Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the UK is providing to disabled people in Ghana.

The UK supports a range of schemes that support disabled people in Ghana, including:

• An education programme providing scholarships for girls, including those living with disabilities and girls whose parents/guardians live with disabilities.
• A national cash transfer programme (the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme), which also targets those with disabilities.
• An entrepreneurship training/mentorship programme (Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises).
• One of our larger civil society programmes, (Strengthening Transparency and Accountability Responsiveness) which supports initiatives that work with people with disabilities.We are also supporting improvements to the quality of mental health care through working with the relevant regulatory body (Mental Health Authority) and two large NGOs (BasicNeeds and Christian Health Association of Ghana) to increase access to better care. DFID in Ghana is also developing links with the UK International Citizen Service Volunteer programme which works with disabled groups in the North of Ghana.

DFID Ghana’s Operational Plan 2011-2016 (updated December 2014) sets out the UK’s current priorities for development assistance in Ghana, as agreed with the Ghanaian authorities. This can be accessed through https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-ghana-operational-plan-2014.