By Alex Baah Boadi, GNA
Juaboso (W/N), Oct. 16, GNA – The Juaboso District Assembly in the Western North Region has provided equipment and cash support to 86 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to enhance their economic activities and improve their livelihoods.
The items distributed included deep freezers, fufu pounding machines, wheelchairs, wall tiling machines, sliding door fabrication machines and cassava processing machines.
Some beneficiaries also received financial assistance for business development, education and medical needs, while needy but brilliant students were supported with the payment of school fees.
Speaking to the media after the presentation, Mr Alexander Adu Quist, the District Chief Executive for Juaboso, urged the beneficiaries to use the items for their intended purposes to improve their living conditions.
He said the allocation to the Disability Fund had been increased and assured that the Assembly, under the Government’s resetting agenda, would continue to support PWDs in the district to enable them realise their full potential.
Mr Lawrence Amofa, the Juaboso District Director of the Department of Social Welfare, advised the beneficiaries to adhere to the orientation provided and make good use of the items to ensure the sustainability of the programme and enable others to benefit in future.
Some beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the Government and the Assembly for the support and pledged to utilise the items effectively for the intended purposes.
GNA
Edited by Justina Hilda Paaga/Bertha Badu-Agyei/Lydia Kukua Asamoah
Reporter: Alex Baah Boadi