The impact of Covid-19 outbreak is in global proportions. It has widened the pool of indigents; throwing more people below the poverty line and deepening those already poor into abject poverty. Vaccine Network for Disease Control in collaboration with Social Development Secretariat of the FCT and other partners shared pallatives to care givers, orphans and vulnerable families.

Cash transfers was another way of supporting the poor and the vulnerable during these trying times. This approach introduced simple technology, as most of the transfers were done digitally.