Using biometrics to bring assistance to refugees in Jordan

Using biometrics to bring assistance to refugees in Jordan

Every month, 23,000 Syrian refugee families living in Jordan look forward to receiving the same text message. It’s a simple message, no more than a few words, but it’s what alerts them to their monthly financial assistance reaching their bank accounts. Since June...
Innovation Fellow Profile: Kathryn Lo

Innovation Fellow Profile: Kathryn Lo

Kathryn Lo Associate Field Officer Duty Station: Baghdad, Iraq Working together with Laura Ronkainen, I am addressing the challenge of how to ensure effective vulnerability targeting for cash-based interventions in IDP contexts through a coherent approach with...