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E-payments transition
In the majority of Districts, payment processes for the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) are manual e.g. over-the-counter payments at dedicated pay points. District teams communicate a day, every two months, for cash distribution. Recipients then travel to collect their cash in-person (or using a designated representative for their household). National ID numbers, fingerprinting and checking of programme documents are used to ensure distr
2022-10-31 06:48:06
SCTP Strategic Plan
The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme Strategic Plan 2022 – 2027 will be launched at the 20...
2022-10-31 06:38:
MINISTER VISITS NSANJE TO SEE SCTP AND CYCLONE ANA BENEFICIARIES
Last week, the Honourable Minister of Gender, Community Development & Social Welfare, Dr Patr...
2022-10-26 08:06:
DEPUTY MINISTER SAYS SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME IS SIGNIFICATNLY CHANGING LIVES OF ULTRA-POOR IN KASUNGU
On 13th October 2022, the Deputy Minister of Gender, Community Development & Social Welfare Agnes...
2022-10-24 09:34:
e-payments officially launched in Thyolo by Minister
Today in Thyolo, the Honourable Minister of Gender, Community Development & Social Welfare, D...
2022-05-31 07:37:
Deputy Minister of Gender visits Mzimba South SCTP beneficiaries
On Monday 23 May, the Deputy Minister of Gender, Community Development & Social Welfare Honou...
2022-05-26 06:42:
ePayment mobile money starts in Thyolo district
Mobile money payments have started to be used in Thyolo district for the Social Cash Transfer Pro...
2022-05-20 08:20:
Sustained savings led to opening community creche for beneficiary in Dowa
From the outskirts of Mtateni village lives Mr Milioni, a beneficiary of the Social Cash Transfer...
2022-05-20 08:18:
The Makileni Household – an example of SCTP success
Another success story of the Social Cash Transfers Programme (SCTP) comes from the Makileni house...
2022-05-20 08:17:
SCTP Dowa beneficiary invests in livestock and now has booming business
On 10th May 2022, SCTP district officials in Dowa district met Mr Abraham who spoke to them about...
2022-05-20 08:14:
Lilongwe widows send children to school thanks to SCTP
Fifty-year-old Mary Theza from Nyundo Village, Group Village Head M’thethe in Traditional Autho...
2022-05-20 08:08:
Mzimba District Commissioner meets SCTP beneficiaries
In Mzimba South, the District Commissioner and District team have been visiting Social Cash Trans...
2022-05-19 09:50:
Minister Meets Plan International
On 18 February 2022, Plan International Malawi organized a working dinner during which the Hon Mi...
2022-02-22 08:47:
Phalombe vertical expansion and Lean Season sensitisation begins
Last week sensitisation around the Lean Season Response started in the district of Phalombe.
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Over 15,000 households in Ntcheu will benefit from Lean Season Response
Ntcheu District Council held a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting on 7th January 2022, wh...
2022-01-12 11:46:
Mzimba women benefit from Mtukula Pakhomo
In October 2021, a team from the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare wen...
2021-12-14 13:32:
Minister of Gender says rural women are key leaders in development
15th October was a double celebration in Malawi this year – it is Mother’s Day and the Intern...
2021-12-14 07:55:
Village Head urges Balaka beneficiaries to prioritise children’s education
Beneficiaries of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in Balaka district have been urged by ...
2021-12-14 07:47:
Likoma lady says SCTP 'a life changer'
Since joining the Social Cash Transfers Programme (SCTP) in 2015, Elizabeth Msadala from Chingole...
2021-12-14 07:41:
Female-headed households in Ntcheu benefit from cash transfers
Beneficiaries of the Social Cash Transfers Programme (SCTP) in Ntcheu, popularly known as Mtukula...
2021-11-23 13:12:
STRENGTHENING THE ACCESS OF MONEY THROUGH EPAYMENT IN SOCIAL CASH TRANSFERS
Strengthening the access of money through epayment in Social Cash Transfers
Officers implement...
2021-10-13 11:11:
DORAH MFUNE BENEFITING FROM MTUKULA PAKHOMO AND FARMSE PROGRAMME
Dorah Mfune, a Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) beneficiary household in Edakweni Village Cl...
2021-10-13 11:00:
CHRISSY PATRICK FROM MAWIRA CLUSTER IN TA KATUNGA IN CHIKWAWA DISTRICT
Meet Chrissy Patrick from mawira cluster in TA katunga in Chikwawa, Southern Malawi. She is a mot...
2021-08-27 11:37:
MERCY MATIYASI BENEFITING FROM MTUKULA PAKHOMO AND TIZIDALIRE PROJECTS
This is Mercy Matiyasi,a widow from Mbande cluster in Chikwawa's TA Maseya. Benefiting from both ...
2021-08-27 11:24:
TELESA NAKALI ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF SCTP IN THYOLO DISTRICT
TELESA NAKALI ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF SCTP IN THYOLO DISTRICT
Teresa Nakali,...
2021-08-12 09:00:
LEAN SEASON TOP-UP RESPONSE EXCITES COMMUNITIES IN NENO
LEAN SEASON TOP-UP RESPONSE EXCITES COMMUNITIES IN NENO
Communities in the area of...
2021-04-13 12:20:
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Over 60 000 households benefit from urban cash transfer for Covid-19
Over 60 000 households benefit from urban cash transfer
Ministry of Gender Community...
2021-03-11 08:09:
SCTP Covid-19 Top-Up Documentary
The Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare recently undertook a media tour ...
2021-02-22 11:41:
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SCTP Media Tour
The Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare recently undertook a media tour ...
2021-02-22 07:26:
Over 17 thousand ultra-poor people from Kasungu under the SCTP can now afford a smile
Over 17 thousand ultra-poor people from Kasungu district under the social cash transfer progra...
2021-01-11 11:52:
Government Eyes Nationwide E-payment for SCTP Beneficiaries
Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare says it is striving to scale out Social Cash Transfer (S...
2021-01-11 11:43:
Government plans to train SCTP beneficiaries
The government is revealing plans of training beneficiaries of the Social Cash Transfer Progra...
2021-01-11 11:37:
President Lazarus Chakwera's 1st State of National Address
'Restoring the Warm Heart of Africa'
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday de...
2020-10-22 01:46:
Ireland gives Malawi K1.3 billion for Mtukula Pakhomo
The Irish Government has provided €1.5 million (K1.3 billion) to the Government of Malawi’ So...
2020-10-22 01:40:
Malawi launches cash aid for poor amid COVID-19 pandemic
Malawi launches cash aid for poor amid COVID-19 pandemic, Government to give $40 monthly payments...
2020-10-22 01:24:
Social Cash Transfer Inquries
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