THE Ministry of Community Development and Social Services has launched the revised Social Cash Transfer (SCT) and Public Welfare Assistance Scheme (PWAS) guidelines. Key improvements contained in these revised guidelines include strengthened targeting and enrolment processes to ensure that the right households are identified and supported, as well as enhanced payment systems with stronger safeguards to protect public resources, among others. Speaking during the launch, Minister of Community Development and Social Services Doreen Mwamba said the revised guidelines also contain streamlined coordination across national, provincial, district and community levels to promote efficiency and uniform implementation. “PWAS has a long and proud history, dating back to the 1950s. From supporting war veterans, to caring for HIV/AIDS-orphaned children, to repatriating stranded persons,...