School Children donate to Osu Correctional Centre.

Accra, Dec. 23, GNA - Kids from the University Primary & Junior High School, Legon, and the Virgo Preparatory School, Adabraka, who participat= e in the "Kids with Vission" weekly programme on Radio Universe Legon, tod= ay presented food items, detergents and used clothing worth five hundred Gha= na Cedis to the Junior Girl's Correctional Centre belonging to the Departmen= t of Social Welfare in Osu. Presenting the items, the Producer of "Kids with Vision" on Radio Universe, Miss Esther Doe, said the kids were moved by the plight of the children at the correction centre at Osu when they watched a TV3 program= m requesting for assistance, and hence their presentation to assist the correction home at Christmas.

The food items included five boxes of used clothing, three gallons o= f vegetable oil, 2 boxes of fruit juice drinks, quantities of Biscuits and Milo, 4 mini bags of rice, a crate of milk, detergents, assorted soaps a= nd toilet tissues. Receiving the items, the Centre Manageress of the Osu Junior Girl's Correctional Centre, Madam Georgina Mensah, thanked the kids for their kindness and concern for the inmates of the centre, and appealed to the general public and corporate organizations to also come to their assistan= ce. Madam Mensah added that the Correctional Centre provided shelter for=

missing children, trafficked children and children who are sexually abuse= d. The Centre also assists with the reformation of juveniles, character and skill training, as well as taking care of boys who were on remand. Apart=

from these, there is a three-year vocational training institute attached to the Centre which offers training to boys and girls from within the locali= ty.