#social aid

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Will try to extend food aid program until June: Widodo

The Indonesian government will try to continue to distribute food assistance using its rice reserves until June this ...

Indonesia's all-out war against extreme poverty in 2023

The Indonesian government is striving to completely eliminate extreme poverty by next year, as the nation's ...

Social workers key to solving Indonesia's social problems: Official

Social workers are needed to help overcome various social problems in Indonesia, an official at the Ministry of Social ...

Prakerja benefits significant, reveal separate research findings

The results of separate research conducted by three institutions — DEFINIT, Centre for Innovation Policy and ...

Jokowi: Social aid lowers rice prices, not increases them

Provision of social assistance to the community does not increase the prices of rice; instead, it suppresses them and ...

Government launches policy package to mitigate El Nino impacts

The government launched an economic policy package based on the State Budget (APBN) to mitigate adverse impacts of the ...

President Jokowi expects Mentawai Airport to attract more tourists

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Wednesday, expressed hope that the opening of Mentawai Airport on Sipora Island, ...

Handling poverty in Papua cannot be Java-centric: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy emphasized that poverty in Papua cannot be ...

PENA program helps 1,322 beneficiaries escape from extreme poverty

The Nusantara Economic Heroes Program (PENA) has helped 1,322 beneficiaries escape from extreme poverty in 2023, Social ...

Jakarta govt commits to alleviating extreme poverty in capital city

The Jakarta government has expressed its commitment to alleviating extreme poverty in the capital city as a follow-up ...

Regions must get more involved in social protection: Bappenas

Regional governments need to play a more significant role in adaptive social protection programs, according to Dinar ...

Focus budget use on programs that benefit people: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged ministries, institutions, and local governments to focus budget utilization on ...

Govt urges regions to update data for accurate aid disbursal

Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, has urged regional governments to continue to actively update the ...

Ministry ensures effective social aid allotment following BPK findings

The Social Affairs Ministry responded to the National Audit Board's (BPK's) findings outlined in the 2022 ...

Some 2,707 PENA KPMs ready to graduate from extreme poverty

The Ministry of Social Affairs stated that as of Wednesday, 2,707 beneficiary families (KPMs) from the Nusantara ...