Department of Social Welfare and Community Development

The Department of Social Welfare and Community Development was a department under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare. The enactment of Executive Instrument (E.I, 2013) re-aligned Ministries, Departments and Agencies in accordance with directives from the Office of the President to create harmony in the conduct of Government business.

As a result, the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development became a department under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Its name has been changed to Department of Social Development and Community Development to reflect its mandate.

VISION

“A socially Developed Ghana where the disadvantaged, vulnerable persons with disabilities and excluded are integrated into mainstream development.”

MISSION

The Department of Social Development and Community Development works in partnership with people in their communities to improve their wellbeing through the promotion of social development with equity for the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, persons with disabilities and the excluded.