Government urged to improve on LEAP Programme
Ms. Pauliina Sarvilahti, Chief of Social Policy and Inclusion at UNICEF Ghana, has called on the government to enhance the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. She noted that LEAP had been an effective social intervention policy and was one of the most evaluated programmes in Ghana since its inception. Ms. Sarvilahti was speaking at the UNICEF Ghana media engagement series in Accra on efforts to combat poverty and hunger as part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to UNICEF, approximately 28 percent of children in Ghana are classified as monetarily poor, while about 73.4 percent face multidimensional
