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UNHCR in Niger launches a project providing access to cash via mobile phones to 2500 Malian refugee households.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Through a public-private partnership with a mobile phone company, UNHCR will provide monthly cash assistance to more than 10,000 refugees over a period of two years in Tabareybarey camp, near the border between Niger and Mali.<\/p>\n The mobile money is a multi-purpose cash grant in line with UNHCR\u2019s Policy on Cash-Based Interventions<\/a>. Refugees can choose how they spend their money and decide for themselves how best to fulfil the basic needs of their families. Cash also encourages self-reliance while allowing refugees to contribute to the local economy, improving coexistence with the host community.<\/p>\n The programme is part of UNHCR\u2019s strategy in Niger aimed at transforming camps into sustainable settlements of which cash assistance is an important component.<\/p>\n The project is funded by the European Union Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) and is implemented in coordination with the Nigerien authorities.<\/p>\n UNHCR currently assists over 300,000 persons of concern in Niger, including 57,000 Malian refugees.<\/p>\n For more information on cash assistance in Niger, please contact HEYN@unhcr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNHCR in Niger launches a project providing access to cash via mobile phones to 2500 Malian refugee households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" http:\/\/https:\/\/youtu.be\/74aQsO9ujAI<\/a><\/p> UNHCR in Niger launches a project providing access to cash via mobile phones to 2500 Malian refugee households.<\/p> Through a public-private partnership with a mobile phone company, UNHCR will provide monthly cash assistance to more than 10,000 refugees over a period of two years in Tabareybarey camp, near the border between Niger and Mali.<\/p>