Cash-By-Text Pilot Goes Live In Philippines

Publication language
English
Date published
15 Oct 2010
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Livelihoods, Urban, Shelter and housing, Poverty, Shelter
Countries
Philippines
Organisations
World Food Programme (WFP)
Link
http://www.wfp.org/stories/cash-text-pilot-goes-live-philippines

 

Mobile phones are everywhere in the Philippines, even the slums of Manila, where people either have their own or share with others. That means the country is well suited to a new pilot project that uses text messages to distribute money earned through WFP 'cash-for-work' projects.