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The humanitarian system is facing an existential crisis.  We need to reset it – and get the greatest possible impact from every single dollar.  The good news is that we already have some of the answers.  In this short film CALP staff members Manal Shehade, Racheal Mwaura and Rory Crew , explain how a range of key actions – including greater adoption of cash assistance – could enable the humanitarian sector to reach up to 60 million additional people each year. Watch now ▶️ The evidence is clear. The context is urgent. Now is the time to act and do better with less. 📖 Read the full report for the full analysis and recommendations: https://calp.net/42rCnpU

Cash assistance helps strengthen dignity, expand choice, and build resilience. But many people with disabilities are still left out. Join CALP Network, CBM Global Disability Inclusion, Save the Children International, and International Disability Alliance in a 75-minute webinar where we share practical approaches, lessons learned, and good practices for designing and delivering inclusive cash assistance across contexts. 👉 https://calp.net/4fuaG7q Join us to: 🔍Explore the barriers that persist 🪞Reflect on where progress has been made 📌Identify where change is still needed, and how cash assistance can work better for everyone. The timing is highly relevant, with 2026 marking 20 years since the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), alongside the 19th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (COSP). Details: 📅 3 June 2026 🕒 12:00 UCT 📍 Zoom 🗣️ International Sign Language and live captioning in Arabic, French and Spanish.

As always Jan Egeland puts it so well 💸. Thanks for sharing.

We can – and must – do better with less by changing how we deliver aid.  A new global study identifies up to $3.3bn in potential efficiency gains – through shifts like scaling cash assistance and investing more in local partners. What does that mean in human terms? ➡️ Up to 60 million more people reached – without any additional funding.  If you care about more efficient and effective humanitarian action, this is essential reading. Missed it? Start with the summary infographic below 👇 Or dive into the full report 👉 https://calp.net/42rCnpU #HumanitarianAid #CashAssistance #Localization #AidEffectiveness

If you’ve already signed up for Thursday’s launch event – here’s the fantastic line-up 👇. And if you haven’t? You’ve got one day left to register - https://calp.net/48lj5FT    Our distinguished panel of ⭐ speakers will bring perspectives from across the humanitarian sector to discuss what this new evidence means for the future of humanitarian action.  We’ll hear from: 🔹Cate Turton (moderator) on the study's findings - the power of cash, scale and local and national actors 🔹Erik Abild with a donor's perspective on cash efficiency and quality flexible funding 🔹Faiza Altamimi on the transformative potential of locally-led cash  🔹Gemma Connell on the role of cash in the humanitarian reset 🔹Unni Krishnan on balancing efficiency with impact and reaching the most vulnerable We look forward to sharing the findings with you and discussing how we can do better with less.    See you there.

One key test for any “reset” of development policy should be the same: will it enable aid to reach more people in crisis, faster and more effectively? Writing in The Independent today, Cate Turton and Unni Krishnan point to new CALP Network research showing that between $1.1bn and $3.3bn in aid could be used more effectively each year – enough to reach up to 60 million more people in crisis. The piece also highlights how cash assistance can allow significantly more funding to reach people directly than aid delivered as goods. As development leaders gather at the Global Partnerships Conference in London, the authors argue that the current debate about aid should not be reduced to politics, institutional reform or abstract arguments about efficiency. Ultimately, it is about whether more families can survive, recover and rebuild when disaster strikes. Read the full piece here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBNC94at #HumanitarianAid #CashAssistance #Localization #AidEffectiveness Plan International

Important to see national coverage today of the evidence on aid efficiency 👉 https://lnkd.in/eGWDq6KA The Independent has covered our new analysis finding cash assistance is 38% more efficient than in-kind food aid. At a time of shrinking humanitarian budgets, this debate matters. #HumanitarianAid #CashAssistance #Localization #AidEffectiveness Nick Ferris Cate Turton, Rory Crew, Lynn Y., Rana Nassar, Manal Shehade, Racheal Mwaura, Holly Welcome Radice, Mirko Tommasi, Crys Chamaa, Céline Sinitzky Billard, Ruco Van Der Merwe, Kareem Sadik

What if we could reach up to 60 million more people in crisis and get more impact from every dollar? Well, we can... This major new global study from the CALP Network finds that between $1.1 and $3.3bn in humanitarian aid could be used more effectively each year. The takeaway is simple: how aid is delivered and by whom matters. 💸 Cash works – it is up to 37.5% more efficient than in-kind food assistance  🤝 Local organisations are efficient and have deep contextual knowledge  📈 Scale what works – cash becomes rapidly more efficient as programs grow  In a context of rising needs and shrinking budgets, doing better with less isn’t just possible – it should be non-negotiable. If you care about more efficient and effective humanitarian action, this is essential reading. 👉 Read the full report: https://calp.net/42rCnpU  #HumanitarianAid #CashAssistance #Localization #AidEffectiveness With thanks to everyone involved in creating and amplifying this report: Report authors Ruco Van Der Merwe, and Kareem Sadik, project lead Rory Crew, the many other CALP staff who supported including Cate Turton, report funders Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany, and our amazing panellists who will be speaking to the themes of the report at this Thursday’s launch event Erik Abild, Faiza Altamimi, Gemma Connell and Dr Unni Krishnan

The US and OCHA announced yesterday that an additional US$1.8bn will be provided to the United Nations OCHA. 👉 https://shorturl.at/pSz18 This follows a US$2bn contribution announced in December 2025. Our estimates, drawn from country allocation data, are that that at least 30% of this funding will be distributed as cash and voucher assistance. This is significant given that 2024 data (the latest we have) shows that less than 20% of humanitarian assistance was delivered as cash or vouchers. This is a positive step forward in line with the #HumanitarianReset.  📊 A CALP report to be released next week demonstrates the efficiency of cash assistance compared to in-kind food assistance. Increasing the allocation of cash in this new US allocation would mean hundreds of thousands more people could receive support. 📢 If you’d like to learn more about this research, please sign-up for our launch event which takes place on Thursday 21st of May. Link to the registration in the comments.   #CashAssistance #CVA #Efficiency

Coordination is often described as essential in humanitarian response. But for people navigating humanitarian systems, it can feel invisible. ✍️In this new blog, Amos Doornbos explores why duplication in humanitarian aid is often the result of systems designed around projects, donors, and organisational control rather than people. The blog looks at the human cost of repeated registration, the limits of centralised technical fixes, and what organisations learned through collective approaches to data stewardship, coordination, and shared accountability. The question, he argues, is no longer whether people-centred systems are possible, but whether the sector is willing to invest in collective action and share power🔎. Read the full blog here 👇 https://calp.net/4ws6nQa #CashCoordination #CVA #CashAssistance #HumanitarianAid #Interoperability #Deduplication #Coordination #Data   Belete Temesgen CCD Network World Vision