About 365 inmates of the cured lepers\u2019 village in Ho\u00a0in the Volta Region,\u00a0have received their share of the increment in the grant of the 38th Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) cycle payment.<\/p>\n
Per the increment, single household beneficiaries that previously received GH\u00a248 monthly, now\u00a0enjoy GH\u00a264 of the grant. From a previous grant of GH\u00a264, two household beneficiaries now\u00a0take home GH\u00a276.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”buUnV1Ot7CiLUiB85d9L2066A9h8o9HZ”]Three household beneficiaries are entitled to GH\u00a288 from a previous rate of GH\u00a272.<\/p>\n
Finally, four or more household beneficiaries are to receive GH\u00a2106 from a previous amount of GH\u00a296.<\/p>\n
The pro-poor initiative\u00a0is government\u2019s intervention to support living conditions of the less privileged in the society in the areas of health, education, food as well as provision of cash transfers.<\/p>\n
Speaking to citifmonline.com<\/strong>, <\/em>the Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs. Dela Sowah, said the ministry will\u00a0supervise disbursement of the grants across 20 districts in the Volta Region covering about 9,000 household beneficiaries.<\/p>\n The inclusion of some new districts, according her, saw\u00a0a corresponding increase in the number of household beneficiaries.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is very special with\u00a0this one is that, the amount has been increased and then the beneficiary households have also been increased\u201d she said noted.<\/p>\n She said the beneficiaries were also registered onto the National Health Insurance Scheme at no cost\u00a0as part of the package.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: King Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About 365 inmates of the cured lepers\u2019 village in Ho\u00a0in the Volta Region,\u00a0have received their share of the increment in the grant of the 38th Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) cycle payment. Per the increment, single household beneficiaries that previously received GH\u00a248 monthly, now\u00a0enjoy GH\u00a264 of the grant. From a previous grant of GH\u00a264, two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":155637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[17],"yoast_head":"\n