Community Empowerment Program Reaches Out to 6.000 Villages

Tempo Interactive, Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 | 18:16 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Semarang: The 2010 National Program for Community Self-Sufficiency and Empowerment (PNPM) has only benefitted 6.000 out of 8.000 villages in Central Java. “In the future, such a program must continue to be developed,” said Central Java governor Bibit Waluyo, yesterday. He called on the facilitators to work hard to support Central Java’s economy. The assistance ranged from infrastructure development programs to credit disbursement for the people. “Through the PNPM program, people can get facilities directly,” Bibit said.

As many as 1.009 facilitators have been trained to assist in carrying out the empowerment program at the village level in Central Java. Two facilitators will be assigned to each sub district in Central Java. The allocation for the empowerment program in Central Java for this year amounted to Rp 942 billion.

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