Over 6,000 youth, made of graduates senior high schools, on Friday passed out under the Youth Employment Agency’s Community Health Worker (CHW) module across the 16 regions of the country.
Speaking at the national passing out ceremony in the Eastern Region, the Chief Executive Officer of YEA, Kofi Baah Agyepong, announced that was the first time a formal arrangement had been made with the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service to give a special dispensation to the beneficiaries during admissions into nursing training schools, premised on the requisite field and practical knowledge.
He eulogised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his commitment to youth employment and development as well as his dedication to the Sustainable
Development Goals.
He said even in the face of severe economic hardships, both locally and globally, funds to run the CHW and other modules had been made available by the government to ensure that the youth get jobs.
The beneficiaries praised the government for the opportunity granted them as well as the 100 percent increment of their allowance.
Mr Agyepong urged the beneficiaries to be very hardworking and diligent in their work, warning that the Agency would not countenance truancy, laziness and or any form of misbehaviour during their engagement period.
He hinted that over 15,000 personnel would also be recruited in the YEA’s Community Protection Assistants Module in the coming months.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, also praised the government for the numerous interventions geared towards creating more opportunities for the youth.
Remuneration
For the very first time, the beneficiaries are going to receive a monthly allowance of GHC500, an improvement on the GHC250 that was received by their previous cohorts.
The CHW programme, according to the management, is a module of the YEA that is focusing on the selection of young indigenes of the various communities, training and posting them to work in selected districts, sub-districts and communities across the country to assist community health officers, nurses and midwives in their health service delivery, particularly in the area of health promotion, disease surveillance and disease prevention.
The module, being implemented in partnership with the Ghana Health Service, is an improved version of previous ones with a new focus of improving the impact of beneficiaries in their communities. It also seeks to improve the wellbeing of citizens, and most importantly contribute immensely towards supporting the beneficiaries to identify their career paths.
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