Fund Board Meeting, 'Tahya Masr' headed by Sherif Ismail

The Prime Minister during the meeting of the board of directors of the fund ' Tahya Masr': The implementation of the project of providing small trucks with 'refrigerator' for young people for use in the distribution of food products in the governorates, the project aims to create new job opportunities for youth and developing a system for internal trade providing 100 million pounds of financing (Gameayaty)

The cabinet geld today a meeting of the Council of the management of the Fund, Tahya Masr headed by engineer Sherif Ismail, President of the Council of Ministers, in the presence of the ministers of planning, logistics, social solidarity, investment, secretary general of the Social Fund for Development, and the Executive Director of UNFPA , and representatives of a number of actors concerned.

During the meeting, the prime minister assured the importance of the draft provision of the 'refrigerator trucks' equipped for use in the distribution of food products in the provinces, in cooperation between the Social Fund for Development and 'Tahya Masr' and the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, where it would create new job opportunities for youth and develops the system of internal trade, within the framework of the State plan to open new outlets to provide food commodities for citizens in quantities at reasonable prices, so as to permit the presence in various governorates of the Republic, and particularly the most needy regions.

Engineer Sherif Ismail caked for the speedy completion of the launching of the project to contribute to increasing the effectiveness of the distribution of food products in the governorates and international markets and commodity prices.

Ambassador Hussam Alkawesh the official spokesman for the presidency of the Council of Ministers, said that during the meeting the foundations for the preparation of the financial model automotive 'Truck refrigerator' (a load of 1.5 tons) to sell freezers of poultry and meat, fish and vegetables to the basic food commodities like butter , cooking oil, sugar, rice and other, as well as the presentation of the investment cost of the project in terms of payment systems and anticipated income, operating expenses monthly drive fuel and maintenance charges etc.

They called for the presentation of the special project on the initiative of the 'Gameayaty' to establish distribution outlets of food commodities in cooperation between the Social Fund for Development and 'Tahya Masr' and the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, where the minister of supply had been checking the 1500 request to implement the project in all the governorates as a first stage and will be launched in implementation during the current month with the provision of concessional financing at a value of 100 million pounds.

On the other hand, the meeting also reviewed the efforts of the fund ' Tahya Masr' in contributing to the cure for HIV, as minister of social solidarity, currently implementation of the work of inventory of civil associations that provide treatment of the virus to establish a data base for patients, and coordination with the Ministry of Health in the development of a protocol to the remedial action commensurate with each case.