Instead of specific foodstuffs, the WFP (World Food Program) now enables these refugees to sustain themselves with foods of their choice, the pro-government daily report. To achieve this, we learned, FCfa 8,500 per family member is transferred on a monthly basis to each family, via their mobile phones. The families can therefore make their purchases, only by using their electronic money, from shops established in the camp. The shop owners, who have themselves received from the WFP seed money worth FCfa 1.5 million each, via mobile money, can thus get supplies from wholesalers approved by the WFP, still using digital money. To date, we learned, the Gado Badzere camp has 30 electronic money transaction points.

Source: CameroonWeb September 19, 2016 08:43 UTC