The Ministry of Information in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) has organized a four day capacity building workshop (from 3rd Nov. – 6th Nov. 09) for twenty District Information Officers and Journalists of the Information Services Department at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.
Participants were drawn from Districts which have functioning Community Information Centers (CIC).
The workshop was aimed at equipping participants with the skills of writing news reports, feature articles; news editing and publishing news on human centered developmental issues in their respective districts which would then be posted on the district’s blog to enhance effective access of information through the internet from within and outside the district.
Participants were urged to make use of the little resources available to them to market the various tourist attractions in their districts to the outside world via the internet.
As part of the workshop participants were also taking through practicals on News reporting. This they did by visiting some selected UNDP sponsored projects and reporting on such projects accordingly.
By Doris N. Sodjah (ISD, Somanya)
IMPACT OF UNDP AND MANYA KROBO RURAL BANK SUPPORT PROJECT
Upper Manya Krobo Rural Bank has been ranked 23rd in the 2008 Ghana Club 100 chart from the initial position of 43rd in 2006.
It was also adjudged the best among other financial institutions in the Eastern Region. This was revealed by Mr. Eric Kwame Tetteh, the Project Manager of the bank.
The bank which currently has a clientele base of about 7,500 achieved this success through its partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Project (MSME) which was initiated in 2006/2007.
Apart from financial support, staff and management of the bank have also undergone UNDP sponsored capacity building programmes within and outside Ghana.
The project which seeks to building human capacity, supporting economic growth, improving and enhancing sustainable livelihoods has been lauded by its beneficiaries.
According to Mr. Emmanuel Padi, a beneficiary of the loan facility, his company, Zidaco Ventures has recorded tremendous growth since he started benefiting from the project.
From a humble beginning of one deep freezer, Zidaco ventures can now boast of two additional stores and a twenty–footer Cargo Van with six employees.
Another beneficiary, Madam Gloria Osei Yeboah a provision store operator, has expanded her business and acquired a three and half pieces of land through the loan facility with flexible terms of payment.
To the beneficiaries, UNDP intervention to the bank was indeed a lifeline in their lifetime.
ISD, Somanya: Gp 1, UNDP sponsored workshop, 5th Nov. 2009
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