Krowor Assembly disburses GH¢82,500, items to PWDs

The Krowor Municipal Assem­bly in the Greater Accra Region, last Wednesday disbursed GH¢82, 500, and items valued GH¢43,000 to 38 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), who applied for assistance to improve their livelihood.

Of the number of the beneficia­ries, 34 received varying amounts to cater for their health needs (GH¢5,000), education expenses (GH¢6, 000) and economic sup­port (GH¢71,500).

The GH¢43,000 was used to procure chest freezers, electric sewing machines, water storage container, and fufu pounding ma­chines for four beneficiaries.

The disbursement of the amount was done by the Krowor Municipal Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, under the three per cent allocation of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to PWDs meant to empower them to become self-re­liance.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Krowor, Mr Joshua Nii Bortey, said the disbursement of the amount was to economically empower beneficiaries to be able to contribute to national develop­ment.

Mrs Priscilla Febiri, the Head of Department of the Social Welfare and Community Development at Krowor, stated that, “the only challenge we have is that all of them want to be served at the same time but due to their wants and the availability of funds the disbursement has to be gradual and progressive.”

She also encouraged those who had not registered with the mu­nicipal assembly to do so for them to benefit from the disbursement of the 3 per cent district assembly common fund to PWDs.

A beneficiary, Mrs Margret Amoh, who received GH¢2,000 for the payment of her daughter’s school fees expressed her gratitude to the assembly.

However, she said the money was not enough and therefore urged officials to increase the amount in the next programme

 BY CYNTHIA ASAMPANA