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Guinea-Bissau to start vulnerable family aid payments on 20 October

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Guinea-Bissau’s Directorate of Social Protection, Solidarity and Family has postponed the start of the fifth payment under the Vulnerable Family Programme to 20 October, after it was initially scheduled for 19 October. Payment is therefore due to begin on Tuesday, the administration said in a statement relayed by Rádio Somos Todos Primos.

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