Cash for Food Assistance to IPC Phase 3  4 Vulnerable People in Alasay and Nijrab Districts of Kapisa Province As per Pre-lean Season Assessment 2022, the La Nina induced drought, economic amp political crises, increased debts amp higher food prices are severely restricting HHs access to food amp other necessities. Humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains dire. In addition to the ongoing economic crisis, ruptures in basic services amp high food insecurity, natural disasters (floods, drought amp earthquakes) have devastated the lives of Afghan people. The food security situation has been deteriorating since 2015, as per IPC (AFI) analyses. This project is designed in accordance with AHF’s 3rd RA 2022 amp provides cash for food assistance for 7,560 individuals (1080 HHs) in Nijrab amp Alasay districts of Kapisa province.
Under this project, targets are the vulnerable population situated in IPC Phase 3 amp 4 in Alasay amp Nijrab districts of Kapisa, the districts are identified in coordination with FSAC amp are among most vulnerable amp food insecure areas in the province. The project targets 7,560 people that includes children, women, PWDs, elderly, women headed families to secure their immediate food needs for 6 months at 75% of the food basket ($72/ month) through cash for food. Every HH will receive $432 in total in 6 batch. The total # of HHs targeted to be covered are 1,080. Efforts will be used to HH amp village level to avoid duplication in assistance amp bring complementarity to the early started assistances by other orgS. across the districts of Kapisa province. 
the project will have the below phases:
- Project Mobilization including team hiring. 
- Community mobilization/sensitization.
- Cash for food distribution. 
- Post Distribution Monitoring.
The selected HHs will receive cash for food assistance for 6 months at 75% of food basket ($72/month) complied as per guideline on FSAC’s Response Packages 2022 and also as per the AHF RA. Cash is adopted as modality of assistance because markets are functional in Alasay amp Nijrab districts’ amp markets are well integrated to provincial market amp then to Parwan main market. Looking to the geography amp destination, the transfers will be made by a Financial Service Provider. The FSP will be responsible to transfer cash through their network amp disburse the specified amount to HHs in monthly basis the contracted FSP will carry out the transfer amp distribution of cash to beneficiaries for six months. So the cash assistance modality is direct cash through Hawala. The cash delivery mechanism looking to the current situation is cash in pockets amp it will be unconditional. This modality is deemed to prove effective amp efficient at this time amp provide HHs with greater agency in how they use their assistance to support their food security. Distribution will take place on distribution sites accessible to all beneficiaries, including those with access challenges. Specific distribution points and/or times will be organized for women to ensure they have safe amp culturally sensitive access to the support. GAALO at senior level will engage with UNOCHA amp other actors to ensure women’s engagement in the project, maintaining the JOPs and Engagement Strategy, up to a point where it does not cause harm. 
Distribution will be done under observance of Covid-19 prevention protocols established by GAALO amp other humanitarian community, including the distribution amp use of face masks, hand washing facilities/sanitizers provided with limited sizes of groups amp social distancing.  
To minimize protection risks, supported HHs will be informed of the location, day amp time of the distribution a day before. similarly, GAALO has the ability to revert to in-kind assistance if inflation rate / price volatility become too high or the market collapses. GAALO will prepare supply chains for in-kind assistance if the market situation changes significantly