Americas
Learn more about the cash programmes and work within the Americas region, carried out by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Search different resources including case studies, photos, articles and evaluations below.
19 June 2021
Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Response 2019-2021
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Bahamas Red Cross, IFRCThis case study highlights the use of multi-purpose cash (MPC), rental assistance and shelter repairs (using cash and voucher assistance) to address shelter needs caused by Hurricane Dorian that made landfall in the Bahamas in September 2019.
8 February 2021
Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 2: ICRC CVA Preparedness Guidance
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RCRCMThis ICRC-specific guidance follows the same structure as the CVAP guidance for NSs (for the latter see Chapter 1), with each section providing an overview of one of the five key Areas of CVAP, adapted for use at ICRC delegation level.
8 February 2021
Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 1: CVAP Areas
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RCRCMThis guidance is intended for NSs at the country level, but can also be used by other components of the Movement. The document includes suggestions on what actions or domains are required under each of the five key CVAP Areas. A separate chapter has been written with adaptations for ICRC delegations investing in CVAP (see “Chapter 2 – ICRC CVAP Guidance”).
1 July 2020
Regional Roadmap for Cash and Voucher Assistance: Latin America and the Caribbean
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IFRCThe purpose of this Roadmap is to establish priorities and targets for 2021 to enable National Societies in the Americas to become preferred local partners for implementation of CVA.
11 June 2019
Cash for Livelihoods in Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence
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ICRCThis case study report elaborates on the details, outcomes, successes, difficulties and recommendations from an ICRC/BRCS Cash for Livelihoods project since 2015.
11 April 2019
Grand Bargain Workshop: Linking Humanitarian Cash and Social Protection
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IFRC, UNICEF, UK AidIn April 2019, a 1.5-day workshop was organised in Geneva under the auspices of the Grand Bargain cash workstream, to discuss the linkages between humanitarian cash and social protection. The event brought together experts from both humanitarian and social protection sectors.
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