Improve Livelihoods and Food Security of multiple Shock-affected Vulnerable Families in Chamtal, Charbolak, Sayyad, Jaldak, and Arghandab through Cash and Poultry Assistance ltpgtltspan style="text-align: justify"gtThe proposed project assists 28,000 vulnerable right holders (girls, women, men, and boys, and persons with disabilities of all ages) and aims to provide
lifesaving food assistance through Cash and poultry packages to
the multiple shock-affected, acutely food-insecure populations under
IPC Phase 3 and 4 in 6 districts of Balkh, Saripul and Zabul provinces of Afghanistan. According to IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis 2022, Balkh Province (Phase 3+) population of lt/spangt745,807 Saripul 371,477 and Zabul 255,460 respectively. FAO DIEM 2022 suggests the majority population faces drastic shocks ranging from much higher food prices, drought, higher fuel prices, loss of work and Sickness/death in the family putting pressure on access of families to an acceptable range of food consumption.lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtThe project aims to provide Cash for Food 3000 Packages and 700 Poultry packages to vulnerable families in the districts of Chamtal
and Charbolak districts of (Balk Province IPC4) Sayad, districts of
(Sari-Pul Province IPC3) and Jaldak, Arghandab Districts of (Zabul Province IPC3).lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtThe project resolves to improve food
security and increase resilience among targeted beneficiaries against upcoming/unexpected
shocks in the winter of 2023 through the provision of ltbrgt1) Cash for Food @ US$ 37.5/Month as per Cash Voucher Working Group (CVW) standards

ltbrgt2) standard poultry packages  (ltspan style="background-color: white color: black"gt15 chicks, 2 roosters, 13 hens, 75 KG Feed, 2 Drinkers, 2 Feeders and material support for the construction of the cooplt/spangt).ltbrgtltbrgt It aims to ensure their access to food and provides the basis for sustainable food/ livelihood sources, enabling
them to avoid any negative coping mechanism.lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtCiC and its partner SADA are successfully implementing an AHF-funded FSAC project in Balkh and have accessed
women beneficiaries in the current context in an effective manner.lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtCIC is proposing to implement this
project in partnership with the Social Association for Development of Afghanistan
(SADA,  both are active members of the FSAC cluster. CIC has its office in Balkh and Zabul and SADA in Saripul along with operational staff with an extensive understanding
of the local context, and working relations with DFA and relevant government
departments including strong acceptance, trust, and links among local communities. The
proposed consortium has the relevant experience, operational presence, and available technical staff
including pre-qualified vendors, and is well-placed to implement the project in
the selected locations in a timely, quality, and cost-effective manner. lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtCIC has also implemented Cash
grant projects with assistance from AHF in different parts of Afghanistan
and has the experience, capacity, knowledge, and expertise including prequalified vendors.lt/pgtltpgt

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text-align:justifytext-justify:kashidatext-kashida:0%line-height:115%" class="MsoNormal"gtCIC
and SADA are committed to gender, age, disability, and inclusion and will ensure, the mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues such as  PESA, AAP, protection, gender, age, community
participation, disability, and localization in the project. lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="mso-margin-top-alt:automso-margin-bottom-alt:auto
text-align:justifytext-justify:kashidatext-kashida:0%line-height:115%" class="MsoNormal"gtThe
project will have three three-layer monitoring systems and will be monitored 1) Field offices having independent ME officers from CIC 2) Partners internal ME processes 3) CIC Kabul officer ME Manager. The project will
select the target number of households for this project in strict consideration
of the selection criteria defined by the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster. The eligible households will be selected through an independent,  transparent
house-to-house survey, considerate to disabled, gender,  children women-headed households of all ages. lt/pgtltpgt

lt/pgtltp style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"gtCIC along with its local partners
has a comparative advantage and the ability to sign MoUs swiftly availability
of agricultural inputs from the market ability to conduct the
SFSA and IPC analysis and availability of resources for early prepositioning
of emergency food assistance maintain female staff to work and ability to monitor food commodity prices on a weekly
basis.lt/pgtltpgt





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