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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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Adapting Cash Programming to Inflation, Depreciation and Economic Volatility
Case Study
The CALP Network supported country cash working groups (CWGs) in five African countries – Burkina Faso, Malawi, Nigeria, South Sudan and Zimbabwe – to agree on clear and predictable processes for adapting CVA programmes to economic volatility. These reports capture the resulting recommendations,...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 5 July 2023 Watch the recording here:
Cash and Voucher Assistance to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition Outcomes in Emergency Contexts of Nigeria
Case Study
In Nigeria, nearly 12 per cent of children under 5 years are wasted according to the National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (2021). Wasting is largely concentrated in the North with 58 per cent of all cases residing there. In the Northeast and Northwest regions of Nigeria, the prevalence of...
Cash or Vouchers? Or just good implementation? What aid recipients in Kaga-Bandoro want
Report
In April 2023, GTS met with people who had received cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in Kaga-Bandoro. Through in-depth individual interviews and focus group discussions at the Lazare camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and in the Abdallah neighbourhood, GTS sought to uncover the preferred...
Saving Lives and Assets: The value of nexus “Cash” approaches to Anticipatory Action and Social Protection during climate-induced crises
Report
As a follow-on reflection from an inter-agency panel presentation at the ECHO EHF 2023, panelists highlight the importance of drastically changing “gear” to scale up pre-crisis Anticipatory Action investment, leveraging the “nexus” enabler – cash. Humanitarian needs have reached an unprecedented...
IOM Cash-Based Interventions Annual Report and Case Studies 2022
Case Study
Since 2019, IOM has placed special attention on building capacity to increase the use and coordination of cash-based interventions (CBI) across the organization in line with the Grand Bargain commitments. Following the successful implementation of the IOM Strategy for Humanitarian CBI 2019–2021, the...
Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCT) in the DRC: Midline results of a pilot study in an artisanal mining zone in Maniema province
Case Study
In October 2021, the Belgian non-profit organization Eight World, started a pilot project of Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCT) in a village in an artisanal mining zone in the territory of Pangi, in Maniema Province, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eight World transfers cash directly to...
Burkina Faso’s youth speak up: Boys and girls share their needs and expectations of the humanitarian response
Report
While accountability to affected people is a fundamental element of humanitarian responses, the voices of crisis-affected boys and girls are often left out. Given that young people represent 55% of those in need in Burkina Faso and have a right to be heard, the Child Protection sub-cluster in Burkina Faso...
When your Immediate Needs are Met, you can Fight Harder to Make a Living: Perceptions of aid in Burkina Faso
Report
Unstable governance and an intensification of armed violence, compounded by climate change and heightened food insecurity, continue to fuel humanitarian crises in Burkina Faso. At the time of this report’s publication, 4.6 million people need humanitarian assistance. According to the Inter-Agency...
“Aid is Inadequate because No One Consults us.” Perceptions of humanitarian aid in Chad
Report
Chad is a diverse and dynamic place. It is the fifth-largest country in Africa and is rich in gold, uranium, and oil. The country is home to a mixture of languages, ethnicities, and religions, creating a vibrant mosaic. However, it is also marked by protracted humanitarian, economic, and climate crises....
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 Tuesday 9 May 2023, from 9am to 11am (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
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 9 May 2023 Watch the recording here:
Layering Cash into Market Systems Programs: Catalyzing market-driven recovery in Nigeria
Case Study
This paper examines the case of the Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA), a five-year, US$49 million Activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future portfolio within the states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe (BAY-G) in North Eastern Nigeria (NEN) and...
Cash Catch Up
Webinar recording
The Cash Catch Ups aim to bring us together, facilitate better joint working, and strengthen our collective knowledge, understanding and skills related to cash and voucher assistance (CVA). During our third Cash Catch Up, the participants were able to: Learn about CALP’s Annual survey and plans ,...
Consultation process with local actors to develop CALP’s learning and training strategy
Report
To support the delivery of impactful, effective and high-quality cash and voucher assistance (CVA), CALP works with others to develop and deliver a variety of learning and training activities. Learning activities are delivered via online-facilitated workshops, face-to-face trainings and self-driven...
Cash Catch Up
Event
Never been to a Cash Catch Up event? Maybe they were too early for your time zone in the past? Now is your chance to join us! We are planning something dynamic, multilingual, interactive, and best suited for people in time zones from UTC and west. This 1-hour event will help you to: Learn about...
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 8 March 2023, from 9am to 11am (GMT) face to face and online. The meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and French. The draft agenda for this meeting will be: Regional CWG...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 8 March 2023
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 8 March 2023
Minutes Of West and Central Africa Cash Working Groups Leads & Co-Leads Groups (CWGs) Meeting
Meeting minutes
From February 1-3, 2023, the meeting of leads and co-leads of the Cash Working Groups (CWGs) of West and Central Africa was held in Dakar, Senegal. The meeting is part of the support provided by the Regional CWG and CALP Network to the national CWGs in the region. It was co-organized by CALP and the...
WCAF Regional Cash Working Group meeting
Event
This is a Save the Date for the next Regional Cash Working Group meeting that will take place on Wednesday 18th of January 2023, from 9am to 11am (GMT) face to face and online. The meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and French. The draft agenda for this meeting will...