{"id":2339,"date":"2025-12-23T18:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/president-barrow-launches-the-waca-project-livelihoods-programme\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:45:02","slug":"president-barrow-launches-the-waca-project-livelihoods-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/president-barrow-launches-the-waca-project-livelihoods-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"President Barrow Launches the WACA Project Livelihoods Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency President Adama Barrow launched the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Resilience Investment Project, a $45 million initiative aimed at addressing flooding and pollution in the Kotu Stream areas.<\/p>\n<p>Five million Dollars of the project funds will support 4,000 beneficiaries of thr WACA Project Livelihoods Programme over a two-year period. The first phase will provide $1.6 million support to 1,500 beneficiaries, targeting individual enterprises, livelihood groups, and organisations along the Kotu Stream.<\/p>\n<p>Persons with disability, women and youths will be prioritised to build sustainable livelihoods in urban agriculture, tie-dye production, waste management, social enterprises, and other high-impact industries.<\/p>\n<p>President Barrow emphasised that building resilience requires investing in infrastructure and services that protect lives and dignity. &#8220;This initiative is rooted in my government&#8217;s social protection system, ensuring every Gambian has a fair chance in life,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The programme aligns with the government&#8217;s vision for inclusive national development, aiming to uplift thousands of vulnerable Gambians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; His Excellency President Adama Barrow launched the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Resilience&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}