Resources
Social Protection
Access to adequate social protection, especially cash transfers where these are appropriate, is essential at times of crisis. Learn about the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in this field, accessing different resources related to cash and social protection below.
Linking, building on, or aligning humanitarian cash responses with national social protection programmes and systems, where feasible and appropriate, can contribute to an efficient and effective response and achieve lasting results. COVID-19 national responses are accelerating this trend using cash as their preferred support modality for social assistance.
If you have any questions related to CVA you can contact the Cash Helpdesk, which provides remote technical advice to staff or volunteers of the Movement
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Key Resources
External Resources
Virtual Training
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.
30 April 2021
Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) – monthly report March 2021 (Issue n.12)
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Turkish Red Crescent (Türk Kızılay)Short overview of programmatic highlights and achievements from March 2021, as well as information on the use of cash and recipients in Turkey where the ESSN programme has been supporting about 1.8 million refugees a month.
23 April 2021
Linking humanitarian cash and social protection – Learning from the experience of eight National Societies
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ResearchThis paper gives an overview and shares learning from the experiences of National Societies in Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Montserrat, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey which collaborated with governments in the first few months of the pandemic to implement, enhance and scale up cash-based social protection schemes.
31 March 2021
Linking Cash and Voucher Assistance with Humanitarian Response and Social Protection Systems – Experience of Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society
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Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society, British Red Cross, Cash HubThis case study gives an overview of the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society’s experience in cash and voucher assistance and its experience of influencing the Government of Eswatini to shift their humanitarian response and social protection programmes into mobile cash as part of its Covid-19 response.
30 December 2020
Tip sheet: Advocating to Governments on the use of Cash and Social Protection during COVID-19
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Cash Helpdesk, Cash HubThis brief guidance contains key messages to be considered by National Societies when advocating the use of cash and social protection to governments and local authorities during COVID19. Additionally, it…
30 December 2020
Tip sheet: Strengthening Linkages with Social Protection Systems: Orientation guidance for Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies
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Cash HelpdeskThis guidance is written to assist National Societies identifying opportunities to strengthen linkages with existing social protection systems in their countries. It can be a practical introduction to the subject…
30 December 2020
Tip sheet: Social protection in the age of COVID-19
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Cash HelpdeskThis tip sheet aims to provide National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with an overview of key issues to consider when planning and implementing social protection and humanitarian cash-related…
1 December 2019
Investing in Cash and Voucher Coordination in Kenya
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BRC, Cash HubCase study focusing on CVA coordination in Kenya and the need to invest in the right cash coordination architecture in advance to strengthen the overall impact of CVA.
1 March 2019
Kizilaykart Cash Based Assistance Programmes, Livelihoods Survey Findings
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Turkish Red Crescent (Türk Kızılay)Livelihood survey to understand the profile of “Emergency Social Safety Net Programme” (ESSN) applicants and to collect data on their education level, employment status and barriers.
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