The Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation is advising all its social welfare recipients that the food voucher collection will begin from next week Monday 5th April 2014.
The Ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Josefa Koroivueta is reminding all the social welfare recipients to also collect their food vouchers for the next 3 months from their nearest welfare office.
“The Food Vouchers for the months of April to June is currently been distributed to all the district and divisional social welfare offices. Recipients are advised to collect their food vouchers only from the 5th of April 2014.
“The recipients are reminded to bring their Social Welfare Identification Cards (ID) to collect the Food Vouchers. These cards will be sighted for recertification purposes and to ensure that clients are still eligible for assistance,” Dr Koroivueta reiterated.
All the recipients in Korovou area are advised to visit the Korovou social welfare office located at Waimaro House (Korovou) regarding their food vouchers.
For any further information on the food voucher collection, the recipients are advised to contact their nearest social welfare offices or else call Social Welfare Headquarters on 3315585 or 3315754.
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