RESOURCES

Cash Preparedness​

In this section you will find resources aiming at supporting entities of the Movement, improving their capacity and operational readiness to provide scalable and timely cash assistance.

Strengthening national humanitarian action and localisation of aid through investments into National Societies of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement  will be fundamental to building the overall capacity of the humanitarian sector to deliver more effective and efficient humanitarian assistance through uptake of cash assistance. In this section you will find resources aiming at supporting entities of the Movement, improving their capacity and operational readiness to provide scalable and timely cash assistance.

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Key Resources

8 February 2021

Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 1: CVAP Areas

This guidance is intended for NSs at the country level, but can also be used by other components…

8 February 2021

Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 2: ICRC CVA Preparedness Guidance

This ICRC-specific guidance follows the same structure as the CVAP guidance for NSs (for the latter see Chapter…

17 June 2024

Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 3: Measuring CVA Organisational Preparedness and CVA Operational Readiness

Chapter 3 focuses on evaluating NSs’ capacity to deliver scalable, timely, and accountable CVA through specific indicators and…

1 June 2026

Delivering What People Need Most: Evidence and Key Messages to Scale Humanitarian Cash Assistance from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cash Hub

As the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement develops updated targets for its cash assistance to 2030, an evidence-gathering exercise was commissioned by the Cash Hub to provide a…

  • cash assistance
  • cash coordination
  • Cash technology
  • Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA)

28 May 2026

Money Where It Matters: A Cost-Efficiency Analysis of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Network

Type:

Research

Organization:

Cash Hub, IFRC

This research explores how the IFRC and National Societies deliver humanitarian assistance more efficiently in a context of rising needs and limited funding. Drawing on data from 181 operations across…

  • Cost Efficiency
  • Localisation
  • MPCA
  • RCRC Movement Coordination

13 May 2026

Evaluation Report on the Cash and Voucher Assistance Communities of Practice: Sahel, West Africa and Central Africa

Type:

Evaluation

Organization:

Cash Hub, Livelihoods Centre

This evaluation report examines the effectiveness and impact of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Communities of Practice (CoPs) across the Sahel, West Africa, and Central Africa. It finds that the…

  • cash coordination

13 May 2026

Evaluation of Cash and Vouchers Assistance Preparedness Programmes in the Sahel (2017–2025): Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad

Type:

Evaluation

Organization:

Cash Hub, Croissant-Rouge Mauritanien, Croix Rouge Nigerienne, Croix-Rouge Burkinabé, Croix-Rouge du Tchad, Croix-Rouge Malienne, Livelihoods Centre

This evaluation report analyses the impact and effectiveness of the CVA Preparedness Programme across five Sahel National Societies from 2017 to 2025. It finds that the programme successfully strengthened organisational…

  • cash assistance

13 May 2026

A capacity that matters: Chad Red Cross Cash & Voucher Assistance Preparedness (CVAP) Journey

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Cash Hub, Croix-Rouge du Tchad, Livelihoods Centre

This case study describes how the Chad Red Cross strengthened its capacity to deliver Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) through the CVAP programme. It highlights the organisation’s transformation from limited…

  • cash assistance

13 May 2026

Preparing to respond better: Niger Red Cross Cash & Voucher Assistance Preparedness (CVAP) Journey

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Cash Hub, Croix Rouge Nigerienne, Livelihoods Centre

This case study outlines how the Niger Red Cross strengthened its ability to deliver Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) through a structured preparedness programme. It describes the organisation’s rapid progress…

  • cash assistance

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