RING supports 54 households with small ruminants in Tolon district

The Tolon District Assembly in collaboration with the Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) project has presented 165 small ruminants to 54 targeted vulnerable households in the Dimabi Community of the Tolon District in Northern Region. 

The RING intervention is implemented through a collaborative approach with the District Assemblies (DAs) in Northern Region and the Northern Region Coordinating Council (NRCC) to improve the livelihood and nutritional status of vulnerable households in targeted communities in Northern Region. 

The distribution of the small ruminants, which falls under the livelihood and agriculture component of the RING project, is to ensure increased access and consumption of diverse quality food among target households, especially among women and children under five.

Speaking during the ceremony to formally handover the animals to the beneficiary households, the Tolon District Chief Executive, Alhaji Siedu Abubakar, said the district has earmarked 2,500 vulnerable households to benefit from the RING interventions and one of which is the distribution of 768 small ruminants to six communities this year.

To make the project a success, Alhaji Abubakar said, beneficiary communities and households were sensitized and trained on disease recognition, prevention and control, farm sanitation and hygiene practices, improved housing and maintenance and supplementary feeding before receiving the animals. 


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