GROW donates to 500 women in Nyobok Nkunzesi

10-10-2011         

Members of the Ghana Rural Opportunities for Women (GROW), an NGO working in the area of women empowerment in the Upper East Region has presented assorted items to over 500 women and girls  in Nyobok Nkunzesi, a farming community in the   Nabdam district.  The undisclosed amount of items includes used clothings, footwears, books and medical supplies among others. At a brief ceremony attended by various women groups, the Project facilitator of GROW, Vida Yakong said the presentation of the items which is done on yearly basis, forms part of their corporate social responsibility to see to the total wellbeing of women in deprived communities of the region and beyond. Her organization she said gives priority attention to women of rural communities especially in the area of girl child development, which she added is paramount to enhancing women empowerment. Mrs Yakong, a student at the University of British Columbia in Canada said GROW had so far assisted 70 needy but brilliant students through Kawonbogre Girl Child Education Fund set up by the organization to cater for poor and needy girls, who due to poverty are denied the opportunity to pursue their academic desires. 4 other boys with special cases have also been assisted through schools.  Additionally, GROW has since its inception improved the living conditions of women and girls in most deprived districts of northern Ghana through the provision of donkey and donkey carts, livestock, micro loans and educational assistance among other interventions. Majority of the people particularly women have been able to access health care at the various health facilities with the registration of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Mrs Yakong told Radio Ghana that GROW is committed to ensuring the sustainability of its efforts and that issue of increased malaria cases coupled with high maternal and child mortality will  receive the needed attention it deserves. She acknowledged the support of the Sakote Chief, Naba Sigri Bewong and some traditional leaders who in diverse ways have contributed to the growth and survival of the project. She said GROW with financial support from stakeholders in the British Columbia University is poised to make a difference in the lives of poor rural women and called on the support of other sister organizations to complement their efforts. Mrs Philomena Yakong, a member of GROW encouraged the women to invest in their wards education so that they can reap the full benefit in future. She called on the women to live in concept and in tandem with each other so that together development will strive in their respective communities.

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