Africa-Press – Angola. The president of the 8th Committee of the National Assembly, Clarice Mukinda, defended this Friday, in Luanda, the inclusion of families who have children with disabilities in the social monetary transfer program (Kwenda).
The deputy was speaking to the press at the end of a meeting that the parliamentary committee, which deals with matters of Family, Children and Social Action, held with the head of social policies at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Angola, Loise Moreira Daniels.
For the parliamentarian, the eligibility framework for people with access to these monetary social transfers should also include families that have children under five with a disability.
Representative Clarice Mukinda considered UNICEF as a partner of AN with whom she has had several technical meetings to better analyze the issues that affect people with disabilities in Angola.
He stated that, in recent days, they have been receiving many people at the “Casa das Leis” demanding their rights.
According to the deputy, in terms of legislation on the subject, the country is not doing so badly, and the problem lies in its implementation.
For her part, the head of social policies at UNICEF in Angola revealed that 656 thousand children in Angola live with some disability.
He explained that the data held by this international organization are from the 2014 census, which showed a prevalence of 2.5 percent of children with disabilities in the country.
He called for the population’s participation in the 2024 sense, which starts in July.
According to the UNICEF official, the 2024 census contains a questionnaire about children with disabilities.
Created in 2020, Kwenda is an Angolan Executive program that aims to support the most vulnerable families.
Operated by the Social Support Fund, the project covers four components, namely Monetary Social Transfers, Productive Inclusion, Municipalization of Social Action and Strengthening of the Single Social Registry.
It is valued at US$420 million and is financed by the World Bank, with US$320 million. The other 100 million comes from the National Treasury.
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