By Bazilio Chingoli 

Ntcheu, March 11, Mana: Beneficiaries of Social Cash Transfer Program popularly known as Mtukula Pankhomo in Ntcheu District have hailed the program for transforming their livelihoods.

Speaking on Monday during Media tour on the program's impact, Jane Sakaiko one of the beneficiaries at Chiluzi Village in the area of Traditional Authority Ganya, said the program has enabled them to live a dignified life by providing them with their daily needs.

"l have managed to venture into goat farming from the money I received through the program and am living happily with my three children than before," she said.

Another beneficiary, Patrick Sipiyano from kuntomba Village Traditional Authority Ganya said he invested the money into fish business and he is making a lot of profits where he has managed to buy a bicycle and build a house and a kitchen both with iron sheets.

Social Welfare Officer responsible for SCTP in the district, Catherine Ngoleka, has advised beneficiaries of the program to use the money efficiently and keep safe automated teller machine card (ATMs) and passwords to avoid fraud.

Ngoleka adds that the program aims at alleviating poverty among ultra-poor families and that the beneficiaries in the district are receiving their money using E- payments through FDH Bank hence the need to be careful.

Ntcheu District has 114 clusters with 14,347 beneficiaries of SCTP with funding from Irish Aid.