Cash and livelihoods

Livelihoods encompass the capabilities, assets and activities required to make a living. Ensuring that vulnerable households have sustainable livelihoods increases their access to a stable income, as well as their dignity, resilience, and ability to be active in society. Livelihoods support helps people affected by crisis to build more sustainable means of living, develop skills and gain greater access to opportunities.

Cash assistance can be an effective way to protect, restore, or enhance livelihoods which enable people to become self-sufficient and improve wellbeing for current and future generations.

Learn about the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in this field by accessing different resources related to cash and livelihoods below.

For more information on livelihoods, visit the Livelihoods Centre, hosted by the Spanish Red Cross and IFRC.

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A wide range of resources on livelihoods programming, including the livelihoods toolbox, can be found on the Livelihoods Resource Centre website, hosted by the IFRC and Spanish Red Cross.
Household Economic Security (HES) guidelines and the accompanying short video that gives an overview of what HES is and how HES findings can be used. These resources are available in English, French and Spanish.
Guidelines on Cash Transfers and Livelihoods based on a learning workshop in Guatemala City.

23 October 2024

Dignity in Action 2024: Key data and learning on cash assistance in the RCRC Movement

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cash Hub, ICRC, IFRC

Drawing on learning and experience from across the world in 2022-23, this landmark report explores the transformative impact of cash assistance in humanitarian crises across the International Red Cross and…

29 July 2024

Stories of resilience in Türkiye: Rebuilding livelihoods after the earthquakes

Type:

Blog

Organization:

IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent (Türk Kızılay)

The February 2023 earthquakes not only shattered lives, they destroyed people’s livelihoods. A joint programme of the IFRC and the Turkish Red Crescent is helping farmers, craftspeople and small businesses…

29 July 2024

Case Study: 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes / IFRC-TRC Livelihoods Recovery Programme

Type:

Case study

Organization:

IFRC, Turkish Red Crescent Society

This case study provides details regarding the results of the IFRC-Turkish Red Cresent Livelihoods Recovery Programme launched in response to the earthquakes that caused massive loss of life and damage…

14 June 2024

Movement Cash and Vouchers Assistance Preparedness (CVAP) partnership model review in ICRC context – Yemen

Type:

Report

Organization:

British Red Cross, Cash Hub, ICRC, Yemen Red Crescent

Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) has the ambition to enhance their capacity to design and independently implement cash-based assistance on a large scale since 2021. With the support of British…

3 June 2024

Cash for Livelihoods in Barishal City: Final evaluation report

Type:

Report

Organization:

British Red Cross, UK Aid

This report highlights key successes and suggests improvements for the Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project which was implemented in low-income communities of Barishal City (Bangladesh) over a period…

5 March 2024

Aisha’s Story: Cash for business support in East Sudan

Type:

Case study

Organization:

German Red Cross, Sudanese Red Crescent Society

Livelihood and food security of refugees in camps and hosting communities in east Sudan to reduce humanitarian assistance.

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