445 Children languish in witch camps

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• The mask 11 years ago

  What should be the minimum requirement when lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??
  
  Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There are many i ...
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  What should be the minimum requirement when lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??
  
  Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There are many important and useful GES directives which would help them.
  
  GES banned all forms of corporal punishment in Educational institutions but there are reports that some tertiary institutions are still carrying out this practice. Asking students to kneel down and so on.
  
  Lecturers in tertiary institutions must recognize the fact that students in these institution are adults.

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• Koj 11 years ago

  Very shameful, when we cannot cater for our elders and when we are unsuccessful in life, we brand them withes and wizards. In order to have less mouths to feed

  Very shameful, when we cannot cater for our elders and when we are unsuccessful in life, we brand them withes and wizards. In order to have less mouths to feed

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• Twum Barimah 11 years ago

  When I read some of this stupid articles, then I don't feel like being a Ghanaian. The whole article is nauseating and repugnant! This witchcraft syndrome is seriously disgracing and scandalizing Ghanaians. The useless pastor ...
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  When I read some of this stupid articles, then I don't feel like being a Ghanaian. The whole article is nauseating and repugnant! This witchcraft syndrome is seriously disgracing and scandalizing Ghanaians. The useless pastors all over are also contributing to these useless and hogwash cultures. Oh! Lord have mercy!

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• Philip 11 years ago

  This people are not witch craft they are poor and sick they need help the Government

  This people are not witch craft they are poor and sick they need help the Government

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• NANA KASA 11 years ago

  Every pastor in Ghana and Africa including Duncan Williams, TB Josua, Obinim and Otabil feed on the believe in witches. But they themselves know otherwise.

  Every pastor in Ghana and Africa including Duncan Williams, TB Josua, Obinim and Otabil feed on the believe in witches. But they themselves know otherwise.

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• tonyalexis 11 years ago

  Please this system is too outmoded and too disgraceful. Fact to my best of knowledge these so called witches have their human rights abused. I m sorry all those accusations are false and unfounded.

  Please this system is too outmoded and too disgraceful. Fact to my best of knowledge these so called witches have their human rights abused. I m sorry all those accusations are false and unfounded.

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• Ekuoba Gyasi, Leeds, UK 11 years ago

  Why the children not in school instead of farming

  Why the children not in school instead of farming

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• NANAÖ MOTHER !!! 11 years ago

  Oh God save them.Which part of Ghana will this happen if not northern region. No wonder an MP from the same area wants women to be stoned to death.

  Oh God save them.Which part of Ghana will this happen if not northern region. No wonder an MP from the same area wants women to be stoned to death.

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• Dr E A Akpalu 11 years ago

  The developed world is concerned about science and technology and how it can help them improve their lives.
  
  Look at us in African with all kinds of believe systems that is drawing us back.
  It is really sad to read materia ...
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  The developed world is concerned about science and technology and how it can help them improve their lives.
  
  Look at us in African with all kinds of believe systems that is drawing us back.
  It is really sad to read materials of this nature on Ghanaweb.

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• UNMISGUIDED AFRICAN CHILD 11 years ago

  I share same sentiments,Dr. Akpalu
  
  In 2014 and BLACK AFRICA is so far behind we need to double-march to catch up with the rest of the Scientific community.KN
  
  Sadly,Our Belief Systems are still embeded in our BLACK PSYCH ...
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  I share same sentiments,Dr. Akpalu
  
  In 2014 and BLACK AFRICA is so far behind we need to double-march to catch up with the rest of the Scientific community.KN
  
  Sadly,Our Belief Systems are still embeded in our BLACK PSYCHE.Infact we can never seperate the two....and we claim to be a GOD fearing Nation.NO we are not.
  
  We are a century behind the Scientific World.We fear:
  
  Antoa,Kankan-Gyame,Akronodi,Agbalagba and all these unholy things more than
  we fear God...and look at us,shamefully it seems we came to this planet by mistake.
  
  ... our illeterates and even some educated ones among us practising witchcrafts, and still worshiping all
  kinds of gods,while our modern day churches are also invoking senseless SPIRITUAL REALMS to claim their closeness to God.
  Infact "ya-kaa-akyi-paa"(we are so far behind)
  OUR AFRICAN COSMOLOGY IS WARPED-TWISTED.
  SALVATION HAS NEVER BEEN SO BADLY NEEDED THAN NOW.
  THE GOVERNMENT MUST(YES,MUST)CLOSE AND SHUT DOWN THESE CHILDREN'S WITCH CAMPS TODAy,TODAY,TODAY(NOT TOMORROW).
  
  I ask:DID THE STONE AGE END DUE TO LACK OF STONES?
  
  "GHANA-AFRICA NEEDS A NEW TYPE OF MAN WITH A NEW COMMON-SENSE...WE MUST LEARN TO CHANGE OUR MINDS AND OUR ATTITUDES"Kwame N.
  
  I am
  nana-yaw
  still-in-the-struggle.

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• Nii 11 years ago

  Ghana is a disgrace with all these believes in witches and witchcraft.Banishing these ladies is a human rights issue.If these people actually have all the powers attributed to them ,only an idiot would believe that,they could ...
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  Ghana is a disgrace with all these believes in witches and witchcraft.Banishing these ladies is a human rights issue.If these people actually have all the powers attributed to them ,only an idiot would believe that,they could possibly allow themselves to the uncovered.The Gov't should step in with laws to curtail all the nonsense about innocent life's ruined by the label of being witches.The so called priests and bishops et al,have vested interest in the labelling and should be stopped.The problem is that ,far too many of the populace are ill-educated and easily influenced by those supplied to have been educated but turn up not to be any better than their illiterate compatriots.Wise up, my people.

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• Patrick 11 years ago

  So the government doesn't see anything wrong with this? I bet you most may be suffering from a form of mental illness and as a convenient way to put them away, they blame them as witches!
  
  This is Ghana today?

  So the government doesn't see anything wrong with this? I bet you most may be suffering from a form of mental illness and as a convenient way to put them away, they blame them as witches!
  
  This is Ghana today?

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• Mr.Green. 11 years ago

  I think now average Ghanaian can witness the main reason why we can not develop. If a nation believe such rubbish, development its far away.

  I think now average Ghanaian can witness the main reason why we can not develop. If a nation believe such rubbish, development its far away.

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• ITALIAN BURGER 11 years ago

  They are not witches they are beggars. Give them food and shelter they will become normal. And preach the word of God to them. They have primitive ideas so they need a Sychologist to train them.

  They are not witches they are beggars. Give them food and shelter they will become normal. And preach the word of God to them. They have primitive ideas so they need a Sychologist to train them.

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• Ebenjackcresto@yahoo.com 11 years ago

  What are the so called human right amnesty, fucking, hypocritical body doing about this. Have they called on the police to arrest those perpetuating these against the kids who were forced into this camp, rather than a full ...
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  What are the so called human right amnesty, fucking, hypocritical body doing about this. Have they called on the police to arrest those perpetuating these against the kids who were forced into this camp, rather than a full grown up person who went to Obinim per her perceived deliverance. This, must we do, amnesty

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• TONY KOKUTSE 11 years ago

  Even the first lady and so called celebrates accept this shameful act by donating things such as 2 bags of rice and a gallon of cooking oil to the camps. Ghana as a country must be ashamed of itself. These camps must be shut ...
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  Even the first lady and so called celebrates accept this shameful act by donating things such as 2 bags of rice and a gallon of cooking oil to the camps. Ghana as a country must be ashamed of itself. These camps must be shut down completely. Like Efo Rawlings once why are there no camps for men? This is just a brutal act against elderly women and children who have no voice.

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• Amangotree 10 years ago

  The camps are the best thing Africa has done for witch-hunt Victims traditionally - to shelter them and protect them from lynchings. Countries like Benin or Cameroon should be ashamed: They allow witchcraft-trials in court.

  The camps are the best thing Africa has done for witch-hunt Victims traditionally - to shelter them and protect them from lynchings. Countries like Benin or Cameroon should be ashamed: They allow witchcraft-trials in court.

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• Amangotree 10 years ago

  Kpatinga has six to eight children, not 150. Most of the numbers are forged or, where they are correct, drawn from the Witch-hunt Victims Empowerment Project (WHVEP) of Simon Ngota, the only project permanently working in the ...
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  Kpatinga has six to eight children, not 150. Most of the numbers are forged or, where they are correct, drawn from the Witch-hunt Victims Empowerment Project (WHVEP) of Simon Ngota, the only project permanently working in the sanctuaries.
  Kukuo hosts 1500 people, all with links to witchcraft-accustions, descendants of those accused.
  www.witch-hunt.org

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