By Wongani Mkandawire

Nkhotakota, November 7, Mana: Nkhotakota District Council says the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) retargeting exercise, it conducted, was successful, as majority of households were approved by the Council.

Speaking to Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Wednesday, Principal Social Welfare Officer for Nkhotakota, Osward Mwale, said despite an increase in the number of beneficiaries from 7,701 to 8,745, the exercise had little inclusion and exclusion errors.

“The retargeting exercise was successful, many of the selected households have already been approved by the Council. Other than the few errors we had in some centres of the system selecting some households already benefiting from the climate smart enhanced public works program; we can say the exercise was a success,” said Mwale.

Mwale expressed satisfaction with the use of the Unified Beneficiary Registry (UBR) saying it was paramount as it has helped in terms of easy identification of households to benefit from the program.

District Commissioner for Nkhotakota, Ben Matengeni Tohno, said the Council’s intention was to have the rightful deserving people on board as beneficiaries of the program.

Beneficiaries in the World Bank funded SCTP, receive an average amount of K14,919 per household per month, to be able to meet their basic needs and build resilience.