The Paomee Welfare Association (PWF) on Monday issued its final call for applications from bona fide, past and present primary members of the All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU), to avail the Phase-1 of the Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Scheme for the year 2022-23, eligible for medical treatment expenses incurred between April 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022.
The assistance to the beneficiaries is due for distribution in Oct-Nov, 2022, PWF stated in a release.
Paomee Welfare Foundation’s MFA scheme is an annual financial assistance scheme offered every six months in any given year, it stated.
The last date for submission in the prescribed application form, along with supporting documents and AMWJU ID card at the reception of the Manipur Press Club is October 25, 2023, it mentioned
The Foundation which was established in 2017 by the All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU), offers one-time medical financial assistance to the retired and present bona fide members of AMWJU, it stated. Beneficiaries may also nominate one immediate family member as a one-time family beneficiary.
PWF funds its medical assistance scheme out of the interest earned from the corpus fund of Rs 80 lakh it maintains as a fixed deposit with the State Bank of India, it added.
