Cash assistance

Sudan | 2023 | CBPF
“With cash assistance, the people we are aiming to support, especially with multi-purpose cash, can get what they actually need, based on their priorities.”

Lebanon | 2023 | CBPF
“This help was indispensable. Every person has different needs – I was able to buy the specific things I needed to grow food.”

Yemen | 2023 | CBPF
“The hardest part about being displaced is fearing that you might die by going back to your hometown…”

Yemen | 2023 | CBPF
Zainab wakes up every morning early to collect plastic bottles to wash and re-sell. It provides a meager addition to the other assistance she receives, but it helps.

Somalia |2023| CERF
“For us to get clean and safe drinking water, it often meant long, arduous hours of walking to the nearest water source, which is an unsafe journey. This is a task I did not look forward to.”

Somalia | 2023 | CERF
The longest and most severe drought seen in Somalia in at least 40 years has affected millions and driven displacement across the country.

Ethiopia, Mozambique | 2023 | CERF
“I am not like the other parents here. I have two children with disabilities.”

Ukraine | 2023 | CERF
“I was born during the war, far from my native country. And now, at the end of my life, I face war again, in my homeland.”

Nigeria |2023| CBPF
“I started a charcoal business that is doing well. I can take care of myself without depending on my children.”

Somalia | 2023 | CBPF
“Some of the beneficiaries used the money to purchase food, while others bought clothes for their children, especially last month to celebrate Eid-Al-Fitr. The money assisted a lot of us who didn’t know what to do to cover family expenses during Eid.”

Sudan |2023| CBPF
In conflict and disaster, it is often local organizations who quickly and effectively respond to the needs of their community. Sudan Humanitarian Fund partner HOPE Sudan is one of many such examples.

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF
“I begged my husband [that we should] go anywhere, just not to stay here. There was only one thing in my head: save the children, take the children away from here.”

Syria | 2023 | CBPF
“I felt such relief. There is no mud or dirt, and it did not feel cold. It feels like a home.”

Ethiopia | 2023 | CBPF
“We used to share the most basic household items with our neighbours who also had very little. We would wait for them to finish cooking and then use their pots and plates.”

Lebanon | 2020 | LHF
“The blast made our house uninhabitable. Everything broke – the windows, the furniture. We can’t afford to fix it up… we can barely afford to eat.” Her adult children have found their wages cut by rapid inflation.

Syria | 2022 | CERF
“There were days when we had nothing to eat but bread. The girls’ poor diet probably led to this,” said Zahira.

Somalia | 2023 | CBPF
“Four years ago, my life was beautiful. I had livestock and a farm, but then I lost everything.”

Yemen | 2022 | CBPF
“Multipurpose cash assistance provides greater flexibility and choice for displaced families.”

Ukraine | 2022 | CBPF
At least 17.6 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2023.

Ukraine | 2022 | CERF
“Everyone thought this horror would end in a few days, but weeks passed, and the children started to get sick. It was cold there, and with so many people in enclosed space, the viruses spread quickly,” says Olena.

Ukraine | 2023 | CERF
“The money from UNICEF helped us to survive a few months,” adds Venera.

Burkina Faso | 2022 | CBPF
“Here, I have to cover my expenses alone. I pay the rent, the water, the wood for the kitchen, the schooling of my children,” she says.

DRC | 2023 | CBPF
Solidarités International provided direct cash transfers to more than 6,000 displaced families in the Irumu territory of Ituri province in the northeast.

Niger | 2021 | CERF
“The 2021 crop year was catastrophic in our region, since production was almost nil.”

Syria | 2022 | CERF
“I knew that with the voucher, I would be more capable of managing my family’s nutrition needs compared to receiving purely in-kind assistance.”

Afghanistan | 2021 | CBPF
“This assistance saved the lives and livelihood of my family during this harsh and lean season and shall meet my needs for a few months.”