Tag: Poor
Gbache women lament over poor maternal health services
Women at Gbache community in the Wa West District have decried the drudgery they go through to access healthcare services, including; maternal health due...
Defiling the poor and injustices involved, the plight of four-year old Cindy
A GNA Feature by Eunice Hilda Ampomah, GNA
Defilement and rape, though still an anomaly and criminal in Ghana’s law, is still fertilized by...
Alarm in Pakistan at record virus surge amid poor vaccine response
dpa/GNA – Pakistani authorities on Thursday put more coronavirus hotspots under lockdown and warned people to take caution as the country witnessed the...
Let us support Legal Aid Commission to protect the poor – Chief
Chief Mallam Zaaki, Shana Naa Sakpacha of Dayile in the Tamale Metropolis, has called for adequate funding support for the Legal Aid Commission.
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Majority of music producers are poor due to the desire for fame
Award-winning music producer Slo Dezzy popularly known as “925 Music” says many music producers are poor because they are not concerned about the music...
Alliance calls for Implementation of Free Healthcare for the poor
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights has called for the implementation of a Free Healthcare at the point of need to make it accessible...
NGO inaugurated to support the poor and vulnerable in Society
Ministry of Encouragement Foundation (MEF), a Non-Government Organization (NGO) has been inaugurated at Darbaa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District to provide support for the...
Food for All Africa organizes “Feeding Caravan” to commemorate UN World Food day
As a yearly ritual, today October, 16th 2020, marks UN World Food Day. Food is the essence of life and the bedrock of our...
UN humanitarian chief regrets lack of solidarity with poor countries amid COVID-19 crisis
UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock on Wednesday regretted the lack of solidarity with low-income and fragile countries in the global response...
Optimising Social Protection Interventions to Change the lives of the Poor
....: The Story of Kwabena Asafo Oppong
Kwabena Asafo Oppong is a 12-year old boy who lives with his grandmother in a deprived area...
South African President calls for debt cancellations for poor African countries to aid coronavirus...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday called for lifting the waiver of interest payments and possible cancellation of debt for Africa's low-income countries...
U.S. COVID-19 strategy failing the poor
The poor in the United States are being hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. COVID-19 strategy is failing the poor, a...
CSOs COVID-19 response fund set to support about 3,000 households
Civil Society Organisations are set to begin implementation of the CSOs COVID-19 response fund to support the poor and vulnerable in the country.
Said in...
Assist the poor and vulnerable – Amir of Qatar
The Amir of Qatar, Sheik Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani, has called on world leaders to help halt the imbalances in the system of...
Approval of Government’s anti-corruption efforts declines sharply since 2017 – Afrobarometer
A new Afrobarometer round 8 survey has shown that, more than half of Ghanaians say the level of corruption in the country has increased...
Poor eating habits now the major cause of diseases
Professor Felix Ankomah Asante, Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research on Friday identified poor eating habits as one of the major causes...
Lets Us Always Remember Our Poor African Women
An imagery is always painted in Africa about a proverbial woman who is returning from the farm with tonnes of load on her head...
The Poor Suffers the Most Under Ghana’s Criminal Justice System
Mr Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), has said more is needed to be done in the Criminal Justice System...
Poor performance of children is a great source of worry – Chief
Osabarima Ansah Sasraku, the Kyidomhene of Akuapem Traditional Area and chief of Mamfe, has expressed worry over the neglect of some parents in their...
Churches Urged to Support the Poor and The Vulnerable
The General Overseer of the True Faith Church, Ghana, Senior Apostle John Owusu-Achiaw, has called for the church to do more to support the...
Corruption Denies The Poor And Marginalized Access To Quality Services
Corruption in its form is costly and its impact is pervasive. It affects economic growth, level of GDP per capita, investment activity and its...
Is There A Panacea At All For Corruption?
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, Npp or Ndc, upper-class or lower-class, rich or poor, you will still get hit...
The Tiny South-eastern Chinese Village that Rose from poverty
“In the past we lived on boats floating on the sea; now we live on land, working in peace and contentment.” The couplet...
Poor Rural Women Household Economic Security Must be Enhanced
Dr Francis Kusi, a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) has...
Poor Labour practices undermining Ghana’s fishing industry
Some fishing companies in Ghana pay as low as 80 Ghana Cedis a month to employees on their vessels.
Poor labour practices including low wages,...
Stakeholders seek state support for poor mining communities in Ghana
Some stakeholders in Ghana's mining sector want the government to set aside a portion of Ghana's mineral revenue to cater for the developmental and...
Philanthropist urge Ghanaians to give to the poor
Mr Joseph Kenyenson, a philanthropist from Virginia in the USA has called on organisations and the well-to-do to support vulnerable ones in society to...
Poor mental health and smartphone obsession linked
People who are less emotionally stable are more likely to be addicted to their smartphones, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of...
Poor mining regulation deprives Ghanaian communities of potable water
“In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty”, so says a song by legendary musician Bob Marley.
But for Regina Fabile, 29, a native...
Gov’t of Ghana urged to reconstitute Domestic Violence Board
Madam Afua Addotey, the Board Chairperson, Women in Law and Development Africa (WiLDAF-Ghana), has called on government to reconstitute the Domestic Violence Management Board...