Provision of Multi-Purpose (MPC) and sectoral cash assistance to meet the emergency and basic needs of crisis-affected people in Malakal wider areas IOM, HDC, and ADA seek to provide multipurpose and sectoral cash assistance (MPCA) to a total of 11,388 individuals (1,898 HHs) affected by recent conflict in Tonga. IOM will target 4,236 individuals (706 HHs), HDC will target 3,450 individuals (575 HHs) and ADA will target 3,702 individuals (617 HHs). The project interventions focus on distribution of cash to meet urgent needs of the affected communities outside the Malakal PoC. The project aims to contribute to improve resilience of the target population by providing them resources to meet their urgent needs based on their own priorities. Furthermore, the assistance will help scaling-up cash-programming in the country as well boosting the local economy.
The MPCA value is pre-determined in the allocation strategy and the project will use the same transfer value for all households, given that all families are displaced and living in same conditions. Two rounds of three months of full (Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket) SMEB ($92*3*2) and a one-time S/NFIs cost ($54) will be provided through credible financial service providers. The first installment will be paid in the first month of the project and 2nd installment will be provided in the fourth month of the project. This amount is based on the (SMEB) developed by the Cash Working Group (CWG).
Malakal has a functional market hence cash and voucher assistance is feasible and the quickest modalities for urgent assistance. IOM and HDC will jointly implement the project at locations without overlapping activities. IOM as the lead agency will target the IDPs at the State Assembly, Teaching Hospital, and other neighborhoods, HDC intervention will target the Fire brigade site, and ADA will intervene at the Comboni church compound. To ensure quality and standardization, IOM will lead all monitoring and evaluation activities and develop standardized data collection tools. The MPC assistance will be complemented by other sectors to serve IDPs outside the Malakal PoC in an integrated manner.
IOM co-lead and hosting agency for the Cash Working Group and is committed to enhancing the strategic, technical, and operational skills of the IOM team, partners, and Cash community of practice on quality humanitarian programming through Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) interventions. IOM has implemented CVAs in South Sudan since 2016 and has trained a team of cash experts, developed detailed SOPs, and signed contracts with Financial Service Providers for cash disbursement. In the current months, IOM assisted over 60,000 individuals with CVA in Malakal, Pibor, Twic, Wau, Raga, Bor, Abyei, and Bentiu.
The project partner will continue to use the CWG guidelines and internal Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) protocol/SOPs prepared by IOM at the global level. Sectoral cash assistance will be guided by the shelter cluster guidelines for SNFI cash assistance. Cash for shelter and NFIs will be restricted in nature.
IOM and partners understand the critical nature of the project and provision of the cash, the project monitoring and evaluation will be robust and timely conducted by IOM Monitoring team. To measure results and monitor the process, the project will conduct a longitudinal survey throughout the project duration with a representative sample number of beneficiaries. Rapid monitoring will be carried out at all stages of the project activities and key recommendations will be applied to improve the project quality.
IOM, HDC, and ADA will coordinate and take a holistic approach by ensuring complementary activities are conducted with the other sectors. Protection mainstreaming is the center to this project so the project teams will adhere to the principle of doing no harm. Participation of the affected communities will be ensured through meetings with representatives of all social groups and through focus group discussions (FGDs). Furthermore, the project will establish complaint Feedback Mechanism to address complaints and track the status.