Environment

COVID 19-Community Development Alliance(CDA) supports Wa Municipal Assembly

• By Digme Kantayir
• April 03, 2020
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Community Development Alliance(CDA), community development and advocacy Non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation working in Upper West region to alleviate the sufferings of the vulnerable in deprived communities, on Thursday, April 2 donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to the Wa Municipal Assembly to help combat the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the Wa Municipal Area.

 

The gesture which took place at the Wa Municipal Assembly was in response to an appeal for support issued by the Wa Municipal Assembly to partners and the business community to complement government's effort in minimising the spread of the pandemic.

 

The CDA donated 10 Veronica buckets,10 hand washing basins and 10 gallons of liquid soap.

 

Mr Salifu Issifu Kanton, the Executive Director of CDA, who presented the items to the MCE for Wa, said the call for support by the Wa Municipal Assembly to help fight Covid-19 was made at the right time and met the overall objective of his organisation to collaborate with partners to alleviate the sufferings of the vulnerable in deprived communities through advocacy for a peaceful and prosperous society.

"In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is faced with immeasurable human hardship and has left in its trails terrible economies thereby affecting the normal order of human lives and activities" Mr Kanton lamented. He stated that it required a collaborative effort by governments, civil society, corporate organisations and other partners to fight the pandemic and minimise its effect.

The Municipal Chief Executive, Hon Alhaji Tahiru Issahaku Moomin who received the items on behalf of the Assembly, acknowledged that the gesture by CDA  was not only exemplary but also responsive to the needs of the people of the Municipality.

"I cannot appreciate CDA well enough with words for responding to our call to help in these challenging times," said Hon Tahiru Issahaku Moomin.

According to the MCE, the gesture by CDA was commendable and worthy of emulation by other partner organisations working in the spirit of human development in the Wa Municipal Area.

 

He, therefore, called on the business community and non-governmental organisations to support the government who is already supporting the assembly to fulfil its mandate in spite of scarce resources.

 

The MCE promised to put the materials donated by CDA into judicious use for the benefit of members of affected communities.


Source: watchghana.com