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Revolutionising the agri-solar space by developing an efficient and affordable IoT enabled mill This project enabled Agsol to create the most efficient, smart and affordable small grain mill ever developed – the MicroMill. At project close we have finished field trials of the v1 MicroMill and are well progressed to deliver on the next v2 iteration, which has the potential to scale across multiple markets and to out-compete diesel mills in many off-grid contexts.

The MicroMill developed under this project is an entirely new innovation that is 2-3 times more efficient than other small electric mills. The starting point for the project was to identify a suitable direct drive brushless DC (BLDC) motor. The rationale for a direct drive motor is that it is the most efficient and cost effective approach to transfer electrons to shaft power, as there are no transfer losses or additional components.

More than 15 BLDC motors were extensively tested for their potential to power a high-speed direct drive milling machine. Motors were put through their paces using a variety of endurance and destructive testing procedures at our R&D facility in China. We built a custom test bed that monitored and logged all vital motor diagnostics during these tests. Based upon the results, a 400W high speed BLDC motor was selected to take forward. 

In testing the motors with a configurable milling chamber across different speed and power settings, we learned that much conventional and published information about milling efficiencies did not apply at low power micro-milling scale. 

We also learned how critical it is for efficiency to keep the motor precisely loaded; if too much or too little material enters the chamber the efficiency tapers off dramatically. 

Small milling machines on the market require the operator to manually manage the flow of material entering the chamber, which requires a level of technical knowledge to balance the flow rate with the load on the machine. This becomes increasingly difficult at low power milling. 

To overcome this challenge our next technological development was to design and build an automatic feed control mechanism. The auto-feeder electro-mechanically connects the flow rate of material to the load on the motor to maintain an ideal load for maximum efficiency. Our auto-feeder is an industry first for small scale mills.

The other major benefit of the auto-feeder is it means any non-technical person can operate the machine and therefore it has a much larger potential customer base. As long as the grain is clean, the operator needs no technical knowledge and machine takes care of everything else. 

Because the auto-feeder needs to respond to what the motor is experiencing, we also needed to develop a custom PCB that could communicate between the two components. The PCB was also responsible for managing the BLDC motor driver and a number of other onboard power control and safety features.
SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT By end-2020, the Government has capacity to assess preschools/schools for safety.
POLICY AND BUDGETS FOR YOUNG CHILD Ensuring enabling environment:National policies, legislation, strategies and plans with budgets adopted in line with international
standards for modeling innovative approaches and scaling up of evidence based high impact health interventions in MCH, nutrition
and Early Child Development (ECD).
CROSS-SECTORAL MECHANISMS FOR CHILD RIGHTS REALIZATION State institutions develop evidence-based and risk-informed policies, action plans and programmes in the field of child rights and
gender equality on the basis of recommendations from the United Nations treaty bodies and feedback from civil society and relevant
population groups, including children and young people, and build mechanisms for their coordination, implementation and monitoring.
SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT FOR EARLY LEARNING By end 2017, school readiness standards including child-friendly measurement tools, pre-primary curriculum, and pre-services/in-
service programmes for pre-school, primary and secondary school specialists are updated in line with international quality and
inclusive education standards.
QUALITY EDUCATION The education system further improves the quality of learning at the primary and secondary levels, based on an upgraded curriculum
and the introduction of more interactive and child-centred classroom practices that support the development of both functional and
transferable life skills and competencies, the inclusion of children with disabilities, the effective socialization of both girls
and boys and their future adaptation to socioeconomic and climate-change risks.
MOTHER, NEW-BORN AND CHILD HEALTH The Ministry of Health and Medical Industry strengthens capabilities, the normative base and the tools for planning, costing,
implementing, quality-assuring and monitoring services for newborns, young children and mothers, particularly in regions
disadvantaged in terms of health outcomes and effects of climate change.
+CHILD RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND REPORTING +Child rights legislation and reporting ed to children's legislation and rights and maintains national reporting function on the
state of the children's rights
QUALITY MCH SERVICES System strengthening to deliver essential quality health services for mothers and young children:Availability of and access to
essential quality evidence based interventions, skilled human resources and delivery systems for mothers' and children's health
care ensured through innovative demonstration models and scale up plans.
(2010) IMPROVED CHILD RIGHTS LEGISLATION By 2014, the state addresses gaps  related to children's legislation and
 rights and maintains national reporting function on the state of the ch
ildren's rights
+EQUITABLE BUDGETS FOR CHILDREN By 2015 evidence based budget allocations for national plans are increased and equitable
FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT By 2025, Turkmenistan makes considerable progress in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Sustainable
Development Goals, Sendai Framework and other international and national commitments for children, with the maximum, effective and
efficient use of available resources
SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN State authorities at all levels further improve the social-protection system and introduce a community-based social-service
workforce to address factors of socioeconomic vulnerabilities of children and their families, with a particular focus on girls and
boys with disabilities.
COMMUNICATION AND PROGRAMME OPERATIONAL Communication and operational costs against approved CPD programme budge
ts, donor plans and expenditure statements.
+CHILD RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE +Child rights knowledge                  target populations on child rights, gender,  life skills, and HIV prevention increased
STRENGTHENED ALLIANCE FOR CHILD RIGHTS An expanded partnership alliance is engaged in promoting inclusive child rights agenda at all levels
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT The health system, including home visiting services and the newly established early identification workforce, strengthens gender-
sensitive, equitable and quality support to parents and families to promote nurturing care as a prerequisite for optimal Early Child Development (ECD).
DATA, STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS Sectoral ministries and other State entities strengthen systems for collecting, analysing and disseminating disaggregated data,
taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals and other priorities of public policies on children, women and families.
(2011) PRE-SCHOOL AND BASIC EDUCATION ME 2.2 By 2015, Education system  meets international standards on Early Child Development (ECD) and
CFS
PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Parental and community empowerment to ensure the best start in life for every girl and boy:Caregivers know the range and
benefit of services available for antenatal, childbirth and young child survival, are empowered to provide stimulating and
responsive care for their children, and have access to and use preventive and curative care
MODELING OF INTEGRATED Early Child Development (ECD) SERVICES By end 2018, a normative and operational framework for new forms of pre-school early learning  and development services is
developed and tried out in two selected locations.
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION By end-2020, the Government has a national policy on inclusive education.
EARLY LEARNING The Ministry of Education, its subnational structures and local authorities have the necessary institutional, human-resource,
technical and material capacities to increase equity in the access of all boys and girls, especially those with disabilities, to
quality early-childhood learning opportunities and affordable pre-primary education.
SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN Reducing Social Inequities:  By end-2020, the social protection system is ready to provide inclusive quality community-based
support services.
+QUALITY PRE-AND SCHOOL EDUCATION By 2015, Education system  meets international standards on Early Child Development (ECD) and CFS
+POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR VULNERABLE C Relevant authorities administer policies in line with international standards  for vulnerable children
COMMUNICATIONS, ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIPS UNICEF staff and partners are provided tools, guidance and resources for effective advocacy and partnerships on child rights issues
with stakeholders
+QUALITY MNCA HEALTH CARE By 2015, health system delivers quality service in mother and child health, in line with international standards
HEALTHY NUTRITION National partners strengthen their intersectoral coordination, implementation and monitoring mechanisms to (a) reduce all forms of
malnutrition among children  and (b) address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women.
(2011) INCREASED AND EQUITABLE BUDGETS F 1.1 By 2013 evidence based budget allocations for national plans on pre-
school and basic education and juvenile justice are increased and equita
ble
RESULTS-BASED PLANNING AND BUDGETING Sectoral ministries and other State entities introduce a system of results-based strategic planning, budgeting and financing,
taking into account Sustainable Development Goal implementation plans and the interests of children, women, people with
disabilities and other vulnerable groups.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM VIOLENCE State entities, including law enforcement and child-protection bodies, strengthen prevention and response mechanisms for
addressing violence against children as well as procedures and services for children in contact with the law.
CROSS-SECTORAL APPROACHES Strategies to address crosscutting issues related to child rights are developed and applied.
(2011) HIGH QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES IN L By 2014, health system delivers high quality service, in line with inter
national standards
(2011) NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAPACITIES TO Relevant authorities detect, manage, refer and follow-up cases of abuse,
 exploitation and violence against children
CHILD RIGHTS MONITORING Enhanced policy and monitoring for child rights realization:  By end of 2020, state institutions have strengthened participatory
systems to implement and monitor laws, national programmes and strategies including human rights
ADD Uganda Financial and technical support to Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs) aimed at securing the human rights of their members;
ADD Sudan Financial and technical support to Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs) aimed at securing the human rights of their members;
ADD Tanzania Financial and technical support to Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs) aimed at securing the human rights of their members;
Department of Energy, Country Export Control Capacity Building Activities Funds to support Export Control capacity building activities with various government agencies in Panama
MOU between the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) of Department of State and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of Department of Energy for provision of funding to implement the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program - WMD Commodity Identification Training Workshop.
Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (MSI) - Human Rights Training The FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 1263 specifies seven Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (MSI) nations for assistance and training: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In addition, there is a provision that allows incremental expenses for personnel from Taiwan, Singapore and Brunei to participate in training. Country teams work through the Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) to nominate proposals to Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff for approval. DSCA provides program management and execution through the implementing agencies.
U.S. Department of Defense, Institutional Capacity Building Programs: Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies C19-6 Maritime Shared Awareness V. Brunei Ministry of Defense
Indonesia Natural Resources for Development Program The overall program development objective (PDO) of the program is to support the Government of Indonesia in addressing the governance challenges and maximizing the opportunities of its natural resource sectors (oil and gas, minerals and coal) to contribute to broad-based and sustainable development.
Indonesia EITI Post-Compliance - NR4D The objective of the Project is to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to increase transparency in the oil, gas, and minin g sectors, particularly through maintenance of its EITI compliant status.
Emergency nutrition services in COVID-19 high risk districts of Balkh, Kunduz and Faryab provinces In the proposed project, Save the Children (SC) will implement emergency nutrition and health services in four COVID-19 high risk districts of Balkh (Mazar-i-Sharif), Kunduz (Kunduz city and Imam Sahib) and Faryab (Maimana) provinces. These districts are prioritized under the COVID-19 Multisectoral Humanitarian Country Plan. 
The project will deploy four mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs) in the four priority districts (one in each district) to provide outpatient services for the management of severely and moderately acute malnourished (OPD-SAM and OPD-MAM) boys and girls (six to 59 months), management of acutely malnourished pregnant and lactating women (PLW), infant and young child feeding in emergency (IYCF-E) services, primary and reproductive health and basic psychosocial support services with the focus on under five years old children and PLW. To build resilience of vulnerable groups at borderline of acute malnutrition, children at risk of malnutrition with MUAC gt12.5 - lt13.5 will be targeted for integrated IYCF-E response. The project will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) supplies to MHNTs, and hygiene kits for PLW to prevent/reduce transmission of COVID-19 in health workers, beneficiaries and PLW. Use of mothers/caregivers MUAC will be strengthened to further improve the quality of screening and early diagnosis, and reduce exposure. Based on the needs assessments, the project will develop a capacity building plan with the focus on MHNT staff training on integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM), IYCF-E, Nutrition Cluster guidance on IMAM and IYCF programming in the context of COVID-19, IPC in the context of COVID-19, Psychosocial First Aid (PFA) and gender equality. For MHNT staff capacity building, tele-communication system will be considered (if physical training is not possible). Additionally, the project will strengthen dissemination of key information/messages to promote and support optimal IYCF-E, good hygiene, psychosocial wellbeing, and positive coping strategies in the context of COVID-19 using different platforms/communication channels that include: printing and dissemination of IEC materials, radio, community announcement, IVR mass messaging and social media.
In the implementation of the proposed interventions, SC will consider Nutrition Cluster’s guide on IMAM and IYCF program adaptation in the context of COVID-19, and SC’s operational SOP for MHNTs in the context of COVID-19 that focuses on physical adaptation of MHNTs, crowd control, IPC, identification of COVID-19 suspected cases, and staff safety. 
The proposed action will target 36,000 direct beneficiaries including 20,178 women and girls. The timeline for the action is from 1 June, 2020 until 30 November, 2020. SC will implement this project in coordination with all relevant actors at the national, provincial and community levels to ensure effective and timely management of the proposed interventions.
Supporting IDPs to access secure land and housing In 2019, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) promulgated Presidential Decree 305 (PD 305). The PD 305 provides documented  protracted IDPs and returnees the legal right to apply for land allocations and housing support from the state.  In doing so, it provides a durable solution to tenure insecurity and poor living conditions suffered by millions of returnees currently in Afghanistan, and those expected to return: in 2019 alone, an estimated 620,000 Afghans returned from Iran and Pakistan.   Land allocations are made in new settlements (or ‘townships’), located on vacant land in peripheral urban areas that meet the PD 305 criteria for sustainable settlements. Beneficiaries, selected following a vulnerability assessment, receive land titles and housing support to foment socioeconomic development. The SHURA project, implemented by GoIRA with technical support from UN-Habitat, is operationalizing the PD 305 in two pilot sites in Kabul and Herat, with a view to up-scaling nationally in the medium term. To date, however, protracted IDPs have faced challenges accessing the scheme. According to UN-Habitat analysis, out of the 13,000 families that registered for land since in Kabul and Herat since January 2020, around 1-2 per cent are  protracted IDPs, while 98-99 percent are returnees. 

In response, this project aims to provide durable solutions for protracted IDPs in Afghanistan to promote sustainable socioeconomic development, reintegration and build peace by providing around 10,000 protracted IDP households with HLP support to enable their access to land allocation mechanisms under the Presidential Decree 305 in Kabul and Herat. The project will also develop Standard Operating Procedures that feed into GoIRA and humanitarian partners'  Action Plans to facilitate HLP support for protracted IDPs nationally.
Enhancing access to quality health care services for vulnerable communities in five provinces The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with 192 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

IFRC Country Office, which enjoys a status agreement in Afghanistan, supports Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) in strengthening its capacities and implementing programs and operations across the country. ARCS is “working with people that no one else can reach” as per its Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and within a new legal framework: The Law for the regulation of the ARCS Affairs.

Health is a set of core programs and services of ARCS aimed to contribute in strengthening the primary health care in the country. Community Based Health Care is a core health component of ARCS which aims in improving access to basic health services, health education, WASH, first aid and emergency health response to vulnerable communities. The objective is to reduce health risks and improve community resilience. Currently ARCS contribute in health system of Afghanistan by provision of health services through 45 BHCs, 1 CHC, 70 MHTs, 22 health subcenters and one DH. ARCS also support treatment of children with congenital heart diseases in country and outside in India and China. 

This project will implement in 5 provinces and provide integrated primary health care services to the targeted communities (IDPs, returnees and host communities). 

1-	IDPs and host community in Ab Kamari district of Badghis province.
2-	Flood affected IDPs and host community in Nahre Seraj district of Helmand province.
3-	Flood affected IDPs and host community in Khakriz district of Kandahar province.
4-	IDPs settlement (Shahrake Sabz and Regrition) in Herat province.  
5-	IDPs and host community in Shahre Darzab, Azimabad and  Belalabad villages of Sheberghan city, Jawzjan province.

It is since a year that ARCS is supporting mentioned targeted communities and due to the ground realities, there is need to extend the provision of primary health care services for another year. Targeted communities appreciated ARCS health care services and by continuation of support the expected gap will be covered. 
Through provision of health care services by 5 MHTs this project will reach totally 107,892 (male 40,133 female 67,759) beneficiaries, male and female, adult and children. As part of primary health care services, OPD, vaccination/immunization of children lt 5yrs and CBA women, RH including antenatal care, postnatal care, family planning, health education, risk communication, COVID-19 case detection and referral are part of this program.
Emergency Response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan On 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. On 30 January WHO declared the outbreak of novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.  Particularly, WHO raises alert of low and middle income country and the preparedness of potential outbreaks.  As of 26 February 2020, a total of 82,297 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed and 2,805 fatalities have been reported across 47 countries. There are 141 cases in Iran which shares a large border with Afghanistan. On 24 February Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported one suspected case had been confirmed in the western province of Hirat. The person had recently travelled from Qom, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The  MoPH has declared a state of emergency in Hirat, closed It is reported that all schools are closed and  and banned public gatherings banned  until further notice. As of 27 February, MoPH has now reported 10 suspected cases (seven in Hirat, two in Ghor and one in Hilmand).

Globally, case fatality rate of COVID-19 stands at 2.4%.  However, in Very Low Income Countries like Afghanistan where the existing health system is weak, the emergence COVID-19 will overwhelm health provision and will likely cause more fatlaity than the global case fatality rate.

There are nine priority areas that WHO plans to cover on the overall COVID-19 response.  Under the AHF Reserve Allocation, the following six thematic areas are covered


1) Improved capacity at international points of entry - 12 entry points (Hamed Karzai International Airport, Balkh Airport, Kandahar airport, Ayratan border, Turkham, Sherkhan Border, Islam Qala, Spen Boldak, Badakhshan borders, Aqina border in Faryab, and Farah)
2) Strengthened surveillance and reporting systems
3) Improved case management
4) Enhanced national and regional health facilities infection prevention and control in Afghan Japan Hospital and 5 regional facilites in high prioroty areas.
5) Improved risk communication and community engagement
6) Technical assistance