Winterization Assistance to Most Vulnerable HHs’ in khost Province. Through this proposed project, CARE intends to ensure that neediest households in Spera district of Khost province have adequate protection from weather and privacy for family life as their most immediate needs will be met through Cash for heating (fuel for heating), Cash for rent and provision of in-kind winter clothing, 
to protect and save lives during the harsh winter conditions.
CARE will distribute USD 200 for heating (fuel for heating) (as per the Cluster’s approved standard) to 1170 HHs, Cash for rent USD 165 (Package is 55 dollars per month for 3 months period) to 1387 HHs and in-kind winter  clothing, which are in line with ES-NFI 3rd Standard Allocation Strategy to 1170 HHs the most vulnerable people such as IDPs, and disaster affected families living in open space, under tents and makeshift household,. More focus will be paid to dependents especially child headed households, women headed household, the elderly, widows, as well as families with person with disability or elderly in target provinces. 

CARE has close coordination with ES-NFI national and sub cluster, and actively attends all relevant meetings at provincial level and will do so during the project implementation to avoid overlap with other planned assistance and maximize coverage by humanitarian partners., The final selection breakdown and exact location of the project within the target districts will be defined in close coordination with stakeholders at provinces level. 

A gender analysis will be included in the project’s needs assessment/beneficiaries selection, with the inclusion of female staff, and gender sensitive questionnaires to ensure gender specific needs are identified and adequately understood. In the case of female headed households all issues will be discussed by the female staff with the female head. Distribution and awareness raising activities will consider specific women’s vulnerabilities and needs. Extremely vulnerable families, especially those with women or children at risk will be specifically prioritized, ensuring their inclusion. beneficiary selection will be conducted by CARE staff, representative from local office of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) and importantly, representatives from the communities through door-to-door verification exercise to assess the actual level of household vulnerability to ensure the assistance reaches people with the most urgent need.
Distribution committee will be stablished, which will oversee the fair delivery of agreed upon assistance, Membership of the committee will consist of beneficiary representatives as well as those from local structures ANDMA and CARE.
Separate distribution points will be available for women from female headed households and separate sensitization sessions will be held during assessment and distribution sites to reach women. 

CARE will distribute accessible FAM (feedback and accountability mechanisms) leaflets to those support is distributed to, that describe what the FAM can be used for and how to use it. The Project team will also share verbally FAM information at key points in the project cycle to ensure all households supported are aware of the channel. The PQ team, recording all feedback received and following appropriate governance processes to ensure the information gathered is used sensitively, safely and primary to drive improvements in delivery and provide recourse and resolution to those supported households that provided the feedback.
After a month of cash disbursement, CARE will also conduct stringent post-distribution monitoring to assess receipt, utilization, expenditure decisions, ensure adequacy of its intervention and to ascertain outcome of the project. Monitoring and evaluation activities will also be gender sensitive, both in the way they are administered and in terms of gathering data and learning on the effectiveness of the interventions