The Ghana Somubi Dwumadie, a four-year programme that focuses on mental health, has awarded grants to nine civil society organisations (CSOs) to promote mental health and disability-inclusion in the country.
The CSOs include the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), Hope For Future Generation (HFFG), SANGTABA, Voice of People with Disability (Voice-Ghana), ABAK Foundation (ABAK), Centre for Active Learning and Integrated Development (CALID).
The rest are Centre for People’s Empowerment and Rights Initiatives (CPRI), Foundation for Community Empowerment Programme (FOCEP) and Global Action for Women Empowerment (GLOWA).
Out of the nine organisations, four will receive large grants of up to GH¢600,000 each year for three years, while the remaining five will receive small grants of up to GH¢600,000 each for 12 months.