On Thursday, August 8, 2024, the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) handed over to Tikobo No. 1, in the Jomoro Municipal Assembly, in the Western region, projects constructed under the third (3rd) cycle of the Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project.
The projects include; the paving of Eight Hundred Metre Square (800m2) Market Floor area implemented as the second phase of the Tikobo No. 1 Market project, a Six (6) Seater Water Closet Toilet and Urinal Facility, a 1No Mechanised Borehole with Overhead Tank (Rambo 3000 Litres), as well as the Reconstruction of a 0.6 metre (m) Diameter by 9m Concreate U-Drain at Tikobo No. 1 Market space.
This forms part of an ongoing significant occasion organised to hand over sub-projects implemented under the 3rd Cycle of the Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project in the ten (10) beneficiary Municipal and District Assemblies (M/DAs), as well as the graduation of Cash for Work (CfW) beneficiaries who have successfully completed the Employability Life Skills Programme under the leadership of the SoS Children’s Villages (SoS).
Under the Cash for Work (CfW) component of the project, a total of ninety-six (96) community members benefited and graduated with certificates, consisting of nineteen (19) males and seventy-seven (77) females.
The GrEEn initiative focuses on the implementation of climate-resilient infrastructures and investment projects in local communities, including improving water supply through provision of boreholes, constructing footbridges and culverts, setting up greenhouse nets, conducting awareness campaigns to educate the local communities, particularly women and farmers and enhancing their ability to withstand the impacts of climate change and various crises. It is funded by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)