Fixing bikes and prepare for a very wet rainy season
is on the menu this week. This is a yearly overhaul of the poor bikes that need
to work so hard in the jungle. Work is a bit slow as we are not allowed to have
big groups of people. So doing a big outreach is not on the menu that is why I
only can ride through the jungle and give people medicine. That way we are not
in big groups as there are only pockets of people staying. It makes for a
beautiful ride and looking forward to our next ride.
Toinette is pretty busy now. She goes out and teaches at
different houses to a few students, of course, according to the New Norm,
social distancing, and masks. She also is teaching university students some
afternoons. We are still doing some school with Gideon even if it’s the official
school holiday. She tries to get some more work done with him. Trying to find a
balance at this time of the holiday can be a challenge. I showed the boys how to
ride a motorcycle and they really love it, so we are going out almost every day
for a ride. The main objective is for them to join me in the jungle riding.
Please pray for the following people:
Ouma Paula’s shoulder is doing better. She is waiting
for the lockdown to be lifted then she can go to Windhoek.
Ouma Matra’s operation is almost a go but she just
need a few more tests.
Please pray for my sister Elizma and her husband
Pieter. His mum is seriously ill with cancer. Pray for them as they need to
deal with this.
Thank you very much for praying for us. May God
refresh you this week?
Love
Rossouw-clan
Government launches vulnerable family
subsidies
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday he will
officially launch the government’s cash subsidy programme for poor and
vulnerable families adversely affected by COVID-19. He said to address the
difficulties of the poor and vulnerable, the government issued guidance on May
25 to all national working groups to identify poor families. By identifying
them, he said, the government can better target beneficiaries for the cash subsidy
program.
The Ministry of Planning Deputy Director-General Nop
Kannavuth said the subsidies aim to support poor families in three designated
regions in Cambodia. He also added that there are two levels of classification.
He told Khmer Times: “In Phnom Penh and in provincial
towns, a level one classified poor family will receive a blanket $30 payout,
with each individual member receiving a further $13. Children under five,
disabled people, citizens with HIV or citizens 60 years of age or older will
receive $10 each.
Across the rest of the country, a level one classified
poor family will receive $20, with each member receiving a further $6. Children under five, disabled people,
citizens with HIV or citizens 60 years of age or older will receive $6 each.
“In Phnom Penh and in provincial towns, a level two
classified poor family will receive a $30 payout, with each individual member
receiving a further $9. Children under five, disabled people, citizens with HIV
or citizens 60 years of age or older will receive $7 each.
Across the rest of the country, a level two classified
poor family will receive $20, with each
member receiving a further $4. Children
under five, disabled people, citizens with HIV or citizens 60 years of age or
older will receive $4 each. The Ministry
of Planning added more than 567,505 families, or 2.3 million people, have been
adversely affected by COVID-19.
Bavel commune chief Sam Oun said he did not know when
the poor people would be subsidised but surveys had been carried out to
identify beneficiaries in the area. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736456/government-launches-vulnerable-family-subsidies/
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