Federal government opens extraordinary credit of R$64.3 million for social assistance and indigenous peoples

The federal government published this Monday (21) a provisional measure that opens extraordinary credit of R$64.3 million to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger (MDS) and that of Indigenous Peoples.

Of the total authorized, R$40.26 million will be allocated to the acquisition and distribution of food from family farming to promote food and nutritional security. The measure foresees the assistance of around 4 thousand farming families, through the expansion of the actions of the program to combat hunger.

Another R$24.02 million will be allocated to the National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (Funai), linked to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples. The resources will finance cultural and social actions by indigenous peoples, expected to benefit 1,300 indigenous communities across the country.