Africa
Learn more about the cash programmes and work within the African region, carried out by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Search our case studies, photos, articles and evaluations below.
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10 Sep 2018
Cash Transfer Programming in Armed Conflict: The ICRC’s Experience
Type: Research
Organisation: ICRC
ICRC's experience and evidence show that cash is an essential tool in humanitarian action in armed conflict and a valuable option in responding to a wide range of the needs people have in such situations.
01 Aug 2018
Humanitarian cash and financial inclusion: Kenya case study
Type: Research
Organisation: Humanitarian Outcomes, British Red Cross, Kenya Red Cross
This research has the goal to further the evidence base on whether and how humanitarian cash transfers can foster the financial inclusion of crisis affected people focusing on two Kenya Red Cross projects in Kilifi and the Tana Delta where cash was delivered using M-Pesa.
01 Aug 2018
Humanitarian cash and financial inclusion: Nigeria case study
Type: Research
Organisation: Humanitarian Outcomes, British Red Cross, ICRC
This research has the goal to further the evidence base on whether and how humanitarian cash transfers can foster the financial inclusion of crisis affected people through a review of a “cash for livelihoods” programme implemented by ICRC in Nigeria.
01 Feb 2018
Humanitarian cash and financial inclusion: Findings from Red Cross movement projects in Kenya and Nigeria
Type: Learning
Organisation: Humanitarian Outcomes, British Red Cross, IFRC
Findings from two case studies commissioned by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Kenya and Nigeria, to examine whether humanitarian cash programmes can contribute to financial inclusion for crisis affected people.
01 Jan 2018
Kenya Red Cross Society using new technology to reach communities in hardship areas
Type: Case study
Organisation: Kenya Red Cross
Case Study on the Kenya Red Cross' use of unrestricted electronic cash vouchers to support families affected by drought.
01 Jan 2018
The Kenya Red Cross Society Cash Transfer Programming
Type: Learning
Organisation: Kenya Red Cross
An overview of the Kenya Red Cross cash experience to date.
01 Jan 2018
Community Engagement and Accountability in Cash Transfer Programming: A Best Practice Example from Madagascar
Type: Case study
Organisation: IFRC, Danish Red Cross (DRC), Madagascar Red Cross Society (MRCS)
This case study documents how community engagement and accountability approaches were integrated into the emergency phase of a pilot cash based intervention programme in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo in 2017, and the benefits this had for the program.
01 Jan 2018
Blockchain technology in humanitarian programming: a pilot project in cash transfer programming in Kenya
Type: Learning
Organisation: ICHA, Kenya Red Cross
The purpose of this study is to document the learnings from this pilot project in Kenya, inform the way forward for KRCS, and explore the benefits and risks of blockchain technology.
01 Jan 2018
Investing in Dignity Through Cash Transfer Programming
Type: Learning
Organisation: ICHA, ECHO, KRCS, BRC
Learning document about the voices of partners and stories of people affected by the 2016 – 2017 drought in Kenya to capture the impact of a programme implemented by KRCS, with support from BRC and ECHO, using unconditional can transfers to increase resilience of beneficiaries.
01 Nov 2017
Red Rose: The tech behind our humanitarian assistance in Nigeria
Type: Article
Organisation: ICRC
Previously, distributions took an average of 5 hours, whereas with Red Rose (data verification system providing an end-to-end solution for programming), it takes an average of 35 minutes for people to get their cash grants!
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