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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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
24 May 2022
Guidance notes on Cash Transfers in Livelihood Programming – learning workshop in Dakar (Oct 2015)
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CaLPThis documents shares lessons learned on the context in West Africa, makes references to practical examples, and highlights details of cash transfer programmes for livelihoods. These guidance notes are intended…
4 April 2022
Market stakeholders and their roles in CVA interventions
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Danish Red Cross, Nepal Red Cross SocietyThis case study looks at the importance of identifying market stakeholders and their roles in successful CVA interventions for livelihoods in Nepal.
27 March 2022
Guidelines for Livelihoods in Migration and Displacement contexts
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Danish Red Cross, IFRC, Livelihoods CentreMigrants and displaced populations are often ill-protected from economic shocks and are therefore particularly vulnerable in crisis, as with the COVID19 pandemic. The aim of these guidelines is to support…
24 January 2022
Guidelines on Cash Transfers and Livelihoods – learning workshop in Guatemala City (Nov 2015)
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CaLP, Livelihoods CentreThis documents shares lessons learned on the context in Central America, makes references to practical examples, and highlights details of cash transfer programmes for livelihoods. It also refers to various key documents on cash transfers and livelihoods.
25 May 2021
Video on the Household Economic Security (HES)
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BRCThis short video gives and overview of how HES findings are a useful tool for selecting and identifying vulnerable groups for inclusion into a variety of programmes, based on their food and income sources and capacity to withstand livelihood related contextual risks.
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