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The President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby Union, Herbert Mensah says the union’s aim is to help develop the African child to stand the test of life.
 
His comment comes as the world celebrates the International Day of the African Child, which falls on June 16.
 
According to Mr. Mensah, his led union is not only interested in winning trophies and playing international matches but they are keen on unearthing young talents and develop them for the future.  
 
“The legacy of Ghana Rugby will not be measured by how many international matches we have won, but rather by how many African children we have helped to develop an unwavering character that will stand the test of life,” he noted.
 
The International Day of the African Child, 16 June, shines the spotlight on the many challenges African children face due to conflict, poverty, climate change, inequality - and now, COVID-19 adds extra burdens.

The date was chosen to celebrate the bravery of thousands of South African children who took to the streets in the Johannesburg township of Soweto on 16 June 1976, to peacefully protest the inferior education accorded to them by the apartheid government. Hundreds of them were shot dead by the police.