Posted onCategoriesTagsThe Agency for Social Protection met with the press yesterday morning at the STC conference room to discuss the amendments made to the ASP Act 2011. Details regarding the amendments were presented by the chief executive, Brenda Morin. Before the...
Posted onCategoriesTagsThe cabinet of ministers has been briefed on the progress of the reforms to the social protection system that is currently underway and backed by the World Bank.The reforms that will span over the course of three years, from 2021 to 2023, seeks...
Posted onCategoriesTagsIndividuals and families with a housing application and who are living in a rented private house due to social discomfort, can apply for part of their rent to be paid by government now that the latter has reactivated the part rental policy...
Posted onCategoriesTagsEducation minister Dr Justin Valentin has reassured parents facing financial difficulties that the Dedicated Fund remains at their disposal to assist their children with stationery, uniforms, breakfast and snack, if need be. This statement was...
Posted onCategoriesTagsThe National Assembly yesterday passed the budgets for the Agency for Social Protection (ASP) and the benefits and approved programmes of the ASP in the Appropriation Bill 2021. The largest sum of this year’s national budget is going towards...
Posted onCategoriesTagsThe poverty rate in Seychelles has steadily improved over recent years, falling from 39.3 percent according to a 2013 study, to 25.3 percent in 2018, as per the latest study published by the National Bureau of Statistics and the World Bank. The...
Posted onCategoriesTagsThe Agency for Social Protection met with the press yesterday to explain the new structure by which operations will be run following the announcement of the 2021 budget. The conference was headed by Brenda Morin, chief executive of ASP and...
Posted onCategoriesTagsThe welfare system in the country has for many years been bleeding money from the government through corruption, and the Agency for Social Protection will no longer be a money pit for government, the new chief executive Brenda Morin has said. In...
