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KENYA
Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT–OVC)
Programme
Country
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Previous programme name (if any)
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Programme objectives
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Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
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Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
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duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage
Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT–OVC)
Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa
The pilot started in 2004 and was formally
approved by the Cabinet in 2007.
To strengthen the capacity of poor people to care for and protect orphans
and vulnerable children (OVC); encourage the fostering and retention of
OVC within their families and communities; and promote the development
of human capital of OVC. 1
Conditional and unconditional cash transfer (depending
on whether beneficiaries live in areas with limited access
to education and health facilities). 2
Beneficiary households should provide for the care and protection of
OVC: primary school attendance of all eligible children and attendance
of younger children at health centres for immunisations and other
health interventions. 2
Geographical targeting combined with community-based targeting,
proxy means-testing and categorical targeting.
OVC, persons living with HIV/AIDS, people
who are severely ill and people with disabilities.
Poor households with at least one OVC aged 0–17 years with at least
one deceased parent, or whose parent or main caregiver is chronically
ill or has a severe disability.
Fixed cash transfers
KES2,000 (around USD21) per month
Bi-monthly
The benefits are delivered either through the post office
(Postal Corporation of Kenya—PCK) or via the Equity Bank. 3
Caregiver
The programme reaches around 260,000 households.
The coverage is expected to rise to 360,000 households in 2016. 4
Programme expenditure USD26 million (0.08 per cent of GDP) (fiscal year 2010) 3
Institutions and agencies involved Government of Kenya; UNICEF; UK Department for International
Development (DFID); Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (SIDA); International Development Association (IDA) 5
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
Constituency Social Assistance Committees (CSAC) and Location
OVC Committees (LOC) monitor programme performance at the
local level to ascertain receipt of benefits and household compliance
with conditionalities. 2
See the references on page 172: Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC)
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