Two organisations to roll out programme for the vulnerable
The Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), an international non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with its local partner, Tuma Kavi Development Association, is to roll out a 15-year Integrated Development Programme in the Upper East Region.
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Beginning from April 1, this year, the programme is targeted at the vulnerable segment of the society, particularly women and children within the Kassena Nankana West and Builsa North districts of the region.
When inaugurated, the intervention, to cover areas such as education, health, livelihood and capacity development, would be the first of its kind to be implemented in the region.
The Programme Manager of the CCFC, Mr Evans Sinkari, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Bolgatanga when the CCFC presented assorted drugs to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the region to be distributed to the various districts. The drugs are Albendazole (500,000 tablets), Vitamin A supplements (two million tablets) and Multivitamins (one million tablets).
CCFC support
Mr Sinkari said since 1996 the CCFC had rolled out many interventions in the Northern Region and added that the presentation of the drugs was the third to be done in the Upper East Region.
He further explained that it had become necessary for the CCFC to support the vulnerable in the region, hence their resolve to roll out the new integrated programme.
Mr Sinkari could, however, not disclose to the newsmen the total amount of money that would be spent on the programme neither could he make known the cost of the drugs presented to the GHS.
The Regional Director of the GHS, Dr Kofi Issah, who received the items, indicated that following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the CCFC and the GHS, the drugs were to be distributed quickly to the various districts to benefit the people.
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Malnutrition
Dr Issah was of the view that the drugs would help reduce malnutrition among children under five years, as well as help address vitamin deficiencies among pregnant women, thereby reducing infant and maternal mortality rates in the region.
"We are all working towards reducing worm infestation among children in addition to the debilitating effects of malnutrition," he stressed.
He warned that he would hold the various district directors of health services accountable for any lapses in the distribution processes, and added the drugs must get to the beneficiaries in good time for satisfactory results.