The Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry has unveiled plans to build an Ability Village on a 2,000-acre land size in Ningo in the Greater Accra region.
The plan is being revealed three years after the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry, Reverend Steve Mensah and partners launched its flagship program dubbed Day of Help in Accra.
The Day of Help program over the years has seen the church and its partners providing Persons Living with Disability (PWDs) some support to get them going. On the 27th of August 2016, Persons Living with Disability converged at the independence square to receive free medical care, food supplies, clothes, home supplies and many more. A similar event was held at the same venue in 2017, and in 2018 the Day of Help program was organized in Tamale in the Northern region.
It has been the long standing dream of Rev Mensah to expand the help given to Persons Living with Disability to a more strategic and long term solution. This led to him envisioning a community where PWDs get to live in decency among others.
The first phase of the CEM Ability Village is estimated at $85 million and will provide PWDs free and heavily subsidized medical care, education, vocational training, housing and many more.
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the Ghana National Council for Persons Living with Disability, Mr Yaw Debrah was full of praise for Rev. Mensah and the church and indicated the commitment of the council to support the project through to its execution. He called on well meaning Ghanaians to reach out to support persons with disability and the project.
On her part, Ms Farida Bedwei a Ghanaian software engineer and co-founder of Logiciel, a fin-tech company in Ghana charged the state to stop ticking boxes in its approach to dealing with issues relating to Persons with Disability. She said PWDs have a lot to offer if the right environment is created.
The occasion was also graced by the Minister of State in charge of Gender, Children and Social protection, Cynthia Morrison and former president John Mahama.
Mr. Mahama encouraged citizens to support PWDs and promised to back the project of the church.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
