Mengulas lanjut, Anfaal berkata sebahagian besar ibu di negeri ini terpaksa memilih antara menjaga anak ataupun bekerja disebabkan kos penjagaan di pasaran adalah tinggi.

“We will also help market Sitham entrepreneur products internationally to increase their income. We are targeting two types of products; textiles, and food and beverages using retort technology,” he said.

State executive councillor for poverty eradication V. Papparaidu said the programme, aimed at the underprivileged and low-income groups across all 56 state constituencies, involves an allocation of RM7.51 million.

He said, this year, Yide is also allocating almost RM1.7mil as Aidilfitri donations for 11,386 orphans from 6,388 families registered with Yide.

Selangor memperuntuk RM16.48 juta tahun ini bagi program pemberian baucar perayaan mengikut komponen kaum yang memanfaatkan 82,400 penerima.