Kidney patients urged to apply for special aid
KUCHING: Kidney patients are encouraged to apply for the special aid worth RM4.6mln approved by the state government. The special aid covers clinical assistance, including one-off installation of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) at a maximum of RM3,000 per patient, and Erythropoietin (EPO) injection at a maximum of RM240 per patient. Apart from that, it also includes […]
Lifting ‘em out of poverty cycle
KUCHING: The state government through the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry is committed to assist and ensure the poor in Sarawak are out of poverty. Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, said besides giving monthly assistance to the needy under the State Social Welfare Department (JKMS), these poor people are given training […]
Public urged to support micro-entrepreneurs
KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Welfare Department’s (JKMS) Micro Entrepreneur Bersatu Berhad Cooperative (Kousmik) complex at Metrocity, Matang was officially launched by the Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah yesterday. According to Fatimah, the complex would provide a platform for the welfare clients who are trained under the […]
More youth to be trained under PLKK programme
KUCHING: Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) hopes to train more children of their clients who received monthly welfare for the ‘Program Pembangunan Latihan Kemahiran dan Kerjaya’ (PLKK) next year, after an allocation by the state government. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah explained that the programme provides training […]
