Adansi South District Assembly: A beneficiary of three cycles of GrEEn Project

The Adansi South District Assembly has benefited from three (3) cycles of the Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project, with the initial cycle resulting in the Construction of 2No diameter pipe culvert and spot improvement Bronikrom-Kwame Agyei feeder road (2.5 km) and Construction of 1No. Mechanized Borehole with 5,000L overhead tank at Drobonso. This intervention was carried out with a funding amount of Four Hundred and Six Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventeen (GH₡406,817.00) Ghana Cedis under the GrEEn Project for the years 2022-2023.

Uder the 3^rd cycle, the District Assembly had a funding amount of Three Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Seven Ghana Cedis (GH₡322,927.00). It is on this basis that the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD), on Saturday, August 10, handed over to the Nyamebekeyere community, 1.​Spot Improvement of Nyamebekyere Jn- Nyamebekyere feeder road (1.6km) with the Construction of 4No. 1⁄(900mm ) diameter pipe culvert and the drilling and Mechanisation of 1No. Mechanised Borehole at Nyamebekeyere.

As part of the project design, the GrEEn initiative engaged the local hands, including men and women from Nyamebekeyere for the construction of these very monumental sub-projects, under the Cash for Work component of the project.

Additionally, these individuals received capacity building in employable life skills through the Employability Life Skills Programme, which was facilitated by the leadership of SoS Children’s Villages (SoS). This training encompassed various areas, including soap making, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, among others.

Under the Cash for Work (CfW) component, a total of One Hundred and Thirty (130) community members have benefited and was graduated with certificates, consisting of Seventy-Nine (79) males and Fifty-Three (53) 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)