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The Ministry of Social Affairs Responds to Orphans with PLWHIV Mothers in West Sulawesi
POLEWALI MANDAR (September 3, 2021) -
The Ministry of Social Affairs through the Social Rehabilitation Center
responds to the attention of orphans whose mothers are Persons With Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (PLWHIV) in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi.
Head of Social Rehabilitation Center
“Pangurangi” Takalar, Pengalamen Surbakti who received the Counselor's report
from the Health Service who said there were 2 orphans where the mothers were
PLWHIV. Surbakti added, following the direction of the Minister of
Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, to focus more on assisting to
orphans, fatherless and motherless in the service areas of the Ministry of
Social Affairs service centers and workshops in the regions.
Counselor for the Polewali Mandar District
Health Office, Yusri, said that his mother works as a mixed goods salesperson
to support the nutritional needs of her 2 children, while currently, they live
with their parents-in-law, although she is still very young, the mother tries
hard to meet her child's milk needs and works 7 days a week with an income of Rp
30-45 thousand per day depending on sales, continued Yusri.