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| Raphael Ahenu Jr. CEO of Global Media Foundation |
A 40m euro project that seeks to help in
eliminating extreme poverty, improving health care, education, transport,
creating employment, ensuring sustainable agriculture, urban construction,
provision of low cost housing and proving for pensions 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.
The CEO of the Global Media Foundation (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 GLOMEF paid
a courtesy call on him.
He said 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 will be offered.
The project he said is the initiative of New
Directions Foundation (NDF) Limited, not for profit Company Limited by
Guarantee based in UK, in partnership with GLOMEF, a
human rights and anti-corruption media advocacy organization based in Ghana.
He noted that 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
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, Kotokrom 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.
The CEO continued that 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, will provide
greater opportunities for the selected communities, which would bring total
transformation to the people especially women. He 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 alone
and government needs support from all especially NGOs and the private sector. He
thanked the NGO for taking up such initiative to help the people of Brong
Ahafo.
From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani
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