SG Ghana donates to Kaya Childcare Centre

Societe Generale (SG) Ghana has made a donation of Five Thousand cedis to Kaya Childcare Centre, an initiative that provides early childhood education for children of kayayei (female head porters).

The donation which is to support the work of the Centre was done as part of the bank’s social cooperate responsibility.

Presenting the cheque, General Manager at the Company Secretariat of SG, Angela Bonsu commended the work of Kaya Childcare Centre and urged the managers to continue with their good work, indicating they will monitor their progress and give more support towards the care of the children at the centre.

ABOUT KAYA CHILDCARE

Kaya ChildCare is a social enterprise aimed at reducing the health and security risks faced by babies and infants of head porters (locally known as kayayoo) in markets in Accra, Ghana, by providing them with an early childhood centre that uses the learning-through-play model to aid their development.

Several initiatives in an attempt to eradicate the head porterage profession have failed to address the effects of this phenomenon on the vulnerable child.

Kaya Childcare provides the kayayo mother peace of mind, while they go about their daily hard-laboured work, knowing that their children are safe and receiving good quality childcare and education, which every child is entitled to. Currently, there are about 30 children at the centre ranging from age 1-5 year.