SDC Cash Transfer Projects

Since 1999, SDC Humanitarian Aid Department has spent more than CHF 38 million (USD 30 million) for various types of Cash Transfer Projects. Around 57,000 families sheltering refugees or internally displaced persons, some 10,000 beneficiaries hit by natural disasters and about 15,000 socially deprived families have received financial support. More than 300,000 victims have been assisted in this way.

Find more information about the these projects in the table below.

Country / Designation	Year	Cash Transfer Approach	Beneficiaries	Project Budget (in Mio. CHF)	Partner
Cash for Shelter; Albania	1999-2000	temporary shelter	1'200 host families	0.6	national NGO
Cash for Shelter; Macedonia	1999-2000	temporary shelter	3'500 host families	0.9	Government
Cash for Housing; Kosovo	1999	permanent shelter	380 host families	2.6	Government
Cash for Shelter; Serbia	1999-2000	temporary shelter	11'000 host families	3.4	Government
Cash for Shelter; Ingushetia I, Russ. Fed.	2000-2001	temporary shelter	15'000 host families	3.4	UNHCR
Cash for Shelter; Serbia II	2000-2001	temporary shelter	10'500 host families	4.3	Government
Cash for Shelter; Macedonia II	2001	temporary shelter	2'700 host families	0.9	Macedonian Red Cross
Cash for Shelter; Ingushetia II, Russ. Fed.	2001-2002	temporary shelter	11'000 host families	2.3	UNHCR
Cash for Herder; Mongolia I	2002	emergency assistance	1'900 herders	0.8	Government
Cash for Loan, Czechia	2002	livelihood recovery	231 small enterprises, 85 farmers		Government
Cash for reinstallation; Adegeya, Russ. Fed.	2002-2003	emergency assistance	4'600 flood victimes	2.9	Government
Cash for Herder; Mongolia II	2003	livelihood recovery	2'350 herders	0.8	Government
Cash for vulnerable villagers; Moldova	2003-2004	emergency assistance	8'475 most vulnerable	0.9	Government
Cash for most vulnerable; Georgia	2004	emergency assistance	6'000 most vulnerable	0.4	Government
Cash for Herder; Mongolia III	2005	livelihood recovery	1'500 herders	0.25	Mongolian Red Cross, Government
Cash for Shelter; Indonesia	2005	temporary shelter	7'500 host families	1.0	Government
Cash for Repair & Reconstruction; Sri Lanka	2005-2007	permanent shelter	10'000 house owners	20	Government, Swiss Org.: SwS, SRC, HEKS, SDC
Cash Expert Advisor to CRRP	2006	permanent shelter	house owners		IFRC, SLRCS + UN Habitat
Cash for Herder; Mongolia IV	2006	livelihood recovery	1'500 herders	0.25	Mongolian Red Cross, Government
Cash for Repair, Lebanon	2007	permanent shelter	750 house owners	1.0	Government, national NGOs
Cash for Livelihood, Lebanon	2007	livelihood recovery	1'300 farmers & small enterprise owners	0.9	Government, national NGOs
Cash for Livelihood, Bangladesh	2008	livelihood recovery	2'962 farmers, fishermen & small enterprice owners	1.0	Government, national NGOs
Cash for Winterization, Georgia	2008-2009	emergency assistance	1'623 household/families	1.0	Government