Every Child is Our Child: Early Child Marriages
Early Child marriage is prevalent in many developing countries; including Ghana. Some Ghanaians see nothing wrong with early marriages for young girls. For them, the practice is security against sexually transmitted diseases. They think early marriage helps young men manage their meager incomes rather than wasting money on drinking and other frivolous things.
Some of these young girls are not worried about the age difference, nor are the worried about their loss of freedom or mobility, so when living conditions became very difficult they then accept a proposal from a man who expressed interest in them. Yet they know little about the dangers of early marriage for young women whose reproductive systems are not yet mature.
One of our children at least knows the value of education over marriage as a means to secure a prosperous future. So she resisted early marriage and now staying with the queen mother, Manye Esther.
The young girl realised that she has the queen mothers and the Unitarian Universalist to fall on for support so she refused to get married and rather go to school, for a brighter future.
Please donate generously towards the Every Child Is Our Child project and help save these innocent children from all these dangers. Any little amount you have can help. Such a simple action can really have a positive outcome.
