Provision of winterization support for the most vulnerable households in Arghanj Khwah, Darayem, Darwaz-e-Payin and Jorm districts of Badakhshan Province ltpgtlt/pgtltpgtThis project will support 1,707 most vulnerable
households or 1,949 individuals in 4 districts of Badakhshan province (Arghanj
Khwah, Darayem, Darwaz-e-Payin and Jorm districts), giving priority to the most
vulnerable 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/pgtltpgt

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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. ME will provide cash for winterization assistance in one
installment through a Direct Cash token system provided by a mobile telecom
company to 1,707 HH: 331 USD per household: $200 per HH for heating / fuel assistance, $74 per HH for winter clothing to 84% of the total beneficiaries and $57 per HH for blankets to 68% of the beneficiaries.lt/pgtltpgtlt/pgtltpgt

 The CVA modality will be unconditional restricted, and the amount distributed will be in AFN.ltbrgt
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. The direct cash token system proved to be
efficient in AHF and other donors funding under 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.



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The proposed project will be start on 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 256 HH
having pregnant or lactating mothers (corresponding to the 15% of the beneficiaries). 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).ltbrgtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtThe breakdown of the targeted households per targeted districts are as follows:
1,707 households (11,949 individuals) in 4 districts of Badakhshan province (Arghanj
Khwah 3500 persons, Darayem with 2800 persons,
Darwaz-ePayin 3150 persons and Jorm 2499
persons). All beneficiaries will receive cash for blankets cloths and heating assistance following the coverage % for the total beneficiaries indicated by the ESNFI cluster in each district (of them: 100% Heating/fuel 84% cloths 68% blankets).ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtlt/pgt