Rapports

In 2018, UNHCR successfully piloted the use of cash for refugee response in camps near Jijiga, Shire and Assosa and streamlined its cash-based response for the urban refugees in Addis Ababa. Feasibility studies and post distribution monitoring…

Digital cash aid is a smart way to help displaced pastoralists in Somaliland. Somalia has experienced recurring droughts since 2015. Four consecutive failed rainy seasons have resulted in loss of livestock and food insecurity. Extreme drought worsened by…

Luisa Natali, Fidelia Dake and Amber Peterman Luisa Natali and Amber Peterman are Social Policy Consultants at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Fidelia Dake is a Transfer Project Fellow and Lecturer at the Regional Institute for…

Summary In north-western Kenya, UNHCR provides 730 refugee households with cash for shelter to ensure safe and dignified housing while reducing dependency on humanitarian assistance and addressing protection concerns. The project provides value for money as refugees…

Introduction Cash-based interventions have been used by humanitarian organisations in Somalia since 20031 . However significant variations have been noted in transfer values, sometimes in the same place by different organisations, with varying justifications. It is in light…

About the project The project was started to help vulnerable IDP households in Baidoa district have access to food. Through an unconditional cash transfer voucher system, we were able to select, verify and assist the most affected…

The Somali Cash Consortium, in partnership with REACH, is currently preparing the publication of a comprehensive report on the spending patterns of Somali households who received a total of 18 million dollars of life-saving cash transfers…

By Paul Carr Cash is revolutionising the way that humanitarian aid is being delivered. Somalia is a prime example of this, where in coordination with donors such as European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO)…

by Annie Hurlstone and Paul Harvey This research examines the extent to which humanitarian e-transfer beneficiaries increase their access and use of formal financial services and products such as payments, savings, credit or insurance. Building on the…

Following a drought in 2016/2017, families across Somalia have suffered loss of income and displacement. ACTED's cash transfer programme empowers affected households to absorb the shock of climate-related disaster while maintaining their economic autonomy. Fadumo’s story When the…