Over 100 women and girls with disabilities are to receive assistance from the Africa Centre for Human Rights and Sustainable Development in the Jirapa Municipality and Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region.
30 of them have so far gotten funding for their businesses, while another 20 have registered in apprenticeship programs in fields including weaving, tailoring, and hairdressing.
The act is part of the “Promoting Equal Rights for Women and Girls with Disabilities in Ghana (PERD)” initiative, which is financed by the Dutch Embassy in Ghana and being carried out by a consortium of three organizations, including Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) and Women in Need (WIN).
During the presentation of the startup items to beneficiaries in Jirapa Municipality and Nadowli-Kaleo District, Mr. Eric Adomako, the finance officer for AfCHuRSD, revealed that all of the beneficiaries had already received the necessary financial literacy training the previous year to ensure effective money management.
He claimed that the goal was to prevent WGDs from becoming a burden on their families and to ensure that they become independent.
According to Mr. Adomako, AfCHuRSD would not forego sufficient oversight to guarantee that beneficiaries would not squander the chance that had been provided for them but would instead take advantage of it to alter public perceptions of people with disabilities (PWDs).
One of the recipients, Madam Lydia Kulinye, who is starting a business selling provisions, said the assistance will enable her to pay for her child’s schooling and she committed to investing all of her time into expanding the enterprise.
Another beneficiary, Madam Bernice Nubayele, stated that she hoped to earn enough money from her fruit-selling company to purchase a form for admission to the Early Childhood Education program at the University of Education, Winneba, the following year.
She stated, “I’m incredibly grateful to AfCHuRSD and its partners for the support and I’m guaranteeing them that I would give the business all my focus to make sure it grows to help me realize my aspirations.
Faustina Anglaara, who had previously received support, thanked all the groups working together to make the project possible and stated that her company was already helping to pay for her tuition and transportation at Jackson College.
Gladys Kuntonba, a project recipient learning hairdressing, also expressed her gratitude to the project partners for assisting her in acquiring a trade that will enable her to support her family.
In another development, Mr. Nicholas Soyiri, the Jirapa Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), and AfCHuRSD visited the Dr. Godfrey S. Bacheyie Workshop for the Handicapped in Jirapa.
The objective was to evaluate the degree of damage to a recent fire-damaged area of the structure.
The Center’s In-Charge, Madam Stella Gyaburah, accepted a little donation of supplies from AfCHuRSD and thanked the group for the kindness.
She pleaded for assistance to renovate the space before the rainy season because they were currently unable to work because all of their tools were damaged in the fire.
The MCE stated that the Assembly supported PWDs in the District by promptly paying beneficiaries of the Disability Common Fund, and he made a plea for help from organizations and Ghanaians to rebuild the burned-out portion of the structure.