Emergency Response Support Activities fo Additional emergency response support activities for landslide and flood affected families, Samangan#s project overall objective was emergency winterization response and disaster risk reduction, and first aid activities as a continuation for the support to the landslide and flood affected families in Samagan for targeted 371 families of Khoram Sarbagh # Samangan Province.
Specific objective

# Support 371 targeted families (2597 individual) to cope against severe climatic conditions through distribution of winterization packages.
# Provide appropriate hygiene kits to 371 target families to have the means to practice safe hygiene.
# Train and prepare 371 target community members and 45 Community Development Council (CDC) members to be better prepared to minimize disaster risks and equipped to cope with shocks from disaster.
Key Impact:
# Poor and marginalized families are supported in the cold winter through provision of winterization assistance;
# Reduction in post disaster devastation though increased community awareness about hazard;
# Disaster risk reduction through hazard identification mechanisms; and
# Capacity and equipment in place to provide first assistance at the time of disaster


Activities:
1. Provision of NFI Kits to 371 families:
NFI kits were distributed to 371 families at AHEAD#s Samangan office in presence of Director General AHEAD, Humanitarian Manager Oxfam, and representatives from SRRD, MOE, ANDMA, Provincial and District Governor offices.
2. Training 8 CDCs on First Aid:

In addition to distribution of NFI kits for combating with theharsh winter, CDC members (37 males, 8 females (Vice President of CDC), 45 in total) were trained on First Aid to decrease their vulnerability to destruction/human life loss is case of future floods and other natural disasters and on how to provide first aid to the wounded community members. Trainings were conducted at CDC offices for 1 day per CDC. Trainings were completed in 8 days with 4 to 5 CDC members present per training session. Trainings comprised of followings:
1. How to help a person in case of having problem in his breathing system;
2. How to stop bleeding in case of injury;
3. How to Clean small injuries with using chemicals; and
4. How to tight broken leg or hand using special tool for it.

3. Training 8 CDCs on Disaster Risk Reduction:

To Increase their capacity oftaking proper measures to reduce the devastations due to floods and other natural disasters, DRR training was provided to each CDC member (37 males, 8 females (Vice President of CDC), 45 in total). As all CDC members were equipped with maps of their respective villages, the DRR trainings were linked with their respective village maps in order to make the communities understand the concept of hazard mapping and important escape routes of their villages in cases devastating disasters in the future. Trainings were conducted at CDC offices for 1 day per CDC. Trainings were completed in 8 days with 4 to 5 CDC members present per training session. Training for Disaster Risk Reduction comprised of how to take necessary steps to respond appropriately to the Earthquakes, Fire, Flood, Storm, Landslide, Avalanches and Droughts. Steps include selection of emergency escape routes and ways of announcing and alarming the community about directions of movement for safety. In addition, appropriate use of rescue kit items was also part of every training session by the use of learning by doing approach.

4. Distribution of First Aid Kits:

24 first aid kits (3 per CDC) were distributed as part of the project support to vulnerable communities. First Aid Kits were distributed right after completion of training in respective CDC. Items of first aid kit included the followings:
Splint to immobilize fractures, Pair of Gloves, Triangular cravat bandage, Headlamp including batteries, Gauze pad, Hemostatic (Blood stopping ) Gauze, Elastic Bandage,  Bandage, Anti-septic wipes, Rescue blanket (Sliver/ Golden very light), Plaster, Tourniquets, Wound disinfection, Scissor, Thermometer, Celoxchemostatic Granules (to stop artery bleeding), Chest seal bandage and Special first aid kits box.

5. Distribution of Rescue Kits:

To ensure sustainability of each CDC capacity to provide rescue support to community members in case of potential natural disasters, 8 recue kits (1 per CDC)were distributed to each CDC. Rescue Kits were distributed right after completion of training in respective CDC. Items of rescue kit included the followings:

Flashlight or miner's Lamp for head, Batteries (small), Secondary flashlight or light sticks Army Design, Whistles, Hand-held loudspeaker, Not Pad ( Draft pad ), Pen ( Ball pen Good Quality, Ladder (4metres made of bamboos, Pliers, Hardhats, Crow-bar(Jabal), Wheel-barrow, Hammer, small 500gr (metal) 500, Hammer small 3kg (metal) 3, Plastic Book , Lashing (rope), Shovel, Pick axe, Crescent wrench (Plier), Scissors Medium Size local, Knife (Medium size), Emergency Vests(Apron), Dust Masks, Work gloves (Jeer/Strong cloth), and Stretcher(without wheels and legs).