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5 August 2021

CPDP Deployment Blog Post: Nabeh's story

This blog series will focus on the highlights from different Cash Practitioner Development Programme deployments in 2021, allowing practitioners to…

27 April 2021

How partnerships and technology helped the British Red Cross reach the most vulnerable during COVID-19

In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK prevented many people from accessing their usual forms of financial support and drove many more into unemployment and severe financial…

26 April 2021

Linking cash and voucher assistance with humanitarian response and social protection systems: the experience of the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society

The Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society (BERCS) and British Red Cross have published a new case study outlining how BERCS…

31 March 2021

Zambia Red Cross Emergency Cash Transfer Response during COVID-19

The Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has been assisting affected population in Zambia through the IFRC global Emergency Appeal for…

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

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…


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