Cash Working Group - Nigeria, Terms of Reference and Action Procedures, 7 April 2016

Introduction

Since 2009, the Boko Haram insurgency has affected around 15M people in the North East of Nigeria. Out of the total affected, around 7M are in need of humanitarian assistance1 . To date, 2M2 people are reported displaced due to the insurgency, mostly in Borno, Yobe Adamawa and Gombe.
As early as 2013, there was an effort to bring together key players3 to strategize the response in the North East with Caritas Nigeria as lead convener. Series of trainings were organized with support from the Cash Learning Partnership (CALP). However,
Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) in humanitarian action was considered pre-mature at that time. This was coupled with high turn-over of key champions and changing realities in the field, therefore, the initiation of a cash working group (CWG) experienced a lull.
In November 2015, the CWG re-convened, through the leadership of Caritas Nigeria and support from Catholic Relief Services.
The CWG is revitalizing its presence due to the growing need from CTP implementing agencies to collaborate in responding to the needs of the affected populations. The group is defining its role and purpose to support CTP implementers in the North East and optimizing results.