Vulnerable families start getting covid19 relief food baskets
Saturday 8 May 2021
Soem of food items to be given to MPs for distribution to their constituents hardest hit by the covid19 restrictions. - Namdevco
Government is expected to spend $10 million dollars in the latest food basket initiative to assist families affected by the latest covid19 restrictions.
On Friday, the Prime Minister said the initiative will help 25,000 families with food items such as sweet potato, dasheen, cassava, plantain, squash, pineapple, citrus, paw paw, cucumbers, bodi, sweet pepper, hot pepper, tomatoes and chicken, with slight variations in the packages.
Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat told Sunday Newsday via telephone on Saturday that the food baskets would be provided to people who were specifically affected by the restrictions imposed from May 3 to May 23.