Cash in the City: Addressing food security
needs in urban crises
Organisation:
ALNAP
Location:
Date:
08 December 2016
Time:
2 to 3:30pm (GMT)
The humanitarian world has made a significant shift towards using cash to
help vulnerable people meet their needs, including food security. Despite a
growing evidence base, much of our collective experience is in rural areas. How
can cash-based approaches meet food security needs in urban crises? Is cash
different in an urban context? What are the challenges and lessons learned?
The latest edition in ALNAP’s urban webinar series will explore the shift
towards humanitarian cash programming.
Presentations from CRS and NRC will
explore urban cash-based programming in Nigeria and Iran. The webinar is
co-presented by the Global Food Security Cluster’s Food Security and
Livelihoods in Urban Settings working group, and discussions will draw in
global perspectives from colleagues in WFP and the American Red Cross.
Speakers:
• Marianna Kuttothara, American Red Cross Society, will open the
webinar with reflections on years of cash programming in rural and urban
emergencies.
• Giulia Frontini, Catholic Relief Services Nigeria, will share
experiences of providing electronic food vouchers/cash in both rural and urban
areas of NorthEast Nigeria, to support displaced people fleeing Boko Haram
violence. Giulia will focus on targeting, selection of vendors/markets,
community participation and security.
• Anthony Dutemple, Norwegian Refugee Council Iran, will draw on
his experiences with cash responses across the MENA region, and speak in
particular about a new cash programme for Afghan refugees in Iran. His
presentation will look at distribution modalities and integrating protection
outcomes
• A fourth speaker, TBD, from World Food Programme will join the
discussion/Q&A, reflecting on WFP's global urban experiences with cash for
food security.
Audience members will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion
before, during and after the webinar by posing questions for speakers, sharing
their own experiences, responding to polls and continuing the discussion in the
Urban Response Community of Practice.
Interested? Sign
up for this webinar!