At the National Assembly, yesterday, the Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, stated that an amount of Rs 20.8 million has been disbursed to 33 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), from 10 March 2021 to date, by the National Social Inclusion Foundation (NSIF).
The Minister explained that out of the Rs 483.5 million approved in January 2021 by the NSIF to be provided for 146 NGOs, a first instalment of Rs 238.9 million, representing 49.2% of the allocation, has so far been disbursed. She added that NSIF also gave a supplementary grant of Rs 425 000 to an NGO called Action for Integral Human Development, with a view to providing support and counselling to vulnerable people across the island during the lockdown through a hotline service.
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