Poor women to get cash handouts The government is set to take up a cash handout programme for poor women, to be financed by the World Bank, to ensure proper nutrition for their children and better health for them. The programme will be run in the seven most poverty-prone districts; pregnant women and women with children below the age of five will receive Tk 200 to Tk 1,000 every quarter. The WB will extend $300 million for the project, $267 million of which will be handed out as cash to the beneficiaries. Pregnant women are entitled to Tk 200, which would be given when they go for check-ups to health centres every four months. Mothers with children aged 0-24 months will get Tk 500 when they take their child for monthly height and weight check-ups, while those with children aged 25-60 months are allowed Tk 1,000 on their quarterly visits to the health centres. All beneficiary women would have to attend child nutrition and development education sessions every month and will be given Tk 500 per visit. To remain consistent with the governments family planning policy, each beneficiary mother will be entitled to benefits for only the first and second born child, the WB project document said. bit.ly/12lJ2B2
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 02:23:46 +0000
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