R-CFW
KITWE CITY COUNCIL

Revised Cash for Work

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT • COMMUNITY ASSETS • DIGNITY & INCLUSION

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About the Programme

The Cash for Work (CFW) Programme is a government social protection intervention designed to provide temporary employment opportunities to vulnerable Zambians while supporting the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of community assets.

The R-CFW can be understood as a conditional cash transfer programme, where the conditionality is the willingness to work on the part of the participants.

The R-CFW is generally a task-based and labour-intensive programme aimed at providing immediate financial relief to individuals in exchange for their labour on temporary public works. Government has therefore prioritised public works, which have become an important aspect of the country's response to poverty and unemployment.

At a Glance

🇿🇲 Type: Government social protection intervention

🔁 Model: Conditional cash transfer — the condition is willingness to work

🧱 Approach: Task-based, labour-intensive public works

🎯 Purpose: Immediate financial relief + community assets

Program Objectives

Overall objective: to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable individuals through the provision of temporary employment opportunities.

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Provide temporary employment opportunities to vulnerable individuals.

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Stimulate local and rural economic activities through increased productivity in local community development projects.

3

Improve community infrastructure.

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Promote social inclusion by employing women, youth, and Persons with Disabilities from poor households and rural communities.

5

Promote climate change resilience and adaptation.

Benefits of the Revised Cash for Work

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Reduces Poverty & Hunger

Immediate financial relief for vulnerable households.

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Promotes Human Development

Improved nutrition, health, education and gender equality.

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Builds Social Cohesion

Increases self-respect and builds dignity.

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Promotes Inclusive Growth

Reduces inequality across communities.

Who Qualifies? (Eligibility Criteria)

Beneficiaries targeted and selected under the R-CFW include:

  • ✓Zambians aged between 18 to 59 years, with National Registration Cards (NRC).
  • ✓Individuals not in formal employment, but willing to work.
  • ✓Individuals resident within the boundaries of the district/constituency for not less than 6 months.
  • ✓Individuals not currently benefiting from cash-based assistance initiatives.
  • ✓Individuals who are receiving any relief foods from the Government.
  • ✓Persons with Disabilities willing to work.
  • ✓Female individuals willing to work.
  • ✓Individuals who dropped off the Expanded/Emergency Social Cash Transfer, and are willing to work.
💳 R-CFW PAYMENT SYSTEM

How Payments Work

Once the works have been certified, payments are made through mobile money platforms.

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📱 Mobile Money Requirements

  • 1All beneficiaries must provide mobile phone numbers registered in their own names, matching the names on their National Registration Card (NRC).
  • 2Those without phone numbers must acquire a SIM card for receiving the money.

Interested in Cash for Work?

Contact the Council or visit your Ward Development Committee to find out how to take part.

✉ Contact the Council 📞 Call: +260966445000

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