JAJARKOT DISTRICT, Nepal, Jan 16 (IPS) - Delivering humanitarian assistance in the form of cash sounds great: recipients get to choose exactly how to spend their money and aid organizations can respond faster and better track their giving.
In Nepal, more than two months after a major earthquake killed more than 150 people and destroyed or damaged over 60,000 homes, humanitarian cash assistance continues to play a minor role in the country’s disaster response
UN Women Nepal, with support from Government of Finland, Fondation Chanel, and UK Aid, has been collaborating with the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens of Nepal, local governments, World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme, and civil society organizations to provide women with multi-purpose cash assistance, access to food, energy, essential supplies, as well as access to information and essential services, such as psycho-social counselling, legal counselling, financial services, and digital services, providing holistic support to participants.