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United Nation Humanitarian Air Service The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is facing an urgent funding gap following the unexpected withdrawal of committed funds from a donor in December 2018. As an immediate measure, UNHAS started to reduce flights in January to locations when passenger numbers are low and would not cover the direct operating cost for the flight. 

The funding of the AHF will allow operations of UNHAS to continue operations on the current level until committed funding from other donors is received. The stop-gap funding would further avoid that cost cutting measures – cancelling the contract of one of the three planes and possibly the only helicopter - will have to be put in place before the new funding arrives which would mean reduced services for the remainder of the year which would have further negative impact on the ability of the humanitarian community to reach vulnerable families across the country at a time when 6.7 million girls, boys, women and men are in need of life-saving assistance. 

With an additional $2 million, UNHAS will be able to maintain full service with all airplanes, and slightly reduced service with the helicopter until June 2019. This means, that service to six destinations namely Lal, Nili, Khosht, Gardez, Ghazni and Sharana will be maintained with the helicopter for 260 passengers per month based on the current usage, as well a retaining search and rescue capabilities. Further, the funding would allow full service on current level to seven destinations for 240 users per month based on the current usage. 

Project target is Determined based on previous usage of UNHAS, feedback from user organizations, current trends, review of ECHO and OCHA needs assessments with their feedback to UNHAS, regular user group meeting with all registered users, inputs from the Humanitarian Access Group, and information from the steering committee meetings.

User demand depends amongst other factors on the overall security situation in the country and other means of transport to reach remote locations like the availability of commercial flights in country and the risk level user organizations are willing to take. Commercial airlines serve only a few locations and do not demonstrate some minimum international aviation standards. The demand for UNHAS has increased markedly in 2018 by 33 percent compared to 2017 and reached 25,000 passengers, showing the importance of the service. Of all registered UNHAS users, 20 percent are national NGOs and 60 percent are international NGOs. NGOs made up 57 percent of all passengers transported in 2018, amongst the NGOs with the highest number of passengers were MSF, CRS, NRC and ACF.
Addressing essential GBV response and prevention needs of women and girls in conflicted-affected and under-served areas of Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces The proposed project is primarily intended to address the essential GBV response and prevention needs of women and girls in conflicted-affected and under-served areas of Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. The target districts of the project will consist of: Daman, Maruf, Dand (also known as Kandahar district), Panjwayee, Shah Wali Kot, Boldak, and Maiwand districts of Kandahar province and Batikot, Roadat, Behsood, and Kama districts of Nangarhar province. The direct target beneficiaries of the project will be women and girls. The age groups will mostly be young adults, adults and middle age females as these age groups are the mostly-deprived strata in an Afghan family structure. People with disability, which roughly constitute 3.1% of the general population will be of particular focus for priority support and ensuring that disability-friendly spaces and facilities are available at the service delivery points.
The project is designed in the basis of consultations with the eastern and southern regional GBV sub-clusters and the national GBV sub-cluster, taking into account the prevailing and exacerbating needs of women and girls in conflict-affected and under-served areas of the priority districts. The project is in alignment with the HRP SO-2 “protection violations are reduced and respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is increased”, and the “HRP Protection Outcome 2.2: An appropriate, coordinated response provides necessary protection assistance to affected communities and people, including children, in a timely manner”, whereby intended priority activities, as stipulated in the AHF 4th Reserve Allocation Strategy will be carried out to respond to the most striking needs of women and girls. The activities will consist of (1) provision of GBV response and prevention assistance through the BPHS health facilities in target districts (2) establishment of Women Friendly Spaces (WFSs) in the target health facilities and (3) provision of dignity kits to women and girls.
The service delivery points are considered inside the existing BPHS health facilities to ensure that the otherwise sensitive GBV services can be provided without any negative reaction from the community, and to ensure that women can have optimal access to the generally-accepted establishments of public health clinics. The BPHS implementer in Kandahar will be taken onboard through an MoU, while in Nangarher, the HealthNet TPO is the current BPHS/EPHS implementer in joint-venture consortium with AADA organization. The project will be implemented through a dedicated team with administrative and space support from the existing projects of HealthNet TPO in the two provinces. The project activities will be coordinated at all stages with relevant provincial stakeholder and at the national level. Of particular importance will be due consideration to Do No Harm principles and ensuring adhering to the “Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse” framework.
Emergency agriculture assistance to food insecure, disaster affected small holder farming families in Ghor, Bamyan and Daykundi provinces of Afghanistan Through this proposed project Oxfam and its local implementing partner Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) intend to provide agriculture inputs to a total of 143,498 persons (20,499 households) in 3 districts of Daykundi, 3 districts of Bamyan and 6 districts of Ghor provinces. This includes selection of target villages with the support from village selection committee, household assessment and selection of the eligible beneficiaries, warehousing management, distribution of agriculture inputs (50 kg wheat seeds, 50 kg urea, and 50kg DAP per beneficiary household) and training 100% of the beneficiary households on agriculture best practices. Certified wheat seeds and fertilizers will be purchased, delivered to each target districts center by FAO.
Main objectives of the project is to provide Emergency response to the multiple shocks affected families specially poor, marginalized and small holder farmers in Daykundi, Ghor and Bamyan province to improve their household food security and increased their resilience to upcoming/unexpected shocks through provision of improved wheat seeds and fertilizers.
Oxfam’s interventions will be guided by the IPC, and SFSA findings. Among other concerns, the needs analysis revealed: 1) widespread food insecurity with high to medium degree of negative coping strategies 2) over dependence of the displaced and flood affected households (HHs) on farming and livestock 3) inability to purchase agricultural inputs 4) sub-standard or damaged shelters 5) existence of high level deficit in amount of agriculture wheat seed in target provinces.
The project proposes a robust monitoring  and accountability system – PDMs, field visits, gender, age and disability disaggregated data collection and analysis, community dialogues on continuous basis, gender sensitive feedback and complaint mechanism for the beneficiaries . Furthermore, Oxfam and CHA will coordinate with inter agency feedback and accountability mechanism of Awaaz Afghanistan.
Winterization and shelter support for drought IDPs in Herat 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 2,619  vulnerable households to support them in having access to fuel for the winter, alongside a 100 dollar shelter top-up for 2,697 households that have not yet been assisted with a shelter response. The IRC will coordinate 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, in addition to ongoing protection and multi-purpose cash assistance. 

At present, despite resources for shelter and winterization from previous allocations, gaps still remain for thousands of IDP households in Herat. Through the requested resources, IRC will provide support for covering winterization gaps to 2,619 drought affected households for heating materials, in order to reduce morbidity and mortality during the winter months, for those that are unable to return. This will be distributed alongside a shelter-top up for those who haven’t received emergency shelter assistance to date, covering 2,697 households. Gaps in assistance have been identified using registration information from camp management agencies in the target areas. Targets have been determine in coordination with DRC, the other implementing partner of the proposed funding. 

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 response to the natural disaster affected and/or displaced population through provision of Emergency Shelter and Emergency Shelter Self Construction Repair Tool Kits in Afghanistan The project is focused on the prepositioning Emergency Shelter and Emergency Shelter Self Construction Repair Tool Kits by procuring, stocking and distributing to the populations affected and/or displaced by natural disasters in Afghanistan. This project will strengthen and complement IOM’s existing response capacity by prepositioning ES/NFI materials at the 25 strategic locations across Afghanistan enabling timely interventions to address life-saving humanitarian needs. IOM is the co-chair of the Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) Cluster and leads the ES/NFI response to natural disasters. This project will enable IOM to meet the needs of 57,750 individuals with the Emergency Shelter kits (1 tent and 2 tarpaulins) and Emergency Shelter Self-Construction Repair Tool kits.
In line with the AHF strategy, IOM will

	Procure, preposition and distribute 1,500 Emergency Shelter Kits to cover the need of 1,500 families/10,500 individuals 
	Procure, preposition and distribution 6,750 Emergency Shelter Self-Construction Repair Tool Kits to cover the need of 6,750 families/47,250 individuals
Winterization and shelter support to drought displaced 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 5,609 households vulnerable households, providing them  access to fuel for the winter, alongside a 100 dollar shelter top-up for those that have not yet received shelter assistance. IRC will coordinate 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 which provides emergency shelter and cash for NFIs, in addition to ongoing protection and multi-purpose cash assistance. The proposed actvities will take place in Qala e Naw and Moqur.

At present, despite resources from previous shelter and winterization allocations, thousands of IDP households in Badghis have not received aid. IRC will provide heating materialscash assistance for winterization to 5,609 drought displaced, underserved households, in order to reduce their vulnerability during the winter months. This will be distributed alongside a shelter-top of 100 USD up for those who haven’t received emergency shelter assistance to date. Beneficiary numbers represent the winterization and shelter gap identified through Scope registration in Badghis. 

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.) ensuring that target households will be able to receive as holistic an assistance package as possible.
Awaaz Afghanistan (IAIC) Awaaz Afghanistan (Awaaz) uniquely facilitates real-time two-way flow of information between Afghan populations affected by conflict, violence, natural disaster and displacement, and the entire humanitarian community.

At full capacity, Awaaz can communicate directly with 4,000 Afghans per month from the entire country, or indirectly with 24,000 Afghans (based on an average family size of seven), but without emergency funding to cover co-funding as of 01 September, it will activate operational closure processes before the end of 2019.

Functioning as a cross-network, toll-free call centre, Awaaz facilitates the two-way communication between affected populations and the humanitarian community at a localised and country-wide level. By dialling 410, any Afghan with access to a mobile phone can speak to one of eight operators in either Dari, Pashto, Urdu or English, to access information on or lodge feedback about the ongoing humanitarian interventions around the country. Relaying this self-identification of needs and priorities to the humanitarian community (disaggregated by gender, age, location and needs) promotes the integration of beneficiaries’ feedback into the programme cycle and endorses the Grand Bargain’s commitment to the participation revolution.

Additionally, Awaaz sets its accountability to affected populations (AAP) targets in line with the HRP and the HRP’s efforts to support effective coordination through the Cluster system under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator.

This support will help to identify urgent vulnerable cases isolated from the petition system or missed during the transition to the traditional humanitarian alert system. Further, with conflict intensifying, slow- and sudden-onset crises looming and elections approaching, deterioration to the protection environment is anticipated.
   
By communicating feedback in real time, Awaaz can support humanitarian partners’ capacity to detect and respond to needs and provide lifesaving emergency interventions. As such, Awaaz requires funding form the AHF to continue providing the following vital services upon which the delivery of an effective, coordinated and accountable humanitarian response in Afghanistan depends:

 The immediate relay of accurate information that enables informed decision making, especially in times of crises, whether natural or man-made, when at-risk communities are further exposed to protection violations
 The rapid processing of urgent protection concerns, including allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), as well as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) violations
 The reporting of self-identified needs, priorities, and vulnerabilities that can help ensure programmes deliver immediate and effective assistance to prevent the loss of life
 The opening up of hard-to-reach areas to support the humanitarian community’s ability to assess and respond to needs in underserved areas
 The supporting of monitoring efforts to ensure assistance is provided in a principled and dignified manner to all populations in need, equally.
Provision of hygiene promotion interventions to IDP/Returnees in Nangarhar and healthy hygienic services to SAM children of poorest families in Wardak Province. CoAR, under third reserve allocation intends to focus on reduction of Sever Acute Malnutrition (SAM) among under 5 children in close collaboration with nutrition cluster partners and health facilities and ensure healthy hygienic behavior among poorest families under 3rd reserve allocation through effective hygiene promotion and heathy hygienic services in seven districts (Chak-e-Wardak, His-e-Awal-e-Behsood, Jaghatoo, jalrez, Markaz-e-Behsood, Nerkh and Said Abad) in Wardak and emergency WASH intervention in four districts (Gushta, Durbaba, Mumand Dara and Rodat) of Nangarhar province with focus on hygiene promotion through procurement and distribution of hygiene kits, water kits, WASH consumables along with hygiene promotional campaign at household and community levels, under winterization strategy in close collaboration with  Emergency Shelter Cluster and its partners ( UNHCR/NRC).
Through the proposed project, CoAR will target 4430 families (31007 beneficiaries) including 13,289 SAM children of poorest host communities in Wardak province while 45,241 IDPs and returnees will be targeted in Nangarhar province both in the target districts and zero point in Turkham under hygiene promotion intervention, specifically hygiene awareness campaign, hygienic practices and distribution of hygiene kits and WASH consumables. These altogether will lead to reduce health risks and will foster resilient bodies and minds. In both provinces hygiene promotion activities will emphasize on prevention of diarrhea, hand washing, menstrual hygiene, infant and young child feeding (IYCF), water treatment, food storage and waste disposal. This proposal is there for in line with WASH cluster strategy-note for AHF 3rd Reserve Allocation (RA) 2019 and the RA strategy paper for Afghanistan and is in accordance with the national WASH cluster strategy, target and priority for the revised Afghanistan HRP targets for 2019.
Main activities under the proposed project are 
- Appropriate hygiene practices, hygiene promotion sessions will be conducted to reduce health risks and to foster resilient bodies and minds. With participation at the core, promotion activities will emphasize prevention of diarrhea, hand washing, menstrual hygiene, water treatment, food storage and waste disposal.
- To support 4430 families (31007 beneficiaries) including 13,289 SAM children in Wardak province through hygiene promotion and healthy hygienic services which will lead to reduce child morbidity and malnutrition incidence and promote infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Wardak
- Distribution of family hygiene kits, plastic bags for solid waste collection at household level and distribution of chlorine aqua tabs in Wardak and Nangarhar provinces and hygiene consumable kits only in Wardak province.
Providing crises affected out of school children with inclusive and quality education in Kandahar Province. By implementation of the proposed project under EiE envelop, CoAR will provide support to total of 8505 school aged children (3827 boys and 4678 girls), Out of this 3535 children (1591 boys and 1944 girls) will be enrolled in CBSs, and 4970 children (2237 boys and 2734 girls) from ECW project will be supported through WASH in school facilities. The project will provide
1)	learning opportunities mostly for 5-12 years old children from grade 1-3 to 3,535 affected children (at least 50% girls) through establishing 101 Temporary Learning Classes in Kandahar province (Spinboldak 40 CBS, Takhtapol 13 and Zhery 48 CBS). All the CBSs will be equipped with classroom kits, teacher kits, student kit including text books, some with tents and WASH facilities.
2)	Since CoAR is implementing ECW project in Kandahar province CoAR strongly intends to synergize these two projects in terms of cost efficiency, capacity building and resource mobilization. Some CBE classes of ECW project in Kandahar are not equipped with WASH facilities, so CoAR will provide WASH facilities to 4970 children (2237 boys and 2734 girls) from ECW project in 142 ECW CBS classes through the proposed project funded by AHF. This is vital complementary and support to ECW project in Kandahar.
Emergency winterization response, with protection mainstreamed, to women, men, boys and girls in situation of high vulnerability, including host communities and IDPs, through cash assistance in Ghor, Bamyan and Helmand provinces. Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (AAH/ACF) proposed intervention seeks to provide relief winterization assistance to men, women, boys and girls in situation of high vulnerability, including host communities and IDPs, in Dawlatyar district (Ghor), Bamyan and Yakawlang districts (Bamyan) and Nad-e-Ali district (Helmand). The overall target of the project will be 1200 Households, as per the following estimate breakdown: 
   - Bamyan: 350 HHs in Bamyan district, 150 HHs in Yakawlang districts
   - Ghor: 350 HHs in Dawlatyar districts
   - Helmand: 350 HHs in Nad-e-Ali districts

Ghor and Bamyan provinces have been identified by the ESNFI cluster as priority 1 for the winterization assistance, when Helmand is ranked as priority 3, with respectively 2926, 1591 and 1386 HHs projected to be in need of assistance and absence of commitment from partners. 

The proposed interventions will target 1200 households in situation of vulnerability, identified through criteria based on the winterization strategy elaborated by ESNFI cluster and the Government of Afghanistan. The proposed interventions will target people based on these vulnerability criteria and not based on their status. 

This timely and coordinated response will save lives, prevent and mitigate protection risks (especially for the elderly, people living with disabilities, women and children). The winterization assistance will be comprised of:
   - Cash assistance for fuel / heating in Ghor, Helmand and Bamyan
   - Modalities: 200 USD per households in 2 separate instalments – the 2nd instalment being conditional to verification of purchase of the cylinder or bukhari (direct observation if possible). The 2nd instalment (around 180$) will be distributed o monthly basis (60$ per month) if security, access and time allows. 

AAH will ensure mainstreamed protection, gender and accountability throughout all the proposed intervention. 

At the end of the project, the beneficiaries will be referred to development partners for provision of stabilization support.