Our Impact in 2020
We look at the numbers summarizing the UnBlocked Cash response in Vanuatu at the end of 2020
Since October 2020 the Oxfam-led consortium of partners has been implementing the cash and voucher-based response program across the country’s two most populated provinces: Sanma (Santo and Malo islands) and Tafea (Tanna island).
Here are some stats showing the impact of the response at the end of December 2020.
Program participants: 3,210 (compared to 2,708 in November)
Number of vendors (indirect beneficiaries): 270 (compared to 183 in Nov.)
Number of (direct) benficiaries*: 2,940 (compared to 2,525 in Nov.)
Total cash distributed: 79,960,000 Vatu (compared to 50,500,000 Vt in Nov.)
Total cash spent: 70,418,755 Vatu (compared to 40,454,558 Vt in Nov.)
E-voucher usage: 88% of cash has been spent (compared to 80% in Nov.)
Impact in 2020
Total of 2,940 families are receiving 10,000 Vt/month in e-voucher assistance which they can use anywhere across their vendor network to purchase whatever they choose to meet their basic needs.
When we aggregate the numbers by the average of 5 people living in a family household this gives us the following impact at the end of 2020:
- a total of 16,050 beneficiaries have been assited since October, of which,
- 14,700 are direct beneficiaries (aid recipients)
- 1,350 are indirect beneficiaries (vendors)
- Over 109,000,000 Vt (+1M USD) disbursed in the forms of e-vouchers to families and payments to vendors enrolled in the programme.
