Mambwe District in Eastern Province has started paying education grants to eligible girls under the Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihood (GEWEL) Phase Two Keeping Girls in School (KGS) project.
Mambwe District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Rodgers Champemba says a total of 1,536 vulnerable girls from Social Cash Transfer (SCT) households have been enlisted on the project.
Mr. Champemba said the girls will receive K800 each, culminating to a total of K1,228,800.
He added that the funds that the girls were receiving are from the phase three payments of education grants under 2025.
He said the programme was being supported by the government, in conjunction with the World Bank.
Mr. Champemba said the benefitting girls have been categorised in 27 reachable zones across the District.
