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:
Tenzin Manell, TenzinM@wrcommission.org
Benjamin Phillips, BPhillips@ChildFund.org
Qundeel Khattak, qkhattak@savechildren.org
Darin Ottenhoff, dottenhoff@mercycorps.org
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
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
Cash Working Group – Country Focus
Contact information
Mulugeta Handino, World Food Programme
Additional information
Contact information
Atwar Rahman, Emergency Food Security & Vulnerable Livelihoods Coordinator, Oxfam Bangladesh
Additional information
- Guilherme Otero – guotero@iom.int
- Cecilia Alvarado – alvaradc@unhcr.org
Contacts
Yaoundé:
Patient Maganya
patient.maganya@wfp.org
Jean Jacques Kamsu
JeanJacques.kamsu@plan-international.org
Maroua:
Christian Nzeyimana
Christian.Nzeyimana@wfp.org
Judith Tsafack-Sonné
judith.sonne@nrc.no
Bertoua:
Rosine Youmsi
Rosine.Youmsi@plan-international.org
Amayel Sow
sowama@unhcr.org
South West / North West:
Kareen Cerdena
kareen.cerdena@crs.org
Mattia Villa
villa@un.org
Visi Visivirwa
visi.visivirwa@wfp.org
Matthew Duffy
car.pd@concern.net
Elise Ponson
Elise.Ponson@concern.net
Contacts
Alpha KEITA
alpha.keita@wfp.org
Patrice MASRA
patrice.masra@diakonie-katastrophenhilfe.org
Miguel Serrano
serranom@un.org
- Diego Prado – dprado@mercycorps.org
- Yaneth Garzón – egarzon@co.acfspain.org
- Isabel Molés – molespov@unhcr.org
Contacts
Paul de Carvalho-Pointillart
pointillart@un.org
Jenifer Price
jeprice@mercycorps.org
More information on the Cash Working Groups in DRC can be found on Humanitarian Response
- Meaghan Donah – Meaghan.donah@wfp.org
- Jahnna Jimenez – jjimenez@hn.goal.ie
- Xavier Muenala – Xavier.muenala@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
The chair of the Ethiopia Cash Working Group is Jennie Aberg, jennie.aaberg@un.org and co-chairs are Nurhussen Feki nurhussen.feki@savethechildren.org, and Maqsood Akram, makram@iom.int
CWG Lead:Jan H. van Zoelen Cortes
Contact:jzoelen@pt.acfspain.org
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- Alicia Camey – aliciamagdalena.camey@crs.org
- Eduardo Gomez – egomez@ca.acfspain.org
Oscar Portillo, Co-lead:
oportillo@hn.goal.ie
Claudia Torres, Co-lead:
claudia.torres@crs.org
Contact information
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
Bavon Pierre Mwabilwa bavonpierre.mwabilwa@wfp.org
Contacts
Serge Beremwoudougou
serge.beremwoudougou@wfp.org
Moulaye Hassen Zeidane
moulayehz@gmail.com
Saidounourou Barry
sbarry@mr.acfspain.org
Adrienne Alberti, Co-lead:
albertiI@unhcr.org
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.
WFP and FAO co-lead the Pakistan CWG since its establishment along with support from a co-opted co-chair.
Contact information
Habib Wardag, Assistant Food Security Cluster Coordinator (CWG), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Pakistan
Habib.Wardag@fao.org
Hassan Raza
hassan.Raza@wfp.org
Saad Hafeez
saad.hafeez@acted.org
Additional information
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, the co-leads are
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
- David Sanz – David.SanzIbayondo@fao.org
- Elizabeth Araniva – Elizabeth_araniva@worldvision.ca
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