Rapports

28 August, Juba — One hundred days after an international donor conference was held to raise money to bring aid to South Sudan, the country urgently requires still more cash as it hovers on the brink…

By Friday Phiri PEMBA DISTRICT, Zambia, Aug 21 2014 (IPS) - “Last season, I lost an entire hectare of groundnuts because of a prolonged drought. Groundnuts are my hope for income,” says Josephine Chaaba, 60, from Pemba…

The Ministry has allocated 60 million pounds in addition to a donation of 60 million British pounds to facilitate girl child education. The cash-transfer scheme covers girls between the classes of Primary Five and Senior Four. The Undersecretary…

In the Bay region of South Central Somalia, ACTED teams have been working to support vulnerable households by improving their food security and livelihoods status. Through cash transfers and Cash for Work activities, 1,100 households have…

Despite it being a damp and cloudy day, WFP brought sunshine to the refugee settlement in Kiryandongo recently as they began their first cash distributions. WFP’s objective in giving a cash option is to empower the…

Zione Black says WFP's emergency cash transfers have helped her buy the food her family needs. She is one of nearly 2 million vulnerable Malawians who averted hunger with WFP assistance during the 2013/14 hunger season. Zione…

Given the success of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs elsewhere, in 2010 the Government of Tanzania rolled out a pilot CCT program in three districts. Its aim was to see if, using a model relying on…

Huwa, a displaced mother of three, is now able to “shop” for her food inside Darfur’s largest camp for internally displaced people. After seven years of receiving traditional food rations of cereals and chickpeas, she is…

Productive Asset Creation (PAC) in Zimbabwe The Government of Zimbabwe, WFP and other partners have expressed concern that the continuation of food assistance without conditions will encourage a mid-set of dependency and will not address the underlying…

As part of its commitments to enhance food security, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has introduced cash transfers to feed the 14,500 refugees in Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. Since this new type of…