. We believe that a safe home would produce a sound child and a safe world.
This voluntary resolution is not in any way trying to undermine parental authority or family autonomy. Its goal is to promote and advocate mutual relationship between children and their parents, and encourage thoughtful determination of discipline methods. It seeks to bring attention to this issue, which is meant to be a gentle, reasonable and respectful suggestion. It could result in more discussion of more options for disciplining children.
We wish to state here that we are not recommending permissiveness. That is neglect, and as such, is yet another form of child abuse, just as harmful to the child as slapping and caning. Nor are we into criticising parenting style of either this generation or those past. In our view, parents are modern-day heroes, struggling against huge odds to raise decent children in an indecent society, a hostile environment and a confused world. We won't be suggesting new strategies to keep children "controlled', "managed", or otherwise suppressed, seen and not heard.
We are only out to help to explore methods of effective parenting that result in happier children, happier parents, happier child-parent relationships, and happier family life; and to show how easily that can be accomplished, given insight and persistent application. The result will be seen in the rising level of happiness for the parents and the children, educators and their students and the larger society; and violence among the youth would be something of the pass, using Sweden as a critical example.
EVANG – GH is a non-profit making and a non-governmental organisation that has for objective combating violence against children who are the future generation. It has a total conviction that, there is nothing like a bad child; and therefore, given the opportunity, every child under the sun, irrespective of where he or she is, can develop all his or her God given talents. With the conviction that the greatest gift God has given us are children, we decided to put our talent and resources together in helping parents and educators better understand this principle of up-bringing and also help children respond better to it.
Even though founded by few people, EVANG – GH now has a lot of parents who are prepared to speak as volunteers at gatherings, to share experiences they had in the up- bringing of their children; educators about their experiences in the course of their duties and victims of violence both at home and in schools.
EVANG – GHANA believes in the education of the child both at home and in school in a violent-free environment. We believe that spanking, canning, beating or whatever one decides to call it has nothing positive to offer in the education of the child; hence the fight for the complete abolishing of the cane in our schools and homes. We believe that we can only have a safe society if we do away with all forms of violence against the next generation. We believe that a safe home would produce a sound child and a safe world.
This voluntary resolution is not in any way trying to undermine parental authority or family autonomy. Its goal is to promote and advocate mutual relationship between children and their parents, and encourage thoughtful determination of discipline methods. It seeks to bring attention to this issue, which is meant to be a gentle, reasonable and respectful suggestion. It could result in more discussion of more options for disciplining children.
We wish to state here that we are not recommending permissiveness. That is neglect, and as such, is yet another form of child abuse, just as harmful to the child as slapping and caning. Nor are we into criticising parenting style of either this generation or those past. In our view, parents are modern-day heroes, struggling against huge odds to raise decent children in an indecent society, a hostile environment and a confused world. We won't be suggesting new strategies to keep children "controlled', "managed", or otherwise suppressed, seen and not heard.
We are only out to help to explore methods of effective parenting that result in happier children, happier parents, happier child-parent relationships, and happier family life; and to show how easily that can be accomplished, given insight and persistent application. The result will be seen in the rising level of happiness for the parents and the children, educators and their students and the larger society; and violence among the youth would be something of the pass, using Sweden as a critical example.
