Transitional shelter construction, repair  Provision of heating assistance and winter cloth packages to the affected population in Khost (Spera district) 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 the recent earthquake in Paktika and Khost, La Niña-induced climatic anomalies, economic downturn 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. in addition, the recent earthquake devastating more than 1100 houses in Paktika and Khost provinces.

The main purpose of the top up to the 1st Standard Allocation (SA) 2022 is to provide urgently needed funds for strictly prioritized life-saving humanitarian assistance to the earthquake affected people. A recent Joint Assessment in which ORD was part indicates that homes are mostly destroyed, and basic household items lost or damaged. Considering the high cost of transitional shelter, winterization assistance and winter clothing, it will put negative pressure on the HHs. Reconstruction comes at a high cost that may not be affordable for most affected HHs.

ORD intends to provide in kind Transitional Shelter (average-sized household), winter clothing and cash for winterization packages for a total of 437 HHs (3,062 individuals) to earthquake affected households in Khost Province (Spera). ORD team of civil engineers will  plan earthquake hazards prevention and awareness sessions, and will also strain beneficiaries on construction of earthquake resistant shelters. ORD has had a strong presence since 2018 and currently, ORD is in partnership with WFP, FAO, and UNICEF and is implementing standard TPM , livelihood and livestock protection, Cash for Food, and WASH projects in Khost Province. With this top up 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, winterization support and winter clothing based on the joint need assessment conducted in June 2022. 

ORD will use HAWALA for cash transfer to winterization support beneficiaries, and paying labor charges for construction of translational shelters or repair/upgrading of shelters  as another means of cash transfer is difficult in the current situation. ORD carries a detail assessment in the assigned villages, and prepares detail BoQ, and drawings for each affected house. The BoQ/drawings will show required amount and type of shelter material and skilled and unskilled labor days.  ORD hire supplier/s through open competitive bidding process, who will procure, and transport the shelter material to the project sites, and ORD staff will supervise the distribution process. 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 responsibility. The cash for winterization is based on local market rates of buying fuel to support 3 months heating expenses of an average family, and will be paid in local currency of (Afn) in a single installment before the snowfall and most probably in the first week of December 2022.The cash will be paid directly to the beneficiaries by the HAWALA dealer, as the security situation in and around locations allows continued safe access to the target areas.