Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS), through its Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) team, was part of the Cash Transfer Program (CTP) National Advocacy Event organized by Oxfam in Vanuatu from 14th – 15th July 2022.
The primary purpose of the event was to advocate to the Vanuatu Government that Unblocked Cash Transfer can be used as a response program after a disaster and also during peacetime in terms of social protection. The successful 2-day event brought together over 40+ government advocates at the Provincial and National levels including VRCS Team.
Throughout the 2-days workshop, Oxfam presented the CVA overview as well as some key findings of the Unblocked Cash Response followed by panel discussions the second day. Below were the key topics for panel discussions during day 2.
Key Topic 1: Political and community Acceptance of Cash transfer.
Key Topic 2: Consortium approach through the innovative used of CVA in Vanuatu.
Key Topic 3: Impact of Cash transfer towards local economy & the Power of Choice and Dignity.
Key Topic 4: Integration of CVA & In-kind during response and recovery programs.
VRCS with other Unblocked Cash implementing partners, advocates on Key Topic : Consortium approach through the innovative used of CVA in Vanuatu. The partners reflected on their work since the UBC response was rolled out in 2020 to identify key strengths, challenges, lessons learned and develop recommendations to improve the CTP response model in Vanuatu. Some importance of the consortium approach was capacity building, sharing of experiences and delivering to wider areas in a short time frame.
“𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 3 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 6 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘖𝘹𝘧𝘢𝘮” 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘎𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘯 – 𝘊𝘝𝘈 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳, 𝘝𝘙𝘊𝘚.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Government advocates at the Provincial and National levels including VRCS Team.