Portugal sends €80,000 to support communities
In 2020, the Portuguese State provided aid of €80,000 to people in difficulties abroad due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities announced in Luanda.
Berta Nunes was talking stock of a five-day working visit to Angola, in which she maintained contact with the Portuguese community in the provinces of Luanda, Benguela and Huíla. "We already spent around 80 thousand euros last year, but we were open to spending more, this will depend on the identification of the situations communicated to us in the various countries," she added.
The support aims to help Portuguese communities abroad to overcome the difficulties caused by the covid-19 pandemic and the consequent confinement in the various countries. Speaking to the press, Berta Nunes said that the aid, which takes place under the auspices of extraordinary one-off support, was reactivated again this year, with this being one of the topics addressed at the meeting with the community in Luanda.