A total of 802 victims of the June 3 flood and fire disaster would benefit from the three-month Emergency Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Cash Programme at Osu.
The disbursement, which began last Tuesday, will see each beneficiary receive GH₵100 for a period of three months, after which some beneficiaries would be rolled onto the normal LEAP programme after some assessment.
Mr Alexander John Ackon, one of the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, monitoring payment at the Osu Manhean School, reiterated that a total of 33,000 affected persons nationwide will benefit from the three-month Emergency LEAP Cash Programme.
Giving a breakdown analysis of the beneficiaries, he said a total of 6,131 will benefit from Accra. This include 1,277 at Odorna, 433 at Gbegbeyese, 681 at Glefe, 910 at Ashaiman, 802 at Osu, 657 at Teshie, 835 at Tema, 438 at Nungua, 318 at Adenta and 170 at Kaneshie.
Mr Alexander Ackon declared that the figures the ministry is working with were obtained from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
He urged beneficiaries to use the monies being paid to them profitably so they could vacate the current hardship they face in the soonest possible time.
Beneficiaries applauded the government for the support although they believe it can’t fully cover the cost they have incurred due to the floods.
The Emergency LEAP intervention was announced in June this year by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection as a means government will use to support victims of the June 3 disaster to help them vacate the temporal hardship they face due to the disaster.
Categories of beneficiaries include households which lost a bread winner in the flood and fire disaster, as well as those who lost their businesses and other belongings.
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