1. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
PHILIPPINES
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Photo by Voltaire Domingo
Presentation to Mobile Mondays Meeting
6 February 2012
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2. Who we are
WFP's strategic plan
lays out five
objectives and all
our work is geared
97.1 75 towards achieving
Million Countries
Beneficiaries them.
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Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal
They are:
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1 Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies
2 Prepare for emergencies
3 Restore and rebuild lives after emergencies
4 Reduce chronic hunger and undernutrition everywhere
5 Strengthen the capacity of countries to reduce hunger

3. WFP Philippines Current Operations
School Feeding Programme
Livelihood Support:
Food for Assets / Cash for Assets
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Supplementary Feeding &
Micronutrient Powder Programme
Capacity Building Efforts:
Disaster Preparedness & Response
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4. What is Cash for
Work (CFW)?
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5. CFW Context and Objectives
• Implemented during natural disasters, conflict or
periods of food price volatility
• Provide temporary income/employment
• Create/rebuild community assets or skills
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• Address Food Security
• Improve nutrition levels through access to wider
range of food
• Support local markets/economy
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6. Fighting Hunger Worldwide
WFP-Globe Partnership
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7. About the Partnership
• Location: 2 typhoon affected
regions (NCR and Region 4A)
• Amount distributed:
PhP1.8 million
• Globe contributions:
SIM cards, communication
materials, training, media
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launch
• Beneficiaries: 1,790 persons
• Entitlements: average of
PhP1,200.00/person
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8. GCASH COVERAGE
Municipalities/ Cities Persons Total GCASH
Distributed (PhP)
1.Marikina 338 460,863.00
2.Mandaluyong 360 490,860.00
3. Malabon 227 155,495.00
4. Quezon City 171 233,158.50
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5. Jala-jala 418 485,507.00
6. Binangonan 246 59,310.00
7. San Mateo 30 8,580.00
1,790 1,893,773.50

9. CFW Cash Distribution through Mobile
Cash Transfer (GCASH)
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3
Cash-for-Work Sensitization SIM Card Distribution GCASH Registration
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STEP 5
STEP 4 STEP 6
GCASH Confirmation
Uploading and Approval Cash-out
Through Text Notification

10. CFW DISTRIBUTION MECHANISMS
Mobile phone cash transfer (GCASH)
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Opportunity: use of technology widely accepted;
secure transfer of cash.
Challenge: limited network coverage; lack of
knowledge on ‘cashing-out’ (respondents regarded the
process as long and tedious).

11. OPPORTUNITIES & LESSONS LEARNED
• Opportunity to work with the private sector
• Greater financial efficiency/transparency
• Mobile cash transfer is less risky both for
staff and participants
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• Increased savings for beneficiaries
• Technology can be personalized/developed
as mobile vouchers (i.e. Government uses
GCASH for 4Ps/CCT programme)

12. OPPORTUNITIES & LESSONS LEARNED
• Importance of hands-on training to
facilitate easy learning of new technology
• Setting up of proper identification system
• GCASH may be used to pay loans/bills or
sent to other phones instead of purchasing
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food
• Limited/weak signal in some areas (rural)

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FUTURE
PARTNERSHIPS
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14. SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN USING CASH
ASSISTANCE IN MINDANAO (CONFLICT AREAS)
• Food availability (market assessment)
• Means of transfer/cash infrastructure
• Transporting cash (high-risk areas)
• Safety and security risk assessment
• Low literacy levels require more
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focused/hands-on training
• Lack of valid identification (no birth
certificate, no ID)

15. Fighting Hunger Worldwide
Thank you!
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