Accra Metropolitan Assembly Narrative statement -2023
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BUDGET SUB-PROGRAMME SUMMARY
PROGRAMME 2: SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY
SUB-PROGRAMME 2.3 Social Welfare and Community Development
1. Budget Sub-Programme Objectives
• To reduce the proportion of men, women and children living in poverty.
• To end all forms of discrimination against women and girls.
• To promote participation of PWDs in politics, electoral democracy and
governance.
• To ensure full and effective participation for women.
2. Budget Sub-Programme Description
The Social Welfare and Community Development department is responsible for
this sub-programme. Basically, Social Welfare aims at promoting and protection of
rights of children, seek justices and administration of child related issues and
provide community care for disabled and needy adults.
Community Development is also tasked with the responsibility of promoting social
and economic growth in the communities through popular participation and
initiatives of community members in activities of poverty alleviation, employment
creation and illiteracy eradication among the adult and youth population in the
metropolis. Major services to be delivered include;
• Facilitating community-based rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
• Assist and facilitate provision of community care services including registration
of persons with disabilities, assistance to the aged, personal social welfare
services, and assistance to street children, child protection, survival and
development, socio-economic and emotional stability in families.
• Assist to organize community development programmes to improve and enrich
urban life through literacy and adult education classes, voluntary contribution
and communal labour for the provision of facilities and services such as water,
schools, library, community centres and public places of convenience.
This sub programme is undertaken with a total staff strength of Twenty-Three (23)
with funds from GoG transfers (PWD Fund), DACF and Assembly’s Internally