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Adapting to COVID-19 The Use of Cash & Markets in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
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TIME: 08:00 am Washington DC/14:00 Geneva/20:00 Kuala Lumpur This online event organized by the Cash Hub will include an update on the Lebanon: Beirut-Port Explosion Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) plans and also how CVA has been used in the Myanmar Rakhine Response to COVID-19. Speakers Include: Maysa...
Stepping up CVA with COVID-19: Paving the way we respond to future crisis
Report
COVID-19 has thrown the world into lockdown and taken a tremendous toll on the health, social, and economic status of vulnerable communities, households, and individuals. Limitations on daily activities and an over-arching health crisis, restrictions on movement, closures of schools and businesses have...
CVA: Your Role as a GBV Coordinator (UNFPA / GBV AoR)
Guidelines and Tools
UNFPA’s Humanitarian Office and the GBV Area of Responsibility have developed this guidance on “CVA – Your Role as a GBV Coordinator,” for GBV coordination group leads and partners in humanitarian settings. Its purpose is to outline the practical ways in which GBV Coordinators should support GBV-...
Gaza Multi-Purpose Cash Programme: Endline Evaluation
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This report presents the key findings of the pilot Gaza Multi-Purpose Cash Program (GMPC) implemented by Mercy Corps Palestine in the Gaza Strip during 2019-20. The aim of the programme was to allow 1,227 poor and food insecure households to meet their varied basic needs, by delivering three cash...
Inclusion of Health Expenditures in the MEB
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Technical note from the Global Health Cluster on methods to include health expenditures in the minimum expenditure basket. The note is meant for cash and cash practitioners alike, working together during the design of the MEB to ensure the health portion is reflected – as it is almost always reported as...
The Provision of Cash and Voucher Assistance in the Response to the Venezuela Refugee and Migrant Crisis: Findings and lessons learned – Main report
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This study, for which data was compiled between March and April 2020, seeks to document lessons and good practices in the delivery of CVA in Ecuador and Colombia by humanitarian organisations and governments, in response to migrants and refugees from Venezuela. The purpose of this analysis is...
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ZOA
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ZOA is a Dutch faith-based NGO supporting people who suffer because of armed conflict or natural disaster, by helping them to rebuild their homes and livelihoods, and to live peacefully together in stable communities. We focus on both relief and recovery. ZOA is founded in 1973 and has operations in 15...
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
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OCHA internal guidance – cash in HRPs
Guidelines and Tools
The enhanced 2020 Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) approach offers a unique opportunity, through its focus on producing a joint inter-sectoral analysis, to provide a holistic understanding of the relationship between needs in the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO). Additionally, the strengthened focus on...
Supporting the Linkages Between Humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance and National Social Protection Systems
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This tipsheet aims to support country-level coordination efforts to strengthen the engagement between humanitarian coordination groups that implement cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and existing social
protection or disaster risk reduction coordination actors and groups. In particular, it seeks to...
Use of Foreign Currency for Designing of Assistance Packages in Yemen_Fina
Guidelines and Tools
The Yemeni Rial (YER) during the course of 2020 has shown high levels of volatility in its value against foreign currencies, in particular, the United States Dollar (USD). As program budgets are calculated in USD or EUROs, but cash transfers are made in YER, the reduction in the value of the YER against...
Guidance Brief: How to incorporate cash and voucher assistance into a nutrition response
Guidelines and Tools
The Guidance Brief is the shorter version of the Evidence and Guidance Note on the Use of Cash and Vouchers for Nutrition in Emergencies. It provides easy to access operational guidance on considering and using cash and voucher modalities in nutrition in emergencies response. It further provides entry...
Feasibility Study on Cash Transfer Programming for the Returnees and the Host Communities in Gedeo and West Guji Zones, Ethiopia
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Since April 2018, insecurity and localised conflict between communities in Gedeo Zone (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region– SNNPR) and West Guji Zone (Oromia Region) led to a rapid displacement of 960,000 people (IOM Displacement Tracker, August 21, 2018). Assets and livelihoods have...
Market Assessment in Bandua, Inanjou and Buzi in Mozambique
Report
This report presents the outcome of an assessment in three markets following the impact of cyclone Idai.
Tropical cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique on 14 March 2019 causing a huge damage to human lives and the physical properties. The official death toll remained at 603 people and the number of...
Feasibility Study on Cash and Voucher Assistance Programming in central province of Zambia
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Zambia is suffering from a slow-onset food insecurity crisis caused by a failed and late 2018/2019 rain season, which caused reduced and failed crop production resulting in 58 districts in Zambia currently experiencing acute food insecurity. Projected figures estimate 2.3 million people will be in IPC 3...
Suha Alomari
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Suha Al-Omari joined the team in 2020. Bringing to the CALP Network 11 years of experience working in various roles both in the humanitarian and private sectors. She joined the world of humanitarian aid in February 2019 with Oxfam in Jordan. Prior to that, she gained strong experience working in different...
Annex. Technical Guidance for National Platforms- Cash and Voucher Assistance
Guidelines and Tools
The objective of this guide is to orient the reflection on the role of the Cash Working Groups (CWG) in the 2021
Response Strategy Planning process for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela. It is a living document that will be
nurtured by the experiences and exercises of the 17 countries and the regional...
Summary: Lessons and Recommendations on the Use of CVA for the Caribbean Atlantic Hurricane Season
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This is a summary document of the CALP Network’s Winds of Change: Lessons and Recommendations on the Use of CVA in the Caribbean and includes a matrix of learning and evidence from the region used to inform the report. This document is made possible by the generous support of the American people...
Webinar 9 -COVID19 and Cash&Markets in Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
Members event
This online event organized by the Cash Hub will focus on the topic of supporting Migrants with Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). With examples from Senegal and Burkina Faso, specifically focused on supporting migrant returnees and families of missing migrants. Speakers include: Ezekiel...