New Anti-Poverty Mission, “Households of the Nation,” Gets Underway in Venezuela

[polly7]

By Lucas Koerner
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com
February 15, 2015

In a speech from Miraflores Palace on Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that his government would begin to implement its newest social program, known as the Great Household Mission of the Nation.

The stated aim of the new mission is to tackle extreme poverty and ensure the “total protection” of the Venezuelan family, from birth and child-rearing through to elderly care. The announcement comes in the midst of a severe recession, an economic war, and escalating U.S. sanctions, yet the government has said that it will not compromise its commitment to the country’s network of social missions developed over the past sixteen years.

The Great Household Mission is specifically targeted at the 500,000 Venezuelans currently living in extreme poverty, or approximately 7 percent of the population. A rate which has dropped significantly from 21% in 1998 thanks to a near doubling of expenditure on social programs such as the missions, according to the National Institute of Statistics.

According to the President, the Household Mission is intended to act as an umbrella project to “group together various missions and plans that are in development… in order to become a single action for the protection of the family.” Missions that will fall under the remit of the new project include Women of the Barrio, Children of the Barrio, and Children of Venezuela.

Full article: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/new-anti-poverty-mission-households-of-the-nation-gets-underway-in-venezuela/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Great article, great plan. How much went on to help the majority of Venezuelans before Chavez.

We all know the answer to that, don't we?

Thank you, Polly.

[polly7]

2. We sure do! Yvw Judi Lynn. nt.

[hack89]

3. Too bad they can't afford it. nt