Welfare Ministry Controls 885 Elderly People in 14 Centres

The ministry of Assistance and Social Welfare controls 885 elderly people living in 14 homes of the aged situated in nine of the country's 18 provinces, ANGOP learnt this Monday from a source of the institution. Data from the national social welfare department reveals that from this number, 499 are women and 386 men, distributed throughout the provinces of Benguela, Bié, Huambo, Huíla, Kwanza Sul, Kuando Kubango, Luanda, Moxico and Namibe. It adds that apart from people accommodated in the centres, the department controls 240,879 elderly people, against the 233,228 registered during the first... [read full story]                    

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