Syria, WHO sign memo of understanding to boost social protection system

Damascus, SANA-Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding with the World Food Program on cooperation in a number of domains related to enhancing the social safety net programs and the social protection system in Syria. 

The memorandum, signed by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Louay al-Munjid, and the World Food Program’s country Director in Syria, Kenn Crossley , aims to support families that suffer from certain aspects of vulnerabilities and include members of persons with disabilities, families that include elderly persons or pregnant women, families sponsored by women, and families with disabilities. The vulnerable group includes children who have dropped out of school. 

Minister Al-Munajjid indicated in a statement to reporters that the aim of the memorandum is to benefit from the experiences possessed by the program in establishing social protection networks in Syria that will lead to supporting the ministry’s efforts and enhancing the expertise it needs, adding that the system will be built entirely with national expertise, and in a way that suits the needs of the Syrian people. 

For his part, Crossley said that the Program will support the ministry’s efforts in providing aid and support to the targeted groups, noting that the difficult circumstances facing the Syrian people require more aid and access to various vulnerable groups within it.