Government and civil society officials meet to discuss social protection for the poor and vulnerable, as National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) chairman Samheng Boros said the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation is studying poverty alleviation projects that will make citizens self-reliant, and not reliant on subsidies.
The NSSF Member app created by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was awarded for its innovation and use of best practices by the 39th board of the ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA).
The National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) has received a best practices award for the implementation of its cash transfer programme for poor and vulnerable households affected by Covid-19 from the 39th Board of the ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA).
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun instructed officials from the provincial Department of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation to train the commune financial assistants who are in charge of the Cash Transfer Programme to conduct interviews and a census of at risk impoverished people.
The government has so far spent $837.05 million on its cash transfer programme to support poor and vulnerable people due to the impacts of Covid-19, with the scheme recently extended again for another three months.