Madam Joyce Eku, Executive Director, Childfocus Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says the organisation stands ready to support the upbringing of school children.

She said the organisation was dedicated to providing development assistance and comprehensive educational support to school children, particularly those from vulnerable backgrounds.

The Executive Director was speaking at a stakeholder meeting with selected teacher representatives to discuss, deliberate and share ideas on “Childfocus Clubs” project which tends to develop school children’s unique abilities.

The project focuses on seven schools in the Shai-Osudoku and Ningo Prampram Districts, where Clubs in the various schools consisted of 60 members.

The schools are Dodowa Presby Basic B, Odumse D/A Basic School, Fiankonya D/A, Mobole D/A, Afienya Basic A D/A, Afienya Basic B D/A, and Afienya Basic C D/A.

Madam Eku said the idea was to nurture the school children in moral values, instill in them a deeper understanding of the importance of education and sound upbringing, and cultivate the right mindset.

She said the organisation has maintained a strong partnership with the Districts Ghana Education Service (GES), ensuring full transparency in all their activities, adding that, “no organisation operates within the jurisdiction of the GES without its knowledge.”

Madam Eku said the 60-member children’s club would be overseen by a designated lead teacher, where the organisation would be conducting regular visits to monitor progress and ensure that all stakeholders remained aligned in the shared objective.

She said with their over 13 years of existence, the organisation firmly believed in the transformative power of education, and that when combined with sound guidance and mentorship, it equipped individuals to grow into responsible members of society.

“We identify out-of-school children, support their return to school, and engage their caregivers through monthly counseling to highlight the value of education,” she added.

Ms. Elizabeth Naki Yeboah, Project Assistant, Childfocus Ghana, said the organisation believed that at this formative stage, children possessed untapped potential and inherent talents.

She added that through the clubs, they sought to help them discover these abilities and develop the skills necessary to thrive and compete confidently in diverse environments.

Ms. Yeboah said the clubs would meet weekly, focusing on activities that enhanced children’s communication, leadership, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

“These will include debates, cultural displays, drama, team games, and other collaborative exercises designed to build their core competencies,” she stressed.

She said the organisation was committed to ensuring that the club does not interfere with the children’s academic activities, such that for this reason, meetings were scheduled once a week, with the hope that this arrangement would be both feasible and effective.

Ms. Yeboah said to support teacher collaboration, they have established motivation, key performance indicators, and monitoring systems, such that although this was their first time implementing the project, they believed these structures would encourage their engagement.

Mr. Noble Amenyawu, the Deputy GES Director, Ningo-Prampram District, said the districts fully supported the organisation’s activities as they aligned with their six core competencies, including cultural identity, critical thinking, collaboration.

He said their role was to maximize the impact of these activities to help shape confident, intelligent Ghanaian children capable of solving personal and community challenges.

Mr. Amenyawu said having benefited from a library project at one of the schools, as well as financial and material support provided to some students, and with the new phase now underway, they believed it would significantly enhance the teachers’ ability to effectively educate the students.