THE Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, in partnership with UNICEF, has launched Phase II of the United Nations Joint Programme on Social Protection (UNJSP-II), aimed at strengthening child safeguarding and addressing social-welfare issues. Speaking during a media workshop in Kabwe, Tuesday, Senior Community Development Officer Mzamose Zulu highlighted initiatives under the programme designed to empower vulnerable groups, especially women and farmers. Zulu said one such initiative was the Supporting Women’s Livelihood (SWL) intervention, which provided loans to women entrepreneurs without requiring collateral. “We have the second programme which is the Livelihood and Empowerment Support Scheme; supporting women’s livelihood initiative, I’m sure you’ve heard about the dual project. So, we’ve got a component, under the department of Community Development,...