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

25 January 2022

Theory of Change – Cash and Voucher Assistance Preparedness

This document gives an overview of the Theory of Change for cash and voucher assistance cash preparedness.

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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…

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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…

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1 August 2018

British Virgin Islands Joint Cash Platform: Case study for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Type:

Case study

Organization:

British Red Cross, British Virgin Islands Red Cross

This case study highlights learning from the establishment of a Joint Cash Platform to deliver cash for emergency and recovery needs in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) following hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

  • America
  • Cash and social protection
  • Cash in emergencies
  • National society cash readiness

1 August 2018

British Virgin Islands Joint Cash Platform Evaluation: Building an evidence base on operational models for the delivery of cash transfer programming

Type:

Evaluation

Organization:

British Red Cross, British Virgin Islands Red Cross, Caritas, CRS

Evaluation analysing aspects of the British Virgin Islands Joint Cash Platform (JCP) Operational Model (OM) following hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The evaluation focuses on aspects of the JCP influencing key drivers of the quality of response as well as effectiveness, efficiency and accountability.

  • America
  • Cash and health
  • Cash and social protection
  • Cash in emergencies

7 May 2018

After Action Review – WASH E-voucher Pilot Saida, Lebanon

Type:

Evaluation

Organization:

Lebanese Red Cross

After 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.

  • Cash and WASH
  • Cash technology
  • Middle-East / North Africa
  • National society cash readiness

29 January 2017

Vietnam Red Cross, Cash-based Interventions Position Paper (2017)

Type:

Learning

Organization:

BRC, IFRC, Vietnam Red Cross

This document outlines the experience of the Vietnam Red Cross in the field of cash and voucher assistance, defines the importance of this tool and the vision for the future, and includes examples of activities to strengthen the capacity of this National Society to deliver cash assistance.

  • Asia-Pacific
  • National society cash readiness

In partnership with:

British Red Cross