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GAMBIA<br />
Family Strengthening Programme<br />
Programme<br />
Country<br />
Geographic area<br />
Family Strengthening Programme<br />
The Gambia<br />
Sub-Saharan Africa<br />
Previous programme name (if any)<br />
Start date 2011<br />
Programme objectives<br />
To strengthen income-generation capacities<br />
and livelihood security of poor and vulnerable families. 1<br />
Programme type<br />
Conditional cash transfer<br />
Programme components<br />
Conditionalities (if any)<br />
The programme requires beneficiaries<br />
to use their grants to start their own businesses. 1<br />
Targeting methods<br />
Categorical targeting<br />
Target areas<br />
Target groups Vulnerable families 1<br />
Eligibility criteria<br />
The targeted families have to be large families,<br />
‘broken homes’ or widow-headed households. 1<br />
Eligibility reassessment (if any)<br />
Type of benefits<br />
Cash<br />
Amount of benefits<br />
GMD2,000 for each household; GMD5,000 extra for successful<br />
businesses (linked to a microcredit scheme) after one year. 1<br />
Payment/delivery frequency<br />
Benefit delivery mechanism<br />
Benefit recipients Head of the household 1<br />
Minimum and maximum<br />
duration of benefits (if any)<br />
Coverage 130 rural and urban families (in the first year). 1<br />
Programme expenditure<br />
Institutions and agencies involved Department of Social Welfare (DSW); Adult and Elderly Care Unit 1<br />
Monitoring and evaluation<br />
mechanisms and frequency<br />
See the references on page 170: Family Strengthening Programme<br />
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