Luanda - The Minister of Social Action, Family and Women Promotion, Faustina Alves, reaffirmed Sunday the importance of the partnership between the State and the Angolan church in the realisation of actions linked to education and protection of children.
Speaking to the press, on the sidelines of a service alluding to the Day of the Tocoist Child (20 May), the Cabinet minister said that this contribution of the Church is fundamental to instil in children the culture of respect for moral and civic values.
According to the government official, it is also important to reinforce, within the scope of this partnership, the awareness programmes for parents and carers, aiming at reducing the cases of parenthood denial in Angola.
"Among the various child protection problems, we should highlight that of raising the awareness of society to avoid cases of paternity denial," she stressed.
According to Faustina Alves, the child must be well prepared for the future and, for that reason, the churches, as the moral guardians of society, play a pivotal role.
She announced that the Government is developing a series of programmes, with the purpose of reducing the number of child deaths at birth and to facilitate their access to the education system.
"Children should not be involved in the disagreements that may arise within the homes, since it is their right to be educated in a healthy coexistence, to avoid in the future the existence of men and women traumatised by violence."
