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
Darin Ottenhoff, dottenhoff@mercycorps.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
- Marta Coppel, marta.coppel@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,sapenzie.ojiambo@calpnetwork.org. The two Co-Chairs are Sahara Ibrahim, Sahara.Ibrahim@care.org and Hiba AbouSwaid, hiba.abouswaid@wfp.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: Georgios Frantzis, Frantzis@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
Regional CWG West and Central Africa Meeting December 9 2020
Régional CWG meeting on CVA and Covid19
Regional CWG West and Central Africa Meeting 6 April 2022
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
- Guilherme Otero – guotero@iom.int
- Cecilia Alvarado – alvaradc@unhcr.org
Contacts
| Ouagadougou | PAM | ||
| Boureima Ouedraogo | FAO | Boureima.Ouedraogo@fao.org |
Contacts
| Yaounde | Dancan Ndhlovu | PAM | duncan.ndhlovu@wfp.org |
| Olivier – Charlie Rapoport | CashCap | cashcap.advisor.cameroun@gmail.com | |
| Thierry NDAYI | PAM | thierry.ndayi@wfp.org | |
| Michel Gouenet | Plan International | Michel.Gouenet@plan-international.org |
| Bangui | Eve Le Dem | OCHA | ledem@un.org |
| Waleed Rashwan | PAM | waleed.rashwan@wfp.org | |
| Boncana MAIGA | OCHA | maiga41@un.org | |
| David Jones | Concern | David.Jones@concern.net |
Contacts
| Ndjamena | Thierry Mbaiadom | PAM | thierry.mbaiadom@wfp.org |
| Miguel Serrano | OCHA | serranom@un.org | |
| Patrice Masra | Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe | patrice.masra@diakonie-katastrophenhilfe.org |
- Diego Prado – dprado@mercycorps.org
- Ana Maria Restrepo – arestrepo@co.acfspain.org
- Isabel Molés – molespov@unhcr.org
Contacts
| National | Paul de Carvalho-Pointillart | OCHA | pointillart@un.org |
| Jenifer Price | Mercy Corps | jeprice@mercycorps.org |
- Meaghan Donah – Meaghan.donah@wfp.org
- Jahnna Jimenez – jjimenez@hn.goal.ie
- Monica Tobar – monica.tobar@care.org
- Livio Mercurio – livio.mercurio@wfp.org
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
Chair of the Ethiopian CWG: Tawil Ahmed Adel
atawil@iom.int
Co-Chair: Serkalem Getachew
serkalem.getachew@care.org
Co-Chair: Samson Muradzikwa
smuradzikwa@unicef.org
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- Alicia Camey – aliciamagdalena.camey@crs.org
- Eduardo Gomez – egomez@ca.acfspain.org
Enoc Murillo, Co-lead:
emurilloh@ca.acfspain.org
Claudia Torres, Co-lead:
claudia.torres@crs.org
Contact information
Website:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/indonesia/cash-working-group
CWG Lead: Mireia Termes
Contact: mireia.termes@wfp.org
CWG Co-Lead: Majid Shah
Contact: mashah@mercycorps.org
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Common Cash Facility Co-chair: Heba Azaizeh
Contact: azaizeh@unhcr.org
Basic Needs Working Group Co-chair: Veena Krishnamoorthy
Contact: krishnam@unhcr.org
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The co-chairs of the Kenya Cash Working Group are James Oduor, james.oduor@ndma.go.ke and Fredrick Mbok, orimba.fredrick@redcross.or.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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The government co-leads are Bruno Emmanuel Randriaharihaja,be.randriaharihaja@outlook.com and Solofonirina Landry. The co-chairs are Elena Celada, ecelada@unicef.org and Solofonirina Claudia Rakotoarison,srakotoarison@unicef.org
The co-chair of the Malawi Cash Working Group is Kennedy Nyirenda kennedy.nyirenda@concern.net
Contact
| Alice Hallalel | PAM | alice.hallalel@wfp.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 |
Abraham Gonzalez, Co-lead:
abgonzalez@iom.int
Morgane Bellion, Co-lead:
MBellion@ChildFund.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.
Contacts
| Niamey | Leger Bruggeman | PAM | leger.bruggeman@wfp.org |
| Fadima Soumana | OCHA | soumanaf@un.org |
Contacts
| Maiduguri | Arnel Limpiada | CRS | Arnel.Limpiada@crs.org |
| Chuwudi Ukanacho | OCHA | ukanacho@un.org |
National Cash Coordinator : Luca Sangalli
Contact: lsangalli@pt.acfspain.org
Gaza Cash Coordinator: Jessa Serna
Contact: jessa.serna@un.org
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Contact information
Farman Khilji, khilji@un.org and Samin Ullah Afridi afridi1@un.org,
Additional information
- 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
The co-chairs of the Somalia Cash Working Group are Mary Karanja, mary.karanja@wfp.org and Francesca Sangiorgi francesca.sangiorgi@concern.net .
The coordinator of the South Sudan Cash Working Group is Ali Mansoor, amansoor@iom.int,
Coordinator
Abandokht, CashCap – IOM
asarkarati@iom.int
Co-leads
Asar UL Haq Email: mulhaq@iom.int
David Thomas Email: david.thomas@wfp.org
The co-chair of the Sudan Cash Working Group is Yasmine Bannaga (yasmine.bannaga@wfp.org).
Syria – Whole of Syria
CWG Advisor: Fe Kagahastian
Contact: cashcap.syria@gmail.com
Syria – Damascus based
CWG Lead: Mohamad MARJI
Contact: mohamad.marji@wfp.org
CWG Co-Lead:Johannes Sahmland Bowling
Contact: jsahmland@caritas.ch
CWG Advisor: Mareike Tobiasen
Syria – NWS
CWG Lead: Bindal Guner
Contact: bindal.guner@care.org
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The co-chairs of the Uganda Cash Working Group are Stephan Deutscher stephan.deutscher@wfp.org, Helene Smith smithh@unhcr.org and Jamal Abu Musa, abumusa@unhcr.org
Nataliya Chervinska, nataliya.chervinska@acted.org
Andreas Schuetz, schuetza@un.org
Juliane Genlser, juliane.gensler@un.org
- David Sanz – David.SanzIbayondo@fao.org
- Valentina Troconis – valentina.troconis@savethechildren.org
Contact information
Van Nguyen
van.Nguyen@ifrc.org
Thaianh Nguyen
thaianh.Nguyen@fao.org
CWG Advisor: Rabeea Ahmed
Contact: rabeea.ahmed@un.org
CWG Co-Lead: Abdulrazzaq Saleh
Contact: abdulrazzaq.saleh@un.org
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The co-chairs of the Zimbabwe Cash Working Group are Debbie Gourlay, debbie.gourlay@wfp.org and Abel Whande, abelwh@carezimbabwe.org
Co-Chair
Andreas Deuble,WFP
andreas.deuble@wfp.org
Co-Chair
Clayton Mafuratidze, CARE
ClaytonMa@carezimbabwe.org