Webinar | Multi-Purpose Cash Transfer and Child Protection: A Case Study (English Edition)
Channel: The Alliance
Date: 2020-04-23

The Alliance of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action hosts a webinar with the global Cash and Child Protection Task Force to present a case study from Save the Children’s multi-purpose cash transfer ‘Plus’ program in response to the influx of Venezuelan into Colombia.  

Main Points:
00:05 Introduction and history by the moderators who represent World Vision and the International Rescue Committee, which are the two organizations that head up the Cash and Child Protection Task Force.
1:10 Introduction of the main speakers: Julia Grasset, Nael Jean Baptiste
1:53 Julia Grasset explains the context for the Colombia
3:31 Julia Grasset gives the Project Presentation: MPCA Plus
4:50 Calculating the transfer value
5:38 Identifying Beneficiaries 
6:14 Child Safeguarding
7:27 Nael Jean Baptiste explains the project impact
9:09 Tracking the use of cash
10:36 Impact on food security
12:45 WASH Indicators
15:29 Nutrition
18:01 Impact indicators
20:20 Challenges, Solutions and Lessons learned
24:00 Recommendations
27:00 Question and Answer Session

Guest Bios:

Julia Grasset is an Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Senior Specialist at Save the Children US. For the past 8 years, she has been supporting Save the Children's cash and voucher programming in the middle east, Africa and Latin America. For the past 2 years, Julia has been providing technical backstopping to Save the Children's Venezuela Response, and notably participated to the design and implementation of this program. 

Nael Jean Baptiste is a MEAL Senior Specialist at Save the Children US, focusing mostly on CVA and FSL programs. For the past two years, he's been providing technical MEAL support to SC's Colombia program, and notably participated to the development and implementation of all MEAL activities of this program. 

Important Links:
Cash Programming and Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: https://alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-online-library/cash-transfer-programming-and-child-protection-humanitarian-action
The Technical Note: https://cpie.info/COVID19Note
The Alliance’s series on Child Protection during COVID-19: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic
Child Protection Minimum Standards: https://alliancecpha.org/en/CPMS_home
Child Protection during an infectious disease outbreak guidance: https://alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-online-library/guidance-note-protection-children-during-infectious-disease
CP AorR: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3l4129sc00v6pa2/AACpr0edrkzD_WZ23Bz8N0d-a/COVID%2019?dl=0&preview=1.+COVID19+CP+AoR+Resource+Menu_Working+Doc+March2020.docx&subfolder_nav_tracking=1