El Salvador: Plan for the Elderly
San Salvador - The newly-elected government
of El Salvador announced the implementation
of a national plan for adults over 70 years
old, who live in poor areas and have no
retirement pensions.
Those people will be given a voucher a
month, aimed at guaranteeing access to food
and other basic necessities.
This plan will be implemented throughout
2009, the president of the Fund for Social
Investment and Local Development, Hector
Silva, told media.
Providing assistance to older adults is
among the objectives included in the
presidential campaign carried out by El
Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who
assumed power as Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate.
Funes promised at his inauguration day on
June 1, to favor the poor sector and
announced the upcoming implementation of a
national plan that includes the reinsertion
of 100,000 new jobs to stabilize the economy
and alleviate the bad effects of the
international economic crisis. |
