Almost 140,000 households have received unconditional, sector-specific or emergency cash assistance this year
HIGHLIGHTS:
In Lebanon, 70,702 households were profiled (out of the 136,000 targeted), and monthly multi-purpose cash transfers reached 47,250 Syrian households and 10,509 Palestinian households. A total amount of USD 64.6 million of multi-purpose cash assistance was distributed to Syrians and Palestinians. 67,141 households were also assisted with core relief items.
In Egypt, cash assistance was distributed to a total of 41,046 individuals to meet their basic needs.
In Jordan, the Basic Needs Working Group provided USD 7,998,087 worth of regular cash and non-food items (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host community in August. Around 50,127 households were provided with basic needs support in the form of cash assistance and NFI assistance, in addition to 214,935 individuals provided with support towered meeting their basic needs in urban areas. In camps, distribution of NFIs in the form of replenishment/replacement kits and new arrival kits proceeded.
In Turkey, a needs and market assessment was completed in July, and resulted in the implementation of an e-card programme, where e-voucher cards containing 62 Turkish Lira worth of credits per individual family member were distributed to 844 households in Hatay. This amount will be topped up every month until December 2016 through a secure smart card system. Beneficiaries will be able to purchase supplies at 19 shops located in different villages in Hatay according to an official agreement.