On Tuesday (16), an inter-ministerial team accompanied by the Minister for the Family, Inclusion and Social Development, Fernando Elísio Freire, visited the beneficiaries of the Productive Inclusion Program in the city of Praia, with the aim of finding out about the development of the income-generating activities of productive inclusion.
The Minister for the Family, Inclusion and Social Development, as team leader, pointed out that the results have been positive. More than a thousand people received the social inclusion income last year and this year, the number has increased to 9,200 people, which shows the government’s effort to expand the program and the real impact on these people’s lives. “Two years ago, many families had no income at all. Today, they are able to earn on their own and take care of their families,” said the minister.
It should be noted that the government is working with the National Social Security Institute (INPS) to enroll all participants in the Special Regime for Micro and Small Enterprises (REMPE) program, allowing them to set up micro-enterprises and meet their social security obligations.
Zenaida Correia, in her capacity as spokesperson for the beneficiary families of the bolinho seco program and entrepreneur, showed enthusiasm for the project, saying that now, thanks to the government’s support, she is able to support herself independently. Correia also pointed out that she had learned a lot from the Productive Inclusion training, including how to make purchases, manage her business, make a profit and, above all, save money.
The team led by the minister was made up of the Human Capital Project Manager, Clarisse Silva, representing the Special Projects Management Unit, and the World Bank’s Social Protection Specialist, Laura Bermeo, and the General Director of Social Inclusion at the Ministry of Family, Inclusion and Social Development, Ednalva Cardoso.
Productive Inclusion is a project under the Human Capital Project, financed by the World Bank, and aims to train families in extreme poverty, helping them to acquire skills to generate income and improve their living conditions.