Special children's day post
Creating safe space for our children - our collective responsibility (dedicated to Nigerian children) Introduction Somewhere in Northern Nigeria, a child of about 8 years old was recently seen hawking mangos around 8pm in the night. According to the little boy who was crying, he had not made enough sales since morning, so he doesn't want to return home since the parents will spank him. Laila was only five when her mother noticed she was in pain while bathing her. A neighbor had fondled her sexual organs when she went to play with the neighbor’s little daughter, her age mate. The man in question was 42 years old Mr. Abel. It was later discovered that he does the same to his own daughter. In another incident, 12 years old blessing was rushed to the hospital by neighbors, after she was brutally flogged and wounded by her stepmother for mistakenly braking a glass plate while washing the dishes. These are just a few example of the regular cases of child abuse we s...