Odienné, The government, through the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, has granted total financial support of 42 million CFA francs to 210 women in the Denguélé district, with a view to their empowerment .

Each of these women individually received 200,000 CFA francs to start a project or to strengthen their activity.

This support is part of the aid and relief granted each year by the State, through the administration of social protection, to vulnerable people chosen after examination of the case by an inter-ministerial commission.

“You were selected following the social surveys, the examination of the relevance of your requests. Be happy and proud of the support your country gives you,” Minister Adama Kamara said to the beneficiaries, urging them to work.

The headquarters of the Kabadougou Regional Council hosted, on Friday January 21, 2022, the ceremony of handing over the checks to the beneficiaries, in the presence of many populations and administrative and political authorities, in particular the Minister for Women, the Family and the Child and mayor of Odienné, Nassénéba Touré and the prefects of the Kabadougou and Folon regions, accompanied by a large number of collaborators.

According to the Minister of Employment and Social Protection, Adama Kamara More than 1000 people, in a situation of vulnerability, benefited, in 2021, from government support, through social assistance, indicated the Minister of Employment and Social Protection, Adama Kamara. 3,500 disaster victims also received state aid in 2021.

Source: Agence Ivoirienne de Presse