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

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…

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…

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…

11 December 2023

Launch of the Resource Mobilization Community

Type:

Announcement

The RMC is a virtual platform, hosted by the IFRC, that will support your National Society to better access relevant information, resources & expertise about resource mobilization. The RMC will…

  • National society cash readiness

8 November 2023

Share your MENA Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) learning material

Type:

Announcement

Want to share your MENA CVA learning material? The MENA Cash Center of Excellence is offering the opportunity to work closely with MENA Red Cross/ Red Crescent National Societies to…

  • National society cash readiness

21 August 2023

Key learnings from applying the CVAP methodology in fragile contexts: The case of Yemen

Type:

Case study

Organization:

Cash Hub, ICRC

This case study looks at National Society CVA preparedness, taking key learnings from applying the CVAP methodology in fragile contexts in the case of Yemen. This case study is a…

  • Cash in conflict
  • Middle-East / North Africa
  • National society cash readiness

9 June 2023

CVA Newsletter – Nepal Red Cross (January – June 2023)

Type:

Newsletter

Organization:

Nepal Red Cross Society

An overview of the latest updates on the Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) work of the Nepal Red Cross between January and June 2023

  • Asia-Pacific
  • National society cash readiness

16 May 2023

IFRC Regional Delivery Mechanism: Visa prepaid cards overview

Type:

Infographic

Organization:

IFRC

This infographic details information about the new regional CVA delivery mechanism, Visa prepaid cards, being used by the IFRC in the Americas region. In Spanish and English.

  • America
  • National society cash readiness

16 May 2023

Counting Cash for the Americas: 2022 data

Type:

Infographic

Organization:

IFRC

Infographic detailing the results of the 2022 Counting Cash operation in the Americas region

  • America
  • National society cash readiness

In partnership with:

British Red Cross