Children in the Upper East Region at the weekend appealed to President John Evans Atta Mills to direct the law enforcement agencies to deal with people who abuse them.
They also called for prudent measures to reduce armed robbery incidents in the country.
The appealed was delivered in a message delivered in Bolgatanga after the children had undertaken a peace march in commemoration of Child Protection Day.
The day marks the signing of the convention on the prevention of child abuse.
The occasion which was on the theme: "Adults and young people unite for a better prevention of abuse and violence against children," drew the
participation of children from various schools in the region.
Miss Atika Adam, a pupil of Methodist Junior High School, who read a solidarity message to the President on behalf of her colleagues, recounted
the numerous abuses children suffer.
She listed some of the abuses as child trafficking, battering, child neglect, child labour, prostitution, ritual murders and female genital mutilation.
Miss Adam noted that perpetrators of these acts are often left out of the grips of the law, while the victims suffer humiliation, emotional stress and fear.
She appealed to the President and other stakeholders to show solidarity to children in war-torn Bawku who are denied their rights as they live in fear.
Miss Adam said any form of child abuse tend to undermine their growth into responsible adults hence the need for collective efforts to change the situation for the better.
She commended government for the many efforts it is making to ensure that they attend school, especially the increase in the Capitation Grant and improvement of the National School Feeding Programme.
She thanked the United Nations Children's Educational Fund for the role it is playing in the welfare of children in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.
Mr Cletus Abang, Deputy Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, asked the children not to entertain fear in reporting any cases of abuse against them to their parents or the police.
He also asked them to take their education seriously.