Media training on 2010 census ends in Ho
Ho, Oct 5, Ghanadot/GNA - A
three-day training programme on the 2010 population and
Housing census for media personnel has ended in ho, in the
Volta Region.
The UNFPA organised the training for members of the Media
and Communication Advocacy Network, to educate them on the
census so that they could better inform the public on their
responsibilities towards the national exercise.
Participants were taking through the processes of the census
and how far officials of the Ghana Statistical Service had
gone far with preparations.
The participants also toured UNFPA sponsored facilities to
see how they operate.
Among the facilities were the St Anthony's Hospital at
Dzodze, Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU)
in Ho, and Village Exchange, Ghana, a community based
centre, which engages in youth/adolescent reproductive
health education and counselling, micro-financing and
vocational training.
The Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of
Police (ACP), David Nenyi Ampah Benin, expressed the need
for victims of domestic violence to report cases early to
aid investigations instead of the usual late reporting that
"makes it difficult to investigate such cases”.
He said a clinic was being built at the Police Training
School in Ho, to encourage victims of rape and defilement to
easily access health care.
ACP Benin appealed to UNFPA for assistance in the form of
vehicles, office accommodation and equipment to facilitate
the work of DOVVSU in the region.
Madam Doris Aglobitse, Resource and Mobilisation Officer of
UNFPA said her organisation would consult other stakeholders
to explore ways of assisting the unit.
GNA
