Saturday, December 17, 2016
AMBOVOMBE, December 17, 2016 -- Rain- finally! A sigh of joy goes through the audience as the President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina sets his foot on the little stage in Ambovombe, a small town in the South of Madagascar.
The President is...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Nairobi — KCB Bank Kenya has disbursed Sh23.5 billion under the government's social welfare programme Inua Jamii over the past one year. 557,000 orphans and vulnarable children, old aged and persons living with severe disability received cash transfers...
Thursday, December 8, 2016
The government is likely to increase allocation to the Ministry of Woman and Child Development (WCD) in Budget 2017, a 20% increase from last year.
It will use a part of the funds to launch a maternity benefits programme, which will include all...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Combating child abuse and safeguarding children is a complex and challenging endeavor for any country in any part of the world. What complicates matters is the fact that the landscape is always changing as new information comes to light and child...
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The government is making a plan to bring all persons with disabilities from children to old-age citizens under a social protection programme
Disclosing this on Saturday, prime minister Sheikh Hasina also said a constant survey would also be...
Friday, December 2, 2016
Bank transfers have helped me save a part of my earnings. Earlier, I would blow up the entire cash,” says 50-year-old Sahajad Ali, a worker at Hukumchand Jute Mill, located in the suburbs of Kolkata.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP), in partnership with non-governmental organizations, Mercy Corps, Diakonia and PAP DRC have today achieved a money transfer operation aimed at responding to the priority needs...
Country:
Africa, Republic of the Congo
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
The poorest 50 percent of households earning P5,000 or less a month apiece will get unconditional cash transfers of up to P6,000 a year each in the initial phase of the tax reform program submitted last September by the Department of Finance (DOF) to the...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Republic of Germany Tuesday has provided Malawi with 45 million Euros (Mk 36 Billion) which will see improvement in the health, education and social protection sectors.
Country:
Africa, Malawi, Europe, Germany
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The government is making preparations to avoid cash-in-hand payments in the distribution of social assistance in a bid to increase efficiency and oversight in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s signature welfare program.
The non-cash scheme under the...