Publication: 03 Jun 2016
The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP), locally known as the Mtukula Pakhomo, is an unconditional cash transfer programme targeted to ultra-poor, labour- constrained households. This programme is implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MoGCDSW). Financial support derives from various technical and financial Development Partners including KfW, Irish Aid, the European Union, World Bank and the Government of Malawi. The SCTP began as a pilot in Mchinji district in 2006 and after the first pilot year, expanded to six other districts. The project has experienced impressive growth since the beginning of 2012. The programme covers eighteen of the twenty-eight districts in Malawi and as of June 2016 has reached around 170,000 households, 757, 000 household members and 459,000 beneficiary children (aged 0-17 years old). As such, without any doubt, the SCTP has significantly and positively had impacts on its beneficiaries.
