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 Department of Social Welfare and Community Development on its core mandate to promote and protect the right of the child undertook sensitization activities.
Inclusion Ghana (IG) on Thursday, 27th April, 2023 engaged its stakeholders in the Bekwai Municipality at the Assembly Hall of the Bekwai Municipal Assembly.
The convener of the Social Services sub-committee of Bekwai Municipal Assembly (BMA) on Wednesday, 12th October, 2022 convened a meeting at the Bekwai Municipal ICT Conference Room.
On Wednesday, 10th of August 2022 the Bekwai Municipal Assembly (BMA) through the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development (SWCD) presented support items to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) at the premises
On Tuesday, 14th June, 2022 some staff of Social Welfare and Community Development Department of the Assembly were paneled on Dess FM (a community radio station in the municipality) to educate the populace on teenage pregnancy.
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).
