Provision of seasonal winter assistance to vulnerable households in Faryab Province ltpgtThe project is designed in the light of CVWG quick guideline as below:ltbrgt$200 for Heating, $57 Blankets, $74 for Winter Clothing. DAARTT is planning to be provided cash for heating and cash for winter cloth as calculated below:ltbrgt$200 + 74 = 274 OR (ESNFI recommends 84% of beneficiaries). $57 will be provide for Blankets as in-kind assistance. The currency of transfer is AFN at prevailing exchange rate. This is going to be Unconditional transfer. The intervention is restricted to winterization assistance, which would be confirmed by PDs. DAARTT will hire Saraf (Money Dealer) to undertake Cash Distribution to the 1220 shock affected households in the targeted districts (Gurziwan and Kohistan districts of Faryab). DAARTT shall conduct a mapping exercise of the FSP first. Capacity and Reliability of the FSP will also be evaluated in light of the recommendations provided by CVWG. Cash will provided in a single tranche. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable groups such as Women, Girls, Children PwD, Elderly, GBV/Protection. The assistance is planed according to Allocation Strategy and the ES/NFI Standards. The use of cash is to be distributed in accordance with ‘AHF Minimum Requirements for Cash–based Programming including Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM)’ and by using the toolkit created by the Afghanistan Cash Voucher Working Group (CVWG). Payment of the cash to the beneficiaries will be undertaken through FSP (Saraf). DAARTT shall conduct a mapping exercise of the FSP first. The capacity and reliability of the FSP will also be evaluated in light of the recommendations provided by CVWG. DAARTT will transfer the amount plus the fee to the bank account of the Saraf. Selection of Saraf will be performed through a proper Bidding Process. To ensure transparency/accountability, DAARTT will undertake door to door survey to identify the most vulnerable households including people with disabilities. DAARTT will make the plan for cash distribution together with Saraf. Beneficiaries including people with disabilities and GBV victims shall be divided into groups for distribution. Based on the PDM report from the previous AHF projects, 95% of the beneficiaries prefer cash assistance rather than in-kind assistance. The project will target vulnerable people (mostly IDPs, Returnees and Vulnerable Host Communities including people with disabilities and GBV victims in Gizab, Khas Uruzgan and Chinarto districts. The beneficiaries for the assistance will be selected by the Beneficiaries Selection Committee (BSC) according to the cluster criteria. The BSC will be comprised of the key stakeholders (ARCS, ANDMA, DoRR, DAARTT staff and Community Elders/Shuras). BSC will be established to support DAARTT's staff during door-to-door survey and identifying the most vulnerable beneficiaries. Standard ES/NFI Cluster approved assessment tools (KOBO) will be used for assessing and selecting eligible beneficiaries for the planned assistance. Beneficiaries who are selected for the assistance will receive the identification tokens. The Tokens contain the required instruction on the back side, providing information regarding the access to and use of the Complaint and Feedback Mechanism (CFM).ltbrgtTo ensure full transparency and accountability, the project team will establish Complaints  Feedback Mechanism (CFM) in the project locations. The mechanism will include provision of free mobile number and email address, putting complaint/suggestion boxes in various locations and providing opportunity to beneficiaries to raise issues and concerns directly through meetings and face to face contacts. All the complaints will be responded to on time. DAARTT will also share AWAZ hotline number with the target beneficiaries to ensure that they can make directly contact to AWAZ team. DAARTT will distribute the assistance through the private Finance Service Providing company (FSP). Protection/GBV principles shall be taken into consideration throughout the project. ltbrgtlt/pgt