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…

3 February 2025

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Feasibility assessment report: Lubombo, Eswatini

Type:

Report

Organization:

Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society, British Red Cross

This report examines the use of CVA in four vulnerable communities facing food insecurity. People preferred mobile money transfers, with MTN as the best option, though issues like ID access…

28 January 2025

Insights of a national society CVA Focal Point: Mohannad Kraidi

Type:

Blog

Organization:

Cash Centre of Excellence, IFRC

This blog from the Cash Centre of Excellence provides insight into the daily life of CVA focal point Mohannad Kraidi from the Iraqi Red Crescent

  • MENA Community of Practice

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

23 October 2024

Dignity in Action 2024: Key data and learning on cash assistance in the RCRC Movement

Type:

Report

Drawing on learning and experience from across the world in 2022-23, this landmark report explores the transformative impact of cash assistance in humanitarian crises across the International Red Cross and…

  • data management
  • Livelihoods
  • Localisation
  • Migration

7 August 2024

CVA Newsletter – Nepal Red Cross (Jan – June 2024)

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 society between January and June 2024

17 July 2024

Investing in Cash and Voucher Assistance Preparedness: Investing in National Society Development

Type:

Research

Organization:

ICRC, IFRC

This document provides strategies for integrating Cash and Voucher Assistance Preparedness (CVAP) with National Society Development (NSD) within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and emphasizes aligning CVAP investments…

  • National Society Development (NSD)

In partnership with:

British Red Cross