In line with the government’s drive to improve the living conditions of all Ghanaians especially the extremely poor and vulnerable, the scope of the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP) has been restructured.
The implementation of the interventions commence yesterday, November 19, 2020, and each beneficiary will receive a cash transfer ranging from Ghc 217.00 to Ghc 545.00, she said, adding that the support will enable alleged witches to meet their basic nutritional needs and improve their livelihood in the wake of Covid-19.
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has indicated that the restructuring ensures the provision of emergency cash transfers to extremely poor and vulnerable persons and households who are not on any social protection programs but are hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The minister hinted that the program was targeted at 124,200 specific groups in selected districts across the country.
Beneficiaries, she said, include homeless persons, persons with a disability, persons affected by floods, and other extremely poor persons in the poorest regions of Ghana.
The GPSNP is a successor of the Ghana Social Opportunity Project (GSOP) to strengthen safety net systems to improve the productivity of the poor households in 80 selected districts across the country.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
