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Give The Girl Child A Chance

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Give the girl child a chance

Oh give the girl child a chance

Gone are the days when boys were referred to as ‘noba’(humans)

And girls were referred to as ‘boma’(things)

Boma indeed, give the girl child a chance

 

‘Boma’, so she has to balance on her head
Some pieces of firewood for cooking

A bucket of water for washing and cooking

The girl child is not just for washing and cooking

So give the girl child a chance

 

She must carry her baby brother

On her little and fragile back

Because mother has another baby

And father is not well so

Give the girl child a chance.

 

Mother is busy with other things

So she runs errands, washes clothes, Irons them

Sweeps the compound cooks for the family

And cleans the house

Now is the time to give the girl child a chance.

 

Some time ago, when the boy was in school

The girl child was at home

The saying by the parents was that your place is the kitchen

That time is passed and gone, never to come again

So give the girl child a chance.

 

Yes give the girl child a chance

Why is the boy outside playing?

While the girl child is doing all the house chores

The girl child needs to relax just as the boy does

So give the girl child a chance.

 

Give the girl child a chance

Gone are the days when you made the girl child pregnant

Sometimes denying the pregnancy

While the boy continues with his education

Now the girl child is awake so give the girl child a chance

 

Oh! You rapist! That innocent girl

Is too young for that act

The girl child needs to grow, grow up into a

Healthy, Responsible woman and wife

Who can be productive to mother Ghana.

So give the girl child a chance

 

It is enough to give the girl child a chance

Gone are the days when the girl child was the

First to rise in the morning and the last to go to bed

Now the girl child needs to be given a chance

So give the girl child a chance.

 

Give the girl child a chance

The girl child has all it takes to make it in life

No more gender stereotyping

It is enough, give the girl child her due.

Why not give the girl child a chance?

 

Have you forgoten what Dr. Aggrey once said?

“IF YOU EDUCATE A MAN, YOU EDUCATE AN INDIVIDUAL

BUT IF YOU EDUCATE A WOMAN, YOU EDUCATE THE WHOLE NATION”

So give the girl child the chance.

 

Oh fathers! Why? Why? Why?

Why do you deceive yourselves that marrying?

The girl child off shall bring you wealth?

Exploitation. Oh Exploitation, Father! Mother!

Did I do anything wrong? So give me a chance.

 

Why can’t I be educated?

What is the difference between a girl and a boy?

I have been stereotype as a girl in our society

Men come to pay for my dowry

Just for me to be a bride?

I need a chance now.

 

I am a child not a bride

I have a bright future too

I am not begging for food

I am not begging for clothing

I am begging for a chance.

 

Oh a chance to be educated

Oh a chance to live my dreams

I am laud in this cry

I insist on it, in the oceans on the land and in the air

So give me a chance.

 

Girl child, so precious a gift

Yet always thought of as less in the society

She cries out to be educated.

Yet always thought of as a cleaner

And all she wants is to be given a chance to realize her full potentials.

 

Potentials which most often go unnoticed

She cries out to be educated

Though some think of them as curses, just because of their gender

Always thought of as not good enough

She cries out to be given a chance.

 

Yes! All she wants is to be given that one chance to fulfil her destiny

All she wants is to be given the chance to become a better doctor

All she wants is to be given the chance to become a better lawyer

All she wants is to be given the chance to become a better leader

And all she wants is that single opportunity to be saved from prostitution.

 

Yes a single opportunity to be save from dependency

Yes a single opportunity to be save from insults

So she will never be seen as a commodity for trade

So she will never be seen as a Gold digger

Nor be looked upon as object of entertainment.

 

She cries out for help, yet no one seems to come to her rescue

Give the girl child the chance to get that respect which others get because of education.

So that she can reach out to others, motivate and teach them

Educating a girl child is one of the most important ways of changing the world

Girls are future mothers and good mothers.

 

So please support girl child education, for a better tomorrow.

Give the girl child a chance- it starts with you and me

Be the change that we want to see

That Girl child, who is a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother deserves to be heard

No Chance no change so give the girl child a chance.

By Sr. Emmanuella Dakurah, HHCJ

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