Child marriage breaks my heart - Lordina Mahama

Ghana's First Lady Mrs. Lordina Mahama has urged all mothers in Ghana and Africa to support the ‘End Child Marriage’ Campaign by joining forces with governments to end child marriage.

Mrs. Mahama called for the need of mothers to ensure their children are kept in school and allowed to climb the educational ladder so they become useful in future.

She wrote in a Facebook message to mothers on Mothers Day, "As a mother, the practice of child marriage breaks my heart and so must it be to all Mothers. It also negatively affects the future of thousands of young girls across Ghana and beyond."

In her long message, she also encouraged mothers in Ghana and Africa, to participate in the Annual Vaccination Week to ensure infants and children receive the requisite free vaccination as a key intervention to reduce infant mortality.

"As President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV & AIDS (OAFLA), and together with my colleague First Ladies, we have joined hands to strive to achieve our common vision of “making Africa a continent free from HIV and AIDS, Maternal and Child Mortality, and a place where women and girls are empowered to enjoy equal rights and opportunities,” she wrote.

She said the Organisation of African First Ladies is working to guarantee access and investments in life-saving vaccines for African mothers, newborns, children and adolescents.

The First Lady has also entreated working mothers not to abandon their cherished traditional role of providing services and care for the family despite the challenges that confront them as working women.

This is Mrs. Lordina Mahama's full Facebook Mother's Day Message



Mothers Day is celebrated worldwide annually to express gratitude to mothers in the world for their contributions toward the growth of the family, society and nations at large.