Cash for food assistance to IPC Phase 3 and 4 vulnerable people of Aybak, Khuram Sarbagh, Royee do Ab and Hazrat Sultan districts of Samangan province of Afghanistan. ltpgtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gtIPC analysis (May 2023), acute food insecurity projection (May-
October 2023) classified Samangan as Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and with roughly 55%
of the population in IPC Phase 3 and higher.nbsplt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtFurthermore, according to (WoAA 2022), Samangan rural area has
also been affected by a variety of shocks, which further compounded the most
vulnerable households (HHs) needs, including: active conflict or violence
(43.48%), Covid-19 (33.56%), drought (78.02%), and floods (54.05%). Indeed,
over half (57.32%) of the HHs in rural areas are also affected by a combination
of seasonal erosion of physical and economic access and high food prices, which
ultimately led to the critical food security conditions, and prolonged effects
of the economic downturn on HHs’ capacity to access food.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pttext-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"gtAccording to the latest WHH baseline survey from May 2023 in
Samangan province revealed only 9% of households had acceptable food
consumption score (FCS). The reduced coping strategy index (rCSI) showed that
69% of households had high coping. The average income of the households was
3325.48 AFN, and 83.9% depending on daily labor, which is very unsteady and
scarce in winter. These findings suggest that the people of Samangan province
are in urgent need of support to improve their food security and livelihoods,
especially during the harsh winter season.nbsplt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pttext-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtTo address the increased food and nutrition security risks and
avoid the most vulnerable HHs to further resort to negative coping strategies,
Welthungerhilfe (WHH) is proposing a five -months intervention to support 4,550
dacutely food insecure households (including 15% PWD (683 HHs)) (31,850
individuals including 15% PWD ) in Aybak, Khuram Sarbagh, Royee do Ab, and
Hazrat Sultan districts of Samangan province, Afghanistan of Samangan province
through the provision of unconditional and unrestricted cash assistance for 3
months, intended to support HHs in meeting their basic food needs. Each HH will
receive cash distribution, calculated at 50% of the FSAC standard cash minimum
food basket with the equivalent of USD 37.50 per month, for a total of USD 112.50
cash per HH over 3 months. WHH will distribute the three -month cash support in
three (3) installments every month, valued at USD 37.50 per installment via a
pre-contracted financial service provider (FSP).ltbrgt
Following its own Cash and Voucher Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs), WHH has clear guidance on relevant steps required
in country throughout the project cycle and specific guidance and procedures
for different cash and voucher modalities. Strictly following the SOPs, WHH
will select, based on its guidelines and TORs, an FSP. With adequate personnel
to meet agreed upon caseloads and with their own security arrangements, the FSP
will provide the transport of the cash to the distribution point and prepare the
distribution site. WHH will register and verify participant details, mobilize
and sensitize project participants and local leadership on the activity before
the distributions. WHH will conduct the distribution of cash, together with the
FSP and relevant community members and elders. Payment will be made
individually, and the exact amount of denomination (in AFN) given to each registered
project participant. The project participant list is managed and controlled in
line with WHH's Data Protection Policy which is compliant with the General Data
Protection Regulations (GDPR). During the whole distribution WHH will be on
site to verify participant details, ensure crowd control, follow protection
protocols and act as observer of the entire process. To follow the do no harm
principles and ensure no one is left behind specific protection risks for the
most vulnerable participants will be considered. This approach has been
successfully used in the past by WHH and therefore was identified as the best
delivery mechanism.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt