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The Why? • The situation of food insecurity in the Grand’Anse department of Haiti
concerned for both local government and international institutions
• (a) passage of Hurricane Tomas, from November 4 to 6, 2010, caused severe damage to the agricultural sector in Grand’Anse, with a loss of approximately 25,469 ha of crops, or 32% of total loss in Haiti;
• (b) onset of the cholera epidemic in the department, with a total of 14,741 recorded cases, caused shifts in expenditures from food to medicine and burials, population flight to the cities, and a decrease in available human capital due to illness/death, reducing planting and harvest capacities; and
• (c) a dry season, lasting one and half months longer than normal, hampering timely agricultural production from the first 2011 harvest.
The Who? • The total number of households targeted
for the food voucher intervention is approximately 6,995 households based on a 6-member family (41,970 direct beneficiaries).
• This represents approximately 25% of the population in each of the targeted communes, which are estimated to be food insecure.
• Beneficiary selection Included criteria to identify households deemed to be poor or very poor and thus at high risk of food insecurity.
• Poor– Own less than .32 hectares of land– 1-2 midsized animals (i.e.: goats or pigs)
• Very Poor– Mainly sharecroppers or manual
laborers with no other income sources; No land and no livestock
• Vulnerability Criteria
– Orphans and/or internally displaced persons
– Child head of household – People living with HIV – Widows– Pregnant and lactating women – Adult members who are unable to
engage in sustained livelihood activities due to age, disability, or illness (including cholera)
Context of the e-voucher
1. Program participant phones are NOT required: participant phones are not necessarily used in the transaction process
2. $50/month is put on the e-Voucher card CRS would like to enable the program participant to keep a balance on the e-Voucher account for 60 days.
E voucher steps
1- Register Merchants
2- Manage e-vouchers
3- Redeem e-vouchers
4- Merchants Transfers
5- Reports
3- Redeem e-voucher ( 7 transactions)
Type *202#
send
6.Deposit7. Withdrawal8. redeem voucher
8 [send]
Enter voucher ID
Answer: 1234
Enter purchase amount
Answer:300
Please pass the phone to the beneficiary to enter secret PIN then press send to ensure privacy
Please e voucher PIN to confirm the payment
Answer: ******
Payment of 300 gdes receive from e voucher ID 1234
1 3 4
5 6 7
2
Digicel staff Record and train the program participants
Record and train the merchants on the system
CRS StaffThe office manager manages the database, refills the e-voucher and verifies the transaction
E-voucher: Staff Support
Physical
• Cost- 5 US per voucher, to be printed in
Dominican Republic- At least 3 CRS animators for each fair- Security agent to be paid
• Efficiency- 10 days of data entry after each fair- One day to serve all the beneficiaries
Electronic
• Cost- .60 US cents per transaction,- No one from CRS is needed- No security agent to be paid
• Efficiency- No data entry, data available during
transactions- Transaction can be made during the
entire month
E-voucher: Key Benefits
• Contract development and negotiation – Haitian lawyer
• Utilization of knowledgeable community members to educate program participants
• Develop effective training materials – many photos and graphics
Lessons Learned – mobile money transfers
• Payment to vendors – depends on if mobile companies can offer higher amounts
• Possible applications with SILC groups
• Can be used in other emergency situations
Way Forward – mobile money with CRS/Haiti