Cash in emergencies

Cash in Emergencies focuses on cash assistance programming in the immediate aftermath of a sudden onset disaster. Explore this page for case studies, lessons learned and other informational materials on cash assistance in emergencies.

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11 May 2021

Emergency Cash Transfer Response during COVID-19 Experience of Zambia Red Cross Society

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Cash Hub, IFRC, Zambia Red Cross Society

Case study from the Zambia Red Cross Society on the use of CVA as part of the COVID-19 response, with information on the analysis, design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, programme outcomes, lessons learnt, and next steps in building CVA capacity.

  • Emergencies

18 March 2021

What does “Cash” mean for WASH Outcomes?

Type:

Learning

Organization:

RCRCM

Short overview document intended for both WASH and cash practitioners as well as programme managers who want to understand and explore how cash and voucher assistance can support WASH outcomes.

  • WASH
  • Emergencies

1 July 2020

Cash Interventions: Key Learnings and Reflection – Myanmar Red Cross Society’s Cash Programmes in Central Rakhine

Type:

Learning

Organization:

BRC, IFRC, Myanmar Red Cross Society

This paper summarises the findings of a study dedicated to reflect, analyse and learn from a Cash and Voucher Assistance programme implemented in the Rakhine state from 2014 to 2019 by the Myanmar Red Cross Society.

  • WASH
  • Cash in conflict
  • Emergencies

21 March 2020

Tip sheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance and COVID-19

Type:

Tip sheet

Organization:

ICRC

Tool with practical recommendations to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through ongoing Cash and Voucher Assistance, inform the adaptation of CVA in the context of COVID-19, and promote sensitivity…

  • COVID-19
  • Emergencies
  • Cash Preparedness

1 February 2020

Piloting Financial Service Providers in Pakistan

Type:

Case study

Organization:

BRC, Cash Hub, Pakistan Red Crescent Society

This case study reviews the experience of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society’s investment in piloting financial service providers to strengthen its capacity to respond with CVA.

  • Emergencies
  • Cash technology

1 July 2019

Improving Lives and Livelihoods Through Cash Transfers: A Humanitarian Assistance Project in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine – Myanmar

Type:

Learning

Organization:

IFRC, IFRC, Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS)

Brief overview of a one-year project implemented by MRCS with multi-lateral support from IFRC, which started in November 2018 to recover livelihoods of populations affected by violence in Maungdaw Township.

  • Livelihoods
  • Cash in conflict
  • Emergencies

In partnership with:

British Red Cross