Researchers are urging Malawi to bundle social support programmes after a study found that households receiving multiple interventions cope better with climate and economic shocks.
Beneficiaries of the Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project (SSRLP) in Mzimba have appealed to donors like the EU and World Bank to sustain funding, citing life-changing gains in income, housing, and food security through Malawi’s social protection programmes.
The Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare has intensified awareness campaigns in Phalombe District by using interactive cinema shows to educate Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) beneficiaries on safeguarding their Mpamba PIN cards and codes.
Elderly people in Rumphi say social cash transfer programme (SCTP) has offered them a chance to live dignified lives and has rescued them from abject poverty.
Some families in Mzimba South have hailed Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) for enabling them construct and live in decent houses following their enrolment into the programme.
