Strategic Plan for Social Development (2012–2015).

The vision of the Strategic Plan for Social Development is a caring and integrated system of social services that facilitates human development and improves the quality of life. The mission therefore outlined by the instrument is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social services which protect the poor and vulnerable; create an enabling environment for sustainable development; and deliver integrated, sustainable, and quality services in partnership with all those committed to building a caring society.
The strategic goals in the medium term are, among others, to: reduce income poverty by providing social assistance to eligible individuals; increase household food security; create an enabling and conducive environment within which Non-Profit Organisations can operate; improve the quality of early childhood development services and increase their accessibility; facilitate social change and sustainable development, targeting youth and adults within their communities.
The plan seeks to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. One of the priorities is to ensure food for all. An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Food Security is established, jointly led by the Ministers of Social Development and of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, aimed at fighting food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition. The IMC has been tasked with delivering an integrated, intersectoral programme food security programme Female-headed households, children, people with disabilities, and people who fall prey to gaps in social assistance will be prioritized.