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After a successful household Registration exercise conducted by the Ghana National Household Registry in the North East, Savanna and Northern regions. The ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection on December 2nd, 2020 distributed 600 pieces of mattresses and pillows to all inmates at the alleged witches camps in the Northern Ghana. This follows an earlier visit by the Hon. Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Mamle Morrison and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Gender to the camps to ascertain the inmates living conditions. Among the numerous challenges faced by the inmates in the camps, malnutrition and inadequate sleeping places were of their utmost need. The Ministry responded to the challenges by first providing the inmates first with food stuff and then mattresses. Although this is a short term relief operation in addressing the issue of witchcraft allegations in the North,In the medium term, MOGCSP will engage stakeholders and the general public on addressing issues of witchcraft accusations and the need to end brutalities on the vulnerable in the society.

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with support from the World Food Programme (WFP) have successfully launched the Cash Transfer Programme to COVID-Affected Daily Wage Earners on

The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR), has collected data on about 80,000 poor and vulnerable persons in the Greater Accra region in during the lockdown. It would be recalled that the Government of Ghana lockdown the Greater Accra and

At a ceremony to launch the exercise at Bunkurugu in the North East Region, the Regional Minister, Mr Solomon N. Boar, reiterated government’s commitment to fighting poverty across all levels in the country. "We believe that the solution to poverty requires a comprehensive

The Social Protection Directorate under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection have organised its 19th Session of the Social Protection Sector Working Group Meeting on Wednesday, 11th March, 2020 at the World Bank Office in Accra. The purpose of the meeting was....

The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR), a unit under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with the mandate to compile a single household register from which all social protection programmes in Ghana will select their beneficiaries, will commence its data collection activities in the Northern, North East and Savanna Regions of Ghana in

Bolgatanga, Jan. 22, GNA - Statistics from the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) has rated the Garu and Tempane Districts the poorest among the 15 Districts and Municipalities in the Upper East Region with Bolgatanga being....