The “Dry Spell Emergency Cash Transfer” program has been launched by the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection to assist low-income households in eight regions that have been impacted by recent dry spells.
The goal of the Dry Spell Emergency Cash Transfer is to give LEAP households in the impacted areas emergency cash grants so they can protect their assets, meet their basic needs, and become more resilient to the shock.
The initiative was launched in response to the severe impact of limited rainfall, which is essential to the agricultural sector in these regions, according to Hon. Dakoa Newman, Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection.
Bono, Bono East, Oti, Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper East, and Upper West regions are among the impacted areas.
The Minister, in response to the crisis, said the Ghanaian government, in collaboration with the World Bank and other relevant parties, launched the Dry Spell Emergency Cash Transfer to give more than 212,000 LEAP beneficiary households in 5,210 communities throughout the eight impacted regions prompt and efficient assistance.
1,000 cedis will be given to each household as a one-time payment.
The Ministry is dedicated to making sure that every payment fulfills its intended function, Hon. Dakoa Newman underlined.
A government program called the Dry Spell Emergency Cash Transfer was created to give recipients of the LEAP Program financial assistance in areas that have been badly hit by the dry spell, where households are increasingly experiencing multifaceted poverty and hunger.
