Abstract:
The development objective of the Emergency Northern Recovery Program was to support
the Government‘s efforts to rapidly resettle the IDPs in their original places in Northern Province by
creating an enabling environment. In order to achieve this objective the program incorporated four
components. Cash for work program was one component. The twin objectives of the CFW component
was to provide short term immediately required cash for the re-settled people and also to clear their
own land and public social and economic infrastructure in the area. The cash transfer has boosted the
capacity of sustaining the resettled people. Majority of the beneficiaries were selected in the formal
selection and they were aware of the daily wage rate, number of days allocated and the payment
procedure. Cash obtained from the CFW was handled by male and female as well as sons and
daughters of the family. They have spent the money in food, cloths, medical care and productive
investments. The members of the families participated in the household decision making process. The
CFW program as a whole has outreached 99% of the targeted beneficiaries of 45,000 resettled families
in its two phases of implementation. Output of the program has contributed for the speedy recovery of
people and provided psychosocial benefits to affected people. Further, the women participants accepted
that the program has improved their social status and reduce domestic violence temporarily at least
during the implementation of the program.
