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18 March 2021

Cash preparedness highlights from the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society

In Zimbabwe, the “Resilience through Disaster Response management; Multipurpose Cash Preparedness and Comprehensive School Safety Project” has concluded in  2020,…

2 March 2021

Cashless cash: financial inclusion or surveillance humanitarianism?

Extract from the ICRC, Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog channel, for the original blog, to access a short podcast on…

26 February 2021

Household Economic Security (HES) guidelines: technical Guidance for Assessment and Analysis

An updated version of the Household Economic Security (HES) guidelines has recently been launched by British Red Cross. To download…

21 February 2021

From borrowing money to independence: Refugee family becomes debt-free with cash assistance

Ömer Eddağavi and his family have been living on unstable income since arriving in Turkey six years ago after fleeing…

9 February 2021

Consejos para la Programación de asistencia para el alquiler

El Cash Hub y la FICR han creado un breve documento que ofrece una elección de consejos extraídos de la…

9 February 2021

A Tip Sheet for Rental Assistance Programming

The Cash Hub and IFRC have created a short tip sheet of abstracts and summarises from the IFRC (2020) Step-by-Step…

15 January 2021

Their stories are becoming the voice for millions of refugees

(Click here to read the original article hosted on the Türk Kızılay website) The #powertobe campaign telling the stories of four…

11 January 2021

Syrian refugee gets through challenges with power of writing

Said loves reading and transforming his personal struggles into stories and poems. Each tells a different story close to his…

10 December 2020

Beyond the Pandemic, towards Climate Emergencies: Learnings from National Societies on linkages with Social Protection

Written by: Sayanti SenguptaOrganisation: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate CentreRole: Consultant, Social Protection The 192 National Societies of the Red…

22 September 2020

Cash Practitioner Development Programme Recruitment 2020-2021

We are delighted to open recruitment to the Cash Practitioner Development Programme, also known as ‘Cash School’.  The programme will…

24 August 2020

Engaging 1.7 million refugees in the face of COVID19 Lessons from Turkey

By Lotte Ruppert  COVID-19 does not discriminate, but the pandemic has disproportionately impacted certain vulnerable communities. Migrants and refugees face…

12 August 2020

What we learned from the nineth Cash Hub Webinar on “Adapting to COVID-19" with focus on Cash and Voucher Assistance migration.

On the 12th of August 2020, the IFRC, ICRC, Senegalese Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, and the Egyptian Red Cross…

29 July 2020

What we learned from the eighth Cash Hub Webinar on “Adapting to COVID-19" with focus on Shelter and Settlements

On the 29th of July 2020, the IFRC, ICRC and the Bahamas Red Cross led the 8th Cash Hub Webinar…

15 July 2020

What we learned from the sixth Cash Hub Webinar on “Adapting to COVID-19" with focus on Livelihoods and Household Security.

On 15 July 2020, cash experts from the British Red Cross, the Afghan Red Crescent Society, the Gambian Red Cross…


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