A forty-million euro project that seeks to help in eliminating extreme poverty, improving health care, education, transport, creating employment, ensuring sustainable agriculture, proving selected technologies at lowest cost, urban construction, provision of low cost housing and proving for pensions, among other is to be implemented in the Brong-Ahafo region.
The project dubbed: 'The Brong-Ahafo Green Fund for Capital Enterprise', with an investment of about 40 million Euros would deliver community habitation, jobs and food security for a community of 7000 people. Additionally, Living wage jobs would be created in the sustainable, non-extractive construction sector (based on Organic Oils) where rental incomes support service oriented construction jobs
The project is the initiative of New Directions Foundation (NDF) Limited, not for profit Company Limited by Guarantee based in UK, in partnership with Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), human rights and anti-corruption media advocacy organization based in Ghana.
The CEO of the GLOMEF, Raphael Godlove Ahenu Jr, disclosed this at a meeting with the Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei when a ten-member delegation from the Global Media Foundation paid a courtesy call on him.
The purpose of the meeting with the Deputy Regional Minister was to brief him on the project and to solicit the support of government to ensure effective implementation of the project.
Briefing the Deputy Minister on the Project, Mr. Ahenu Jr said the project would be piloted in 15 communities in three selected Districts in the Brong-Ahafo region.
He mentioned the beneficiaries communities as Odumase, Chiraa, Nsuoatre, Dumasua and Fiapre in the Sunyani West District, Sunyani, Abisem, New Dormaa, Kotorom and Atronie in the Sunyani Municipality as well as Kintampo, Babatokuma, Kunsu Kraboso and Ayima in the Kintampo North Municipality.
According to him, under the project Regional Industries will be established by Berlin Technology Hub for manufacturing of low cost high efficiency Solar Energy to be made available to communities along with storage and re-use equipment to provide community Low Voltage power supply..
Explaining further, Mr. Ahenu Jr said the project will form what he called 'Community Partnership' or CP which comprises 2,000 people thereabouts who will live geographically in dwellings in relative close proximity one to another.
The CEO continued that t the Partnership is formed into a Company Limited by Guarantee and the company assumes the responsibility to request the components of the project from New Directions Foundation's partner in Ghana, and agrees to pay rent for the assets it uses
The project when started, he said would provide greater opportunities for the selected communities, which would bring total transformation to the people especially women. Mr. Ahenu Jr called for maximum support from the government to ensure the success of the project.
The Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei said eliminating poverty and creating jobs cannot be done by government a lone and government needs support from all especially NGOs and the private sector.
Mr. Adjei welcomed the project, saying it would go a long way to help reduce poverty and create jobs for the people in the beneficiary communities.
The Deputy Regional Minister called on the selected districts to ensure that they give their maximum support to project to make it a success.
Source; Modern Ghana
The project dubbed: 'The Brong-Ahafo Green Fund for Capital Enterprise', with an investment of about 40 million Euros would deliver community habitation, jobs and food security for a community of 7000 people. Additionally, Living wage jobs would be created in the sustainable, non-extractive construction sector (based on Organic Oils) where rental incomes support service oriented construction jobs
The project is the initiative of New Directions Foundation (NDF) Limited, not for profit Company Limited by Guarantee based in UK, in partnership with Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), human rights and anti-corruption media advocacy organization based in Ghana.
The CEO of the GLOMEF, Raphael Godlove Ahenu Jr, disclosed this at a meeting with the Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei when a ten-member delegation from the Global Media Foundation paid a courtesy call on him.
The purpose of the meeting with the Deputy Regional Minister was to brief him on the project and to solicit the support of government to ensure effective implementation of the project.
Briefing the Deputy Minister on the Project, Mr. Ahenu Jr said the project would be piloted in 15 communities in three selected Districts in the Brong-Ahafo region.
He mentioned the beneficiaries communities as Odumase, Chiraa, Nsuoatre, Dumasua and Fiapre in the Sunyani West District, Sunyani, Abisem, New Dormaa, Kotorom and Atronie in the Sunyani Municipality as well as Kintampo, Babatokuma, Kunsu Kraboso and Ayima in the Kintampo North Municipality.
According to him, under the project Regional Industries will be established by Berlin Technology Hub for manufacturing of low cost high efficiency Solar Energy to be made available to communities along with storage and re-use equipment to provide community Low Voltage power supply..
Explaining further, Mr. Ahenu Jr said the project will form what he called 'Community Partnership' or CP which comprises 2,000 people thereabouts who will live geographically in dwellings in relative close proximity one to another.
The CEO continued that t the Partnership is formed into a Company Limited by Guarantee and the company assumes the responsibility to request the components of the project from New Directions Foundation's partner in Ghana, and agrees to pay rent for the assets it uses
The project when started, he said would provide greater opportunities for the selected communities, which would bring total transformation to the people especially women. Mr. Ahenu Jr called for maximum support from the government to ensure the success of the project.
The Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei said eliminating poverty and creating jobs cannot be done by government a lone and government needs support from all especially NGOs and the private sector.
Mr. Adjei welcomed the project, saying it would go a long way to help reduce poverty and create jobs for the people in the beneficiary communities.
The Deputy Regional Minister called on the selected districts to ensure that they give their maximum support to project to make it a success.
Source; Modern Ghana
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