Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) is globally recognized as a valuable tool that provides flexible and effective support to people affected by crises. Where markets are functioning and safely...
SITUATION OVERVIEW The Cash Working Group coordinates the implementation of Cash and Voucher assistance in north-east Nigeria. Between January to March 2025, 39 implementing partners reported cash...
Executive Summary This report presents a comprehensive analysis of cash feasibility in Northwest Nigeria, drawing on data from 513 key informant surveys conducted across 138 Local Government Areas...
1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of document The effective use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) can support households to meet their housing needs, through accessing construction materials, skilled...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In July 2024, the Nigeria Northwest Cash Working Group (CWG), under the leadership of UNICEF and Save the Children, identified the necessity to revise the Minimum Expenditure Basket...
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND In recognition of the recurrence of Protection incidents brought on by heightened tensions and the deteriorating economic situation, the Protection sector and AoRs...
CONTEXT: Nigeria is currently grappling with a severe financial crisis marked by significant challenges such as soaring inflation, a liquidity shortage, and diminishing humanitarian funding. The...
Introduction Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst financial crisis in almost 30 years. Economic reforms such as the floating of the naira and the fuel subsidy’s removal have contributed to...
Executive Summary The International Rescue Committee (IRC) implemented an anticipatory action cash-distribution pilot among six agro-pastoralist communities in Northeast Nigeria, focused on reducing...
What are the challenges in communicating with and informing communities about CVA issues that affect them, including length of CVA programme and targeting criteria? Challenges: Literacy/language...
Nigeria |2023| CBPF Nigeria, Borno state, Idrisari community. Kaka Hajja Mai Kuli-kuli fled fighting in her home place in Maiduguri a few years ago. At over 70 years old, she had led a full life...
Mercy Corps has been implementing the USAID funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA), a market systems development (MSD) program, in Northeast Nigeria since 2019. In response to...
Introduction Nutrition Situation In Nigeria, nearly 12 per cent of children under 5 years are wasted according to the National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (2021).2 Wasting is largely...
Context In northeast Nigeria, women and girls constitute approximatively two-thirds of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) recipients. However, stark gender inequalities in the region make it difficult...
The IRC evaluated the effects of early warning systems and anticipatory cash interventions to protect the livelihoods of households in flood-prone areas in the northeastern state of Adamawa, Nigeria.
SITUATION OVERVIEW The Cash Working Group coordinates the implementation of Cash and Voucher assistance in north-east Nigeria. Between July to September 2022, 38 implementing partners reported cash...
Executive Summary COVID-19 was a catastrophic global shock whose ripple effects suspended livelihoods, shut down markets, and overwhelmed safety nets. The pandemic continues to have protracted...
Executive Summary The International Rescue Committee (IRC) implemented an anticipatory action cash-distribution pilot among six agro-pastoralist communities in Northeast Nigeria, focused on reducing...
By Eric Bishen, Communication Associate, UNICEF Nigeria Unconditional cash transfer programmes funded by the Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission (ECHO) are providing relief to...
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Executive summary I.1. Introduction Hunger affects 10% of the global population, with the rate of undernutrition having increased by 150 million people from 2019 to 2022 as a result of conflict,...
