The Malawi red cross society has engaged into a covid 19 response program in which it is distributing cash to 3,150 households in some boarder districts.
The humanitarian organization says due to boarder restrictions imposed in the districts, businesses have shrunk which has resulted in a lot of people facing financial hardships.
The organisation's national Covid 19 coordinator, Roster Kufandiko said when distributing cash to some households at Ntaja in Machinga that communities in rural areas need urgent support to boost their businesses amidst the virus.
He said, : "Covid 19 has come with different effects which some are social and some are economical, so when we did a study on how some of the areas have been affected alongside Malawi government, we discovered that due to the restrictions in movement, some of the boarder businesses have been affected and people are not doing their businesses"
"Therefore, we thought of providing them with top up cash so that they can caution the loss that is coming because of the restrictions which are coming because of Covid 19."
According to Kufandiko, providing support to the communities will help limit people's movement in search of finances for their families if among the beneficiaries will be people who tested positive to Covid 19 and are not able to do their day to day income generating activities.
During the program, every household is to be given K15,000 for a period of 12 months in districts of Machinga, Mangochi, Ntcheu and Mzimba.
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