Transitional Shelter and Shelter Repair/Upgrade Assistance for Natural Disaster and Conflict affected households in Sar-e-Pul Province (Sar-e-Pul) and Samangan Province (Khuram Wa Sarbagh) The 2022 HRP seeks US$ 4.4 billion to reach 22.1 million people with emergency life-saving humanitarian and protection assistance across the country. The strategic objective1 of the HRP focus on " Timely, multi-sectoral, lifesaving, equitable and safe assistance is provided to crisis-affected people of all genders and diversities to reduce mortality and morbidity." The multiple challenges facing the people of Afghanistan, including La Niña-induced climatic anomalies, political turnover, economic downturn, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, are exacerbating the pre-existing needs and vulnerabilities of millions of Afghans. The humanitarian outlook for 2022 remains grim, with 24.4 million people (59% of the population) projected to be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, compared to 18.4 million in 2021.

The main purpose of the 1st Standard Allocation (SA) 2022 is to provide urgently needed funds for strictly prioritized life-saving humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. A recent Rapid Assessment Mechanism (RAM) assessment by ES-NFI indicates that homes are often destroyed, and basic household items  lost or damaged. Considering the high cost of shelter repairs, and the already negative net income of households, reconstruction comes at a high cost that may not be affordable for most. Afghan households must make choices between meeting basic needs and repairing their shelters. Aligning with the ES-NFI cluster plans, ORD under this allocation provides humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people cyclically affected by seasonal floods expected to occur from April to June 2022 (Allocation Strategy, 2022).

ORD intends to provide cash for Transitional Shelter (average-sized household each 29 sqm@ US$1,472/HHs) in cash for a total of 67 HHs (469 individuals), major Shelter Repair/Upgrade in cash for 202 HHs (1,414 individuals) @US$ 550/HHs and minor Shelter Repair/Upgrade 740 HHs (5,180 individuals) @US$ 330/HHs to natural disaster households in Sar-e-Pul province (Sar-e-Pul) and Samangan Province (Khuram Wa Sarbagh district). ORD has had a strong presence since 2018 and has delivered emergency responses in the partnership of UNHCR, UNICEF, Caritas Germany, NCA, and FAO. Currently, ORD is in partnership with NCA, Caritas Germany, UNHCR, FAO, and UNICEF and is implementing PSN, CBP, livelihood and livestock protection, Cash for Food, and WASH projects in both provinces. With this 1st SA 2022, the response will be holistic and multi-cluster and will scale up and fill the ORD's current response gap of transitional shelters and shelter repair based on the ORD need assessment conducted in April 2022 and RAM KII. The proposed intervention of cash for transitional shelter and shelter repair will fill the identified gap. ORD will ensure that the most vulnerable people in need are among the affected population groups prioritized for this action and that 1,009 HHs (7,063 individuals) following ES-NFI cluster standards for natural disaster (floods) affected households to respond to their shelter needs.

ORD will provide this response in cash due to the availability of quality shelter required materials and market functionality) as well as the beneficiary preference based on the ORD Need Assessment Report that is uploaded under the documents section in GMS. ORD will use HAWALA  for cash transfer to project beneficiaries as another means of cash transfer is difficult in the current situation, each transfer value should be based on the construction progress per household in four installments or tranches. ORD transfers money to FSP accounts and then FSP manages the transactions and cash transfers to distribution points. The project team will carry out PDMs and ORD MEAL will perform additional verification by phone. ORD will share the project participants' profiles with AWAAZ and integrate further AAP activities, including having other communication channels for project participants to give feedback complaints to ORD and get a response.