Inclusive development at Sankoyo Trust's core
Monday, August 01, 2022 | 750 Views |
Oneilwemang Sakoi
The trust has so far successfully sponsored about seven students to further their students, built houses for the less privileged, augmented the elderly's old-age pension, connected taps for homes within the village, and created employment.
The trust generates funds through renting its concessions and running a cultural village and a camp. The village board that the Sankoyo community selects runs them.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...