Social Minister Risma Inaugurates SKA Bahagia Medan and Distributes ATENSI Aid

MEDAN (November 19, 2021) - ATENSI Creation Center (SKA) “Bahagia” Medan is now officially opened by Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini accompanied by a member of Commission VIII DPR RI M. Husni and Deputy Chairman I of Committee III DPD RI Dedi Iskandar Batubara. This SKA is the 13th ATENSI Creation Center which was inaugurated,

The ATENSI Creation Center as a center for entrepreneurship and vocational development as well as a media for promoting the work of beneficiaries in one area has excellent empowerment spots, namely Coffee Cafes and Culinary Centers, Laundry, grocery stores, graphic design, salons, and Tilapia cultivation.

Such as Social Minister Risma's message that the Ministry of Social Affairs does not only provide social rehabilitation services, starting from handling till the end, that is, until the beneficiaries can be independent. So the ATENSI Creation Center is a place to create empowered beneficiaries.

ATENSI Creation Center aims to improve the entrepreneurial and vocational abilities of beneficiaries, create employment opportunities for beneficiaries, increase the socio-economic independence of beneficiaries, increase the level of social welfare of beneficiaries from the poorest/marginalized/abandoned groups and create shopping and recreation centers in one area.

ATENSI Creation Center “Bahagia” in Medan has a coffee cafe with several themes in several corners of the room, there is a monochrome feel and there is also a typographic design that introduces the various coffee menus available at the cafe. No less interesting is the barista who is a beneficiary of Social Rehabilitation Center “Bahagia” Medan.

During the inauguration of the ATENSI Creation Center, the Ministry of Social Affairs also distributed Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI), assistance for beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program (PKH), and assistance for residents who lived in uninhabitable houses in Medan, North Sumatra.

Assistance worth Rp16,614,657,000,00 was handed over symbolically by the Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini. Assistance for 1,834 beneficiaries consists of basic needs assistance, ATENSI Savings assistance for orphans, fatherless and motherless affected by Covid-19, accessibility assistance for persons with disabilities, Entrepreneurship Assistance and assistance for Uninhabitable Houses.