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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10 May 2021
Lessons Learnt Brief: Improving targeting for urban food banks, Social Protection in Namibia
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BRC, Namibia Red Cross SocietyThis document outlines lessons learnt from the collaboration between Namibia Red Cross Society and Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare to revise urban food bank eligibility criteria in peri urban Khomas Region using the household economic security (HES) approach in June 2019.
10 April 2021
COVID-19 Cash Assistance for Livelihoods: Experience of Namibia Red Cross Society
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Cash Hub, IFRC, Namibia Red Cross SocietyCase study report from the Namibia Red Cross on their CVA for COVID-19 response.
29 March 2021
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society overview of cash assistance distributed (Dec-Jan2020)
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Bangladesh Red CrescentShort overview of the amount of cash distributed, amount of households reached, districts covered, delivery mechanisms chosen by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, which responded to emergencies and dealt with recovery and long-term programmes between December and January 2020.
26 February 2021
Household Economic Security (HES) guidelines
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BRCAn updated version of the Household Economic Security (HES) guidelines has recently been launched by British Red Cross. To read more and download this guidance document, the analytical overview and the HES glossary click on the link below.
15 July 2020
Cash Hub Webinar 6 Top Takeaways
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Cash HubThis documents provides the top takeaways from the 6th webinar on the use of cash and markets in response to COVID-19, with focus on livelihoods and household economic security.
15 July 2020
Cash Hub Webinar 6: Slides
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Cash HubA series of slides that go over the main topics of the 6th Webinar of the Cash Hub series with focus on the topic of livelihoods and household economic security.
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