n 2011, the Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs (BoLSA), Regional Government of Tigray, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced the Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP) in two woredas, Abi Adi and Hintalo Wajirat. The SCTPP aims to improve the quality of life for vulnerable children, older persons, and persons with disabilities. It has three overarching objectives: -Generate information on the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and impact of a social cash transfer scheme administered by the local administration. -Reduce poverty, hunger, and starvation in all households that are extremely poor and at the same time labor constrained; and -Increase access to basic social welfare services such as healthcare and education.