Attachments
In Numbers
- 4,173 people assisted between April and May 2023
- USD 44,320 of cash-based transfers made in May 2023
- US$ 2.7 million six-month (June – November 2023) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
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South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC): WFP Ghana and WFP Centre of Excellence (COE) in China for Rural Transformation co-organised a second workshop on “Digitalised Smallholder Market Access” as part of the SSTC pilot project on digital financing for Ghana. Some 68 participants from government officials, private sectors, non-governmental organisations, education institutions from five countries attended the workshop. This workshop was to explore opportunities, challenges and lessons learnt on digital financing processes adopted by the China COE.
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Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) high-level engagements: WFP supported two GCX sensitisation workshops in Tamale and Accra. The meetings aimed to present GCX services (including Food storage and quality management) Over hundred stakeholders including soybean and cashew farmers, out-grower businesses, processors, aggregators, financial institutions, community opinion leaders and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoFA) participated to these workshops. Through its digital platform, GCX enhances the competitiveness and capacity to negotiate of registered farmers. WFP works with GCX to provide capacity strengthening to MoFA.
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Social Protection/Gender: WFP supported the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, and Strategic Impact Advisors undertake a sensitisation and training of trainers’ workshop on productive livelihoods and digital financial inclusion for regional and district stakeholders. Four districts (Saboba, Builsa South, Central Tongu and South Tongu) participated in the sessions. A cascaded sensitisation on Productive livelihoods and Digital Financial Inclusion for Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty beneficiaries in selected communities of these four districts were also undertaken.
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Over hundred people (45 women, 55 men) were also sensitised and trained on Gender and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse during the three-day workshop.