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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:342 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-342 ABSTRACT Background - Cash transfer programmes are increasingly recognised as promising and scalable interventions that can promote the health and development of children in poor resource and high HIV prevalence areas…

ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun cash distributions to 255,000 vulnerable Ethiopians facing short-term acute food insecurity. The new pilot scheme is supported by funds from the European Commission Humanitarian…

Only two weeks after people in South Kordofan fled violence to villages in North Kordofan, WFP reached around 33,000 displaced people with food vouchers. WFP and the Sudanese Red Crescent Society distributed the vouchers in 35…

By BARNABAS BII bbii@ke.nationmedia.com AND PHILIP BWAYO pbwayo@ke.nationmedia.com IN SUMMARY “The project has proved successful by providing food security and sustainable income generation to communities that have experienced recurrent starvation,” said Daniel Daimo, the association’s technical assistance manager. Recurrent…

Gulu, Uganda [ACTED News] – ACTED began to hold voucher fairs across three districts in Northern Uganda on 15 July 2013. In June 2013, ACTED provided vouchers in the value of 40,000 Ugandan Shillings (USD 15)…

In April this year, heavy rains accompanied by hail storms destroyed houses, crops and other livelihood for the people in Namabasa, Nakaloke sub-county in Mbale district. Fatina Nachuka, 83, a blind widow lost her house besides…

ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its first cash distributions to refugees in Ethiopia this month, with the financial support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO). More…

This report is the result of a study of FAO Somalia’s cash for work interventions implemented after the 2011 crisis, mainly based on fieldwork conducted in 7 villages of the Gedo region, South Central Somalia from…

CARE Lesotho is currently distributing cash vouchers to 210 households affected by the current food crisis in Linakaneng and Moeketsane villages of Mokhotling district, North Eastern Lesotho. The cash vouchers are valued at 500 Maluti…

Executive Summary Aim The overall aim of this study was to improve the understanding of how cash transfer programming (CTP) affects people’s access to credit, within the context of South Central Somalia. Methodology Data was collected in Hiran, Gedo and…