68 articles tagged "welfare"
89,000 Social Welfare recipients will be receiving $50 top up this week as per the announcement in the Revised 2021/2022 National Budget. This includes all recipients of the Social Pension Scheme, Poverty Benefit S
18 welfare officers are going through community based corrections training for the next three days where they are learning how to supervise and rehabilitate offenders into the community. While speaking at the trai
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Rosy Akbar says she is shocked and disappointed following the 30-month imprisonment sentence handed down to a 30-year-old man charged with buying minors under the ag
More than 9,000 families have been assisted through Government’s Care and Protection Allowance since August last year. The Care and Protection Allowance is a social protection scheme specifically targeted at assi
The Labasa Golden Age Home which is undergoing a $4.7 million face-lift is expected to be opened in the beginning of next year. Director of Social Welfare Rupeni Fatiaki says the facility is a 40-bed unit. It
Managers of Aged Care Homes are meeting today to plan how to prepare better when responding and recovering from natural disasters. Fiji has eight Aged Care facilities. Director Social Welfare Rupeni Fatiaki sa
Social Welfare recipients can now get access to immediate assistance following a tropical cyclone after being included in the Parametric Micro-insurance product. This is following a joint partnership between the UN
The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation says all recipients of its four main social protection programs can now withdraw their allowances and can prepare for Diwali before the usual payment date. Mi
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Rosy Akbar says they are in the process of organizing a temporary shelter for 45 year old Anita Singh who lost her home in a fire and is currently living in a wrecked
The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation is encouraging all social welfare recipients to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and protect themselves and their loved ones. It says getting vaccinated helps prot
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says social welfare recipients eligible for term life and funeral benefits must be fully vaccinated by 1st November 2021. While announcing the National Budget, Sayed-Khaiyu
Social welfare recipients particularly elderly Fijians who cannot go to supermarkets or banks to access food and payments can now give their food voucher cards and bank cards to their children or a third party who can r
Director for Social Welfare Rupeni Fatiaki has stressed that they have made every effort to provide shelter to the homeless people but some of them prefer to stay on the streets. This is after concerns were raised
International Labour Organisation Office for Pacific Island Countries Director, Matin Karimli says the COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional poverty and may reverse years of progress in the fight against child labour
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa says violence against women and children is illegal, immoral, it can never be justified and it needs to be punished and if we do not make this mes
Some recipients under the Social Pension Scheme may receive a reduced payment if their circumstances have changed however the allowance is still $100 per month. Permanent Secretary for Women, Children and Poverty A
The Social Pension Scheme allowance will remain at $100.00 per month and if you have received a lower allowance than usual, then you must contact the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation for assistance.
More people are now receiving assistance through the government’s Social Welfare programs as Fiji struggles to overcome the effects of COVID-19 and the recent tropical cyclones. As at 31st January 2021, 43,909 pe
The Department of Social Welfare says they are doing their own assessment where a family of 7 including a 5-year-old, 4-year-old, 2 years 7 months, a 3 weeks old baby and a 74-year-old grandmother had to spend three nig
Westpac Fiji has highlighted that for the recipients of Social Welfare to receive their payments straight away, they would now need to open a BSP account. This follows concerns raised by people having Westpac accou
