DFID - UK Department for International Development
Sudan: Vouchers for displaced families
In partnership with the World Food Programme, the UK invests significant funding to support innovative and cost effective mechanisms to provide food and other essential assistance to displaced families in Darfur.
Traders are provided with a point of sale (POS) machine to enable beneficiaries to purchase commodities at their stores. The e-vouchers can be used like debit cards and the trader reconciles payments received on the POS machine with WFP, and WFP then transfer to the traders bank account the value of items sold using the vouchers.
The UK is the single biggest donor to the WFP voucher programme, providing over £15 million over the course of 2015/2016 to enable access to food directly from local traders for thousands of vulnerable households in Darfur, and we are currently exploring the possibility of moving from the provision of vouchers to the transfer of cash directly to targeted households to increase the level of choice and flexibility.
Whilst the value of the vouchers remain relatively small they provide an essential contribution to the households ability to meet their food needs, but also provide greater choice and a more cost effective mechanism to provide food assistance in a complex context.
Picture: WFP Sudan
Sudan: Vouchers for displaced families
In partnership with the World Food Programme, the UK invests significant funding to support innovative and cost effective mechanisms to provide food and other essential assistance to displaced families in Darfur.
Traders are provided with a point of sale (POS) machine to enable beneficiaries to purchase commodities at their stores. The e-vouchers can be used like debit cards and the trader reconciles payments received on the POS machine with WFP, and WFP then transfer to the traders bank account the value of items sold using the vouchers.
The UK is the single biggest donor to the WFP voucher programme, providing over £15 million over the course of 2015/2016 to enable access to food directly from local traders for thousands of vulnerable households in Darfur, and we are currently exploring the possibility of moving from the provision of vouchers to the transfer of cash directly to targeted households to increase the level of choice and flexibility.
Whilst the value of the vouchers remain relatively small they provide an essential contribution to the households ability to meet their food needs, but also provide greater choice and a more cost effective mechanism to provide food assistance in a complex context.
Picture: WFP Sudan