Cash assistance can be implemented in hard-to-reach areas, giving individuals the power to use cash to immediately and directly address their most pressing needs, like food, shelter, and water. Global evidence shows that communities affected by crisis prefer cash assistance and these programs are more cost-efficient. Every dollar delivered has a multiplier effect on markets and communities.

CORE’s cash assistance program supports 43 community-based organizations in Khartoum that reach thousands of women and families through the provision of healthcare, nutrition, and psychosocial support. These spaces also offer protection and support for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), a critical resource as instances of GBV have spiked during the war.

Without further widespread humanitarian intervention, countless people will continue to suffer. Through joining the CCS, CORE is building capacity alongside humanitarian partners to support as many people as possible.

“We are thrilled that CORE has joined the CCS and see great scope for CORE’s influence in further shaping the partnership and our harmonized approaches at scale on the basis of its ongoing programming in Sudan, as a leading organization mobilizing cash assistance for vulnerable families in Khartoum, as well as in supporting women-led community response groups,” says Gabrielle Fox, the Chief of Party for the CCS.

“Joining the Cash Consortium of Sudan to support Sudanese communities affected by this brutal war is an essential step in scaling CORE’s programming in the country. As a part of the CCS, we’re all working towards the same collective goal: reach as many people in need as possible,” says CORE CEO and Co-founder Ann Lee. “From resourcing communal kitchens to sustaining local markets, cash assistance offers individuals the agency and flexibility to address needs in times of crises. As members of the CCS, we affirm CORE’s commitment to the people of Sudan, who have already experienced a seemingly unbearable amount of tragedy.”