A social worker has appealed to managers and caretakers of orphanages to offer quality care for the children in their care to ensure their proper growth. Madam Mabel Asafo-Agyei, Superintendent of Mampong Babies Home, said when these children are brought up properly they could contribute to the development of the country. He comment comes amid concerns that some orphanages around the country do not maintain good hygiene. Madam Asafo-Agyei told the GNA in an interview that Mampong Babies Home took up the challenge of offering quality care to abandoned and orphaned babies in 1967 and some of these children have grown to assume responsible positions. The Mampong Babies Home was established by the Anglican Missionary Sisters of the Order of the Holy Paraclete (OHP) from Whitby in England. It is part of the Saint Monica’s Complex and Cluster of Schools, the Midwifery Training school and the Maternity Hospital. The home nurtures these children from the vulnerable first years and they are later reunited with their families, many of whom are migrant labourers and are very poor. Mrs. Asafo-Adjei said the home began in a bungalow with a hand full of babies but now accommodates more than 50 babies and is managed by the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi after the OHP Sisters retired in 1982. “The Home is facing challenges such as transportation and the children’s dormitory needs to be expanded,” she said. She expressed gratitude to the Catholic Relief Service, World Vision, Guilds in Kumasi and Serwaah Ampem Foundation for being of great help to the home. Source: GNA