Tag: PWDs
‘Begging on the streets robs PWDs of their dignity’
The Disability Forum of Ghana at the weekend asked government to empower Persons with Disability (PWDs) to make them stop begging on the streets...
Nkwatia Royals supports the aged and PWDs at Kwahu Nkwatia
The Nkwatia Royals, descendants of Nana Atuobi Yiadom IV, the late Chief of Kwahu Nkwatia has donated food items worth GHS20,000.00 to the aged...
Church of Pentecost organises sports evangelism for PWDs
The Ministry to Persons With Disabilities (MPWDs) of the Church of Pentecost (CoP) says Christianity and sports evangelism should be inseparable.
Overseer Alexander Nyame, the...
GFD calls for inclusion of PWDs in extractive industry
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has called on companies and stakeholders in the extractive industry to make more inclusive provisions for Persons...
Consider the good works of our DCE – Youth Atwima Mponua to President ...
The youth in the Atwima Mponua Constituency has appealed to the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Danqwah Akuffo-Addo, to consider the...
Adaklu Assembly empowers PWDs with starter-up items
The Department of Social Welfare in collaboration with the Adaklu District Assembly on Wednesday presented starter-up items to 20 persons with disabilities (PWDs) at...
Henry Djaba Foundation urges President Akufo-Addo to appoint more women and PWDs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to demonstrate his commitment towards gender equality, equity and all-inclusive governance by giving more women...
GIJ old students donate wheelchairs to PWDs
A group of old students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) through their NGO, ‘LiftUs Foundation’ has donated wheelchairs to three physically challenged...
Disability is not inability – PWDs challenged
Mr Godwin Gordon Gomado, Chairman, Akatsi North Disability Fund Management Committee has challenged Persons with Disability (PWDs) not to settle for less, but dare...
TUC calls for job security in the informal sector
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the protection of fundamental human rights, job security, and other occupational privileges for domestic workers to...
PWDs small business owners to receive support through accelerator program
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed numerous threats to the operations and financial sustainability of many businesses and resulted in dire economic consequences.
According...
Otiko Djaba celebrates 59th Birthday with donation Of 59 Wheelchairs to PWDs
The former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba has celebrated her 59th Birthday with a donation of 59 brand...
Media urged to help fight stigma against PWDs
The media and civil society have been urged to become a force for change in combating stigma and discrimination against persons with disabilities (PWDs)...
Ga Central Municipal Assembly supports PWDs
The support includes the donation of industrial sewing machine, knitting machine, deep freezers, furniture spraying machine, popcorn machine and cylinder, oven and cylinder, shoe...
Vodafone Ghana celebrates PWDs in sports
To make the yuletide month of December a memorable one for Persons with Disability (PWD), Vodafone Ghana Foundation has organised sporting activities to entertain...
GRCS celebrates International Day of PWDs in Central Region
The Central Regional Office of the Ghana Red Cross Society has marked this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) which falls on...
NIPDA disburses over GH123,000 to PWDs
The Ningo-Prampram District Assembly (NIPDA) has disbursed over GHS123,000 from its share of the District Assembly Common Fund to 54 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
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PWDs in Bolagatanga Municipal receive funds to undertake businesses
The Department of Social welfare and community Development has presented cheques to 46 persons with disability in the Bolgatanga Municipality to undertake various...
Sunyani West Assembly supports 72 PWDs
The Sunyani West Municipal Assembly has supported 72 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) with items for commercial purposes and cash to improve their livelihood.
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Protect rights of PWDs – Henry Djaba Foundation
The Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation has celebrated the 2020 International Day for Persons with Disability (PWDs) with a call on state and non-state actors...
Let’s change narrative of disability situation in Ghana – NCPD
The National Council on Persons With Diabilities (NCPD) under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (GCSP) has organised disability inclusion summit to...
Hohoe Municipal Assembly supports 88 PWDs
The Hohoe Municipal Assembly has extended support to 88 Persons With Disability (PWDs) with items worth GH¢322,694.
They include 55 stocked...
NCCE organizes parliamentary debate in Lower Manya Krobo
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has organized a parliamentary debate in Lower Manya Krobo Constituency to give platform to the three parliamentary...
PWDs analyze manifestos of political parties
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) has called on Political parties to endeavor to elevate the National Council on Persons with Disability into...
Hundreds throng North Tongu parliamentary debate
Residents of North Tongu turned up in their numbers to listen to all three persons asking for their mandate to represent them in Parliament....
Human Rights Advocacy Centre leads fight against Covid-19 Stigmatization
The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) has organized a stakeholders' inception meeting to kick start a project which aims at improving the mental health...
Many Ghanaians to vote on road infrastructure – NCCE
Many Ghanaian electorates have tagged road and infrastructure development as a priority which will influence their vote for a presidential Candidate on December 7,...
Tema West Municipal Assembly disburses money, items to PWDs
The Tema West Municipal Assembly, through its Department of Social Social Protection and Community Development, has presented items and disbursed cheques to Persons With...
Henry Djaba Foundation sensitizes women, PWDs, other Groups On COVID-19 Protocols
The Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, an NGO based in Accra has embarked on Community Sensitization programmes to increase awareness and knowledge on (COVID-19) for...
Thirty-six PWDs in Akatsi North receive support
Thirty-six Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the Akatsi North District have benefited from a distribution of assorted items to empower them to become economically...