Some of the PWDs with their sheep and goats after the presentation ceremony
NINE PEOPLE With Disabilities (PWD) in the Afigya Kwabre North District,
of the Ashanti Region, have been presented with sheep and goats for rearing, to
make profit and better their lives in the process.
This was when the
Afigya Kwabre North District Assembly presented capital assets through the
Disability Common Fund to 72 people with disabilities, to give them financial
cushion to help improve their living standards.
Aside the nine people
in the district that are now venturing into animal rearing, some of the PWDs
also received free sewing machines, refrigerators and other start-up tools to
start a new trade and become self-reliant, financially.
During the presentation
ceremony, some of the PWDs in the district also received cheques to pay their
school fees and climb higher the academic ladder; others also took cash to pay
for their medical bills.
The District Chief
Executive of the Afigya Kwabre North, Mr. Kwasi Karikari Achamfour, explained
that the timely donation formed part of government’s grand agenda and
commitment to support the PWDs in the country.
According to him,
the country’s developmental processes would be accelerated if everyone is given
the chance to contribute his/her quota, hence the government’s resolve to make
PWDs economically active at all times.
Mr. Achamfour said
the Disability Fund Management Committee thoroughly vetted the number of
applicants and 72 were finally selected to benefit from the fund, adding that
the activities of the beneficiaries would be monitored.
Mrs. Paulina
Adantey, the acting President of the Disability Federation in Afigya Kwabre
North District, on behalf of the beneficiaries, commended government for having
the welfare of the PWDs at heart, urging the beneficiaries to work hard.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi
