Hsipaw, 29 September

Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement provided cash aid to pregnant women and children below two years old at the meeting hall of the General Administration Department on Hsipaw Township, Shan State (North) on yesterday.

First, Chairman of the Township Administration Council U Aung Soe Win delivered an opening speech and an official from the Township Department of Social Welfare clarified the purpose of the provision of cash aid for pregnant women and children below two years old.

Afterwards, Chairman of the Township Administration Council U Aung Soe Win handed over Ks 46.1 million to pregnant women and children for the months of October, November and December in 2020-2021 FY.

Under this cash aid program, 563 pregnant women and 462 children below two years old from 11 wards and 16 village tracts in the township received Ks. 45000 each.—Khin Lay(Shipaw IPRD)

Translated by JT