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Cash and Vouchers Videos

Food Vouchers Help Afghanistan's Urban Poor

In order to help poor Afghan families now struggling with rising food prices, women are being given monthly food vouchers that allow them to buy food at shops just like anyone else.

Vouchers help Hebron's poor cope with rising prices

In places like Hebron, in the occupied Palestinian territory, food is available but may be out of reach to some people. Food vouchers are a way for WFP to hedge against rising food prices and boost the local economy, while also providing a greater variety of foods to the needy.

Food Vouchers in Hebron

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran explains the advantages of food vouchers as a means of distributing food assistance during a visit to Hebron in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Getting Food Via SMS In The Philippines

Teach A Man To Fish?

You've probably heard the old adage about "giving a man a fish". It's better to teach him to fish, right? Well, sort of. Helping people who "need fish" in real life is a little more complicated than that. This animation explains how.

Key Downloads

Fact sheet

Get the basics on cash and vouchers with this downloadable factsheet

 

Primer

See how our policy experts see cash and vouchers in this primer

 

Brochure

The opportunities offered by this new tool are laid out in this brochure

 

Book

Read about new food assistance tools being used by WFP in the book Revolutions: Innovations in Overcoming Hunger