Former UNICEF Yemen Representative Sara Beysolow Nyanti reflects on successes and challenges of maintaining a massive emergency cash transfer program in the midst of COVID-19.
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And having to pay cash in envelopes in Yemen was, for me, one of the wildest things I had ever heard. But the World Bank and UNICEF agreed to take that risk, to look at how we could get cash to those families. Because they now had predictable funding, they could plan and say, “I will take this much of a loan against my emergency cash transfer slip that demonstrates the fact that I'm a beneficiary, and I'll use that to do my business.” We had somebody who made a payment on their sewing machine and started their sewing business. I tell another story all the time about this man who took his wife on his back and said that he wanted to take her to get these benefits.
A mother receives her emergency cash payment in Yemen's Sada'a region. Administered by the World Bank and UNICEF, the cash transfer program allows families to make purchasing decisions for themselves.The challenge of choice becomes more difficult. There are more things people now need. They probably look at water and soap differently than they did before. They probably will have less social engagement, so people will be more skeptical of community efforts in the wake of COVID-19.
“[We] need to have a critical mass of people train and prepare for future outbreaks coming. It seems like we're firefighting all the time and not... watching trends and seeing what could happen in the next two years.” As you’re looking ahead, we know you recently connected with some Yemeni children over Zoom. What were those conversations like?For the children we are there to serve, it's really difficult to look them in the face. I had the opportunity to see some of them recently, feeling that I was far removed from them with the lockdown. Listening to them was heartbreaking.
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