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Activities
After having been registered, beneficiaries received
a voucher that was redeemable at an assigned local
shop. In order to give more flexibility and avoid
overcrowding in the shops, beneficiaries were given
3-4 days to redeem their vouchers.
3 Implementation Shop owners received a list of the beneficiaries who
Beneficiaries would visit them, and used personal information to
The project reached 1,000 families. One member of verify the identity of the person who presented the
each family could participate in the cash for work voucher, including: first and last names, beneficiary
activities. Considering the average family size, the code, mothers name, identity number, a telephone
project thus contributed to the food security of 8,000 number and signature. Only after verifying the
people in Hurungwe district. beneficiary details could shop owners give them the
agreed hygiene kit.
Targeting method
On distribution days, Oxfam conducted random visits
Eligible beneficiaries were selected by partner
to verify if procedures were being complied with.
organisations from five areas where registration was
being conducted for the canteen project. Partners
were asked to identify 100 vulnerable families per area Pre-selection of shops
for participation in the voucher programme. Families Oxfam initially pre-selected 14 from the 54 shops
were targeted according to the following criteria: no involved in their existing cash grant programme. Pre-
source of revenue, households with high dependency selection criteria included:
ratio, and households with a family member who ability to scale up their storage capacity;
was elderly (more than 60 years old), physically or
display
and sale of the hygiene items that composed
mentally challenged, a widow or widower, pregnant, or
chronically ill. the hygiene kit;
adequateeconomic and physical capacity to procure whether
they were regularly open and accessible to
and store the needed quantities; beneficiaries at all times;
proximity to beneficiaries; whether
they were selling the hygiene products
included in the kit at the prices stated;
quality of hygiene items.
whether
they were interested to add buckets and
An initial meeting with the 14 pre-selected shop
basins to their commodities, and willing to find
owners was conducted to present the project, its
suppliers for these commodities;
advantages, general contractual conditions and
procedures, and to assess shop owners willingness whether
they had the size, organisation, security and
to participate in the project. hygiene conditions for proper storage.
Pre-selected shops were then asked to propose Eventually, 7 shops were selected to participate in
a budget for the list of items, based on the the project. After that, Oxfam organized first a meeting
prices in the area. Then an average price was and a workshop with the selected shops owners, in
negotiated that still ensured a profit margin for order to present and discuss topics such as:
the shop owners. This process of fixing prices results of the shop survey;
was conducted with all the 14 pre-selected shop selection criteria;
owners, as agreeing prices represented one of the planned activities;
criteria for the final selection. distribution timeframe;
contractual issues;
Final selection of shops timeline of activities;
All 14 pre-selected shops were visited so that the hygiene kit contents;
market team could verify: Oxfams Code of Conduct.
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