Midis executed more than S / 12 million to improve the quality of life of vulnerable Peruvians

The Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis) reported that during this year S / 12,615 million were executed to improve the quality of life of 8.5 million people in situations of poverty, extreme poverty and vulnerable situations at the national level.

In this regard, Minister Dina Boluarte, specifies that it acted through social programs to achieve the strengthening of early childhood development; school feeding, food security and food care in vulnerable population; economic inclusion, entrepreneurship and territorial management; protection for the elderly and people with vulnerable disabilities; response to the emergency situation and expansion of policies to overcome poverty; and the promotion of investment and social profitability.

In this sense, via Cuna Más, 176,510 users were served and in Juntos, 682,290 households in poverty were affiliated, of which 660,885 households received monetary incentives for compliance with joint responsibility in health and education; and 48,717 are households with children under twelve months of age.

In the line of school feeding intervention, Midis managed to have 4 million 85,380 students from 64,341 public educational institutions accompany their school classes with the nutritious and quality food delivered by Qali Warma.

While in Pension 65, the financial subsidy was given to 568,599 users aged 65 and over, in a situation of extreme poverty and vulnerability to the sixth two-month period of 2021, being the highest coverage that the program has registered throughout its institutional life.

Finally, they highlight that more than 9 million citizens have collected from the Yanapay Bonus, as of December 2021, which has allowed to include financially more than 2.2 million Peruvians through the DNI account of the Banco de la Nación and the digital wallets.