Social Welfare Affairs Adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid has called upon all concerned to implement microfinance programs under one umbrella to eradicate poverty in the country.
The adviser made the call at a meeting on microfinance held with representatives of PKSF (Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation), Grameen Bank and senior officials of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs at the meeting room of the ministry on Sunday.
“Coordination has to be established between all ministries related to microfinance programs for poverty alleviation,” she said.
She said: “The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, along with the Ministry of Social Welfare, is working on interest-free microfinance programs for rural areas, urban social service programs, self-employment of the injured and disabled people and women to improve the quality of life of the poor in the society.”
Sharmeen Soneya Murshid, also the adviser for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, said that a new way of thinking should be taken to solve the problem of providing allowances and microfinance.
“To this end, it is necessary to transform every village and urban area of the country into well-organized, sustainable, self-reliant, poverty-free and beggar-free areas by coordinating the microfinance and savings programs of various ministries under an umbrella by avoiding duality,” she said.
Mentioning that the Ministry of Social Welfare does not want to create more beggars, she said that it is needed for the successful implementation of integrated microfinance programs.
