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April 23, 2009
UPDATES FORM THE GHANA FEDERATION OF THE DISABLED
jicafriends:
April 7, 2009 is the Inauguration of the National COuncil on Disability at
the Castle Grounds in Osu, Accra, Ghana. With the Vice President of Ghana
His Excellency John Mahama inaugurated the group and installed formally as
the new government of Ghana fulfilled as one of their campaign promises to
inaugurate the Council in their first 100 days of office.
We can barely say now that the provisions of the Persons with Disability Act
of 2006, Act 715 will have a common platform of a monitoring body to
heightened the implementation of the salient features of the law giving way
to the various exercise of human rights and protection for PWDs in Ghana.
The federation also is engaged on the public education and awareness
creation activies on the ratification of the UN Converntion on the Rights of
PErsons with Disability to which GHana is a signatory last April 30, 2007.
Another seen achievement in partnership with President Atta Mills' NDC
Administration is to include PWDs in its appointment in the various
Ministries, Departments and Agencies - to date we have noted 2 appointments
so far, one being the Chairman of the National Council of Disability and
another District Chief Executive (Mayor) is one of the districts in Brong
Ahafo Region.
The federation is embarking on projects also aimed at PWDs access to 2%
allocation in the District Assembly Common Fund and another one to monitor
the implementation of the Disability Law dubbed as Project 715, geared at
monitoring the progress of 715 children with disability in a period of the
present administration of Ghana.
being with the federation this far of 3.1 years, i can clearly say that we
are moving up and soaring high to an informed society of PWD issues facing
the country.
truly my voluntary work encompasses all my expectations which came in this
far and this big. With barely 4 months before I go, all my ishes and hopes
that the Federation will continue to live with the expectations of its
individual memners, DPOs, development partners, media and the public in
general.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/world/organization/friends/ghana.html
Posted by jicafriends at April 23, 2009 11:33 AM