MoSWRR provides cash assistance to charity organizations, persons with disabilities, senior citizens in Mandalay Region

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement provided cash assistance to charity organizations, persons with disabilities and senior citizens over the age of 85 in Mandalay Region on 29 May.
The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Thet Thet Khine, the Mandalay Region Administration Council Chairman and council members, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Aung Tun Khaing, Colonel Thurein Tun from Central Command, department officials, representatives from the charity/voluntary organizations, senior citizens and the persons with disabilities.
At the ceremony, the Union Minister and officials handed over K1,650.324 million for 33,366 senior citizens, 10,826 persons with disabilities and the charity organizations to the Chairman and the officials of the Mandalay Region Administration Council.
Afterwards, the Union Minister and party also met with staff of the Department of the Social Welfare, Department of Disaster Management and Department of Rehabilitation at the Children’s School for the Deaf in Chanmyathazi Township, Mandalay, and visited the school.
The Union Minister and party also viewed round the Mandalay Youth Training School, Rehabilitation Centre for Drug Addicts (Mandalay) and the Patheingyi Youth Training School and inspected the students’ living conditions and vocational course training conducted at the schools.—MNA