Emergency Winterization Response for Affected People in Jawand, Qadis, Muqur, Bala Murghab  Ab Kamari districts of Badghis Province. ltpgt2022/2023
continued to be increasingly challenging years due to economic crises and
severe natural disasters, which have impacted the communities and forced them
to adopt negative coping strategies to fulfill their basic needs. Revised
HRP 2023 reports that 29.2M people are in need of humanitarian or emergency
assistance, including 9.6M people in need of emergency shelter and non-food
items ES-NFI (Afghanistan: ICCT Winter Prioritization, 13 Aug 2023).lt/pgtltpgtThe 2023 Whole of Afghanistan Assessment (WoAA) indicates that 79% of
households require shelter repairs, and up to 10% of households are headed by
women or children without adult male members. The ICCT 2023 Winter
Prioritization Plan indicated that there is expected to be an urgent need for
shelter, heating materials, and clothing during the early onset of winter to
avert people’s exposure to health risks and other hazards. These needs may push
communities further into increased debt or to adopt other negative coping
mechanisms.lt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gtTo address the above-mentioned needs, the project is thus designed
to provide cash for heating ($200 per HH) to 1,707 affected HHs in five
districts (Jawand 360HHs, Qadis 400HHs, Muqur 197HHs, Bala Murghab 400HHs
Ab Kamari 350HHs) of Badghis province. Moreover, 1352 most vulnerable affected HHs
(Jawand 285HHs, Qadis 317HHs, Muqur 156HHs, Bala Murghab 317HHs, Ab Kamari
277HHs) from the 1,707 HHs who are already targeted for cash for heating will be
screened, selected, and will be assisted with cash for winter clothing ($74 per
family) and cash for winter blankets ($57 per HH) to further build their resilience
against the upcoming harsh winter. The emergency assistance is allocated based
on the population of each district.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

The targeted locations are
aligned with ICCT 2023 Winter Prioritized districts, which are in high priority
(Priority 3). OCHR will use unconditional  restricted cash transfer modality to implement the proposed cash-based activities, and cash will be distributed in a single installment. For safe and secure transfer of
cash to end-users, OCHR will sign an agreement with a qualified Money Service
Provider-MSP/Bank (4% charges) to deliver the cash transfer and cash
distribution services to the beneficiaries.ltbrgt
During the awareness session, the beneficiaries will be sensitized to
utilize the amount for intended purposes. The cash distribution will occur
through MSP/Bank soon after OCHR completes the beneficiaries' selection. A
final list of beneficiaries will be compiled and attested by the relevant staff
and authorities OCHR will issue a beneficiary card to each selected beneficiary.
This card will include beneficiary details such as name and identification
number, date of distribution, entitled amount, and complaint hotline number.
The final attested list of beneficiaries will be provided to MSP/Bank, which
will help them to identify the beneficiaries holding specific vouchers issued
by OCHR and distribute the amount to them. Both OCHR and MSP/Bank staff will be
present at the distribution site to verify beneficiaries, track the right
beneficiaries as per the attested lists, and ensure proper documentation for
record-keeping and audit. The modality of cash delivery will be ‘cash in hand.’
Per the ESNFI standard guidelines, OCHR will develop vulnerability criteria for
the selection of the most vulnerable people, including women and child-headed
HH, Persons with disabilities headed HH, Pregnant and lactating
women-PLWs, Elderly headed HH, Ultra poor HHs etc.



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aligned to Revised HRP (June-December 2023) Strategic Objectives SO-1: Mortality
and morbidity of crisis-affected people of all genders and diversities are
reduced through timely, multi-sectoral, lifesaving, equitable, and safe
assistance and ES/NFI cluster-specific objective—2023 HRP ESNFI CO1:
Necessary ES-NFI assistance is provided to affected people in a timely manner.



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