TIRANA, January 23/ATA/ The Ministry of Health and Social Protection through the Social Fund aims at establishment of the missing community social services as well as the expansion of the map of social services for groups in need.
Minister of Health and Social Protection Albana Koçiu visited the Development Center in the Southern Municipality of Saranda, where 35 children with disabilities and the elderly receive services.
“We are in the city of Saranda where together with the municipality of this city and with the government support; we invest in services for the groups in need. This is a model service that is offered to three vulnerable categories, the elderly, people with disabilities, children and families in need”, emphasized Koçiu.
The minister stated that this model will be extended to all the municipalities of the country. “The model of social services which will be offered in all the 61 municipalities of the country, thanks to the government support by investing and supporting through the Social Fund the services dedicated to the strata in need, will be one of the goals and objectives for the new year 2024”, underlined Minister Koçiu.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has enabled through the Social Fund the establishment of 12 new services in the 12 regions of the country during the year 2023 with 4,000 beneficiaries.
In these community social services, 3 new typologies have been offered by sending the service to the families in need, such as domestic assistance for the elderly, mobile units in rural areas and emergency services for vulnerable categories. /m.m/p.s./
