Social protection in informal economy Book: NGOs' perspectives with Alvin Amadu Winford, ANPPCAN

The book Extending coverage: Social protection and the informal economy drafted during the RNSF Regional Workshop held last February in Kenya, involved a mixed group of researchers, regional experts, members of civil society organizations, and public officers.

Alvin Amadu Winford was one of them. He works for the African Network for The Prevention & Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) as Program Manager. Based in Kenya, ANPPCAN is a pan-African network that promotes child rights and child protection in Africa through the implementation of projects in the field of education, social integration, advocacy and research. Alvin is an expert on women’s and children’s issues in Liberia: he provides technical support and adocates for gender equality in Liberia.

During the workshop in Kenya, Alvin presented several best practices he had identified in Liberia. He detailed in particular how the Mercy Corps implemented a voucher and cash transfers program to rebuild the livelihoods of vulnerable population affected by the Ebola epidemic in 2014. For more details, you can find this best practice in the book (p. 84).

Alvin Amadu Winford, ANPPCAN

Website: http://www.anppcan.org