Social grants: Livelihoods Support for Women and the Most Vulnerable in Rural and Urban areas

Aims to support 46,000 chronically vulnerable households across rural and urban areas. Social grants will take the form of cash transfers delivered through the digital payments platform in both urban and rural communities under AF2. FPs, engaged by UNOPS through Sub-Grants, will facilitate the delivery of social grants.  

  1. Supports households who are not able to participate in work activities (cash for work or labor-intensive works) due to extreme vulnerability.

  2. Targets include female-headed households, IDPs, families of drug addicts, and persons with disabilities.

  3. Beneficiary lists developed through community vulnerability mapping during early project phases.

  4. Assistance provided as cash grants in rural and urban areas.

Sub-Component 3b: Women’s Economic Activities

Introduced under additional financing to boost women’s livelihoods in 6 pilot regions.

The activities will continue in AF2 with adjustment to increase the size of asset transfers and provide additional skills training and market linkages support.

It is estimated that an average of 15 de-facto FHHs per rural community will be covered per rural community, with an estimated total target of 25,800 households under AF2.

  1. Provides training sessions with asset-transfers in two core livelihood activities: poultry farming and kitchen gardens.

  2. Each eligible household will be provided with assets worth around US$230 depending on their choice of activity with the cascade of trainings to the beneficiary women handled by the 5 FPs.