Provision of essential nutrition and protection services through integrated mobile nutrition teams (IMNT) for non-displaced drought-affected people and drought-induced IDPs in priority districts of Hirat and Ghor  provinces The proposed project will provide essential nutrition and protection (GBV and child protection) services in the priority districts for CHF-2018 2nd standard allocation targeting non-displaced drought-affected people (in three districts of Hirat and one district of Ghor) and drought-induced IDPs in Enjeel district of Hirat. The project is designed for selected priority districts of Hirat (Enjeel, Zinda Jan, Kushk (Robat Sangi), and Kushki Kohna districts) Ghor (Du Layna district). Selection of the proposed districts is based on the CHF-2018 2nd standard allocation strategy and current HN-TPO presence along with other factors such as concentration of beneficiaries, and adjacency of districts. 

 Services to non-displaced drought-affected people and drought-induced IDPs will be provided through integrated mobile nutrition teams (IMNTs) each staffed with nutrition workers (MD/nurse, midwife – who will also cover protection component – and nutrition officer), protection workers (2 psychosocial counselors and 2 community mobilizers) and the driver. The IMNT is based on the MoPH/PND mobile nutrition team composition. The IMNTs will provide services through the fixed SDPs and through community outreach sessions in the SDP catchment area. A total of 4 new IMNTs will be established in the target 2 province (3 in Hirat and 1 in Ghor), The list of villages targeted in Du Layna district of Ghor province is uploaded into the document tab. The list of drought affected villages provided by the Provincial Disaster Management Agency (PNDMA)  is outdated, while NRC assessment in July shows 51,810 drought induced IDPs over 179 collective sites in Enjeel district. During the inception phase of the project, the exact locations for SDPs and target villages will be identified in consultation with PPHD, OCHA and district authorities.

In Hirat province, a subset of the IDPs settled in several collective sites in Enjeel district will be provided nutrition and protection services through one IMNT. The other three target districts of Hirat will be covered with two IMNTs – one for Zinda Jan, and another for Kushk (Robat Sangi), and Kushki Kohna districts. In Ghor province, one IMNT will provide nutrition and protection services to non-displaced drought-affected people in Du Layna district.

The proposed CHF-2018 2nd SA project has been designed in view of the 2018 Humanitarian Need Overview (HNO) and the 2018-21 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) – the original and revised HRP – in close coordination with relevant clusters – nutrition (UNICEF) and protection (GBV, child protection) – regional OCHA offices, the Hirat and Ghor provincial PHDs, the BPHS/EPHS implementers, the Public Nutrition Department (PND) and the World Food Program (WFP). The inception phase will include a rapid assessment of target areas, mapping of the population, orientation and coordination with community and provincial authorities and identifying the service delivery points (SDPs). The inception phase activities will be carried out during the first month of the project, by provincial team and project manager and other staff from central office of HN-TPO. Coordination with the target population and project stakeholders have been taken into consideration as integral components of the project. Focus is given to gender issues in selection of beneficiaries and needs and in the team composition of the project.