NEWS IN GHANA

Thousands of youth activists on Saturday marched in solidarity with the global call for action/2015 campaign in Ghana. The campaign aims to mobilize 5 million youths to vigorously campaign and demand from Government fair funding of essential services, honoring of their commitments and to urge Government to tackle tax injustices ahead of a financial summit slated for this month in Addis Abba. The activists were drawn from various Civil Society Organizations in Ghana including the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), The Purim African Youth Development Platform ( PAYDP ), the Abibiman Foundation, the community and Family Aid Foundation (CAFAF) and strongly led by Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC). They marched through streets of Accra carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Fund fairly”, “Tackle tax injustices”, “Reduce Inequality”, “Finance our future”, “Keep your promises”, amongst others  from the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout  to the courtyard of the

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with support from   Direct Aid Africa, a Charitable Organization,   has donated   an   assorted relief items to support   the 250 people who were victimized by the   heavy downpour that wreck   Asawase, a suburb of Kumasi   in the   June 3 disaster that occurred in the   Ashanti Region. The items includes   250 bags of rice, 250 mattresses, 250 blankets, 250 gallons of cooking oil, 250 cans of tomato paste and school bags for children. According to the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Nana Oye Lithur, each of the 250 victims who were badly affected by the floods disaster will receive a bag of rice, mattress, a blanket, a gallon of cooking oil, cans of tomato paste and school bags for the children. She commended all other organizations and individuals who in diverse ways have complemented Government efforts at mitigating the effect of the June 3 flood, fire disaster.   In her statement durin