Since last Monday (28), Brazil has again been off the hunger map, a global indicator of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Advances in education and the reformulation of In early 2023 they are causing the hunger to decrease in the country to occur more permanently and definitively, with less risk of oscillations. The analysis is from the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Hunger Fighting, Wellington Dias. Brazil has again been, since last Monday (28), outside the a global indicator of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that identifies countries where more than 2.5% of the population suffer from severe subalimentation. The classification took into account data from 2022 to 2024. However, the country had already left the hunger map in 2014, but returned in the triennium 2019 to 2021.
“Now, when someone enters [no novo Bolsa Família]never goes back to hunger and misery. Why can I say that? Because when he starts working, if the income does not take from poverty, it is still possible to receive Bolsa Familia and receive income, ”said the minister in an interview with Agência Brasil, after an event, on Thursday (31), in the company Atento, in the south of the state capital.“ And if the income grows and the family comes out of the poverty limit, it can still be 50% from Bolsa Familia. And when he leaves Bolsa Familia, because he surpassed poverty, he does not leave the registration. On the day that losing his job, he won the notice, already returns to Bolsa Familia, ”he added.
According to the minister, in addition to the reformulation of the program, education has also been a gateway to misery. “It is proven that education has this role. Each year, we follow with great affection the population of Bolsa Familia, about one and a half million are in technical education and higher education, and this has been the main door to not only get out of hunger, but get out of poverty, and go to the middle class,” said the minister.
Protocol
The Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Hunger Fighting (MDS) has signed a protocol of intent with Atento, contact center company and outsourcing of business processes. The partnership focuses on the offer of job openings for the people registered in Cadúnico. The action is part of the program believes in the first step, instituted in 2024, which promotes the socioeconomic inclusion of people in situations of vulnerability entered in CadÚnico with a special focus on women, young people, blacks, people with disabilities and traditional or riverside communities.
*With information from Agência Brasil
