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        "id": 1675929,
        "msgid": "red-white-co-ops-offer-income-opportunities-for-social-aid-recipients-1776138671",
        "date": "2026-04-14 10:22:27",
        "title": "Red-White Co-ops offer income opportunities for social aid recipients",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives is launching Red-White Co-ops to provide profit-sharing and employment opportunities for social aid recipients, particularly those under the PKH programme, aiming to lift nearly 1.4 million people out of poverty by integrating them into the workforce. Each village cooperative is expected to employ 15 to 18 beneficiaries, with special regulations planned to waive membership fees and facilitate data integration with the Ministry of Social Affairs. This initiative underscores the government's push towards self-reliance, targeting around 8 million beneficiary families while prioritising working-age individuals for jobs.",
        "content": "<p>He explained that as cooperative members, beneficiaries are entitled\nto receive a share of profits at the end of each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe profit-sharing scheme will provide significant additional income\nfor beneficiary families. With this, we hope they can move out of decile\n1 (extremely poor) and decile 2 (poor),\u201d he said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he noted that social assistance recipients also have the\nopportunity to work as employees in the cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>Each village cooperative is expected to employ around 15 to 18 people\nfrom beneficiary families. Nationwide, this could absorb nearly 1.4\nmillion PKH recipients into the workforce, providing them with a stable\nsource of income.<\/p>\n<p>To support the policy, the Ministry of Cooperatives plans to issue\nspecial regulations to ease membership requirements for\nbeneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>Juliantono stressed that the regulation is important to ensure\nbeneficiaries are not burdened by membership fees, but instead can\nbecome self-reliant through active participation in cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want them to be independent, not solely dependent on social\nassistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry will also coordinate with the Ministry of Social\nAffairs, including integrating PKH beneficiary data to ensure targeted\nrecruitment.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Farida Farichah added that\nrecruitment plans are being finalized, emphasizing the importance of\nintegrating data on beneficiaries in the lowest income groups into the\nNational Socioeconomic Single Data (DTSEN).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf said around 8\nmillion beneficiary families are being encouraged to join the\ncooperatives. However, not all will be recruited as employees, as job\nopportunities will be prioritized for those of working age.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Govt eyes village co-ops to create 1.4 M jobs for aid\nbeneficiaries<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia builds facilities for 34,000 village co-ops,\n2,500 finished<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Shofi, Kenzu<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/red-white-co-ops-offer-income-opportunities-for-social-aid-recipients-1776138671",
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