New programmes for micro entrepreneurs

THE Ministry of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development has introduced new programmes for micro entrepreneurs in Sarawak this year.

This revealed by its minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah when winding up her ministerial speech yesterday.

Two of the new programmes known as e- Entrepreneur and e- Rezeki are aimed at coordinating the capabilities of micro entrepreneurs.

She also said the two programmes would be continued in Sibu Division on Nov 20 and Samarahan Division on Nov 27. Fatimah also mentioned there were also programmes for women entrepreneurs such as the Women in Digital Entrepreneur (WIDE).

“The WIDE programme is meant for women entrepreneurs from the newly launched Wisma Wanita Training Centre ( WWTC), and is a strategic partnership between JWKS, NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) and MDec,” she said.

Under the Welfare Micro Entrepreneur Development Programme ( UMK), the beneficiaries would receive the maximum RM5,000-worth of project grant and undergo mental development activities, business training, enterprise skills training and services, economic project management guidance, marketing training including online marketing, carnival promotion of products and distribution of products to places outside Sarawak.