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.

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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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5 January 2023
Stories of Change: Cash stories from The Philippines
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Philippine Red CrossStories of Change: Cash stories from the Philippines Cash Working Group (PCWG) provides insight into the Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) of the Philippines Red Cross Society, particularly as a modality…
27 December 2022
A community-led livelihoods approach in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh during COVID19 pandemic
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Bangladesh Red Crescent, IFRCThis case study examines how livelihood support provided by BDRCS and IFRC during COVID19 pandemic has strengthened the target families’ income-generating activities. The families acknowledged that the whole process had…
14 November 2022
Stories of Change: Cash Case Stories from The Philippines
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PCWG, Philippine Red Cross, WFPStories of Change: Cash stories from the Philippines Cash Working Group (PCWG) provides insight into the Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) of various humanitarian organisations, including Philippines RC, particularly as a…
13 October 2022
Case study: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and livelihoods during COVID 19 pandemic in The Gambia
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Livelihoods Centre, Spanish Red Cross, The Gambia Red CrossThis case study from The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), in close collaboration with Spanish Red Cross (SpRC), provides insight on the implementation of CVA activities in The Gambia to…
27 September 2022
Micro-entrepreneurship Programmes: Toolkit guidelines
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Livelihoods CentreThese guidelines aim to help livelihoods practitioners in programming micro-entrepreneurship (ME) interventions, providing them with sequential guidance and tools throughout the different stages of the process, with guidance on cash…
29 July 2022
Tip sheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in Recovery
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Cash Hub, IFRCThis guidance provides technical tips and considerations to apply when using CVA to support recovery as well as programme examples of when CVA has successfully promoted recovery
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