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Meeting Theme: GROUP CASH TRANSFERS Introduction of the Agenda The following was the meeting agenda: • Group Cash Transfers • Poll and discussions on how the RCWG could be improved. • AOB

How money from the World Food Programme economically empowers people in tough circumstances "I'm the parent here, I'm responsible for everything," says Egnetta, a woman in her sixties who heads a household of 20 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland,…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Many households in Malawi are benefitting from social cash transfers, using it to pay school fees and improve livelihoods. Nearly 140,000 households benefitted from a special COVID-19 Urban Cash Intervention (CUCI) to help cope with health…

The Uganda Cash Consortium (UCC), led by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in partnership with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has received a new grant of 6,000,000.00 EUR from the EU’s Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) to…

Addisalem Workie Demsash, Milkias Dugassa Emanu & Agmasie Damtew Walle BMC Public Health volume 23, Article number: 1141 (2023) Abstract Background In low-income countries, households’ food insecurity and the undernutrition of children are the main health problems. Ethiopia is vulnerable to food…

Executive summary The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has the vision to escalate Cash Based Transfers (CBT) initiatives in coordination with the Government of Uganda. This study aims to gain a better understanding of the direct…

Somalia has experienced below-average rainfall for five consecutive rainy seasons. As a result, 6.6 million Somalis face food insecurity across the country. Reports by various humanitarian agencies indicate that many seasonal water sources have dried up,…

Meeting Theme: Cash Coordination Introduction of the Agenda The chair welcomed all in attendance and introduced the meeting agenda. Meeting agenda: • Update on ongoing transition to the new cash coordination model. • Feedback on scoping exercise conducted by Cashcap. • AOB The transition…

Following five consecutive seasons of below-average rains since 2020, Somalia is currently experiencing the worst drought in forty years, and because of this Somalia remains on the frontline of climate change, which continues to induce crises…

Somalia is on the frontline of climate change. In recent years, the frequency and intensity of climate-related shocks has increased, and in 2022 a prolonged drought pushed the country to the brink of famine. Gedo region in…