Social Welfare closes down orphanage in Kosoa

An orphanage in Kasoa alleged to be abusing the rights of its children has been closed down by the Social Welfare Department .

Reports from Kasoa Municipality have accused the proprietor of the Lucky Hill Orphanage of abuse.

Preliminary investigations by the Social Welfare into the activities of the orphanage shows that children there live under very deplorable conditions, in addition, the proprietor, Joseph Eshun, is accused of forcing the children to bath, feed and sometimes clean the faeces of his bed-ridden mother.

Acting Director of the Social Welfare Department, Stephen Adongo, says all the children have been returned to their parents while Mr Eshun is in the grips of the Kasoa police.

“We have known for sometime now that he has been running this orphanage, in fact, it is attached to a school, so he uses the school as a pretense for bringing children, but there is a wing where the children that are supposed to be orphans are kept.”

He said his outfit went to the orphanage to find out if the children were orphans, who really do not have a place to stay, but it was proven that they were not orphans as claimed by the proprietor.

He also noted that there have been several complaints about Mr Eshun’s conduct by people who wanted to adopt some of the children.

Mr Adongo also added that allegations of extortion have been leveled against the proprietor of the Lucky Hill Orphanage by some foreign nationals over adoption from his orphanage.
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