Extreme poor to receive intensive 1AZAM training

KUCHING: About 7,500 people who fall under the extreme poor category are set to undergo intensive training under the 1AZAM programme this year.

Source from (The Star Online): http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/1/21/nation/12592021&sec=nation
Published: January 21, 2013

Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Hajah Fatimah Abdullah said the programme, which is an initiative under the Low-Income Households NKRA, was aimed at helping the extreme poor to be elevated from their current situation.

According to her, the 1AZAM programme is implemented to increase the revenue stream for the poor through four key efforts: AZAM Kerja, AZAM Tani, AZAM Niaga and AZAM Khidmat.

“This is an effort to realise the Government’s vision to help those in the poor category through productive welfare initiatives,” she shared.

Fatimah also said the selection of the participants for the programme would be done based on the registration in the e-Kasih system.

“The system already has detailed backgrounds of the registered poor nationwide,” she said.

The selected participants will be placed under the responsible agencies to undergo the training.

Follow-up checks will also be done to ensure that the training sessions are truly benefitting the participants.

Fatimah further shared that the main objective of the 1AZAM programme was to eradicate poverty so that all layers of society had a better quality of life.

“The participants of the programme will also be provided with equipment that they can use to start small-scale businesses from their homes,” she added.