“Forsa” program: the Ministry of Tourism denies false information on funding granted to 4,000 “fictitious” women – Media7

The Ministry of Tourism, Crafts and the Social and Solidarity Economy has denied information published on social networks accusing the “Forsa” program of granting funding to 4,000 “fictitious” women as part of an agreement with the financing institution “Ardi”.

“Currently, information circulating on social networks accuses the Forsa program of granting funding to 4,000 fictitious women as part of an agreement with the financing institution Ardi. We would like to inform the public that the Ardi Institution has only financed 206 project leaders for the 2023 edition, while 4,500 women have indeed received their funding this year, but through other institutions. financing,” the ministry said in a denial on Tuesday.

And he continued that this is not the first time that the “Forsa” program has been the target of destabilization attempts. Through a previous official denial, the ministry had already refuted the information on the alleged unavailability of funds intended to finance project leaders, recalls the same source.

To date, the program has effectively funded more than 20,000 project leaders for its two editions, and it will reach 21,200 funded project leaders before the end of the year, in accordance with the announcement made in the closing press release.

The ministry condemns all these allegations and false information disseminated to harm the government program “Forsa” and the 21,200 beneficiaries of the program.

“It goes without saying that the program reserves the right to pursue the necessary actions to deal with this type of falsification,” concludes the ministry.