Assembly presents start-up kits to PWDs


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Social- PWDs-Assisted

By
Eunice Tekie Tei, GNA

Tease (E/R), Aug. 30, GNA – The Kwahu Afram
Plains South District Assembly has presented start up kits worth GH¢166,000.00
to over 50 Persons With Disabilities (PWD) to enable them establish sustainable
businesses.

Items presented to them included physical
money, containers, outboard motors, brand new deep freezers, fridges, bee hive
caves, wheel chairs, provisions,

By
Eunice Tekie Tei, GNA

Tease (E/R), Aug. 30, GNA – The Kwahu Afram
Plains South District Assembly has presented start up kits worth GH¢166,000.00
to over 50 Persons With Disabilities (PWD) to enable them establish sustainable
businesses.

Items presented to them included physical
money, containers, outboard motors, brand new deep freezers, fridges, bee hive
caves, wheel chairs, provisions, rubber nets, corn and cassava milling machine
among others.

At a short ceremony to present the items to
the beneficiaries, Mr George Ofori, the District Chief Executive said the
gesture was made possible with the support of the District Assembly Disability
Fund Management Committee.

He urged the beneficiaries to invest the money
given them into productive ventures to help raise their standards of living.

Mr Ofori cautioned the beneficiaries not to
sell the logistics given to them.

He said the selection of beneficiaries was
very transparent and was guided by prescribed guidelines to arrive at the
decision as to who should benefit out of the numerous applications that were
received.

He said one major requirement for the
selection was that the applicant must of necessity be a disabled person and
submitted an application.

Mr Ofori said the purpose of the fund was to
empower persons with disability economically to get them out of the street
begging for alms which sometimes resulted in the loss of precious lives.

The beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to
the Assembly for considering them for the fund and promised to use it in ways
that would benefit them and their dependents.

GNA


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