SOS-GrEEn has equipped trainers with relevant skills to handle and train persons with disabilities in the implementation of the GrEEn Project.

The training of trainers’ workshop will enable beneficiaries to become economically self-reliant through income generation as small-scale entrepreneurs. 

Some 1,094 beneficiaries in the Ashanti and Western regions were trained in the first and second phase of the SOS-GrEEn project.

The third phase, which is yet to kick off will target over 2,000 beneficiaries in rural areas.

The project will focus on reducing youth unemployment especially amongst Persons with Disabilities.

Training team leader, SOS-GrEEn project, Vincent Ohene Ntow, said beneficiaries will be exposed to the GrEEn local economy.

"For the past two years, we've noticed some of the beneficiaries we engage with are persons with disability and that is the reason for organizing this workshop for our trainers.

"Our aim is to train beneficiaries with core life skills to enable them secure decent livelihoods in the green economy,” he said.

According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), 8% of Ghana’s population, representing about 2.4million people, have some form of disability as compared to 3% in 2010. 

However, no strategy or laws exist to ensure the employment of PWDs despite their academic heights, successes or qualifications.

Headmistress of the Garden City Special School, Dr. Roselyn Frimpongmaa Agyapong wants government institutions to change the narrative by employing more PWDs.

"We need to improve on how to handle Persons with Disability in Ghana. The government has to provide job opportunities for PWDs so they can also be independent," she added.

Over 20 trainers were engaged to help break the disability employment gap by equipping them with skills to become entrepreneurs.

The third phase of SOS-GrEEn project is in partnership with the European Union, the Africa Development Fund and UN Capital Development Fund.