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Why you need a plan A, B and C: Using cash in hard-to-reach contexts
Blog Post
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) can be a valuable response choice in hard-to-reach areas, but it must be properly adapted to context with sufficient investment given to preparedness. Mirko Tommasi explains how preparing multiple plans, being flexible and ready to change plans fast and frequently is crucial for success in challenging contexts.
CVA for people on the move: Time for a new vision?
Webinar recording
This event presented the main findings of our recently released study People are on the move: Can the world of CVA keep up? Analysis of the use of CVA in the context of human mobility in the Americas. Additionally, invited guests discussed key issues on facing the topic of human mobility and CVA and answered questions from the audience. The event included two videos’ interventions: one...
Changes to US and UN economic sanctions may simplify CVA implementation
Blog Post
Recent changes to the UN and US economic sanctions regimes promise to improve cash transfer process across international borders, but changes might not be as quick or comprehensive as we would hope. We put eight questions to Rory Crew, who has looked into the matter for you.
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Regional Cash Working Group – WCAF
Event
This is a Save the Date for the next Regional Cash Working Group meeting that will take place on Wednesday 11 of September 2024 from 9am to 11am (GMT) face to face and online. The meeting will be interpreted simultaneously into English and French. The draft agenda for this meeting is as follows: New...
Empowering Communities: Group Cash Transfers to Women’s Response Rooms in Khartoum, Sudan
Case Study
On April 15th, 2023, violent conflict erupted in Sudan resulting in many deaths, a public health crisis, and the ongoing, large-scale displacement upwards of 8 million people, making Sudan the current largest displacement crisis in the world. The ongoing fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and...
Webinar series: Linking CVA & Social Protection through feedback Mechanism, Nigeria Case Study
Webinar recording
This webinar was the second in a series of regional webinars designed to explore the linkages between humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and social protection in West and Central Africa. Following our initial regional webinar, “Exploring Linkages between Cash and Voucher Assistance and...
Webinar series: Linking CVA & Social Protection through feedback Mechanism, Nigeria Case Study
Event
This webinar is the second in a series of regional webinars designed to explore the linkages between humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and social protection in West and Central Africa. Following our initial regional webinar, “Exploring Linkages between Cash and Voucher Assistance and Social...
Regional Cash Working Group – WCAF
Event
This is a Save the Date for the next Regional Cash Working Group meeting that will take place on Wednesday July 1Oth, 2024 from 10am -12pm (GMT) face to face and online. The meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and French. The draft agenda for this meeting will be: National CWGs...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – July 2024
Publication
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 10 July 2024 Watch the recording here or on YouTube
IOM Cash-Based Interventions: Annual Report and Case Studies 2023
Case Study
In recent years, IOM has placed special attention on increasing the use and coordination of cash-based interventions (CBI) across the organization in line with the Grand Bargain commitments and the IOM CBI Strategy 2022–2026.
In 2023, IOM continued to increase the use of CBI modalities to empower aid...
Targeting in Protracted Crises: Nigeria case study
Case Study
This country case study focuses on Nigeria and the specific challenge of conflict, violence, and insecurity. Using four waves of General Household Survey data covering the period 2010 to 2019, we analyse trends in poverty, food insecurity, shocks, and coping strategies among different population groups,...
CVA Feasibility Assessment: Upper East and Upper West Regions, Ghana
Case Study
The worsening security situation in Burkina Faso has led to the influx of over 15,000 asylum seekers into the Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. This has placed significant pressure on the already limited resources of the host communities, particularly in the area hosting the settlements of...
Regional Cash Working Group – WCAF
Event
This is a Save the Date for the next Regional Cash Working Group meeting that will take place on Wednesday May 22nd, from 12pm to 2pm (GMT) face to face and online.
The meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and French.
The draft agenda for this meeting will be:
National CWGs round...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – May 2024
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 22 May 2024 Watch DCA presentation here. Watch the recording here or on YouTube:
CWGs Leads & Co-leads Meetings
Meeting minutes
Minutes from the Leads & Co-leads CWG meeting that took place on May 13th 2024
Rampant inflation and climate crisis: can cash cope? – Community perceptions of cash assistance and resilience in northeast Nigeria
Report
Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst financial crisis in almost 30 years. Economic reforms such as the floating of the naira and the fuel subsidy’s removal have contributed to rising inflation, which reached almost 30% in February 2024. The volatile financial climate is having a real and...
Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) & Child Protection (CP) Global Study – Research Report in the DRC, Egypt, Lithuania and the Philippines
Report
Since 2022, Save the Children has been scaling up its use of CVA for Child Protection (CP) programming through various pilot projects.
Research was commissioned in four countries in 2022-23 to generate evidence and learning to inform the design of future programming but also to design a robust...
Cash and Vouchers Assistance (CVA) and Child Protection: Summary of practice and evidence from Save the Children programmes 2023 Edition
Report
In an effort to increase global knowledge and learning, Save the Children conducted a global review of twenty Country Offices and their programs in order to assess and highlight the impact that different forms of Cash and Vouchers Assistance (CVA) have on Child Protection (CP) outcomes, to identify...
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for Children Associated with Armed Groups and Armed Forces (CAAFAG): Program Summary and Evidence-Building Infographic: A case study from Save the Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Case Study
This infographic gathers key programmatic data from Save the Children CVA operations in the DRC (South Kivu) between October 2022 and October 2023, which aimed to assess and highlight the impact that CVA has on child protection outcomes, with a specific focus on children associated with armed...
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for Children Associated with Armed Groups and Armed Forces (CAAFAG): A case study from Save the Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Case Study
This case study is drawn from Save the Children CVA operations in the DRC (South Kivu) in 2022 and 2023, focusing on children associated with armed groups/forces (CAAFAG).
Following an overview of the context, it deep dives into the technical design of the CVA response and continues with a presentation...
Regional Cash Working Group – WCAF
Event
This is a Save the Date for the next Regional Cash Working Group meeting that will take place on Wednesday March 06TH, 2024 from 9am to 11am (GMT) face to face and on line The meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and French. The agenda for this meeting will be: National CWGs round...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 6 March 2024 Watch the recording here or on YouTube:
Exploring linkages between Cash and Voucher Assistance and Social Protection in West and Central Africa
Webinar recording
This is the first in a series of webinars that aims to explore the connections between humanitarian CVA and social protection in West and Central Africa region. The webinar sought to frame the discussion with opening remarks from Dr. Sintike Tarfa Ugbe, Director of Humanitarian & Social Affairs of the...