Ministry targets 90 pct applications for endowment fund
KUCHING: Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah aims to organise more outreach programmes in mother and child health clinics to improve the applications of Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) to 90 per cent. She said that from Jan 1 to Feb 28 this year, the application percentage was at 66 […]
Over 24k accounts opened with RM24.8 mil allocation
KUCHING: As of November 2022, as many as 24,814 Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) accounts have been opened which involve an allocation of RM24.8 million. In stating this, Minister of Women, Childhood and Community Well-Being, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that as of November last year, some 38,808 mothers received the one-off RM450 under the Post-Natal […]
Fatimah’s vision for Sarawak
KUCHING: Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah is confident Sarawak will achieve sustainable high social wellbeing, equity, inclusivity, and a dignified existence for all. She is hopeful that the objective can be achieved through her ministry’s various programmes. Fatimah said that she would like to see that the whole […]
Endowment fund a boon to families
THE Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) has benefited 65,482 recipients as of March 31. Women, Early Childhood and Community Well-being Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said it involved an allocation of RM65.5 million set aside by the state government. “The EFS assistance in the form of savings of RM1,000 for each Sarawak child since 2019 […]
19,357 babies registered for EFS
KUCHING: A total of 19,357 babies has been registered for Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) from January 1 to July 31 this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the total number registered had increased to 79 percent this year compared to 68 percent for the corresponding […]
8,828 babies register for EFS
KUCHING: A total of 8,828 Sarawakian babies who were born this year have registered for the Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) 2020. The number represents 92 percent of the total 9,630 Sarawakian babies born in the first five months of this year. EFS is an initiative by the state government where every Sarawakian newborn is entitled […]
Our welfare top priority
Despite its focus on driving Sarawak towards achieving a high-income and developed status, the state government has not once forgotten or marginalised the people under its care. The welfare of the community has always been in Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg’s mind, with the implementation of various schemes and programmes in addition […]
