Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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WFP gives people food, but increasingly it gives cash too. That cash empowers people to make decisions themselves how to meet their needs – food or otherwise – at any given time.

Cash is also having a transformative change for the women who receive it, and it’s also reframing the way that WFP works with governments around the world.

Learn more: wfp.org/cash-transfers