[{"bbox": [146, 151, 1082, 209], "category": "Text", "text": "Development Department and Child Affairs Department responsible for implementing early childhood\ndevelopment, with comprehensive technical assistance and capacity building."}, {"bbox": [146, 214, 1082, 411], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (Local/District Authorities). The Action\nwill closely collaborate with District Councils to ensure that relevant district staff is oriented and trained\nto contribute to the implementation of development programmes, including social protection and\ngender. The Action will engage the ministry on decentralisation policy and related fiscal reforms. In\nlight of its increased role in the implementation of the SCTP, the Action will also work closely with the\nNational Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) that falls under the Ministry of Local\nGovernment."}, {"bbox": [146, 421, 1082, 477], "category": "Text", "text": "The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) will also be associated to this action for\naspects related to enhancing the predictability and quality of shock-sensitive social protection activities."}, {"bbox": [146, 495, 1082, 665], "category": "Text", "text": "Where relevant, the Action will join forces with Civil Society Organisations to complement\nGovernment's action in the areas of women's economic empowerment, resilience building and\nprovision of social services. The Action will engage District Authorities to design, implement, and\nmonitor activities under the proposed action, including Social Welfare Officers, Community\nDevelopment Officers, humanitarian structures (e.g. Disaster Risk Management and Relief and\nRehabilitation Officers), Nutrition Officers, and District Education Managers, among others."}, {"bbox": [146, 672, 329, 699], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Direct beneficiaries"}, {"bbox": [146, 708, 1082, 878], "category": "Text", "text": "The project will directly reach the beneficiaries of the SCTP programme in at least 7 districts (Zomba,\nMulanje, Mzimba, Mwanza, Neno, Nsanje and Chikwawa – the number of district may increase during\nimplementation). This means supporting the provision of regular cash transfers to at least 62,145\nhouseholds (72% of which female headed), for a total number of 266,778 beneficiaries (55.5% of which\nwomen, 10.2% between ages 15 and 29 and 7.7% between ages 25 and 35) identified in the UBR and\nthe Proxy Means Testing (PMT) formula adopted by the SCTP in vulnerable rural communities."}, {"bbox": [146, 886, 1082, 999], "category": "Text", "text": "Complementary Services will also be made available to the same set of beneficiaries as needed and to\ncommunity members recognised to be of similar status (e.g. for cash+ interventions) and as needed.\nSRHR and GBV related services and access to social services at large will be made available to the\nentire community via strategic entry points."}, {"bbox": [146, 1028, 664, 1060], "category": "Section-header", "text": "3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [146, 1093, 568, 1124], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs**"}, {"bbox": [146, 1138, 1082, 1191], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this Action is to empower Malawi's poorest and most vulnerable girls and women."}, {"bbox": [146, 1224, 617, 1251], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives** (S.O.) of this action are to"}, {"bbox": [146, 1254, 1071, 1281], "category": "List-item", "text": "S.O.1 Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Malawi National Social Support Programme;"}, {"bbox": [146, 1294, 988, 1349], "category": "List-item", "text": "S.O.2 Reinforce and institutionalise system's complementary services to support women's economic resilience and livelihoods;"}, {"bbox": [146, 1364, 975, 1391], "category": "List-item", "text": "S.O.3 Enhance access to social services by women and girls from vulnerable households."}, {"bbox": [146, 1434, 1072, 1461], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:"}, {"bbox": [146, 1475, 536, 1502], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Contributing to Specific Objective 1 –"}, {"bbox": [186, 1505, 1082, 1559], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Enhanced capacity of Government for policy and strategy development, implementation and coordination in the social protection sector."}, {"bbox": [976, 1680, 1082, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 24"}]