TMA provides tools to PWDs

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The Tema Metropoli­tan Assembly (TMA) on Tuesday provided working tools and financial support to 23 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to en­hance their livelihoods.

Funded by the designated 3 per cent of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), the allocation aimed to empower PWDs econom­ically, enhance their social inclusion, and improve their overall well-being.

The items included, a deep freezer, refrigerator, wheel chair, oven and cake mixer, barbering equipment, toilet­ries, cartons of chicken wings, sausage and red fish.

The rest were, 3 male goats, mobile money kits, a box of wax, bale of kaliko cloth, bale of men’s jeans, baby clothes and bedsheets and provisions, all amounting to GH¢147,830.77

University of Ghana final year student and two final year students of University of Education, Winneba, were also supported with GH¢3, 174, GH¢5, 758 and GH¢5,758 totalling GH¢14, 690.

At a brief ceremony to pres­ent the items to them, the Co­ordinating Director of TMA, John Nana Owoo, explained that the 23 persons were approved out over 100 appli­cations received and vetted, explaining that it was based on the total fund available at the time of approval, assuring that every PWD who applied for support would have their turn.

He reminded the beneficia­ries that the purpose of the support was to help improve their socioeconomic lives, urging them to keep the items well to serve their intended purposes.

He said the TMA would detail a monitoring team to ascertain the use of the sup­port, cautioning them against sale or misuse of the items.

Head of Social Welfare and Community Development at TMA, Gilbert Mensah Gbley, stated that the initiative un­derscored the commitment of government and the Assem­bly to foster inclusivity and support the empowerment of persons with disabilities in ed­ucation, health and livelihood.

 FROM KEN AFEDZI, TEMA

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