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Taking cash to new frontiers – What we learned (part 3/3)

Josh Williams — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In 2016-2017, we delivered cash transfers to one of the remotest and most operationally challenging locations we have ever worked in, reaching some of the poorest recipients we have ever met. In this series of posts, we look at why we did it, how we did it, and what we learned from the experience. At the end of our program in the remote north of Uganda, we met with recipients to understand more…

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Taking cash to new frontiers – How we reached remote recipients (part 2/3)

Josh Williams — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In 2016-2017, we delivered cash transfers to one of the remotest and most operationally challenging locations we have ever worked in, reaching some of the poorest recipients we have ever met. In this series of posts, we look at why we did it, how we did it, and what we learned from the experience. It’s the obvious question, but, in this program, the most challenging: how to get cash into the…

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Taking cash to new frontiers – Why we worked in Uganda’s remote north (part 1/3)

Josh Williams — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In 2016-2017, we delivered cash transfers to one of the remotest and most operationally challenging locations we have ever worked in, reaching some of the poorest recipients we have ever met. In this series of posts, we look at why we did it, how we did it, and what we learned from the experience. In 2016, Ban Ki Moon, then Secretary General of the UN, declared to world leaders that: “where…

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Cash to coffee farmers in eastern Uganda

Josh Williams — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:02:00 +0000

Historically, when an aid organization or government wants to help coffee farmers improve their lives, they give in-kind agricultural interventions, such as seedlings and training. But what if instead of giving goods and services, we just gave farmers cash? Catherine has received transfers as part of BSZ’s experiment in Uganda. You can follow her story, or others from Uganda, on GDLive.

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Sending cash to remote places

Josh Williams — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:11:00 +0000

This year, we are running a small pilot in Uganda’s Acholi sub-region, on the border with South Sudan. Until just over ten years ago, this area was the heartland of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and the region was embroiled in a protracted civil war. Today, Acholi is at peace, but its people remain amongst the poorest in the country, living in some of its remotest areas.

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