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 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
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 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!
12 Jun 2017
Kenya: Cash assistance is putting more than just food on the table
Type: Photo gallery
Organisation: ICRC
Haduko who lives in Kenya's drought affected Tana Delta region has just received a cash transfer message on her mobile phone. She makes her way to a mobile money vendor to withdraw the cash
15 May 2017
A crucial lifeline is restoring dignity for drought-affected families in Somalia
Type: Photo gallery
Organisation: ICRC
Farmers were hit by successive failed rains that has exacerbated the drought conditions across Somalia. Cash given by ICRC via mobile money has helped Isaaq to buy food for his family and buy seeds in anticipation of the rains.
10 Mar 2017
Burundi : Thérèse, a mother and widow, launches her restaurant "The Umbrella"
Type: Photo gallery
Organisation: ICRC
Thérèse opened a restaurant in November 2016 thanks to her business acumen and ICRC's financing program, which gave her a cash grant of USD 120 to invest in her business.
28 Oct 2016
Cameroon: Cash aid empowers displaced persons in north
Type: Article
Organisation: ICRC
"Rations of rice, beans and oil are a precious source of aid, but sometimes people just need money." In Cameroon's Far North province, 500 families displaced by the conflict received cash to meet their basic monthly needs.
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