Effa Tambenkongho
16 June 2009
The courage of the African child is celebrated every June 16th in the world.
African children today suffer from several social vices that affect them negatively. Some of them are sold into modern-day slavery in Africa and European countries where they are exploited as domestic slaves, forced to work for hours, cleaning, cooking and looking after other younger children, or put to work in restaurants and shops.
These children are also subjected to physical and sexual abuse; they are ravished by malaria daily. A recent figure by the Government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, claims that 330 children, many of them from Africa, have been trafficked to Britain over the past year.
On the occasion of the launching of activities marking celebration of the international day of the African Child, with the theme, "Accelerate Activities to Ensure the Survival of Cameroonian Children in an Africa Worthy of these Children", the Regional Delegate of Social Affairs Samuel Ndjock outlined some of the vices which the African child suffers from. The problem of water and health with malaria being an outstanding disease, victims of HIV/AIDS, education, malnutrition and child labour which still continues in spite of sensitisations.
Young girls who suffer from sexual abuse get pregnant and they end up committing abortion which take away their lives or give birth and abandon the children or throw them in dustbins or pit toilets.
Representing the Littoral Governor in the launching of activities marking the International day of the African child, Rachel Sen Nkong said the development and growth of children in Cameroon is faced with obstacles such as poverty, the ravaging HIV/AIDS, malaria, exploitation, negligence and abandonment by family members. She added that government has to act urgently to put in place policies and strategies to better the African or Cameroonian child.
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