Nowadays, Ghana government does not want to give physical money to Persons With Disability (PWDs) because they misuse it or doesn’t use it for intended purpose. In this case, the MMDAS can give physical money to PWDs on peculiar issues like settlement of medical bills or medications and Private Special School Fees of which the bill amount must be attached to the application letter.

BENEFICIARIES FOR 2019 (3^rd & 4^th QUARTER)

Isaac Agyei Manu                               Suhyenso                       Wheel Chair

Nathaniel Obeng Sarpong                   Amponya                    Wheel Chair

Abigail Agyei                                      Jacobu Tunsuom          Refrigerator

Afua Aduna                                        Begroase                         Refrigerator

Naomi Opoku                                     Jacobu                            Refrigerator

Adwoa Henewaa                                Jacobu                            Refrigerator

Elizabeth Ankrah                                Jacobu                           Refrigerator

Association for Deaf & Dumb            Nyamebekyere 2        Tricycle

Yaa Sarfowaa                                                 Jacobu Monsie            Cocoa Spraying Machine (Solo)

PHYSICAL CASH

1. PETERS Hospital Mental Unit Jacobu Drugs/Medicine

Yaa Gyamfua                                      Atobiase                      Surgery

Isaac Agyei                                         Kente                          Surgery

Kwabena Yeboah                               Jacobu                         Trading

Rose Akanseke                                   Jacobu                         Trading

Thinos Kwabena                                 Akutuase                     Trading

Kwame Akoto Boakye                       Aboagyekrom             Trading

Bright Agyei                                       Jacobu Daaban            Trading

Margaret Karikari                                Fiankoma                    Trading

Ama Birago                                         Jacobu                         Trading

Akosua Jennifer                                  Jacobu                         Trading

Kwaku Bioh                                        Fiankoma                    Trading

Adwoa Serwaa                                   Mile 9                          Trading

Kofi Emmanuel                                   Esereso                        Trading

Patricia Owusu                                    Jacobu                         Trading

Stella Mensah                                      Mile 9                          Trading

Blessing Opoku                                   Mile 9                          Medicals

Yaw Mensah                                       Akokoaso                    Medicals

Ghana Blind Union                             Jacobu Branch             Tactile training

Blessing Ofori                                     Jacobu                         Educational support

Leticia Opoku                                     Mile 14                        Educational support

Owusu Sampson                                 Esereso                        Educational support

Ghana Society of Physically Challenged        Jacobu             Goods & Services

Samuel Zatey                                      Jacobu                         Animal Production

The Common Fund Administrators has issued guidelines to MMDAS to purchase items that can give them job in order to better their standard of living. Below are some of the guideline details:

1. Aims of the DACF for PWDs

The aims of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) for Persons With Disability (PWDs) are as follows:

1. Minimisation of poverty among all PWDs particularly those outside the formal sector of employment and
2. The enhancement of their social image through dignified labour.

2. Objectives of the Fund
3. To support the income generating activities of individual persons with disabilities as a means of economic empowerment.
4. To provide educational support for children, students and trainees with disabilities.
5. To build the capacity of Organisation of Persons with Disability(OPWDs) in the Districts to enable them to advocate and assert their rights and undertake awareness arising and sensitisation on National Council On Persons With Disability
6. To support persons with disabilities have access to technical aids and other assistive devices and equipment.

3. Purpose of the Fund
4. The beneficiary PWDs of the DACF should be well sensitised about the actual purpose of the DACF allocated to Persons With Disabilities.
5. Stakeholders to be sensitised include:

Metropolitan/Municipal/District Chief Executives, core management staff of assemblies, assembly members especially members of the Finance and Administration and Social services sub-committee; and other relevant stakeholders

1. The sensitisation exercise should be done by District Disability Fund Management Committee (DFMC) and Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD).