Twenty-nine thousand people in Sierra Leone receive Covid-19 emergency cash transfers

Submitted by socpro on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 16:53
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In demonstration of its continual commitments to the fight against Covid-19; NaCSA (the National Commission for Social Action) is providing a one-off cash transfer of One Million Three Hundred and Nine Thousand Leones (SLL 1,309,00) to twenty-nine Thousand (29,000) Sierra Leoneans in Western Area districts and regional headquarter towns.

The Covid-19 Emergency Cash Transfer Programme is funded by the Government of Sierra Leone and the World Bank and it targets households with vulnerable informal sector workers including those working in micro and small enterprises and low paid workers in the service sector in the capital of Freetown and its environs and regional headquarter towns of Bo, Port Loko, Kenema and Makeni.

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