{"id":96696,"date":"2015-03-05T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=96696"},"modified":"2015-03-05T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:38:53","slug":"photos-govt-launches-leap-1000-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/photos-govt-launches-leap-1000-project\/","title":{"rendered":"[Photos] Gov&#8217;t launches LEAP 1,000 project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government has expanded the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme with the official launch of a new project christened, \u201cLEAP 1000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unlike the earlier programme which catered for the aged and the vulnerable across the country, the LEAP 1000 project targets extremely poor pregnant women and infants below one year in some selected poor households.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The three years project will be financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the United Nation\u2019s International Children and Emergency Fund (UNICEF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-96701 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern.jpg\" alt=\"leap northern\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a pilot project, it is intended to address poverty and malnutrition which are prevalent in the three regions of the north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a start, the project will be implemented in 10 selected districts in the Northern and Upper East Regions by the Department of Social Welfare under the auspices of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seven of the districts are located in the Northern Region and the other three are in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 6000 of the targeted groups in some identified impoverished households are expected to benefit from the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cash transfers will be made available to the indentified beneficiaries to improve their livelihood.<br \/>\nEach eligible beneficiary in a household will receive GHC40.00 for two months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two eligible beneficiaries in a household are expected to receive GHC60.00.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-96700 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-4.jpg\" alt=\"leap northern (4)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-4.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three eligible beneficiaries will receive GHC70.00 whilst four and above in the same household will together receive GHC90.00 for two months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the official launch, Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Dela Sowah said government\u2019s agenda to reduce poverty and malnutrition in deprived communities was on course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She impressed upon duty bearers at the 10 selected district assemblies to rollout the programme in line with its objective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She commended the USAID and UNICEF for their unflinching support towards the achievement of the Better Ghana agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon. Dela Sowah said the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection will continue to initiate projects to reduce poverty and malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna cautioned District Chief Executives of the beneficiary communities against discrimination during the selection process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He insisted that the selection should be devoid of partisan, chieftaincy and religious considerations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am told that the project will target pregnant women and lactating women with less than 12 months living in situations of extreme poverty: I would like to appeal to the District Chief Executives present to allow the system to work. In other words the selection should be done professionally, issues of inclusion and exclusion errors should be addressed to the minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alhaji Muniru Limuna assured the funding agencies of transparency and accountability during the implementation of the project in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI assure the funding agencies that the targeting will be done according to the rules and regulations stipulated by the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He lamented, \u201cThere are a lot of NGOs in the region working in the area of health and nutrition but sadly these impacts have not been that much: one of the problems is that we don\u2019t have an institution that coordinates the implementation of nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outgoing USAID Mission Director, James Beaver reaffirmed the organization\u2019s commitment to eradicate extreme poverty in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEnding extreme poverty is a goal that is within our reach and within our power to attain in our lifetimes, however we need to constantly innovate and open to new models of development that promote local ownership and demand accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-96699 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-3.jpg\" alt=\"leap northern (3)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-3.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jean Beaver anticipated that the LEAP 1000 project will provide cash and health insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis social cash transfer program which provides cash and health insurance to extremely poor households across Ghana will alleviate short-term poverty and encourage long-term human capital development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He thanked the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the Department of Social Welfare, the Ghana Health Service and UNICEF for their leadership and collaboration to reduce poverty and improve the wellbeing of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNICEF Ghana-Deputy Representative, Rushnan Murtaza said there were countless Ghanaians wallowing in abject poverty who needed interventions like the LEAP 1000 project.<\/p>\n<p>He commended Ghana government for implementing pro-poor programmes to reduce the menace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUNICEF recognizes the effort of Government of Ghana to tackle poverty in the country with the development of the National Social Protection Strategy a step further to develop a National Social Protection Policy as well as implementing the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme, National Health Insurance Scheme, Free School uniforms\/exercise books, Ghana School Feeding Programme, Capitation Grant as well as the Labour Intensive Public Works Programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rushnan Murtaza emphasized the need for the LEAP 1000 project to concentrate on the elderly, the severely disabled, orphans and vulnerable children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOut of every one million infants born in Ghana every year, 32,000.00 die within the first month of life and it is even higher in the northern regions of Ghana where the number increases to 350,000.00 children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-96698 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-2.jpg\" alt=\"leap northern (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leap-northern-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are committed and believe that children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behavior can reach their full potential if giving the right opportunity: this is why we are here today working collaboratively to ensure that we improve the wellbeing of women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the targeted beneficiaries thanked government and its development partners for taking steps to alleviate their plight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">USAID is committing US $12 million Dollars for the project which has enrolled approximately 28,000 extremely poor households in the Northern Regions of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">USAID is the lead US government agency working to end extreme poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potentials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The USAID has since independence been supporting Ghana in increasing food security, improving basic health care, enhancing access to quality basic education and strengthening local governance to benefit all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has expanded the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme with the official launch of a new project 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