National Information System for Social Assistance

National Information System for Social Assistance (NISSA) is a single registry or database that was launched in 2010, solely to help the Lesotho Government for coordination of social protection programmes, to store socio-economic data for targeting, planning and management of functions such as delivery of social payments, case management, monitoring and evaluation of Social Assistance programmes such as Child Grant Program This program will help to ensure that the country has an updated database that would enhance the targeting of social protection programs aimed at reducing vulnerability of poorest of the poor households and strengthening the responsiveness of social assistance programs during shocks such as drought.