In Lebanon, we used a basic MasterCard to allow thousands of Syrian refugees to buy whatever they wanted in hundreds of local shops. In Somalia, we provided US$100 a month via basic mobile phones to nomadic herders displaced by drought. Critics will claim that cash distributed without conditions will be wasted but the evidence doesn’t support this view.Īt Save the Children, we are involved in dozens of such programs around the world.
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