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USAID grants 95,000 dollars to support
sports for the disabled
Accra, Dec 17, Ghanadot/GNA – The
Sports Wing of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled
(GSPD) has received a grant of 95,000 dollars from the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
towards organizing a national basketball competition.
The grant will also go towards the procurement of equipment
including modern wheelchair basketball chairs for men and
women’s teams, hand-bikes, helmets, bikes for single leg
amputees for their cycling programs, jerseys and a training
program in the maintenance of the chairs.
Mr Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, Chairman of GSPD Sports told the GNA
Sports that the competition would be used to select talented
men and women to form the national wheelchair basketball
teams to adequately compete in international competitions.
He explained that the grant which falls under the USAID’s
Sports Diplomacy Initiative seeks to advance the mission
policy of inclusion for people with disabilities.
Mr Mohammed expressed gratitude to the government and people
of USA for their generosity and gave the assurance that the
grant would be used towards the development of disabled
sports in the country.
The Chairman said the society will ‘take full advantage of
this rare opportunity to develop general sports for the
disabled and urged many of the disabled in the communities
to join hands with the Society to lead fruitful lives
instead of earning a living through begging on the streets.
GNA
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