Adapting to COVID-19 The Use of Cash & Markets in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

TIME: 08:00 am Washington DC/14:00 Geneva/20:00 Kuala Lumpur

This online event organized by the Cash Hub will include an update on the Lebanon: Beirut-Port Explosion Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) plans and also how CVA has been used in the Myanmar Rakhine Response to COVID-19. Speakers Include:

• Maysa Ibrahim – Basic Assistance Programme Manager, Lebanese Red Cross
• Bilal Shah – Cash Coordinator, IFRC
• Aye Aye Nyein – Director of Rakhine Operation Management Unit, Myanmar Red Cross

The webinar will last 1 hour and there will be a Q&A at the end of each talk. For the Q&A on the Rakhine response Aye Aye Nyein will be joined by:

• Moe Thida Win – Deputy Director, Distaster Management Department, Myanmar Red Cross
• Gurudatta Shirodkar, Livelihoods Delegate, IFRC, Myanmar CO

The webinar will be delivered in English