Cash Working Groups
A Cash Working Group (or Basic Needs Working Group in some responses) is a forum which facilitates the coordination of cash and voucher assistance within a humanitarian response. Functions of Cash Working Groups (CWGs) can include coordinating on issues such as transfer values, targeting, delivery mechanisms, MEB development, and harmonizing tools and guidance. CWGs might be established at both national and regional levels depending on the scope and scale of a response.
Cash Working Group – Regional/Global Focus
US & Canada
Holly Radice, holly.radice@calpnetwork.org
Steering Committee Members:
Benjamin Phillips, BPhillips@ChildFund.org
Qundeel Khattak, qkhattak@savechildren.org
Cash Working Group-R4V
Web page: https://www.r4v.info/
Contact: cbi.rwg@gmail.com
Latin America and the Caribbean CWG Leads’ meetings
Actas de reunión de líderes de GTM de las Américas
The regional CWG Leads meet every two months to share updates and discuss common thematic issues. (Invitation only)
- Contacts:
- Holly Radice, holly.radice@calpnetwork.org
- Diego Prado, diego.prado@calpnetwork.org
The Asia-Pacific Regional Cash Working Group is supported by a co-chairing arrangement between WFP, IFRC and OCHA.
Contact information
Daniel Gilman
gilmand@un.org
Mulugeta HANDINO
mulugeta.handino@wfp.org
Vlad Cozma
vlad.cozma@wfp.org
Additional information
The Chair is Sapenzie Ojiambo, CALP Network: sapenzie.ojiambo@calpnetwork.org.
The Co-Chair is Zhou, Tinomuzivashi, Plan International: Tinomuzivashi.zhou@plan-international.org
The Global Cash Working Group (GCWG) is a platform for actors to collaborate and address key issues related to cash and voucher assistance (CVA). The GCWG seeks to link global cash initiatives and actors more systematically with evidence from and best practice in the field and the broader humanitarian system.
- Contacts: Eunice Mwende, Juliet Lang, lang@un.org, Lynn Yoshikawa, lynn.yoshikawa@calpnetwork.org
- Web page: https://www.calpnetwork.org/community/cash-working-groups/global-cash-working-group/
- The platform focuses on sharing information and other key developments, including pieces of work and learnings from the MENA region.
- In addition, four communities of practice focused on localization, MPC, social protection linkages, and health convene online to share learnings and develop common tools, or guidance notes.
- Contact for all MENA groups: Crys Chamaa, crys.chamaa@calpnetwork.org
The PRCWG seeks to strengthen collaboration on CVA in both disaster preparedness and response, as well as financial access & inclusion, social protection and other economic inclusion and/or market-based programming involving the transfer of cash or voucher payments to households.
- Lead: Ali Mansoor, Mansoor@WFP.org
- Co-lead: TBC
- Website: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/pacific-region/pacific-regional-cash-working-group-prcwg
| Co-Chair | Sharon Sibanda | WVI | Sharon_Sibanda@wvi.org |
| Co-Chair | Bhekithemba NCUBE | WFP | bhekithemba.ncube@wfp.org |
Contacts
- Abdoulaye Hamidou
abdoulaye.hamidou@calpnetwork.org - Mirko Tommasi
mirko.tommasi@calpnetwork.org
All the WCAF regional Cash Working Group minutes and recordings are available here
Cash Working Group – Country Focus
Contact information
- Kajal Ahmed Leon, kajal@iscgcxb.org
- Website: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/bangladesh/transfers-working-group
Additional information
Contact information:
Secretariat: Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact Person: Azra Bričić, azra@rcsbh.org
- Cecilia Alvarado – alvaradc@unhcr.org
Contacts
Alpha Keita
(Co-lead, WFP )
E-mail : alpha.keita@wfp.org
Sarata J. Estelle KABORE
(Co-lead, CRS)
E-mail : sarata.kabore@crs.org
| Position/Role | Name | Organization | ||
| Co-Lead | Saadia Yahouza Iro Kode | UNOCHA | yahouzairo@un.org | |
| Co-Lead | Arcade NIMUBONA | Government | sep.arcade@gmail.com | |
| Co-lead | Robert OKIROR | WFP | robert.okiror@wfp.org |
Contacts
| Yaounde | |||
| Thierry NDAYI | WFP | thierry.ndayi@wfp.org | |
| Michel Gouenet | Plan International | Michel.Gouenet@plan-international.org |
| Serge Arnaud Beremwoudougou | WFP | serge.beremwoudougou@wfp.org |
| Valerie Van Zutphen | CONCERN | Valerie.Zutphen@concern.net |
| Eric Kouassi | OCHA | koiekouassi@un.org |
| Ndo-Neting Zaboua Sogboua | OCHA | zabouasogboua@un.org |
Contacts
Co-chair programmatique (OXFAM)
Hadaogo Yougbare
Co-chair non-programmatique (OCHA)
Miguel Serrano Palero
- Sebastián Romero sebastian.romero@savethechildren.org
- Yaneth Garzón egarzon@co.acfspain.org
Contacts
Co-chair programmatique (Mercy Corps)
SANI Dan Aoude
Co-chair non-programmatique (OCHA)
Rickain Kalanda Lubo
- Meaghan Donah meaghan.donah@wfp.org
- Jahnna Jimenez jahnna.jimenez@wfp.org
- Gianluigi Pala (ACNUR), PALA@unhcr.org
- Sonia Cárdenas, scardenas@cruzroja.org.ec
Henry Montano, Lead:
henry.montano@wfp.org
Cristina Galvez, Lead:
cristina.galvez@wfp.org
Brenda Liliana de Cid, Co-lead:
brenda.delcid@savethechildren.org
Ludin Chavez, co-lead
Ludin.Chavez@savethechildren.org
| Co-chairs | Danger Nhlabatsi | Red Cross | dnhlabatsi@redcross.org.sz |
| Bheki Ginindza | WFP | bheki.ginindza@wfp.org | |
| Victor Mahlalela | NDMA | victor@ndma.org.sz | |
| Zakhele Dlamini | WVI | zakhele_dlamini@wvi.org |
| Coordinator(Secretary) | Tawil Ahmed Adel | IOM | atawil@iom.int | |
| Coordination support lead | Nurhussen Feki | Ethiopia CWG | coordination_support@ethiopia-cwg.org> | |
| Technical Co-Chair | Mitiku, Masresha | Plan International | Masresha.Mitiku@plan-international.org | |
| Technical Co-Chair | Samson Muradzikwa | UNICEF | smuradzikwa@unicef.org | |
Siara Costa, World Vision: siara.costa@wveu.org
Sweta Kannan, German Federal Foreign Office: s08-6@auswaertiges-amt.de
Leonie Lietz, German Federal Foreign Office: s08-60@auswaertiges-amt.de
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- CBI ACNUR Guatemala: guagucbi@unhcr.org
- Francisco J. Lopez francisco_lopez@wvi.org
- Edwin Flores edwin_flores@wvi.org
Contact information
Website:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/indonesia/cash-working-group
ICF Lead: Mireia Termes
Contact: mireia.termes@wfp.org
ICF Co-Lead: Annette Savoca
Contact: annette.savoca@peopleinneed.net
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Contacts
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- FSBN WG chair: Mette Karlsen (karlsenm@unhcr.org)
- FSBN WG co-chair: Rolf Lienekogel (rolf.lienekogel@wfp.org)
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| CWG Co lead | Peter Murgor | Kenya Red cross | murgor.peter@redcross.or.ke |
| CWG Chair | Girma | Government-NDMA | hussein.jirma@ndma.go.ke |
Contact information
Dale Wilson
dale.Wilson@wfp.org
CWG Lead: Mauro Clerici
Contact: clericim@unhcr.org
Libya Cash Working Group is based in Tunisia.
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| Co-Lead-Partner Level | Irenee Arimanana Ravelojaona | UNICEF | iravelojaona@unicef.org |
| Lead-Government level | Dr RIVOMANANA Tsarahita Ghisbert | Government-Madagascar | ghisbert.dgps@gmail.com |
| Co-lead-Government level | Colonel Aritiana Faly Fabien | Government-Madagascar | aritiana23@yahoo.fr |
| Co-Chair | Mathias FUNSANANI | WFP | mathias.funsanani@wfp.org |
| Co-Chair | Steve Kamtimaleka | WFP | steve.kamtimaleka@savethechildren.org |
Contact
| Djibril Mimche Njoya | OCHA | djibril.njoya@un.org |
| Illa Mahamadou | UNHCR | illa@unhcr.org |
| Yacouba Basso | Oxfam | ybasso1@oxfam.org.uk |
Contacts
| Nouakchott | Fatimetou LAHWERTHI | PAM | fatimetou.lahwerthi@wfp.org |
| Moulaye Hassen Zeidane | MEF | moulayehz@gmail.com |
- Adrienne Alberti: alberti@unhcr.org
- Moises Maldonado: maldonam@unhcr.org
The co-chairs are Chiara Dara, WFP, chiara.dara@wfp.org (and Sanna Juntunen, WFP, sanna.juntunen@wfp.org, until August 2021) and Angelo Pontes, World Vision, angelo_pontes@wvi.org.
Contact: Safik Iraqi, siraqi@mercycorps.org
Nepal CCG website: https://response.reliefweb.int/asia-and-pacific/regional-cash-working-group/nepal-cwg
Contacts
| Niamey | Patient MAGANYA | WFP | patient.maganya@wfp.org |
| Fadima Soumana | OCHA | soumanaf@un.org |
National Cash Coordinator : Luca Sangalli
Contact: lsangalli@pt.acfspain.org
Gaza Cash Coordinator: Ahmad Abu Shammaleh
Contact: abushammaleha@un.org)
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Contact information
Chair: WFP: Sarah Torbey, sara.torbey@wfp.org
Co-Chair: FAO: Raja Jahangee, raja.jahangeer@fao.org
- Yoann Tuzzolino (WFP), yoann.tuzzolino@wfp.org
- Dora Thilman, tillmann@unhcr.org
- María Gracia Becerra, becerra@unhcr.org
- Polish Humanitarian Action
- Annika Sjoberg sjoberg@unhcr.org (interim)
- Government, co-chair
- Diana Tifor, tifor@unhcr.org
- Giuseppe Simeon – simeon@unhcr.org
Led by Social Policy Department
co-lead by Ms. Elizabeth Barnhart BARNHART@unhcr.org
| Co-Chair | Francesca Sangiorgi | Concern | francesca.sangiorgi@concern.net |
| Chair | Jessa Serna | WFP | jessa.serna@wfp.org |
South Sudan Cash Working Group:
| CWG Coordinator | MUHAMMAD USMAN | IOM/CashCap | umuhammad@iom.int |
| iacwgss@gmail.com | |||
| Co-Lead | Ibrahim Garba | CCD | ibrahim.garba@crs.org |
- Mira Bierbaum, mbierbaum@unicef.org
- Rangana Indrasena, rangana.indrasena@savethechildren.org
- Website: https://response.reliefweb.int/sri-lanka/cash-programming-working-group/reports
Sudan Cash Working Group
| Co-Lead | Nathalie Klein | WFP | nathalie.klein@wfp.org |
Syria – Whole of Syria
CWG Advisor: Fe Kagahastian
Contact: cashcap.syria@gmail.com
Syria – Damascus based
CWG Lead: Mourad Khawaja
Contact: mkhawaja@caritas.ch
Syria – NWS
CWG Lead: Bihter Moschini
Contact: cbr.twg@gmail.com
Syria-NES
CWG Deputy Coordinator: Zuhair Hassoon
Contact: cashdeputycoordnes@gmail.com
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Uganda Cash Working Group
| Coordinator | Stephan Deutscher | WFP | stephan.deutscher@wfp.org | |
| Cash Based Interventions Associate | Monther Alaff | UNHCR | alaff@unhcr.org | |
| Coordinator | Eunice Mwende | WFP | eunice.mwende@wfp.org |
Paul de Carvalho-Pointillart – pointillart@un.org
Marga Ledo – marga.ledo@nrc.no
Mustafa Hadeed – mhadeed@iom.int
- Claudia Gonzalez, claudia_gonzalezpacheco@wvi.org
- Alessandro Nigro, alessandro.nigro@crs.org
- Vanessa May, mayv@un.org
- Alfonso Zabaleta, alfonso.zabaleta@un.org
Contact information
Van Nguyen
van.Nguyen@ifrc.org
Thaianh Nguyen
thaianh.Nguyen@fao.org
CWG Adviser: Abdulrazzaq Saleh
Contact: abdulrazzaq.saleh@un.org
CWG Adviser: Elsy Ghanameh
Contact: elsy.ghanameh@drc.ngo
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| Co-Chair | Clayton Mafuratidze | CARE | ClaytonMa@carezimbabwe.org |
| Albert MURAISA | WFP | albert.muraisa@wfp.org |
Co-Chair
Andreas Deuble,WFP
andreas.deuble@wfp.org
Co-Chair
Clayton Mafuratidze, CARE
ClaytonMa@carezimbabwe.org