Emergency food security assistance to COVID-19 affected population in Barshore Tehsil, District Pishin, Baluchistan. CARE has conducted an independent RNA in Pishin and in line with the findings of area prioritization exercise findings of VAM report, priority 1 in VAM was Tehsil Barshore and is selected for this project. Selection of union councils Gez and Walma is also based on the criteria that falls under VAM report and underserved communities including those living along the border area. CARE devised the proposed comprehensive inclusive strategy with an objective to provide life-saving food security, nutrition and livelihood support to vulnerable target communities with a special focus on women in line with the RNA and findings of Needs Assessment of FSampLWG August 2020 and consultations with FAO, WFP and UNHCR, FSL cluster. The interventions will include provision of poultry packages, goat packages, Kitchen gardening kits, Mott grass fodder cutting and fertilizer and trainings for each and C-19 IPC via radio and face-to-face sessions and distribute IEC materials with government of Pakistan and WHO approved messages. CARE will finalize beneficiary identification criteria and registration through community mobilization and engagement. In total 50,000 COVID-19 affected individuals will be reached. The project will also provide trainings in nutrition, hygiene, entrepreneurship and PSEA with a special focus on women and girls. The FSL component will address the food, nutrition and livelihood needs of the families as the poultry kits will provide sufficient output of eggs and poultry meet for each family and available for women and girls also. The goat package will enable households meet their dairy dietary needs sufficiently including women and girls. Kitchen gardening activity focuses on provision of vegetables to COVID-19 affected HH that will improve access to seasonal vegetables Mott-grass fodder cutting farming will ensure provision of fodder for livestock all year round particularly because it does not require repeat sowing. Excess of production from each activity can generate income for beneficiaries Trainings organized for nutrition, Hygiene, PSEA, GBV and COVID-19 prevention. The WASH component of the project will include COVID-19 risk awareness, PSEA, entrepreneurship, and nutrition. CARE will ensure compliance of PHPF Gender Marker 2a and SPHERE.
Beneficiaries:
1) Poultry kits and trainings to 600 vulnerable households (600: 7: 42,00 individuals) including 756 men, 882 women, 1218 boys, and 1344 girls. 
2)Goat packages and trainings to 250 vulnerable households ( 250: 7: 1750 individual) including 315 men, 368 women, 507 boys and 560 girls
3) Kitchen gardening kits and trainings to 150 households (150: 7:1,050 individuals) including 188 men, 221 women,305 boys, and 336 girls.
4) Livestock fodder/mottgrass cuttings and trainings and fertilizer to 500 Households (500: 7: 3,500 individuals) including 693 men, 809 women, 1117 boys, and 1232 girl
5) COVID-19 Risk communication Hygiene, GBV, PSEA and nutrition focused messaging- (50,000 individuals) 9000 men, 10500 women, 14500 boys, 16000 girls
6) IEC materials focused on Nutrition, hygiene and entrepreneurial skills will be given mainly to women to enhance their knowledge about the subjects  (1700 women)
7) 30 cost free Community Mobilization sessions on Poultry, kitchen gardening and Goat Rearing
For sustainability, CARE will use people-centered approach amp collaborate with Livestock and dairy development, Agriculture Department and FSCs for creating linkages and create farmers/kitchen gardening committees. The project will focus on hygiene education and COVID-19 risk information dissemination. CARE will ensure compliance of PHPF Gender Marker 2a and SPHERE and provide food, hygiene kits and COVID-19 risk awareness in the same UCs in Pishin with its own funds ($75,000) that will complement PHPH’s grant and scale up the response. To meet the needs of the COVID-19 affected households, CARE is seeking support of USD $0.5 million to scale up response.