The World's Worst Place to Be Disabled?

A disabled journalist has travelled from London to Ghana to uncover the
horrifying reality of many disabled people who live there.

 

The BBC programme shows Sophie Morgan, a disability campaigner, meeting children
who have been exiled from their villages for being 'cursed', chained up in
local prayer camps, and investigates the ritualistic killing of 'spirit
children' believed to have been possessed by evil spirits.

Sophie sees first-hand how many disabled people end
up living on the streets, and hears how much of the disabled community has been
left out of this west African country's economic success.

She finally asks if Ghana really is the world’s
worst place to be disabled.

Sophie Morgan, said: "When I became
disabled the support of my friends, family, society and even Government enabled
me to go on to create a new life, one in which I feel deeply fulfilled and
happy. Sadly, this is not the case for disabled people in Ghana."



A crowdfunding page aims to raise a total of £9,000, which will be split
between the Orthopedic Training Centre, the purchase of a school bus for Mr.
Barima's School for The Physically Challenged and the purchase and shipping of
additional equipment which will be distributed by the DESO and the Ghanaian
Society for the Physically Challenged.





To donate: https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/worlds-worst-place-to-be-disabled

The World’s Worst Place To Be Disabled?,
Tonight, 9pm, BBC3