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Tajikistan - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, April 2021

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Tajikistan between February, to April, 2021. Tajikistan hosts the largest number of refugees in Central Asia, predominantly from neighbouring Afghanistan. While some progress has been achieved in areas such as access to health and education for refugees, livelihoods and self-reliance, though, continue to pose a challenge. As the result of Covid-19, refugees faced a myriad of challenges, including the loss of daily incomes and livelihoods to cover basic needs such as rent, food and health care. For refugees in Tajikistan, who largely rely on daily work, the impact of Covid 19 has been devastating as it has led to widespread unemployment. As a response measure, UNHCR jointly with its NGO partner provided Covid-19 cash assistance to 414 refugee households over the course of six months (July-December 2020). The results from this survey suggest that cash assistance provided as an immediate measure to support vulnerable refugee households during the Covid-19 pandemic has had a positive impact on the lives of the respondents. Cash assistance predominantly has been spent to cover food, medicines and rent costs.  

UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Uganda - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, April 2019

Uganda currently hosts about 1.2 million refugees spread across twelve settlements in the country with at least 60% of the caseload settled in the West Nile region of the country and having South Sudanese origin. The rest of the refugees come from Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, DRC and other countries. Most of the refugees particularly from South Sudan are new arrivals. The influxes particularly from South Sudan, Burundi and DRC over the past 3 years currently renders Uganda the biggest host for refugees in Africa.

In order to efficiently offer adequate aid to these refugees, more and more humanitarian organizations and international non-governmental organizations have decided to convert in-kind support to cash-based transfers. These transfers are provided to people with special needs, such as pregnant women and the elderly, or to refugees taking part in 'cash for work' programmes (e.g., constructing community rubbish pits, building access roads, working on farms or planting trees). A total of 254 households were identified basing on the following criteria (stratified random sampling); (i) Parents/primary care-givers of children with severe mental disabilities, (ii) Parents/primary care-givers of children with special education needs enrolled in school, (iii) Family head with disability who is the primary care-giver of an orphaned child, (iv) Single-heads of household who are care-givers for children with specific needs, (v) Elderly women/men (above 60 years) who are primary caregivers of children with specific needs, (vi) Care-giver of persons with serious medical conditions.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Ukraine - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, 2020

UNHCR conducts post-distribution monitoring (PDM) on a regular basis for assistance activities in order to deepen its understanding of the impact these activities have on the persons the organization assists and provides protection to. 
In Ukraine, UNHCR provides individual protection assistance in the following regions: Kyiv, Odesa, Zakarpattya (also covers Lviv) and Kharkiv regions. The UNHCR Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) support only vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers. The type of assistance vary depending on the needs and vulnerability of persons of concern. 
the following types of CBI assistance that were provided to refugees and asylum-seekers by UNHCR and its Partners in Ukraine in 2020: 
1. Supplementary assistance and newcomers assistance 
- Modality: voucher (Metro cards, a supermarket chain that partners with UNHCR)
- Available only in Kyiv and Odesa 
- Description: Distribution of vouchers (Metro cards) for food and non-food items to refugees and asylum-seekers who meet established vulnerability criteria (newcomers, PoCs in need of supplementary food or hygiene due to medical condition). In 2020, 121 families residing in Kyiv and Odesa received voucher assistance at least once. 

In 2020 UNHCR used Metro Cash&Carry (big supermarket chain) cards in the value of 500 UAH. However, due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions imposed by the government of Ukraine, UNHCR Ukraine has gradually shifted to provision of these types of assistance through other modalities. This PDM focused only on the cases processed through vouchers. 

2. MSA (Monthly Subsistence Allowance) 
- Modality: cash. OTC (over the counter) 
- Available in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv 
Description: MSA (monthly subsistence allowance) aims to support the most vulnerable persons of concern. It is given based on the strict vulnerability criteria and cases are reviewed every four months at the MSA committee meetings, composed of partner social counselors, SMS and UNHCR. In 2020, 105 vulnerable families were covered by this type of support. 

The amount of MSA is calculated based on the family size. It is in line with the recommendations of the Cash Working Group on assistance provision at 60% of subsistence level (3 774.62 UAH as of February 2020), which corresponds to MSA amount. Assistance per single person provided by UNHCR amounted to 2 400 UAH per month, proportionally increased depending on the number of household members.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Malaysia - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, January 2021

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Malaysia between December, to January, 2021. In Malaysia, refugees live in a very challenging environment with limited rights to health, education and work.  As the Malaysian government does not provide refugees with any monetary support, refugees depend on low-income work to provide for their families and for themselves.  As there are approximately 150,000 refugees in Malaysia, the CBI program is targeted to the most vulnerable groups, with a household income below the national poverty line, women and girls at risk, children and adolescents at risk and persons with serious medical conditions. Assistance to refugees who have been detained and have not managed to earn sufficient funds during their sentence is also provided. 

UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Nepal - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, February 2021

THE CBI Covid PDM Household Survey was conducted in Nepal from November, 2020 to February, 2021. In Nepal, UNHCR has supported the Covid-19 response in multiple sectors in 2020, such as Cash-Based Interventions. One of the main findings of the survey was that almost a third of the households answered that they were currently not able to meet basic needs of the households, even though alll of them had benefitted from interventions earlier.  

UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Pakistan - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, November 2020

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Pakistan in November, 2020. UNCHR Pakistan has always been at the front line of dealing with the Afghan refugee crisis. In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and its far lasting financial impacts, UNHCR Pakistan has rolled out an Emergency Cash Assistance Program to help refugees meet their basic needs and to mitigate harsh socio-economic impacts in the time of crises and countrywide lockdowns. UNHCR implemented a one-off emergency cash assistance to vulnerable refugee and asylum seeker families to help meet their basic needs including food, rent, and access to essential supplies and services. This large-scale cash distribution required an independent third-party post distribution monitoring (PDM) to confirm whether the beneficiaries have received their entitled cash payment and also to clarify the mode of utilization of cash, whether it has been shared, spent, or saved.  

UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Sri Lanka - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Sri Lanka from March, to April, 2021. UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Niger - Tillaberi IDP enrolment - May-Oct 2020

The enrolment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was conduced in Maradi, Tahoua and Tillaberi in Niger by the Government through the National Committee for Data Collection and Information Management on Internally Displaced Persons in Niger established in October 2019. The Committee acts in these regions with the technical support of UNHCR. Its aim is to ensure an adequate protection response for IDPs following the attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups in their villages. The enrolment helped to identify the socio-economic profile of IDPs and their needs, detect potential cases of statelessness, and ease the aid of the humanitarian community. The enrolment data contain information on heads of households, family composition, specific needs of household members, documents held by family members, reasons for displacement, places of origin and current location. In Tillaberi, 4,859 households were registered between May and October 2020. They originated from 16 communes in Abala, Ayerou, Balleyara, Bankilare, Gotheye, Ouallam, Tera, Tillaberi and Torodi departments in the Tillaberi region of Niger. The data provided here is a sample of the original data.

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, internally displaced persons-idp, livelihoods, protection, shelter
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Niger - Maradi IDP enrolment - Apr-Sep 2020

The enrolment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was conduced in Maradi, Tahoua and Tillaberi in Niger by the Government through the National Committee for Data Collection and Information Management on Internally Displaced Persons in Niger established in October 2019. The Committee acts in these regions with the technical support of UNHCR. Its aim is to ensure an adequate protection response for IDPs following the attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups in their villages. The enrolment helped to identify the socio-economic profile of IDPs and their needs, detect potential cases of statelessness, and ease the aid of the humanitarian community. The enrolment data contain information on heads of households, family composition, specific needs of household members, documents held by family members, reasons for displacement, places of origin and current location. In Maradi, 2'169 households were registered between April and September 2020. They originated from 9 communes in Guidan Roumji, Madarounfa and other departments in the Maradi region of Niger. The data provided here is a sample of the original data.

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, internally displaced persons-idp, livelihoods, protection, shelter
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Niger - Tahoua IDP enrolment - Apr-May 2020

The enrolment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was conduced in Maradi, Tahoua and Tillaberi in Niger by the Government through the National Committee for Data Collection and Information Management on Internally Displaced Persons in Niger established in October 2019. The Committee acts in these regions with the technical support of UNHCR. Its aim is to ensure an adequate protection response for IDPs following the attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups in their villages. The enrolment helped to identify the socio-economic profile of IDPs and their needs, detect potential cases of statelessness, and ease the aid of the humanitarian community. The enrolment data contain information on heads of households, family composition, specific needs of household members, documents held by family members, reasons for displacement, places of origin and current location. In Tahoua, 6,955 households were registered between May and October 2020. They originated from Tahoua, Tillia and other departments in the Tahoua region of Niger. The data provided here is a sample of the original data.

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, internally displaced persons-idp, livelihoods, protection, shelter
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Liberia - Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2015

The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that plays a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes among populations affected by forced displacement. This survey was conducted in Bahn, PTP and Little Wlebo camps, which are located in Maryland, Grand Gedeh and Nimba counties lying along the border of Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. The three camps were hosting close to 29,000 Ivorian refugees including approximately 5,000 children aged below five years. The survey, which was organized by UNHCR in close collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP), UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), CARE, African Humanitarian Action (AHA) and Country Health Teams / Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Liberia, was conducted from 7th April to 2nd May 2015. This was the third SENS to be conducted in the camps since the Ivorian refugee emergency in 2010 in Liberia; the first was in 2012 and the second in 2013.

Tags: development, disease, food security, health, malnutrition, nutrition, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Liberia - Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2013

The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that play a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes among populations affected by forced displacement. This survey took place  in the four Ivorian refugee camps (Bahn, PTP, Solo, and Little Wlebo) in Nimba, Grand Gedeh and Maryland Counties along the border with Cote d'Ivoire from November to December 2013. UNHCR and the World Food Programme (WFP) organized the survey in close collaboration with partners including Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA), International Refugee Committee (IRC), Merlin, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), CARE, and the Country Health Teams / Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Government of the Republic of Liberia. This was the second SENS to be conducted in the camps since the Ivorian refugee emergency in 2010 in Liberia; the first was in 2012.

Tags: development, disease, food security, health, malnutrition, nutrition, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Liberia - Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2012

The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that play a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes among populations affected by forced displacement. This survey was conducted in October 2012 in Liberia in three counties (Maryland, Grand Gedeh, and Nimba) and in five refugee camp (Little Wlebo in Maryland; Solo, PTP, and Dougee in Grand Gedeh; and in Bahn camp in Nimba) hosting refugees from Côte d'Ivoire. It was organized by UNHCR and World Food Programme (WFP) in close collaboration with implementing partners, operational partners, and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) of the Republic of Liberia. This was the first of three SENS surveys that took place. Subsequent surveys took place in 2013 and 2015.

Tags: health, malnutrition, nutrition
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Uganda - Interagency Rapid Gender Analysis Household Survey - 2020

To allow for a proper understanding of the extent of the impact of COVID-19 on refugees in Uganda, the need was identified to carry out a Rapid Gender Assessment (RGA) to assess the impact of the pandemic on women, men, girls and boys of diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, older persons and those with serious medical conditions. This assessment was conducted both in Kampala and across refugee settlements. 
A mixed methods approach was used to address the central objectives of the study, including a review of secondary sources, a household survey and a key informants interview. The household survey targeted 1535 individuals, including vulnerable groups such as child heads of household, persons living with disabilities, and persons with serious medical conditions. The final locations included within the sample were Kampala, Kyaka II, Nakivale, Oruchinga, Adjumani, Bidibidi, Imvepi, Kiryandongo, Lobule and Rhino Camp. Those locations were selected to ensure that all regions and population groups were represented in the final sample of respondents.

Tags: gender-based violence-gbv, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Dominican Republic - High Frequency Survey - Q4 2020

The data was collected using the High Frequency Survey (HFS), the new regional data collection tool & methodology launched in the Americas. The survey allowed for better reaching populations of interest with new remote modalities (phone interviews and self-administered surveys online) and improved sampling guidance and strategies. It includes a set of standardized regional core questions while allowing for operation-specific customizations. The core questions revolve around populations of interest’s demographic profile, difficulties during their journey, specific protection needs, access to documentation & regularization, health access, coverage of basic needs, coping capacity & negative mechanisms used, and well-being & local integration. The data collected has been used by countries in their protection monitoring analysis and vulnerability analysis.

Tags: covid-19, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, protection, transportation
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Ecuador - High Frequency Survey - Q4 2020

The data was collected using the High Frequency Survey (HFS), the new regional data collection tool & methodology launched in the Americas. The survey allowed for better reaching populations of interest with new remote modalities (phone interviews and self-administered surveys online) and improved sampling guidance and strategies. It includes a set of standardized regional core questions while allowing for operation-specific customizations. The core questions revolve around populations of interest’s demographic profile, difficulties during their journey, specific protection needs, access to documentation & regularization, health access, coverage of basic needs, coping capacity & negative mechanisms used, and well-being & local integration. The data collected has been used by countries in their protection monitoring analysis and vulnerability analysis.

Tags: covid-19, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, protection, transportation
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency