SAGE Program Aims At Uplifting Livelihoods Of Elderly Person’- Min. Tumwebaze
By Our Reporter
The
Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Hon. Frank
Tumwebaze, has revealed that the government introduced the Social Assistance
Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) program in a bid to uplift and improve the
livelihoods of elderly persons in Uganda.
In
his message to all Ugandans to commemorate the International Day of Older
Persons, the Minister noted that as we celebrate the International Day of
Older Persons, which is observed every October 1st, remember that
government through the Expanding Social Protection (ESP) rolled out the SAGE
program to help the elderly.
Quick Facts About SAGE
Here
are some of the facts about SAGE:
Since
2010, the government of Uganda, through MGLSD’s under the ESP, programme has
implemented the Senio...