DPM TO DISH CASH GRANTS TO E10 000 OVCS

MBABANE – About 18 000 orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs)from four constituencies will be receiving cash grants from the Deputy Prime Minister’s (DPM) office.

This is through the implementation of an OVC Social Safety Net Pilot Project with the technical and financial support of the World Bank and European Union.

The DPM, Paul Dlamini, in an interview said the money ranged from E100 to E200.
He said children aged between zero to five years would receive E100 w

hile those aged 6-11 would receive E150 and those above 12-18 would get E200.
According to the Principal Secretary in the DPMs office’, Khangeziwe Mabuza, the programme is aimed at providing a regular and predictable cash transfer to chronic and extreme poor households with orphans and vulnerable children in order to promote fostering and human capital development of the children.

“The project is currently being implemented in four pilot constituencies, one constituency per region namely Madlangempisi, Mkhiweni, Hlane and Somntongo,” said the PS through a press statement.

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