{"id":778524,"date":"2020-01-08T13:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/214-pwds-in-birim-north-receive-support-from-the-assembly\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T13:57:18","slug":"214-pwds-in-birim-north-receive-support-from-the-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/214-pwds-in-birim-north-receive-support-from-the-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"214 PWD\u2019s in Birim North receive support from the Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">By<br \/>\nBenjamin Akoto, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">New Abirem (E\/R),<br \/>\nJan. 8, GNA \u2013 The Birim North District Assembly (BNDA) has through the<br \/>\nDisability Common Fund, presented cash and equipment worth GH\u00a268,000.00 in<br \/>\nsupport 214 Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) in the District. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The items given to<br \/>\nthem included deep freezers, industrial and manual sewing machines, mobile<br \/>\nphone repairing kits, hair dressing apprenticeship kits, wheel chairs, white<br \/>\ncane, clutches, tomato grinding machine and fufu pounding machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Twelve of the<br \/>\nbeneficiaries received educational support, while, 80 got funds to expand their<br \/>\nbusinesses, with seven apprecntices being supported with pocket money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The hospital bills<br \/>\nof six of the PWDs were paid and 65 members of the Blind Union were supported<br \/>\nto go into goat rearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Addressing the<br \/>\ngathering, the Birim North District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Remond Nana<br \/>\nDamptey, said the equipment and other logistics were aimed at empowering them<br \/>\nso that they would become self-dependent and would not always have to rely on<br \/>\nthe Disability Common Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The Assembly would<br \/>\ncontinue to strengthen its monitoring system so that those who had already<br \/>\nreceived the items would make good use of them to improve their livelihood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He cautioned against<br \/>\nselling the equip and said offenders would be dealt with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Beneficiaries who<br \/>\nput into good use their equipment and required additional support, would be<br \/>\nassisted by the Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He called on them to<br \/>\ncontinually support the government so that such social intervention programs<br \/>\ncould be sustained to help improve the livelihood of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The District<br \/>\nChairman, Mr Frank Helevi, advised the beneficiaries to make the most out of<br \/>\nthe cash and equipment received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He commended the DCE<br \/>\nfor the strong support to the PWDs in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">A beneficiary,<br \/>\nMichael Asimatey, a fashion designer from Akoasi who received an industrial<br \/>\nsewing machine, said it was going to significantly help to improve his<br \/>\nbusiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Benjamin Akoto, GNA New Abirem (E\/R), Jan. 8, GNA \u2013 The Birim North District Assembly (BNDA) has through the Disability Common Fund, presented cash and equipment worth GH\u00a268,000.00 in support 214 Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) in the District. 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