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CATHOLIC ACTION FOR STREET CHILDREN-CAS
P.O. BOX MD 709 MADINA-ACCRA-GHANA
A GHANAIAN CHARITY WHICH TRIES TO ADVICE "OUT OF SCHOOL" CHILDREN IN GHANA
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• CAS MISSION:
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To assist children, below the age of 18 years, who are in the streets and choose to be educated.
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To create general awareness through tertiary students on the plight of out of school youth..
• CAS OBJECTIVES:
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To counsel the children so as to enable them decide what they want to do with their lives.
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To show love and concern to the children and create a safe haven in a house(s)of Refuge and assist those children who wish to be re-united with their families.
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To co-operate with all interested organizations and groups to create the awareness about out- of school youth.
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To assist in health care and health education for the children.
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To promote educational (formal and non-formal) opportunities and job opportunities for the children to improve their skills and to help find jobs for them.
• CAS GOAL:
To protect and improve the rights and lives of out of school children. The short-term goal is to help the children by returning their dignity to develop into respectful citizens of the society.
The long-term goal is to educate the children in such a manner that they can find suitable jobs or occupations to build up their future lives.