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When 54-year-old Chief Phiri lost two of his brothers, and their wives in a short span of time, his life was shattered. Phiri from Manguwa village in...

COMSIP Cooperative Union Limited has disbursed business capital to 4, 216 beneficiaries of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in Phalombe and Mulanje. With support from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) through the Financial Access for Rural Markets, Smallholders and Enterprise (FARMSE), COMSIP Cooperative United Limited is implementing Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Ultra-Poor (BSLUP) […]

Like most Filipinos, I did not have the privilege of knowing President Noynoy Aquino “up, close and personal.”  I only listened to his speeches and watched him in action from newspapers and television.  The only opportunity I had to meet him was when he conferred Mr. Washington SyCip the Order of Lakandula.  He bowed his head as I shook his hand and acknowledged my greetings with a smile. But I am one of the thousands of Filipinos who mourn his death and feel the pain of his loss.  By h...

OVER 3 million unbanked Filipinos have registered transaction accounts with Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) after signing up for the National Identification (ID) system. In a statement on Friday, LandBank announced that it had onboarded a total of 3.794 million unbanked National ID registrants for transaction accounts. The cards are part of the lender's ongoing partnership with the Philippine Statistics Authority to co-locate in the...

In Zambia, regular social cash transfers play a direct role in reducing poverty Format STORY HIGHLIGHTS More than 616,000 households or 3 million people, representing 20% of the Zambian population, are currently registered to receive Social Cash Transfers In 2020, the World Bank, UK and Swedish Governments provided financing to the Social Cash Transfer program benefiting 370,000 households in 67 districts A maximum of 994,000 beneficiaries in 116 districts are expected to be reached with Social...

World Bank : In Zambia, Regular Social Cash Transfers Play a Direct Role in Reducing Poverty 05/27/2021 | 03:44pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields LUSAKA, May 27, 2021-Sylvia Banda, 65, uses the monthly cash transfer she receives from the government to take care of her husband who is disabled, and four orphaned children. Africa Zulu, 70, pays his grandchildrens school fees to ensure they have a better future. Marcelina Ngandu, a widowed mother of five, invests the cash transfer int...

Liberia’s Gender Minister Admonishes Cash Grant Receivers to Use it Rightly Liberia’s Gender Minister Admonishes Cash Grant Receivers to Use it Rightly Minister Tarr presents cash to a beneficiary in Sass Town, Grand Kru County Sass Town Grand Kru – Thousands of beneficiary households of the Gender Ministry’s Social Cash Transfer Program are currently receiving cash in Grand Kru and Maryland counties. The unconditional cash transfers are intended to support beneficiary households’ liv...

Feb 16, 2021 G.O.B. to Launch Belize COVID-19 Cash Transfer Program This afternoon, the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs announced the return of the COVID-19 Relief Programme, but this time under the name, Belize COVID-19 Cash Transfer Program. The ministry has partnered with the National Bank of Belize Limited, Digi and the Belize Social Investment Fund to provide short-term emergency cash to twenty-one thousand five hundred households. The ben...