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Middle East and North Africa

Learn more about the cash programmes and work within the Middle East/North Africa region, carried out by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Search our case studies, photos, articles and evaluations below.

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Syria earthquake response: Find the latest resources

3 July 2023

SARC CVA Earthquake Intervention Plan 2023

This document outlines procedures and steps needed to implement the cash and voucher interventions in relation to the…

3 July 2023

SARC Multisectoral Market Assessment

This document outlines the purpose and process of the rapid market assessment conducted by SARC in the February…

3 July 2023

SARC Post Distribution Monitoring Survey

Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) Survey conducted by SARC in the February 2023 post-earthquake response

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5 December 2024

CVA Minimum Humanitarian Standards Orientation for Financial Service Providers (FSPs) – YRCS

Type:

Guidance

Organization:

Yemen Red Crescent

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Minimum Humanitarian Standards Orientation for Financial Service Providers (FSPs) – Presentation from a workshop run by the Yemen Red Crescent Society in November 2024. In…

  • MENA Community of Practice

5 August 2024

Webinar: Cash and Voucher Assistance Earthquake Response | From Destruction to Reconstruction

Type:

Webinar

Organization:

Cash Centre of Excellence, IFRC, IFRC

This webinar, hosted by the MENA Cash Centre of Excellence, focused on the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s CVA response to the 2023 earthquake. The webinar provided insights into the process,…

  • MENA Community of Practice

12 July 2024

MENA CCoE: Peer-to-Peer Exchange Programme report 2024

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cash Centre of Excellence, IFRC

This report aims to provide an overview of the recent CVA Peer-to-Peer exchange program that brought together CVA practitioners from across four MENA National Societies. By delving into the key…

  • Cash Preparedness

14 June 2024

Movement Cash and Vouchers Assistance Preparedness (CVAP) partnership model review in ICRC context – Yemen

Type:

Report

Organization:

British Red Cross, Cash Hub, ICRC, Yemen Red Crescent

Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) has the ambition to enhance their capacity to design and independently implement cash-based assistance on a large scale since 2021. With the support of British…

  • Cash in conflict
  • Livelihoods
  • Localisation

13 March 2024

Echoes in MENA: CVA newsletter issue #1

Type:

Newsletter

Organization:

Cash Centre of Excellence, IFRC

This newsletter is the first in a series focusing on CVA in MENA and summarises key activities from 2023 and upcoming events

  • MENA Community of Practice

12 March 2024

YRCS CVA Lesson Learnt Workshop Report

Type:

Report

Organization:

ICRC, Yemen Red Crescent

The Yemeni Red Crescent Journey on Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) capacity building aims to enhancing humanitarian rapid response, in an accountable manner and at scalable way during emergencies, recovery,…

  • Cash Preparedness

In partnership with:

British Red Cross