In parts of the Volta Region, some mobile money agents recorded an increase in mobile money transactions with withdrawals topping on Saturday, a day to the implementation of the E-levy. Scores of queues were seen in Ho, the regional capital and some parts including Akatsi South Municipality, Ketu South and Hohoe. Long queues build up...
About 210 people at Ve-Deme in the Afadzato South District in the Volta Region have been screened for to mark World Malaria Day with thirty testing positive to malaria and got treated during the six-hour exercise which took place at the town square. The exercise was organised jointly by Accra-based mosquito repellent manufacturers, EXA Ventures,...
The Korean Foundation for International Health (KOFIH) has extended healthcare services to two underserved communities in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region. With support from the Ghana Health Service, the organisation constructed and furnished two CHPS Compounds for the Kpeve Tongu and Ve Hove communities. The initiative would end the plight of residents...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Obaapa Development Foundation, has held a community engagement with the people of Sokpe in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region to conscientize them on the dangers of child marriage. The engagement which brought together queen mothers from across the country was part of activities to mark the Tortsogbeza festival...
The Volta Regional Police Command’s Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) has commenced an intensive school sensitization in Ho on sex crimes ahead of the Easter Break and beyond. The engagement is targeting both primary and junior high schools to educate them on the common ploys used by sex predators to exploit them.The Team...
25 apprentices in Anyako, a community in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, have benefited from a donation of cash and sewing equipment to start their own businesses after the successful completion of their training by a philanthropist and his wife, Dr and Mrs Dawson Bosso. It was an exciting moment for the beneficiaries...
The CEO of Coastal Development Authority ( CODA) , Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaib, meets with the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Volta Region on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 as part of the Authority’s stakeholder engagement activities on infrastructure development in the region. Discussions at the...
A summit on marine policing aimed at establishing a Volta Regional Command has been held in Kete Krachi in the Oti Region dubbed, “Proactive Lake Patrol” which brought together stakeholders from the Ghana Police Service, the Attorney General’s Department, the Judiciary, chiefs, district assemblies and social welfare workers. The establishment of a third Marine Police...
The Volunteers for International Organisation (VIMA), in collaboration with USA partners, have constructed and handed over a fully equipped modern library to the residents of Saviefe Gbedome in the Ho West District of the Volta Region – a project which costs $32,000, an equivalent of Gh₵204,800, including computers and a one-year internet supply. The facility,...