Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:59:36 +0000 By VIOLET TEMBO GOVERNMENT has increased the number of beneficiaries under the social cash transfer scheme on the Copperbelt to 550,000, says Ministry of Community and Development Minister Emerine Kabanshi. Ms. Kabanshi said in Ndola yesterday that the facility was being spread across Zambia and she was in the province to ensure that all districts were not left out. Speaking when she paid a courtesy call at cabinet office, Ms Kabanshi said the facility targeted the poorest in communities. She said her ministry would run the facility in an inclusive manner with beneficiaries not only the aged and physically challenged but as well as youths in secondary schools. She said that her ministry was targeting to empower 16,000 girls in secondary schools. Ms Kabanshi said the Government was on track to ensure that adolescent girls attained education which was critical for the development of the nation. She said […]
