Brussels: A new investment by European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) will help to turn cash assistance for children in humanitarian settings into more meaningful protection outcomes, Save the Children said. Around the world, Save the Children uses Cash for Protection to support vulnerable people and families in crisis, allowing families to meet essential needs like food, rent, healthcare, and education to keep children in safe and stable environments. According to Save the Children, while cash assistance can help a family to survive the immediate aftermath of a crisis, turning that assistance into meaningful protection for children, women, and vulnerable communities remains a challenge. The Global Protection Clusters Cash for Protection Task Team (TTC4P) aims to tackle this by ensuring that cash assistance is part of a broader, more holistic humanitarian response. Led by Save the Children, the TTC4P is an inter-agency platform that brings together protection and cash assistance experts to strengthen the use of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) within protection programmes. With the support of ECHO, the TTC4P has reached more than 200 organisations through its learning and training efforts, helping to build a stronger community of practice around Cash for Protection. Training activities have already taken place in Ukraine, Myanmar, and Sudan, bringing together 120 practitioners to strengthen their technical capacity and to share learnings, with future trainings already planned. Save the Children has also released a new two-part video explaining how cash, when embedded within specialised protection services, can help to prevent, mitigate, and respond to protection risks faced by children and families in humanitarian crises. Developed by the TTC4P with support from ECHO, the video unpacks why cash matters for protection and how practitioners can design, deliver, and monitor safe and effective programmes. It is one of a growing set of resources that the TTC4P is producing and disseminating to strengthen protection outcomes for crisis-affected populations. Rebecca Smith, Global Head of Child Protection at Save the Children International, emphasized the critical role of cash assistance in helping people meet urgent needs during crises. She highlighted the importance of equipping humanitarian actors with the necessary tools, evidence, and support to use cash in ways that contribute to protection outcomes, including positive impacts on family reunification, mitigating the risk of family separation, reducing the prevalence of child labour, and decreasing risks of child marriage. By pooling expertise from across the sector, the initiative aims to transform promising practices into more consistent and effective large-scale actions. The Global Protection Clusters Task Team on Cash for Protection (TTC4P) was established in 2017 to advance the safe, coordinated, and effective use of cash within broader, comprehensive protection programming for expected outcomes. The TTC4P brings together protection and CVA specialists from UN agencies, NGOs, and coordination bodies. Save the Children is the world's leading independent children's organisation, reaching tens of millions of children in more than 100 countries annually through its life-changing work.