Winterization support for the most vulnerable families in Takhar province during the 23/24 winter season (Warsaj and Namak Ab) ltpgt


lt/pgtltpgtThis project will support 1,220 most vulnerable
households or 8,540 individuals in 2 districts of Takhar province (Warsaj and
Namak Ab districts), giving priority to the most vulnerable one, including women-headed
households, extremely poor families, Persons with Disabilities, pregnant
women and lactating mothers (PwLm). The high vulnerability level of the identified
households comes from different driving factors such the current political context,
continuous severe drought, the economic and financial crises that continues to negatively
impact the families’ coping mechanisms and largely destroyed their livelihood
assets. The approaching winter season will further impact the families’
vulnerabilities. lt/pgt

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As per the recent figures and findings of clusters, partners, and
Mission East’s (ME) assessments, these Household in the targeted districts are
facing a dire humanitarian crisis and require urgent humanitarian assistances
particularly under food security, health, and winterization supports. Under
this project, ME will provide cash for winterization assistance in one
installment through a Direct Cash token system provided by a mobile telecom
company to 1,220 HH (the breakdown of the winterization package has been fixed
on the cluster guidance as following: heater/fuel 200 USD per HH cash for
winter clothing 74 USD to 84% of them and blankets 57 USD to 73% of them). The mobile telecom company will
generate a token for the identified beneficiaries through which they will
receive the cash from the mobile telecom company’s agent in the distribution
points in each targeted district. The mobile company implementation modality
has been chosen to minimize potential financial risks and to further ensure the
safety of Mission East staff and beneficiaries. This operation modality has
been tested during the winterization assistance in 2022 and in 2023 resulting in
successful experience of cash. The direct cash token system proved to be
efficient in AHF funded project as well as under other donors funding other
specific Cash Based Intervention (German MFA and Danish MFA). Moreover the CBI
intervention is more suitable in the targeted areas since: i) beneficiaries can
choose the most appropriate heating system available in their environment ii)
the beneficiaries have access to gas cylinders in the northeast region from local
district market iii) the action is injecting the liquidity in the local market
for local seller that are in desperate need of liquidity for running their
business (indirect beneficiaries) iv) 90%+ of the respondents feel safe and do
not experience any threat or security risk travelling to and from the cash
distribution points v) the CBI is cost/effective and avoid additional logistic
support costs.ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltbrgt


lt/pgtltpgtThe proposed project will start on the 1st
October of 2023 to allow the targeted population receiving a timely and
adequate humanitarian response through the cash distribution fulfilling their
winterization needs during the cold and harsh winter. The project is intended
to cover 183 HH having pregnant or lactating mothers (corresponding to the 15%
of the beneficiaries).ltbrgt
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As a certified Core Humanitarian Standard member (CHS) member, ME
has a strong MEAL department in place that will carry out all the complaint mechanism
processes as well as the regular monitoring of the activities. The complaint
mechanism system with 3 different communication channels (boxes, phone numbers
and in person) will started form the inception phase and endure till the end of
the project’s implementation.ltbrgtltbrgtltspangtThe breakdown of the targeted households per targeted
districts are as follows: 1,220 households (8,540 individuals) 2 districts of
Takhar (Namak Ab 600 households and Worsaj 620 households).ltbrgt
lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtAll beneficiaries will receive cash for blankets, cloths and heating assistance following the coverage % for the total beneficiaries indicated by the ESNFI cluster in each lt/spangtdistrictltspangt (lt/spangtltspangt100% Heating/fuel 84% cloths 68% blankets).lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

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