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Youth groups in Kumasi, numbering about 14, who have been chosen by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have expressed their readiness to complement KMA and Bloomberg Philanthropies’ efforts to address climate change in Kumasi.
The KMA received about 33 applications but has settled on 14 groups with usable proposals to address the climate challenge.
Their proposals include tree planting, waste segregation, skills training, effective usage of sawdust, and other innovative ideas to reduce the climate change crisis in Kumasi now and in the future.
The groups include Agritradehub, Earth Guardians, Ghana Association of Students Planners/KNUST Sustainable Green Future Club, PlantO, and Dabethon Group.
The rest are Climate Action Network, Team Sustinere, The Green Guardians of Kumasi, Akwatia Line Scrap Sellers Association, Adoato Executive Club, Center Youth and Literacy Development, and Responsibilities Initiative Ghana, which produced two separate usable proposals.
Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Samuel Pyne, presenting certificates and cheques to the recipients at the KMA’s Conference Room on August 7, 2024, advised recipients of the Fund to use it prudently.
He assured the recipients that the KMA stood a chance to gain an additional $100,000 to $150,000 upon careful and prudent use of the fund.
He announced that a monitoring team would visit the recipients to assess progress and usage before the end of Phase One of the Fund in September 2024.
It could be recalled that on May 22, 2024, the KMA announced its partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies for Kumasi’s participation in the “Youth Climate Action Fund.”
As part of this partnership, the KMA received $50,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fund innovative proposals from young residents aged 15-24 to address climate change challenges.
The funds were disbursed among the 14 groups according to their proposals.
Mayor Pyne was joined during the presentation by Hon. Patrick Kwame Frimpong, Presiding Member for KMA, and Mr. Francis Dwira-Darko, Metro Coordinating Director.
Mr. Prince Anokye, a Senior Lecturer at KNUST and a member of the Selection Committee, hinted that the recipients were selected in accordance with the KMA and Bloomberg Philanthropies’ guidelines for accessing the funds and expressed confidence in the project’s success.
He advised recipients to follow the dictates of their proposals and work hard to reduce the impact of climate change while becoming good examples in society.
A member of the Green Guardians of Kumasi, Miss Priscilla Boadu, brimming with excitement and confidence, said they were committed to complementing the efforts of KMA and Bloomberg Philanthropies to address the climate change crisis in Kumasi and beyond.
