The Iraqi government says it has loaned more than 350 micro-projects



Shafaq News / The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on Saturday it lent 358 job seekers from vulnerable groups in society (people with disabilities, women heads of households, widows, and divorced), to set up small income-generating projects within the community-based rehabilitation program since the start of the second phase of the program in 2007 until the 30th of September of this year.

He said ministry spokesman Amar Menem told Lord Twilight News, said the ministry lent (358), looking for work from vulnerable groups in society from within the community-based rehabilitation program and they (with disabilities who are able to work, and the wives of the Severely Disabled, and women heads of households, widows, divorcees and prisoners absolute free them) since the beginning of the second phase of the program in 2007 until 09/30/2015, so as to create a small income-generating projects within the community-based rehabilitation program in three provinces, including 298 males and 60 females, indicating that the program is over The first two phases of the year (1995 to 2004) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization ILO ministry lent during which 868 projects in eight governorates (Baghdad, and Nineveh, Basra, Babil, Karbala, Diwaniyah, Wasit and Diyala) and a total amount of up to 600 million dinars, and the second It began in 2007 and so far.

He said the ministry lent within a community-based rehabilitation program during the same period the amount of one billion and 21 million and 550 thousand Iraqi dinars in three governorates (Babylon, and Karbala, and Nineveh) to alleviate the problem of unemployment and stimulate economic activity by making use of expertise and funds in included lending (125) in the province of Babylon, and (155) borrowers in the holy city of Karbala and (78) borrowers in Nineveh.

And between Menem that the ministry is keen to use the entire amount of the loan to set up income-generating projects, by conducting periodic visits to projects after construction in order to (help beneficiary in the solution of the problems facing it, and make sure of the capital of the project, and to ensure the presence of the owner of the project where the program is required to be administered The project by the borrower himself), and repay the loan in the form of monthly premiums that do not exceed allowed six months, according to the type of project, either with the category of disability, newly not be less than the proportion of disability to 50% and be virtual with the exception of mental disability and Mongolian, pointing out that the amount The loan ranges between Iraqi dinars million and a million and a half and in limited cases reached a two and a half million Iraqi dinars.

He explained that the ministry is seeking to integrate marginalized groups covered by the program in the economic and social life, enabling them to set up small income-generating projects, it has developed an effective mechanism for the implementation of projects included (choose the most appropriate project, and the model for the feasibility study, and the method of training with disabilities to project management, and how to buy kits The project, etc.).


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