Social Welfare
The Department of Social Welfare and Community Development of the Dormaa West District Assembly assists the Assembly to formulate and implement social welfare and community development policies within the framework of national policy.Our mandate is to integrate the vulnerable, the disadvantaged and the marginalized into mainstream development.
The Department by its mandate undertakes the following activities;
(a) Facilitate community-based rehabilitation of persons with disabilities through the implementation of the 3% Common Fund allocated for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs);
(b) Assist and facilitate provision of community care services including:
• Implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme;
• Registration of persons with disabilities;
• Hospital welfare services;
• Assistance to the aged; and
• Socio-economic and emotional stability in families;
(c) Assist to maintain specialized residential services in the districts;
(d) Facilitate the registration and supervision of non-governmental organizations and their activities in the district;
(e) Promote and Protect the Rights of the Child, child survival and development, and elimination of child labour.
(f) Promote Justice Administration including;
• Protection of the rights of juveniles
(g) Assist to organize community development programmes to improve and enrich rural life through:
• Literacy and adult education;
• Voluntary contribution and communal labour for the provision of facilities and services such as water, schools, library, community centres and public places of convenience or;
• Teaching deprived or rural women in home management and child care.
• Home science extension.
In summary, the following social services are readily available to all citizens;
• Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme;
• Free Registration and renewal of Natioal Health Insurance Scheme to Persons With Disabilities (PWD),LEAP beneficiaries and Indegents;
• Child Right Promotion and Protection;
• Family Reconciliation;
• Support for Persons With Disabilities (PWD);and
• Empowering communities / individuals to undertake Self-Help Projects;
Phone: +233 (0)55 9000738
Phone: +233 (0)24 4011119
Email: info@dwda.gov.gh
(b) Assist and facilitate provision of community care services including:
• Implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme;
• Registration of persons with disabilities;
• Hospital welfare services;
• Assistance to the aged; and
• Socio-economic and emotional stability in families;
(c) Assist to maintain specialized residential services in the districts;
(d) Facilitate the registration and supervision of non-governmental organizations and their activities in the district;
(e) Promote and Protect the Rights of the Child, child survival and development, and elimination of child labour.
(f) Promote Justice Administration including;
• Protection of the rights of juveniles
(g) Assist to organize community development programmes to improve and enrich rural life through:
• Literacy and adult education;
• Voluntary contribution and communal labour for the provision of facilities and services such as water, schools, library, community centres and public places of convenience or;
• Teaching deprived or rural women in home management and child care.
• Home science extension.
In summary, the following social services are readily available to all citizens;
• Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme;
• Free Registration and renewal of Natioal Health Insurance Scheme to Persons With Disabilities (PWD),LEAP beneficiaries and Indegents;
• Child Right Promotion and Protection;
• Family Reconciliation;
• Support for Persons With Disabilities (PWD);and
• Empowering communities / individuals to undertake Self-Help Projects;
Phone: +233 (0)55 9000738
Phone: +233 (0)24 4011119
Email: info@dwda.gov.gh
