The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP), also known as Mtukula Pakhomo, is currently underway and as of March 2019, approximately 280 thousand households have enrolled to the program. The SCTP covers all 28 districts in Malawi and focuses on the ultra-poor and labor constrained households in this country.
The firm was hired to continue co-managing the SCTP program until December 2019. Duties include the financial management of the program resources, coordinating the operational activities, supervising the procurement procedures, and providing support in the management and maintenance of the SCTP Management Information System (MIS).
As per SCTP regulations, retargeting is required every four years to see if beneficiaries still meet the program’s eligibility criteria. The process recollects beneficiary household data and its results determine if beneficiaries can remain or are to leave the program. After participating in previous consultancies, we were hired for a new contract with the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MoGCDSW) for this present stage. In addition to co-managing the program, this new stage also includes the provision of technical assistance in the design and implementation of retargeting, recertification, and activities for non-recertified households (beneficiaries who cannot continue in the SCTP). The firm is also cooperating with Unified Beneficiary Registry (UBR) Unit to secure a smooth data collection process in all 14 districts (districts financed by KFW and the EU). For this, the firm prepares material and coordinates training activities of field staff, supervising spot check activities.
This consultancy includes development of technical documentation, guidelines and training materials for these new processes, and developing of new functionalities for the SCTP MIS to assist in the implementation for the retargeting and for the non-recertified households’ processes.
We remain firm in our commitment in providing quality service and supporting the implementation of the SCTP so that beneficiaries can have a better quality of life!
DATE: MARCH 14, 2019
