Somalia Cash Consortium, Emergency Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance

1) Crisis-affected households meet essential needs through timely, coordinated and lifesaving cash assistance.

2) Local and national MPCA systems are strengthened in capacity, quality, and accountability.

Risultati principali attesi:  

1.i) MPCA provided to crisis-affected groups.

1.ii) Vulnerable households are linked to complementary nutrition, health and protection services through coordinated referrals.

2.i) Capacity-building and support provided to local NGOs for standard-aligned MPCA.

2.ii) Community-led MPCA and referral systems identified, tested, and documented.

2.iii) Operational research and learning to inform adaptive management and MPCA programming completed and disseminated.

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

Key achievements from SDC’s April 2025-March 2026 piloted contribution to the Somali Cash Consortium (SCC) include:

- 14,491 households (85,307 individuals) received MPCA in 21 districts, with acceptable food consumption score improving from 9% to 51%, households not using negative coping strategies rising from 37% to 64%, and 84% meeting basic needs.

- Strengthened capacity of 7 local NGO partners: 14% of all activations managed by local NGOs, 3 staff trained per local NGO.

- Completed study on data interoperability and referral mechanisms, guiding Referral System Management rollout.

- Contributed to humanitarian reforms and enhanced coordination through technical inputs to Cash Working Group and Reset & Reform Task Force.

As an emergency action the project complements SDC’s longer-term development interventions (e.g., Saameynta, Regional Livestock Program, Water4Resilience).

The project leverages the cooperation with the following key actors: Somalia Disaster Management Authority (SoDMA), Ministry of Labor and Social Services (MoLSA), Cash Working Group, Reset & Reform Task Force (Group 2), Area Based Coordination fora, Operation Cell, WFP, the World Bank and the CALP Network.