Damascus-Sana
The value of the contributions to the national campaign for the emergency social response launched by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor so far amounted to 32 million Syrian pounds, through the bank account allocated by the ministry in coordination with the Ministry of Finance to receive contributions and contributions of individuals and economic, popular and local activities, whether from inside or outside Syria in favor of the campaign according to the Director of Planning International cooperation at the Ministry, Mahmoud Alcoa.
In a statement to the SANA delegate, Alcoa explained that within the executive procedures of the national emergency response campaign that was officially launched by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor on the 16th of last month, a bank account was opened for it in order to secure the needs of the groups targeted by the campaign from the elderly over 70 years, persons with disabilities, and people who Their work was disrupted due to the precautionary measures taken to tackle the Corona virus, indicating that the account is managed and the available resources are spent through it according to the highest standards of transparency and the goals of the campaign goals.
Alcoa pointed out that those who wish to donate and contribute from inside Syria can through direct transfer or personal deposit on the account number of the campaign "23/25 with code 243015" from any bank operating in Syria or donate and contribute through text messages "Sertil - MTN" By sending a text message containing the value of the amount to be contributed (500/1000/5000) Syrian pounds to the number (1166).
As for those wishing to donate and contribute from outside Syria, Alcoa pointed out that it is possible through transferring through banks operating in Syria licensed to deal in foreign currencies or through financial transfer companies such as Western Union to the account number of the campaign “23/23/2501 with code 243015”.
Alcoa indicated that the campaign, in addition to the bank account, is funded from the budget of the National Fund for Social Aid and the mobilization of resources through the contribution of NGOs and international organizations.
Regarding registering those wishing to benefit from the campaign via the digital channel launched by the Ministry between Alcoa, that registration has been suspended since the 12th of this month, and the number of registrants in it from the various target groups in the campaign reached about 450 thousand registrants, most of them are from the category of unemployed workers as a result of the procedures to address Corona, explaining that the data Through the channel, it is added to the database of the Ministry, the Social Security Institution, and the federations of the Chambers of Tourism, Workers and Craftsmen, which helps to reach the unemployed accurately.
Alcoa pointed out that the ministries of Social Affairs, Labor and Finance are working with maximum capacity to deliver the first batch to those who are entitled to unemployment benefits who have been finished checking their data during the current week, pointing out that the value of the unemployment allowance amounted to 100 thousand Syrian pounds given once for each due from the daily and seasonal according to sectors Most affected.
The rest of the campaign's target groups of the elderly and people with disabilities are supported according to Alcoa through the distribution of food and health baskets and cash amounts through the participation of a number of NGOs and the campaign account in addition to the presence of contributions from a number of international organizations indicating that the number of beneficiaries of food baskets reached more than 750 One thousand families and health baskets 350 thousand families and 700 thousand families were supported with cash aid and distribution continues through neighborhood committees and volunteer teams.
It is noteworthy that the Cabinet approved on the fifth of this month (the National Emergency Response Plan) with the aim of mobilizing all the efforts of the official authorities concerned and the civil and local community to support the groups and groups most in need after exploring all the necessary data in coordination with the federations of the concerned chambers and the Federation of Trade Unions and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor .
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