PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs) RECEIVED SUPPORT
The Department of Social Welfare and Community Development of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly on 25th August, 2026 distributed various items to Thirty-five (35) People lliving with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Municipality. The purpose of the program is to support their livelihoods and improve their living conditions.
The items were presented at a short durbar held at the forecourt of the Assembly.
The initiative forms part of government commitment to support PWDs and promote their social and economic well-being.
Mrs Grace Ama Baiden Municipal director of Social Welfare and Community Development in her welcome address indicated that this is the Twelve (12) batch of beneficiaries receiving the support since inception of the program making a total of Seven Hundred and Forty-One (741) people benefited.
The Municipal Chief Executive Hon. John Atteh Matey in his speech stated that, the source of funding is a percentage of the district Assembly Common fund as established by law.
He further stated that, the Assembly is making frantic effort to ensure that, others who are yet to benefit receive it in the next batch. Hon. Matey advised those that did not join the Association to do so.He cautioned the beneficiaries against selling or misusing the items, stressing that doing so could deprive them of future support, since other PWDs were also waiting to benefit from the program.
The items distributed included freezers, refrigerators, bags of maize, plastic chairs, knitting machines, Indomie products, crates of eggs, shoe-grinding machines, a cassava mill, mattresses, a wheelchair, bags of charcoal and gallons of cooking oil.
The presentation brought joy to the beneficiaries, expressing their appreciation for the support and pledged to use the items for the intended purpose.
The ceremony was attended by the Municipal Chief Executive, the Municipal Coordinating Director, staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, other Assembly staff, representatives of the traditional authority, members of the media and the general public.
BY: Abraham Tettey Wayo
MIO: Lower Manya Krobo