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Provision of nutrition services to the drought affected population in the target districts of Sar-e-Pul province. The proposed project, chiefly focusing on hard-to-reach areas, will be solely implemented by ORCD as the BPHS implementing partner of MoPH in Sar-e-Pul province targeting drought affected population without creating any duplication and without creating pull factors providing them at the place of origin. Facilitating the provision of comprehensive package of nutrition interventions as per BPHS 2010, the project will be implemented in Gosfandi, Sancharak, Sarepul and Sozma Qala districts specifically addressing women, girls, people with disability and elders. Contributing to the delivery of 2018-2021 HRP, the program interventions related to nutrition as part of this project are based on a comprehensive needs assessment conducted by a team comprised of male and female experts.

ORCD will deploy staff as per guidelines introduced by MoPH for two mobile nutrition teams (1 midwife, nutrition officer and support staff) serving underserved areas in the districts (Gosfandi, Sancharak, Sarepul, and Sozma Qala). The mobile nutrition teams will be working in the areas beyond the reach of the existing health facilities as part of nutrition mobile activity. The mobile teams are greatly needed because the existing BPHS does not have any mobile health team while there are drought affected population whose needs especially nutrition cannot be made by the existing health facilities. In the view of this, two standalone mobile nutrition teams are greatly needed. The mobile teams will be established as part of this project which will chiefly provide nutrition services integrated with health under BPHS program. The mobile nutrition teams will greatly complement the existing  BPHS program in tackling the nutrition needs of the drought affected population in the target districts. 

In the view of this, the nutrition mobile teams will tackle both supply side and demand side factors. On demand side aspect, they will strengthen community-based nutrition interventions i.e. increased case findings, growth monitoring, screening, referrals, and conducting counselling related to IYCF practices to a total 3,600 mothers. On supply side, they will offer, emergency care, assessment and diagnosis, pretreatment of SAM treatment of acute malnutrition of MAM, follow-up assessment of nutrition situation and screening and growth monitoring of all under five children. The team will also involve mothers in improving the nutrition of their children.

In addition, aimed at promoting IYCF in emergency, ORCD will establish breastfeeding corners in a total 23 HFs:  5 HFs in Gosfandi, 6 HFs in Sancharak, 9 HFs in Sar-e-Pul Center and 3 HFs in Sozma Qala districts.
Winterization assistance for vulnerable drought IDPs in Badghis With thousands of drought displaced households currently exposed to increasingly harsh winter conditions, IRC is proposing to provide a half package of winterization assistance to 3765 vulnerable households to support them in having access to fuel for the winter. IRC has coordinated with other ES/NFI partners to ensure duplication is avoided, and assistance gaps are filled for vulnerable households. The proposed intervention will represent a scale-up of the ongoing IRC response in the target displacement sites, as IRC is already conducting programming with emergency shelter and cash for NFIs, and will be starting protection and multi-purpose cash assistance. 
At present, there are scarce resources for winterization despite predictions of a harsh winter, and high vulnerabilities across much of the country which have been exacerbated due to the drought. Through the requested resources, IRC will provide support for covering winterization gaps to 3765 drought displaced households for heating materials, in order to reduce morbidity and mortality during the winter months, for those that are unable to return. 
In addition, ES/NFI partners are working alongside UNHCR to distribute tents to fill the emergency shelter gaps for drought IDPs. IRC will support a shelter gap of 12 tents in the target area, as determined through coordination of the IDP sites with other ES/NFI partners.
All assistance provision will be closely coordinated with other implementing partners and relevant government focal points. Additionally, coordination will take place with all relevant cluster implementing partners (FSAC, WASH, protection etc.) such that target households will be able to receive as holistic an assistance package as possible.
Emergency agriculture assistance to drought-affected farmers in Kandahar, Faryab and Saripul The severe and widespread drought throughout Afghanistan, significantly affected the Kandahar, Saripul and Faryab provinces In these provinces, the usual precipitation was much less than the average, thus resulting in very low soil moisture leading to poor germination and growing conditions for food crops and fodder vegetation reliant on rainfall as well as irrigation water. While enormous humanitarian needs remained unmet throughout the planting season up to after the harvest, it further increased the vulnerability, especially of smallholder farmers who have had their crops damaged or lost because of the drought. Key constraints contributing to further exposure and vulnerabilities for agriculture based livelihoods include limited or no access to inputs – certified wheat seeds and fertilizers limited government and aid agencies support to agriculture sector in these targeted areas, limited technical assistance to improve knowledge and skills on agricultural production and a reduction in small holder farmers’ post-harvest yields due to poor processing, handling and pest management. The ability of farming families to cope with this shock is significantly limited and has triggered negative coping mechanisms as families distress sell productive assets, including livestock, land, etc. in order to meet their basic needs, such as food. Farmers who have had an erratic wheat cultivation in the past season, did not have the purchase power to buy seeds to re-sow which highly impacts the food security of vulnerable families in the peak hunger season, which starts during winter. FAO will address the immediate humanitarian needs of drought-affected farming families in these three provinces and prevent loss of lives as a consequence of acute food insecurity, through the provision of essential agriculture inputs (certified wheat seed and quality fertilizers) , as per the FSAC recommended responses packages. FAO will assist drought-affected families to achieve enhanced resilience to future shocks through the introduction of improved wheat seeds that are more drought-resistant, coupled with training on improved agriculture practices. The interventions that FAO proposes will help preventing further migration of drought affected populations, reducing the likelihood of humanitarian services being burdened in high-concentration urban areas, widespread of acute food insecurity and malnutrition This proposed project is designed to be implemented in the provinces of Faryab, Kandahar and Saripul, which are FSAC’s high priority locations. Project activities are in line with revised HRP’s thematic priorities, that include targeting of drought affected vulnerable people.
Provision of health services to drought affected population in Sar-e-Pul, Samangan and Helmand provinces The project will focus on addressing the health needs of the population in Sar-e-Pul, Samangan and Helmand provinces to drought affected population without overlapping with the already Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) activities. The project interventions have been designed for six months targeting a total 10 districts in three provinces (Gosfandi, Sancharak, Sar-e-Pul and Sozma Qala in Sar-e-Pul, Feroz Nakhshir and Hazrat -e- Sultan in Samangan and Deh Sahu, Nadali, Nawzad and Reg districts of Hilmand). The project activities are aligned with the 3rd Reserved Allocation 2018 strategy and effectively address the health cluster priorities which aim at reducing the mortality and morbidity chiefly due to drought. The fact that ORCD has already received a grant through nutrition cluster for the provision of nutrition services to drought affected population in Sar-e-Pul by already establishing two mobile health  teams, health services provision through the proposed 4 mobile health teams in this province will be integrated with nutrition service delivery

ORCD will establish a total 8 mobile health teams targeting a total 10 districts in two provinces (4 mobile health teams in 4 districts of Sar-e-Pul, 2 mobile health teams in 2 priority districts of Samangan and 4 districts of Hilmand). These mobile health teams will provide basic primary health care as per the BPHS in line with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Mobile Health Package of Health Services (MPHS) for a period of 6 months chiefly targeting drought affected population at the sites of origin. The mobile health teams will also provide health and basic hygiene education sessions using the standard IEC developed by the MoPH. 

In addition, the proposed health teams will be mobilized to strengthen referral systems by promoting public awareness and providing the transportation for delivery and obstetric complications to the higher level of HFs (the MHT vehicles will transport the patients whenever needed).
Drought response through ES, NFI and Winterization assistance in  3 IDPs' sites in Karukh, Guzara and Injil districts of Hirat  Province. The current drought has affected more than 10 provinces in the western and southern regions of Afghanistan. Herat is one of of drought affected province and hosting over 21000 IDPs' families in 3 districts of Guzara, Injil and Karukh.

 The target beneficiary of project is drought affected internal displaced people of Ghor, Badghis and Herat  in  Pohantoon IDPs' site in Injil district, Urdo Bagh IDPs' site in Guzara district and Rigration IDPs' site in Karukh district 3 out of 10 IDPs sites in Herat province.

The target beneficiaries of project are from the poor clan of the society  displaced to the below mentioned  3 IDPs' sites of Herat and straggle with problems on protection  from upcoming  harsh winter for  accessing to Emergency shelter, None Food Items and winterization assistance.

The current weather of Herat province is from zero to 5 Degree of Celsius in 24 hours which is getting colder day to day that exposes the IDPs to unsave live treating situation.

Considering this natural disaster NCRO decided to take part in response to some of needy Internal Displaced people in Herat provinces as following:


The proposed project will provide Assistance under ES/NFI in Herat province as following:

1.	Pohantoon IDPs' site in Injil district.

  
a.	105 individual of 15 families (22 Men, 22 Women, 30 Boys and 31 Girls) will receive cash based assistance for ES/NFI cluster standard NFI package.

b.	105 individual of 15 families (22 Men, 22 Women, 30 Boys and 31 Girls) will receive Emergency shelter (Tent) in kind assistance. 

2.	Urdo Bagh IDPs' site in Guzara district

a.	4151 individual of 539 families (859 Men, 863 Women, 1204 Boys and 1225 Girls) will receive cash based assistance for ES/NFI cluster standard NFI package.

b.	4151 individual of 539 families (859 Men, 863 Women, 1204 Boys and 1225 Girls) will receive Emergency shelter (Tent) in kind assistance. 

3.	Rigration IDPs' site in Karukh district

a.	6230 individual of 890 families (1290 Men, 1296 Women,1806 Boys and 1838 Girls) will receive cash based assistance for ES/NFI cluster standard Winterization package.

b.	5593 individual of 799 families (1158 Men, 1163 Women, 1622 Boys and 1650 Girls) will receive cash based assistance for ES/NFI cluster standard NFI package.

c.	2247 individual of 321 families (465 Men, 467 Women, 652 Boys and 663 Girls) will receive Emergency shelter (Tent) in kind assistance. 
In general in both 3 IDPs sites of Hirat over 22582 People will receive live saving assistance .
Emergency Health Response for drought affected population of 5 prioritized districts in Kandahar Province In order to answer the needs of white areas population of the 5 following districts: Nesh, Shawalikot, Maywand, Zheray and Khakrez, YHDO proposes an emergency health response to four categories of drought-related health effects: 1) general health problems2) water-related disease 3) airborne and dust-related disease and 4) vector-borne disease. YHDO will also ensure the referral system to HF’s managed by BPHS implementer. YHDO will enable the following mobile teams, for a total of 7 teams:
 1 mobile health team per district in Khakrez, Nesh, and Zheri
 2 mobile health teams in Maywand district
 2 mobile health teams in Shawalikot district

The total beneficiaries reached by the project will be 22500 individuals, as per target calculations details attached to the proposal. YHDO has been operating as the emergency actor in Kandahar since 2017 and has observed the impacts of the drought, especially in the last months. The severity of the drought is expected to increase and cause further famine and displacement in the districts affected. YHDO is currently implementing health, protection and nutrition project in collaboration with BARAN under OCHA funding.

YHDO has extended community network in hard to reach districts of Kandahar and operated where other actors are not present (white areas controlled by the insurgency). To be noted that YHDO is the only mobile actor operating in Nesh district at the moment. Therefore, access advantage should be considered as a plus point that will enable our organization to reach the most vulnerable individuals affected by the drought, which are located in remote villages. YHDO has performed drought assessment in July 2018 and distinguishes which areas of each district are mainly affected by the drought. YHDO intend to seve mainly host communities that are still in their places of origin. IDP’s located in district centers of the districts targeted will also be considered. YHDO did not propose activities in second priority districts, as they are easily accessible for other actors. 

YHDO is able to deploy a team quickly, as soon as recruitment and procurement processes are completed. The organization has the office and permanent team in the province, running 4 different major projects, including 2 emergency projects in hard to reach districts. YHDO already has authorization from all relevant local authorities to operate in white areas of hard to reach districts targeted.
Provision of Health and Nutrition Services to Conflict Affected Internally Displaced People (IDPs), Returnees and conflict affected Host communities in Nangarhar and Faryab provinces of Afghanistan. The program action aims to reduce the vulnerability of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable in host communities through provision of integrated lifesaving health and nutrition services in five priority districts of, Nangarhar province (Acheen, Hesarak, Khogayani, Shirzad, Chaparhar) and two priority districts of Faryab (Pashtun Kot and Maymana) province of Afghanistan.
In the proposed project, AADA intends to undertake the following key interventions: 
A. Health: 1. Establish and maintain three First Aid Trauma Post (FATPs) in Nangarhar, one in Ragha Comprehensive Health Center (CHC) of Hassrak district, one in Zawa Basinc Health Center (BHC) of Khogayani district and one in Mama Khel CHC of Shirzad district. 2. Establish and maintain one FATP in Baghak Health Sub Center (HSC) of Pashtoon Kot district and due to excesses needs, reinforce and maintain the previously World Health Organization (WHO) supported Trauma Care Unit (TCU) in Maymana provincial hospital by assigning additional human resource and provision of medical supplies to provide specialized trauma management services to massive casualties and conflict induced trauma cases referred from districts. 
B. Nutrition: Deployment of six integrated mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs) covering 30 sites in Nangarhar (Two MHNTs in Acheen district, one in Chaparhar, two in Khogayani and one in Lalpur district to provide: 1. Outpatient Department of Severe Acute Malnutrition (OPD-SAM services for the management of severely malnourished boys and girls (6 to 59 months). 2. Outpatient Department of moderately malnourished for the management of severely malnourished boys and girls (6 to 59 months) and acutely malnourished pregnant and lactating women (PLW). 3. Promote optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) among the IDPs, returnees and host communities. 4. Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) to children under five years old age antenatal care to pregnant women, health education and psychosocial counseling to mothers and caretakers. If the need will arise in other districts of Nangarhar, some of the MHNTs will be shifted to those districts of greater concerns.
AADA is BPHS implementer NGO in Nangarhar and Faryab provinces and will ensure increased access to the selected districts. The proposed action will target 87,407 direct beneficiaries including 20,351 women and 33,752 girls. AADA will implement this project in coordination with all relevant actors at the national, provincial and community
Integrated Nutrition, Food Security and WASH Drought Response in the Most Affected Districts of Bamyan and Daikundi Provinces. The Central Highlands region in Afghanistan has been experiencing a prolonged dry spell, due to below-average precipitation over the winter period. Due to a short agricultural season, timely precipitation is essential for agricultural production and water systems in the region, without which urgent action is needed for those affected. The complex, slow onset crisis has led to a steep increase in number of malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) which, coupled with a lack of coverage and capacity by the existing health system to meet the needs in the region, underlines the urgent importance of Medair’s multi-sectoral intervention to reduce preventable mortality and morbidity amongst vulnerable groups. 

The proposed project aims to respond to the drought affected population and build community resilience in targeted districts of Daikundi and Bamyan Provinces through provision of outreach nutrition services, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions, and activities to improve food security and livelihoods. Building upon Medair’s seventeen years of experience in the Central Highlands, the project intends to improve utilization of nutrition services by mothers, PLW and children under five, improve access to water under drought conditions to reduce vulnerability to water-related and other preventable diseases, and increase food security through community disaster risk reduction (DRR) based cash for work (CFW) activities with an unconditional cash component for the most vulnerable households.. Protection is addressed through mainstreamed mitigation strategies to prevent exposure to and/or created risks for beneficiaries as a result of the project. In addition, mainstreamed protection will ensure project activities are meaningful, accessible and safe for beneficiaries.
Enhancing food security of vulnerable drought-affected households in Badghis Province Badghis province has been among the most affected provinces as result of the drought, the IPC report for October 2017 had listed Badghis the only province in Afghanistan that has been classified in phase 4 (emergency) and the fewsnet organization predicts Badghis to be among the few provinces which will be at the stage of emergency through early 2019. In the recent multi-sector assessment conducted by WVA in Badghis, 78% of the households rated the food security situation “a lot worse” compare to the same time last year and 21% rated it as “worse” compared to last year. Majority of the surveyed households estimated that their current cereal stock last for 0.07 months (2.1 days), whereas they estimated an average of 4 months cereal stock for the same time last year showing the dire food insecurity being faced by households. 

In line with the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Priorities for this allocation, life-saving food assistance is required to increase vulnerable drought-affected households' access to nutritious foods. WV proposes to distribute essential life-saving food assistance to 2700 drought affected vulnerable food insecure households in 5 districts of Badghis, 

Additionally, the second component of the project, which focuses on livelihood protection is aligned to the Food Security and lIvelihoods cluster priorities "Distribution of livestock feed/fodder and veterinary services to protect livestock asset depletion" and Provision of agriculture inputs for the winter crop to ensure farmers ability to cultivate". WV proposes to drought tolerant wheat seed to 2700 drought affected vulnerable households in the 5 districts of Badghis. WV also proposes to distribute survival supplementary fodder to an additional 2700 households with small and large ruminants that are at risk of death due to fodder shortages. The proposed interventions are in line with the allocation strategy for 2018 standard allocation 2. 

The proposed project will target households classified in phase 4 (emergency). The beneficiaries will be identified through eligibility criteria through a customized assessment tool. Food assistance will be provided to extremely food insecure drought-affected households (50% ration for 4 months) who have not received any food assistance support from WFP or other partners. The animal feed/fodder will be provided to the beneficiaries who have suffered the loss of their livestock as result of drought and still have up to 3 large ruminants and up-to 7 small ruminants. These beneficiaries will receive a ration of animal feed/fodder of 100 kg concentrated fodder. The drought-resistant wheat seed will be provided to the beneficiaries who have rain-fed land but no seed for cultivation. These beneficiaries will receive 50 kg of drought-resistant wheat seeds. These will be selected based on their vulnerability status, coupled with reliance on crop production as their major food source. the project will prioritise women headed and elderly households as the main target for the project.