Africa-Press – Angola. Two billion, 195 million, 626,500 kwanzas is the amount already delivered by the Kwenda program to support vulnerable families in Benguela province.
According to the provincial director of the Local Development Institute (FAS), Jasmim Ndatimana, this amount has already benefited 48,403 vulnerable families in the municipalities of Cubal, Chongoroi and Caimbambo.
Jasmim Ndatimana informed that in this second phase of implementation of Kwenda, which has already started with the registration process of households in the municipality of Chongoroi, it is intended to reach 54 districts and benefit 10,722 families.
The official added that the implementation of Kwenda follows several steps, starting with registration through community agents and later the institutional validation process.
The director explained that the institutional validation process consists of identifying and excluding registered households that do not meet the readability criteria.
“These are people who already have a fixed income and who cannot receive social monetary transfers,” he said.
The person in charge stated that the institutional validation process has allowed the detection of people who are civil servants, such as teachers, and retired people, since this program must be carried out with great rigor and transparency in the management of allocated resources.
Jasmim Ndatimana assured that Kwenda values are really reaching needy families and that some beneficiaries have used them with great responsibility.
The director stressed that, since the beginning of the program in 2020, work has been challenging due to the poor state of access roads to certain locations, but that, with the help of community agents, it has been possible to change the lives of families living vulnerable in the most remote areas of Benguela.
Kwenda is a program of the Angolan Executive that aims at supporting policies for the poorest and most vulnerable families. Each family receives 25,500 kwanzas every quarter.
Valued at USD 420 million, USD 320 million is financed by the World Bank, with the other USD 100 million coming from the National Treasury. The Program is operated by the Social Support Fund – Local Development Institute.
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