A 96 year old blind woman of Makunka area in Livingstone, who has been living in a ramshackle, has been identified by the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, in order to support her.
This is in an effort to put Ms Maria Syampwili Mukasibukandu on the social cash transfer programme in the shortest period of time.
Officers from the Ministry located the old lady who also has a problem with hearing and in need of basic needs such as blankets, clothes, food and proper shelter, to see how her situation can be changed.
Ms Mukasibukandu’s situation has now worsened and requires that she benefits from the programme, so that she can have access to a stable monthly income to support her.
The Ministry officers who visited her agreed with her granddaughter whose husband is also sick, to provide immediate needs such as shelter, food, and other items in the interim as they wait for her to be included on the programme.
Meanwhile, Minister of Community Development and Social Services, Ms Doreen Mwamba who was in touch with the officers, has pledged to support all the efforts to take care of the woman, considering that she has suffered a lot and is advanced in age.
Ms Mwamba further said the New Dawn government will prioritize issues to do with vulnerable people, hence the continued call to identify as many people as possible especially the old people in order for them to be included on many social protection programmes.
