Social Welfare and Community Development

Godfrey Saim Jnr.
Godfrey Saim Jnr.
Municipal Social Welfare Officer

Social Welfare

The Department of Social Welfare and Community Development of the Ga South Municipal Assembly assists the Assembly to formulate and implement social welfare and community development policies within the framework of national policy.

Our mandate is to integrate the vulnerable, the disadvantaged and the marginalized into mainstream development.
The Department by its mandate undertakes the following activities;

(a) Facilitate community-based rehabilitation of persons with disabilities through the implementation of the 3% Common Fund allocated for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs);

(b) Assist and facilitate provision of community care services including:
• Implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme;
• Registration of persons with disabilities;
• Hospital welfare services;
• Assistance to the aged; and
• Socio-economic and emotional stability in families;

(c) Assist to maintain specialized residential services in the districts;

(d) Facilitate the registration and supervision of non-governmental organizations and their activities in the district;

(e) Promote and Protect the Rights of the Child, child survival and development, and elimination of child labour.

(f) Promote Justice Administration including;
• Protection of the rights of juveniles

(g) Assist to organize community development programmes to improve and enrich rural life through:
• Literacy and adult education;
• Voluntary contribution and communal labour for the provision of facilities and services such as water, schools, library, community centres and public places of convenience or;
• Teaching deprived or rural women in home management and child care.
• Home science extension.


  • Statistics on Beneficiary Communities

    # Community Number of Care Givers Sum of Amount Allocated(GH¢)
    1AKOTIAKU*7477.86
    2 AKWEIMAN 93 7,198.08
    3 AMUMAN* 303,054.12
    4 APLAKU 6 624.09
    5 APLAKU*35 2,944.06
    6 ARYAA* 1 76.88
    7 ASHALAJA 10 1,052.21
    8 ASHWENIAGMOR* 25 2,494.85
    9 BALAGONNOR 48 4,166.61
    10 BEBIANEHA 49 4,297.76
    11 BESEASE 18 1,365.75
    12 BORTIANOR 87 7,243.32
    13 BORTIANOR* 73 6,420.26
    14 CHOKOMEY* 2 129.64
    15 DANCHIRA* 73 6,685.58
    16 DOMEABRA* 34 2,800.85
    17 FAANA 2 141.70
    18 GALELEAXX 78 5,870.01
    19 GIDAN TUBA 35 2,618.44
    20 HOBOR 70 6,093.14
    21 HOBOR* 107 9,082.42
    22 HONI-AFAJATOR 56 4,238.95
    23 JEI-KRODUA 44 3,497.29
    24 KOFI DONKOR 52 4,673.12
    25 KOFI KWEI 42 3,343.53
    26 KOKOMPE 43 3,583.22
    27 KOKROBITE 42 3,150.57
    28 KOKROBITE* 15 1,545.15
    29 KROKOSHWE* 43 4,198.28
    30 KWAKU PANFO 34 2,668.19
    31 LANGMA 27 2,497.86
    32 LANGMAH* 7 749.21
    33 MMAPEHIA* 26 2,095.36
    34 NEW BORTIANOR 1 107.03
    35 NSUOBRI* 93 8,675.43
    36 OBAKROWA* 23 2,214.46
    37 OBOM COMMUNITY* 184 17,335.79
    38 OSHIYIE* 71 6,314.74
    39 OTATENG* 19 1,641.62
    40 PAANOR 20 1,706.44
    41 TOMEFA 56 4,618.84
    42 TORKUSE 118 9,475.85
    43 TSOKOME* 1 76.88
    44 TSOKOMEY 45 3,767.13
    45 TUBA* 26 2,674.24
    46 TUBU (TEBU) 84 6,916.20
    Grand Total2,055 GH¢ 176,603.01
Phone: +233 (0)30 290 8466
Hotline: +233 (0)54 341 6282
Email: socialwelfare@gsma.gov.gh / communitydevelopment@gsma.gov.gh