About Us
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Start Counting Progress
People are unique and so are their needs. Cash allows poor to use it in ways they think is best. Some will invest in health and education. Others will take risks and start small businesses. Making unconditional cash transfers to ultra poor will help them come out of poverty.
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Empower Through Cash
Cashrelief.org gives money directly to very poor people and families with no strings attached to help them come out of poverty. We believe this empowers people to take decisions which are in their best interest.
Process
How It Works
We identify areas which are very poor and enrol every household in to the program. We give money into the bank account of oldest working women in the house. At no point we tell them how to use the money. We only request them to maintain a record of how they are spending the money.
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Identify
We first identify extremely poor areas. We then make visits, meet people and explore whether we can set up cash transfers.
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Enrol
We enrol households to receive money from Cashrelief. We check if they can receive money in their bank accounts. We also help them open bank accounts.
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Transfer
We transfer recipient households roughly INR 100000, or around two year’s budget for a typical household. We use bank payment systems; we transfer money to women in the household. We call each recipient to confirm receipt of money.
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Research
We conduct research to find out what works and doesn’t.