By Michael Pepsin Avorgah
Aflao (V/R), Nov. 12, GNA – The Ketu South Municipal Assembly has supported 53 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) with livelihood and economic empowerment items to improve their living conditions and promote economic independence.
The items distributed under the Disability Fund were intended to help beneficiaries establish or expand businesses and engage in sustainable income-generating activities.
They included industrial sewing and knitting machines, chest deep freezers, vulcanising machines, cassava millers, corn mills, gas ovens, hand electric mixers, pushing trucks, printing machines, standing hair dryers, washing basins, fishing canoes and fishing nets.
Other items included bags of charcoal, student mattresses, plastic chairs, piglets, HP printers, and small containers equipped with shoemaking toolkits.
Some beneficiaries also received support to establish and operate provision stores.
Mr Selassie Assor, the Social Welfare Coordinator for the Municipality, said the Assembly received 638 applications from PWDs across the municipality but could support only 53 applicants in the first batch due to limited resources.
He said the beneficiaries comprised 25 females and 28 males.
Mr Assor urged the beneficiaries to regard the items as valuable economic assets rather than mere gifts, stressing that their effective utilisation would be critical to achieving the objectives of the intervention.
He said the support was designed to address some of the economic challenges confronting PWDs, particularly limited access to productive resources and opportunities to establish or expand businesses.
He noted that although many PWDs possessed valuable skills, talents, and entrepreneurial abilities, the lack of equipment and financial resources often prevented them from turning those abilities into sustainable economic activities.
Mr Assor assured applicants who were not covered in the first batch that the Assembly would attend to the second batch of beneficiaries by February 2027.
Mr Mensah Kodjo Djadoo, the Ketu South Municipal President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisation, on behalf of the beneficiaries, expressed appreciation to the government and the Assembly for the support.
He assured the authorities that the beneficiaries would put the items to their intended use to improve their livelihoods and economic well-being.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/ Christabel Addo