Nighttime sleep of a 5-month-old homeless baby 
Felicia, 22, and her five-month-old baby sleep outside at Tema Port in Accra
Can you imagine putting your baby to sleep for hours and waiting for the rain to stop in the middle of the night before you lie down on a pile of discarded cardboard on the wet floor?
It is the misery that the breastfeeding mother, Felicia, 22, and her five-month-old baby have been enduring since the start of the rainy season. Thefloor of an open shelf at Tema Station in Accra has been Felicia's home since she was released from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where she gave birth after a nine-month journey.
Tema station not only serves as a bus stop for those who work in the ministry's wards, but is home to hundreds of traders, some of whom take to the streets after the company closed. Before going to bed,Felicia wraps her child's clothes in double layers on cold nightsand protects his weak body from mosquitoes by tying him to a rock with a mosquito net.
Because we sleep on the floor under the shelves, my son is often sick. "I don't have money to go to the hospital, so I buy medicine for him from drug dealers," he told the Ghanaian media.
The 22-year-old domestic teacher says she has not seenthe father of her child, who is a member (bus driver) at Tema station since she was three months pregnant. "About a week after I told him I was pregnant, I didn't see him again. All efforts to find him were unsuccessful."
Felicia's dream of becoming a chef was dashed when she dropped out of high school in 2011, after her father died. Being the first of three children of a farmer, it behooved him to head from the northern part of the country to Accra in search of greener land.
“I worked as a Kaayei (potter)for about five years before I got into pottery and other things.The station has always been my home," he said.
Felicia earns only 20 cedis a day selling biscuits at the bus station, which she says is not enough to take care of her child. Thanks to the support of her fellow shopkeepers and vendors, she was able to gatherclothes to support her child.
Part of her income is used to buy clothes for her baby, which prevents her from eating properly as a breastfeedingmother. "Apart from breast milk, I only feed him (the baby) porridge," he said.
Felicia fears her child will havehealth problems due to the environmental conditions and is asking the public for help in renting a house. She also asked for help to start a food business so that she can earn enough money to take care of her child.
"I know how to make bread and other cakes, but I don't have the capital to start my own business," he said. The doctor thinks
Reacting to the situation, Dr Gabrielle Obeng-Koranteng, a pediatrician and member of the Pediatric Society of Ghana, said Felicia's baby could be at risk of many health problems including malaria, pneumonia, tuberculosis and diarrhea.
He said that the child may also be eating because of his mother's condition. She urgeshomeless mothers who find themselves in such situations to strive to enroll their babies inthe national health insurance scheme and to avoid self-medication which is which can cause serious problems in the child's health. .
Dr. Obeng-Koranteng called for the implementation of a program that will help rehabilitate displaced families and educate young people about sexual and emotional health to reduce crime. Country number number
An international trade for the US Nations (Unicef) plan that there is 100,000 roads across the country. These kids do not have academic opportunities,good health, good clothes - and hurt adults at times who should hurt
A recent study by Child Rights International (CRI) in bus stations in the Greater Accra region shows that, on average,there are 2-7 children of color any red, asking for help, or helping the elderly or disabled. ask for help. or engage in some form of business or activityduring school hours.
In March 2022, CRI dragged the Attorney General to the Supreme Court for "not acting quickly to ensure that children have special protection fromphysical and moral danger, as provided for in the GhanaConstitution in 1992".
Section 6 of the "Child Act, Act 560 of 1998" guarantees the fundamental rights of every child - the right to life, dignity, respect, recreation, liberty, health, education and shelter from the mother and his father. Nevertheless, the children of "street mothers", many of whom often leave their fathers, are denied these basic rights due to the lack of social assistance that can be focused look at these weak people.
It is the responsibility of parents to take good care of their children. But in the case of helpless children who may end up in a situation like Felicia's child, the state cannot seem indifferent as they struggle to survive in a harsh and unforgiving environment