Vulnerable households in Tajikistan to receive one-time emergency cash assistance

A statement released by a MoHSPP on August 3, in particular, says the second agreement on additional financing for the Tajikistan Emergency Covid-19 Project has been signed this year.

In August, 84,000 vulnerable families having children under 7 years old will receive the one-time emergency cash assistance.

In September-October, 56,000 vulnerable families having small children as well as having children between the ages of 7 and 16 under will receive the one-time emergency cash assistance.

In November-December, 25,000 vulnerable families having children with disabilities under 18 years old will receive the one-time emergency cash assistance. 

A MoHSPP says that last year, in the framework of the first such an agreement, about 70,000 vulnerable families having children under 3 years old received the cash assistance.  

Recall, the World Bank in February this year provided another US$12.57 million in grant financing for the Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 Project in addition to US$8.63 million approved for COVID-19 vaccines.  These additional resources has helped further strengthen Tajikistan’s heath care capacity and protect vulnerable population groups in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This project aims at providing necessary support to allow for accelerated economic recovery and the ability to help the country’s most vulnerable households.  Thus, one-time emergency cash assistance will be provided to vulnerable households across Tajikistan in order to mitigate the social impacts of the pandemic.

The original Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 Project, with a total financing of $11.3 million, was approved in April 2020 to support Tajikistan’s response to COVID-19.