Some families to get aid from Republican Social Fund starting June 1

Large families, educating disabled or orphan children, one-parent families, as well as family-type orphanages and the Parental Assistance Service will get material aid on the occasion of the International Children Day, marked on June 1. In this respect, the Republican Population Social Support Fund has allocated 4 million lei this year, Info-Prim Neo has learnt from the Social Protection, Family and Child Ministry. The amount of assistance varies between 150 lei for one family and 300 lei for every child living in a family-type orphanage. At the same time the local population supporting social funds will add what they can to those sums. In 2007, he Republican Population Social Support Fund allocated 3 million lei for this purpose. Other 2.24 million were disbursed by the local funds.