Good news for the recipients of the Social Welfare Family Assistance and Food Vouchers program as distribution will be available from this week.

Permanent Secretary, Govind Sami said that distribution for the months of July to December 2010 will be ready for distribution at the various districts/divisional offices from this week.

Sami has confirmed that all vouchers will be distributed from 23rd of June 2010, however stressed that the vouchers will only be released after proper ID cards are presented.

The Ministry is calling on the over 20,000 people who are covered under the Food Voucher Program to produce passport photographs or their ID cards, so that they will be able to take advantage of the assistance provided by Government.

Sami added that the ID cards and birth certificates will be used to strengthen and will be used to enter the Ministry's new database.

Meanwhile the Ministry confirmed that a meeting will be held today with the authorised supermarkets to discuss the program after which changes is expected to be made.