COVID-19 Response 2nd Activation in Vanuatu AHP (VUT-0041)

The outcomes of this project are focused around improving purchasing power to enable vulnerable households to meet their basic needs, as well as leveraging the voucher-based local vendor network to boost market recovery.   Outcome 1: Increase access to livelihoods and basic needs for 3,700 TC Harold and COVID-19 affected households fulfilling vulnerability and targeting criteria generated by the Vulnerable Livelihoods and Income Impact Survey (ongoing).  Outcome 2: Accelerate localized and participatory market recovery by increasing household purchasing power to nurture and increase revenue of informal/formal businesses in an localised and inclusive manner that ensures cash transfer funds continue to circulate at the community level.  Outcome 3: Address existing capacity gaps of national partners and expand the scale of CVA implementation in Vanuatu, easy to use payments platform (UnBlocked Cash) to deliver and monitor programme implementation (vendor and recipient payments).