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…

New

4 February 2026

CVA Prepositioned Case Study: Eswatini Hailstorm Emergency Response

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society, BRC, Cash Hub

This report presents a case study of the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society’s rapid cash‑based emergency response to the November and December 2025 hailstorms in Eswatini. It outlines how prepositioned…

  • cash assistance
  • Emergencies

16 December 2025

Dignity in Action: Global Overview 2023/2024

Type:

Report

Organization:

Cash Hub

Using annual Counting Cash data from 2023 and 2024 this report provides a global overview of the collective scale of the RCRC Movement’s cash assistance, breaking down regional trends and…

  • cash assistance
  • Information management
  • RCRC Movement Coordination

18 August 2025

Connected for Impact webinar: CVA Coordination in Action (MENA Region)

Type:

Webinar

Organization:

IFRC

Connected for Impact: CVA Coordination in Action (MENA Region) . Webinar hosted by the Cash Centre of Excellence and the Lebanese Red Cross.

  • cash coordination
  • MENA Community of Practice

23 July 2025

CVA in Emergencies session – 2025 Hurricane Season and Other Emergencies Preparedness Conference IFRC Americas

Type:

Video

Organization:

IFRC

CVA in Emergencies session – 2025 Hurricane Season and Other Emergencies Preparedness Conference IFRC Americas

  • AccessRC
  • Americas Community of Practice
  • Emergencies

22 July 2025

Advancing Health through Cash webinar: Empowering MENA National Societies

Type:

Webinar

Organization:

Cash Centre of Excellence, IFRC, Lebanese Red Cross, Norwegian Red Cross

Advancing Health through Cash: Empowering MENA National Societies. Webinar hosted by the Cash Centre of Excellence and the Lebanese Red Cross.

  • cash assistance
  • cash coordination

18 July 2025

Scoping the use and coordination of Shock-Responsive Social Protection and other cash assistance in emergencies in Central Asia

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Norcap, UNICEF

This scoping report, developed under the UNICEF–IFRC partnership with support from NORCAP/CashCap, identifies key gaps, priorities, and opportunities related to the use and coordination of shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) and…

  • cash assistance
  • coordination

In partnership with:

British Red Cross