Bosome-Freho DCE presents to People Living with Disabilities (Photos)
The Bosome Freho District Assembly in the Ashanti region has presented items to People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) in the area.
The items included sewing machines, fridges, cocoa spraying machines, deepfreezes, provisions, barbering machines, cements, roofing sheets wheel chair, among others was aimed at equipping them to earn better living despite their challenges.
District Chief Executive for the area, Mr. Yaw Danso, in an interview with OTEC news’ Nana Asare said the purpose of these items is to help lessen the economic burden on PLDWs and their families.
He advised the beneficiaries to take very good care of the items so they could last long. The DCE further encouraged the PLWDs not to be discouraged by their physical looks because disability is not inability.
“If you are living with disabilities, it does not mean your life is over; your body may malfunction but your soul is not”
Mr. Danso therefore urged the PLWDs to support the policies of the President Nana Addo and his government as he has promised to help eradicate poverty from the country.
He noted that the disability Law 2006, Act 715 which was passed by the Parliament of Ghana to ensure that the rights of persons with disability were respected.
The chairman for the disability association in the district, Mr. Kwakye Amofa, after receiving the items commended the DCE for his gesture, describing it as a step which will create an enabling and inclusive society for the disabled and also make sport possible to all.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Nana Asare Barima
