Recently there has been a cry online that the facilities for the girl children who are disabled are way better than those provided for the boy children. In addition to being plenty of facilities for the girl child, they are better equipped.
Vincent Devin Nkako talked about this and said:
The case of the disabled boy child reminds me of the Nayanka Bell’s song “Iwasado” where a blind and orphaned boy laments to God about his hopeless situation. That aside, how did traditional ‘Africa’ deal with people living with disabilities? Did they treat them better? In many cultures, they were considered cursed or curses to their people. “Ng’oki’. Some ethnic communities had them ostracized, eliminated them or considered them inferior.
The adage “women first” is also deep rooted in the traditional societies found in our continent. Even during wars, women (and children) were spared by the enemy camps. They also didn’t go to war. Women are build different. They are less physical but with other strongpoints. Women rely on men for security. It would be unfair and insensitive for instance, that a man asks a woman to go and deal with an intruder in their homestead. Security duties are traditional roles for men and for obvious reasons. If a man has a space for only one person in his car and met a man and a woman at night, he wouldn’t think twice carrying the lady instead of the man.
Having said that, there is a need to strike a balance and also take heed not to take boychild’s advantages (and challenges)for granted and give the girl child unfair advantages especially in the current world where women are raised like men. It is somewhat true that men are their own worst enemies. As you said, the priest build a home for ladies with disabilities but did nothing for the boys with similar conditions. This however has nothing to do with religion. The isse cuts across all religions, societies and cultures.
How can we get some equality in the treatment of the disabled children?