As part of the core programmes of Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, it is our mandate to see to it that, the living standards of the people in the Communities are well developed and improved.
The Department on its core mandate to promote and protect the rights of children undertook sensitization activity on child neglect and abandonment at the Ntinanko community in the Bekwai Municipality.
On Saturday the 10th June,2023, the Presbyterian women’s group fellowship invited one officer from the department of social welfare and community development to train them on how to make soap.
Dominase is a community within Bekwai Municipal Assembly.
The surge of girls dropping out of school to marry at a younger age has become a worrying issue for the growth of communities and the country at large.
As Department of Social Welfare and Community Development of Bekwai Municipal, it is our core mandate to see to it that the living standards of people in the Municipalities are well improved and developed through Sensitization and Education program,
Development and Improvement is not about projects only but Education and Sensitization is a factor.
The Kyekyewere community per our investigations was found to be one of the communities with high teenage pregnancy cases.
As Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, it is our core mandate to see to it that the living standards of people in the Municipalities are well improved and developed through Sensitization and Education.
On the 24th of May 2023, officers from the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development (SWCD) embarked on a one – day visit to Nkyekyem Community to educate them on Child Abuse; its Causes, Effects, Prevention and Interventions.
The Bekwai Municipal Assembly is among the 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Ashanti Region. The Municipal Assembly is the highest political and administrative body of the Municipal and exercises deliberative, legislative and executive functions. The Municipality was established under Legislative Instrument (L.I. 1906, 2007).
