Tag: PWDs
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...
PWDS require targeted social interventions-Dr Naami
Dr Augustina Naami, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, says Persons With Disability (PWDs) in Ghana need targeted social intervention programmes to address...
Ada West PWDs benefit from DACF
The Ada West District Assembly has disbursed items to Persons Living With Disabilities(PWDs) in the district to enhance their livelihood.
More than 100 persons benefited...
Ablekuma Central Assembly presents items to PWDs
The Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly has presented some items and undisclosed cash to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the municipality in Accra to improve...
Ablekuma North Assembly supports PWDs
The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has supported 33 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the municipality from its share of the District Assembly Common Fund...
Ketu South Assembly empowers persons with disability
The Ketu South Municipal Assembly has made donations in the form of cash and assorted items totaling Ghs139, 641.00 to 63 Persons with Disability...
Maiden Africa Disability Conference held: Leaders asked to prioritize development of PWDs
The maiden African Disability Conference has successfully been held with a call on African leaders and policymakers to consider the development and empowerment of...
COVID-19: Voice Ghana receives support from Disability Rights Fund
The Disability Rights Fund, a grant making organisation in the USA, has supported Voice Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation, with a US$20,000 grant to implement...
Limitless Foundation raises funds for PWDs
Limitless Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has raised funds through its maiden Charity Polo Tournament in Accra to support Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across the...
Agona East District Assembly Supports PWDs
The Agona District Assembly has presented nine Chest Deep Refrigerators and a Fufu pounding machine to 10 selected Persons With Disability (PWDs) to...
Make SRH services affordable to PWDs – GFD
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD), has appealed to government and stakeholders within the health sector to make sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
Ashaiman PWDs petition EOCO on Disability Fund
Persons Living with Disability (PWDs) in the Ashaiman Municipality have petitioned the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate Ashaiman Municipal Assembly's (ASHMA)...
Kwahu Afram Plains North Assembly distributes relief items to PWDs
The Kwahu Afram Plains North District Assembly has supported 51 Persons with Disability (PWDs) with items worth GH¢90,000.00 to improve their economic activities and...