CO-Food Prototype Covid-19 Response Under this project, Oxfam will provide food assistance to 16,885 households, 101,310 individuals  including 28,367 men, 22,288 women, 24,314 boys and 26,341 girls in Hirat city of Hirat province.

In coordination with WFP, Oxfam will establish the selection committee, in collaboration of the government representatives. The committee will be responsible for selection of the highly vulnerable Guzars and Police Districts (PDs) considering WFP vulnerability criteria.
For the selection of the food insecurefamilies under the seasonal food support, Oxfam will consult with WFP on modality of the beneficiary selection and the assessment tools will be shared with WFP well in advance to incorporate their inputs to the final version.
The beneficiary selection for the seasonal support project (SSUP-Food) will be conducted  in collaboration with Wakil e Guzar (WeG) by joint assessment team consist of Oxfam, Office of the governor, DOLSAMD, DOWA and PAT.  This selection criteria will be further extended based on WFP recommendation and feedback.
The selected number  of families will be reported to WFP and WFP#s PAT monitoring team for dispatching the food items to the distribution points agreed by Oxfam in consultation with the beneficiaries, local community representatives and the government authorities. The distribution will be conducted in presence of the local government representative and will be coordinated with FSAC to ensure complementarity and avoid duplication of assistance.
WFP, will financially support Oxfam through provision of food to the beneficiaries. In addition, Oxfam will coordinate with WFP monitoring unit for the project field visit monitoring and post distribution monitoring (PDM). Oxfam MEAL team will conduct PDM, 2 to 3 weeks after every distribution and the report will be shared with WFP regularly. To increase the effectiveness of the project, ensure complementarity and prevent duplication, Oxfam will also coordinate the field level assistance with other partners.
Oxfam will conduct a gender assessment, at the beginning of the project to identify the different roles, needs and capacities of women, men, boys and girls in the community. Female staff will be recruited to access female beneficiariesand ensure participation of women in the project activities, the activities including distribution of input will be delivered in a way to meet the best interest of female beneficiaries and ensure inclusion of women, men, girls and boys. The impact of project willbe assessed through the PDMs on different categories of beneficiaries including men, women, boys and girls.
There is a steering committee in Herat province which the Committee members (DoLSAMD, Office of Governor DOWA and Head of Nahia and Wakil Guzar) will inform through an official letter by Oxfam and emphasize on send female representative for a join monitoring, assessment/identification or selection of  households.
Gender has been taken in consideration by Oxfam in assessment/survey teams structure, Female staff are recruited to access female beneficiaries and ensure participation of women in the project activities, the activities including distribution of input will be delivered in a way to meet the best interest of female beneficiaries and ensure inclusion of women, men, girls and boys. Team structure Assessor   2 male and female