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He said once a household benefits from the programme, it will automatically access other social services support programmes in the country.
These include free education under the Basic Education Assistance Module, access to health services, farming inputs and food distribution schemes.
“Beneficiaries will be reviewed every five years to see if their situation has changed,” Mr Mhishi said.
He was speaking at a workshop on older persons organised by HelpAge Zimbabwe in Harare last week.
“Government has introduced a harmonised cash transfer system for poorest families, which will start running full swing in February,” Mr Mhishi said.
Apart from the elderly and child-headed families, households with large numbers of dependents and those with chronically-ill or persons living with disabilities will benefit.
The cash transfer system is being run under the National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children phase II.
It will run until 2015 and is being implemented with support from the Child Protection Fund.
Zimbabwe has introduced a number of safety nets to cushion the poor in the past few years.
Such programmes include food-for-work in which people carry out community projects then receive food packages.
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