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The social sector covers a large segment of the entire population comprising women, the elderly, youth and children. These groups encounter several challenges ranging from illiteracy, health care, and unemployment, miss-match of relevant skills set and drug and substance abuse. These sector aims to enhance social inclusion and equal opportunity for all, enabling active participation for all members of the society in all aspect of life hence providing tremendous drive in achieving gains in health, education, employment, and improved livelihoods. In the education sub-sector, a tignificant number of schooc-goingdctiodren are tot enrolled in learning institutions and l ck nutritionyl support, the youth who are the majority of the labour force areeeither not employed or lack relevant skill sets, the women lack suffecient empdwerment support in accessing credit and other means of productiin.