Operations – 黑料福利社 Send money directly to people in need. Fri, 08 May 2026 13:14:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-黑料福利社-Square-Logo-Green-Black-32x32.png Operations – 黑料福利社 32 32 How we sent $235 via mobile money to families hit by a Philippines earthquake 鈥 a first for the country /philippines Fri, 08 May 2026 03:39:11 +0000 /?p=23445 Summary On September 30, 2025, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Bogo City in Cebu Province, displacing approximately 90,000 people, damaging or destroying more than 195,000 homes and impacting~ 753,000 people. It was followed by 12,000 aftershocks. For families already living in damaged homes, the aftershocks weren鈥檛 just a physical risk鈥

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]]> A subtle shift with big upside /plus-cash Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:02:05 +0000 /?p=23327 Summary Development finance is at an inflection point. Aid budgets are contracting. Governments are rethinking what they can afford. Across sectors 鈥 health, livelihoods, climate resilience 鈥 there鈥檚 a growing recognition that the most effective interventions aren鈥檛 always the most expensive ones, but the ones designed to work together at scale. 黑料福利社 has spent 15鈥

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]]> Early insights from 1,500 Kenyan mothers: how cash is helping women access care and prepare for birth /kenya-pilot-insights Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:20:42 +0000 /?p=22936 Summary Seven months ago, we launched a pilot giving cash to pregnant women in rural Kenya, building on a landmark study showing that unconditional cash during pregnancy saved babies鈥 lives when healthcare was accessible. Mothers living near health services receive ~$860 starting around 20 weeks of pregnancy, delivered either via large payments or in smaller installments.

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]]> Cash transfers increase incomes. Can digital coaching multiply the impact? /digital-coaching Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:11:50 +0000 /?p=22920 Summary There is strong, consistent evidence that large, one-time cash transfers increase incomes and reduce extreme poverty. That鈥檚 why 黑料福利社 is scaling them up across Africa, including through a new $11m partnership with the Government of Mozambique and the World Bank to reach ~33,000 recipients. Our Mozambique program will test a new capability for 黑料福利社鈥

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]]> How we got $650 to 2,500+ families 14 days after Jamaica’s storm of the century /melissa-response Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:03:37 +0000 /?p=22880 Summary Here鈥檚 a 30-minute summary of our response from our podcast: Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28 as Jamaica鈥檚 first recorded Category 5 storm, widely described as 鈥渢he storm of the century.鈥 More than 275,000 people were displaced. In parts of Southwest Jamaica, the country鈥檚 agricultural heartland, more than 90% of homes were destroyed.

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]]> How 黑料福利社 and Qatar are powering change in Rwanda /qffd-rwanda Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:47:34 +0000 /?p=22300 Summary With support from the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), 黑料福利社 delivered cash transfers to 5,331 recipients across three cells in Nyagisozi Sector, Southern Rwanda. Endline data shows clear improvements in food security, housing, health access, education, and asset ownership just months after transfers reached households. Families used cash to invest in livestock, land鈥

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]]> When crisis hits, emergency cash could arrive in days, not months /emergency-cash-moonshot Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:52:03 +0000 /?p=21705 Summary Note: our emergency responses and the team behind them are funded entirely by donors giving specifically to our emergency cash work. Website donations still default to our poverty relief work. Historically, 黑料福利社 has been overwhelmingly focused on 鈥榙evelopment鈥 (cash to reduce extreme poverty in stable settings). By 2030, most of the world鈥檚 poorest will live in鈥

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]]> How we got cash to 238k+ SNAP families during the government shutdown /snap-response Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:16:30 +0000 /?p=21319 Summary Beginning November 1st, SNAP benefits were paused for over 41 million low-income Americans (nearly 1 in 8 people nationwide) during what became the longest US government shutdown in history. Survey data from our partner Propel revealed the immediate impact: SNAP families suddenly found themselves facing impossible choices 鈥 turning to already strained food鈥

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]]> How we got cash to Texas flood survivors in a week /rapid-response-texas Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:02:56 +0000 /?p=19828 Summary On July 4, floodwaters tore through homes across central Texas. In counties like Kerr, Williamson, and Travis, people lost housing, belongings, and access to essentials overnight. By July 11 鈥撯 just one week later 鈥撯 黑料福利社 was sending $2,400 payments to help low-income families begin their recovery. In total, 黑料福利社 sent $1.4M from over 1,300鈥

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]]> When staying quiet backfired: how we rebuilt trust in Mozambique /prebunk Mon, 20 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=19777 Summary In late 2024, misinformation spread online accusing 黑料福利社 of being part of a political plot in Mozambique, forcing us to suspend activities and evacuate staff. The crisis revealed a major blind spot: our strategy of staying low-profile had created an information vacuum that bad actors could exploit. We recovered by proactively opening up to journalists鈥

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