There is a growing recognition that Cash and Voucher Assistance can contribute to improving maternal and child nutrition by impacting the underlying determinants of adequate nutrition. For example, Cash and Voucher Assistance can be effective in addressing economic barriers to adequate nutrition. Cash and Voucher Assistance is most effective when complemented with other nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, such as Social Behavioral Changes and linkages to appropriate nutritional services.
Nutrition and Cash & Voucher Assistance Working Group
The Nutrition and Cash and Voucher Working Group regrouped in April 2021, with two new chairs at the helm. The Working Group aims to promote initiatives and resources related to Cash and Voucher Assistance for nutrition outcomes, identify knowledge gaps, highlight promising practices, foster debate, and create opportunities for learning. More broadly, the group aims to generate interest in Cash and Voucher Assistance and nutrition and promote exchanges between relevant sectors and actors at the country, regional, and global level. The group is currently co-chaired by Concern Worldwide and Save the Children.
Key Activities
- Organize webinars and events to share experiences, evidence, and learning around the use of Cash and Voucher Assistance for nutrition outcomes
- Foster collaboration among stakeholders and organizations
- Develop guidance and capacity building packages, mapping initiatives, and surveying gaps in Nutrition and Cash and Voucher Assistance in humanitarian responses.
Useful links
- The CALP Network: Resources
- Webinar Series: The Use of Cash and Voucher Assistance in Nutrition
- Operational Guidance for Use of Cash and Voucher Assistance to Improve Nutrition Outcomes in Northwest Syria.
- Save the Children International: Unconditional CVA ‘Plus’ SBC for Nutrition Outcomes
- Webinar Series: Use of Cost of Diet and Nutval for the Calculation of CVA for Nutrition Transfer Value
- Harmonizing Cash and Voucher Assistance Approaches for Nutrition Outcomes in Nigeria
