Cash technology
Digital technology has the potential to transform the way in which cash programmes operate. Mobile payment platforms are already demonstrating how new technologies can have a great impact on efficiencies and convenience for people receiving cash assistance. This is just one example of the potential for the use of technology in this sector.
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For more information on specific areas of innovation in cash technology, see the following:
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27 February 2020
ICHA Shelter reconstruction process learning review – Documentary (9’05”)
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VideoOrganization:
ICHA, Kenya Red CrossThis short documentary (9’05”) focuses of the implementation of a shelter recovery programme using a mixed approach including community participation, cash and voucher assistance, and innovative technology (RedRose) to respond…
27 February 2020
Short video – ICHA Shelter reconstruction process learning review (2’21”)
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VideoOrganization:
ICHA, Kenya Red CrossShort video offering an overview (2’21”) of the implementation of a shelter recovery programme using a mixed approach including community participation, cash and voucher assistance, and innovative technology (RedRose) to respond to floods in Kenya in 2018.
1 July 2019
Safe Rebuilding: A Mixed Approach to Shelter Response Following the 2018 Floods in Kenya
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Case studyOrganization:
ICHA, Kenya Red CrossCase study on the implementation of a shelter recovery programme using a mixed approach including community participation, cash and voucher assistance, and innovative technology (RedRose) to respond to floods in Kenya in 2018.
7 May 2018
After Action Review – WASH E-voucher Pilot Saida, Lebanon
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EvaluationOrganization:
Lebanese Red CrossAfter Action Review on the Lebanese Red Cross’ piloting of an e-voucher project using Red Rose’s data management and assistance delivery platform to provide hygiene items to Syrian refugees.
23 August 2017
Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
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ResearchOrganization:
ICRC and Brussels Privacy HubThis Handbook was published as part of the Brussels Privacy Hub and ICRC’s Data Protection in Humanitarian Action project. It is aimed at the staff of humanitarian organizations involved in…
12 June 2017
Kenya: Cash assistance is putting more than just food on the table
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ArticleOrganization:
ICRC, ICRCHaduko who lives in Kenya’s drought affected Tana Delta region has just received a cash transfer message on her mobile phone. She makes her way to a mobile money vendor…
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