Herat Ghor Protection UNOCHA According to the HRP and HNO 2022, 24.4 million people need humanitarian assistance including 16.2 million people need Protection which 76% of them are in sever need of support. Based on AFGHANISTAN PROTECTION ANALYSIS UPDATE – Q4, people of Afghanistan are currently facing a humanitarian, human rights and protection crisis. The numbers are overwhelming: 97% of Afghans could potentially plunge into poverty by mid-2022 and half the country’s population is in need of humanitarian assistance. Following the record displacement of nearly 700,000 people in 2021, some 9.2 million IDPs and returnees remain in some form of displacement and in need of support to return where possible. These staggeringly high levels of displacement are fueling a range of protection risks, particularly for undocumented Afghans returning to the country, including those deported from neighboring countries. Protection concerns have persisted to be one the most important issue in 2022. Massive economic contraction along with crisis in banking and financial system, severe droughts, and rising food prices, has meant people have resorted increasingly to negative coping strategies.35% of Household Survey respondents reported denial of access to services in Q4 which shows an increase of 4% compared to Q3. This was mainly livelihood support (12%), health (11%), support for persons with specific needs (8%), WASH (8%), education (7%), and child protection, legal aid and rehabilitation services to person with disabilities (6% each). The reasons for denial of access to services included assistance not free (24%), followed by assistance not being what community needs (18%), assistance not reaching people in need (17%), people lacking the required documentation (12%), discrimination (11%) and harassment and or exploitation (4%). Compared to the HHS data the KIIs show, 23% reporting communities denied access to services with highest of denied to livelihood services. Importantly, the Province disaggregation indicates that the rate of respondents who reported denial of access to services Hirat (39%) and Ghor (34%).Considering needs across Afghanistan, Herat and Ghor provinces are currently experiencing acute food insecurity emanating because of multiple key drivers which include the 2021/22 seasonal drought, the recent upheaval that took place in August 2021, COVID-19, loss of employment, reduced income household sources, inflation amongst others. Based on IPC ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY ANALYSIS September 2021 - March 2022, Herat and Ghor were classified under IPC-4, (Emergency).Political, social and economic shocks have reverberated across the country alongside a massive deterioration of the humanitarian situation, placing more people at risk of violation of their rights and dignity, including discrimination, punitive gender norms and gender-based violence (GBV). Debt is already catastrophically high and the adoption of negative coping strategies, including child labour, early and forced marriage, organ harvesting, drug abuse, child recruitment by armed groups, dropping out of school, engagement in risky work, and irregular cross-border migration pose particular risk for women and childrenInternally displaced persons (IDP) who return to places of origin have uncertain claims to housing, land and property (HLP) in their place of origin. Beyond the threat of eviction, the impacts of insecure HLP rights are wide-reaching.Cordaid will conduct a market assessment in all targeted districts prior to the implementation of project to ensure markets are accessible and the required goods/materials with acceptable quality/quantity and affordable prices are available to the beneficiaries. Though, the intervention targets a low number of beneficiaries per district/province, market functioning and supply of goods/materials and availability of vendors at the local market level is important to be planned in the beginning of the project. To improve General Protections and wellbeing of most vulnerable groups trough Comprehensive case management, Provision of psychosocial support and Assistance to people with specific needs in Herat and Ghore provinces. In total, 750 HHs/5,250 individuals ( PSN) will be the project target beneficiary in both provinces who will receive general protection support through assessment and referral to service providers. Protection needs of these target groups will be assessed, recorded, categorized and documented into the project protection management database which will be managed by Caseworkers and Community Mobilizers. Then, these cases will be categorized according to the need, analyzed and referred to service providers for response accordingly. Monitoring, tracking and follow up will be provided for all documented cases through the system.