P a g e | 51 Administrative Lesotho provides social security to its citizens based on the SDAC Minimum Package of Services. This is domesticated in the OVC Policy 2006, the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Interim National Development Framework 2009-2011, Gender and Development Policy, as well as the IECCD Policy. MoSD facilitates with its partners several forms of public assistance. The financial burden of these was taken over by GoL in 2013. School bursaries were funded by Global Fund and are paid to vulnerable households to cover the cost of school fees and books. Bursaries are also paid to provide children with access to services by obtaining identification cards, passports and birth certificates. Separate one-off grants are available from MoET for the cost of uniforms. Cash Grants & Conditional Cash Grants are paid monthly to eligible vulnerable households. The amount of the allowance is based on the number of vulnerable children in the household. Eligibility for Public Assistance is determined by MoSD social workers. Due to the shortage of funds sufficient to pay all eligible beneficiaries, households may at the discretion of the social worker, be given food packages in the interim. The amount of Public Assistance payable to households reduced by over 20% from 41.3 million Rand to R32.5 million Rand in 2013. Distribution of Public Assistance Programme by district, 2009 Source: MOHSW (2010)