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Provision of lifesaving emergency primary health care in Paktika provinces. The project aims to mitigate humanitarian needs expected to arise from harsh winter conditions in Paktika province of Afghanistan by providing humanitarian lifesaving and life-sustaining equitable health services. Through this application, IMC proposes establishing and supporting 10 health sub-centers (HSC) in Paktika province, in areas where vulnerable communities have very limited or no access to health services due to seasonal and geographical obstacles to reach existing health facilities, absence of public transportation, scattered population, and cultural barriers, especially for women and girls. Each HS will be staffed by five technical staff (one doctor, one midwife, one vaccinator, one OPD-SAM nurse, and one nutrition counselor) and two support staff including a cleaner and a guard. Services provided by IMC will include control of communicable diseases Reproductive, Maternal Newborn, and Child Health Services (RMNCH), routine immunization outpatient consultation for common morbidities public health nutrition services including prevention and treatment of malnutrition, surveillance, and referral sexual and reproductive health services such as antenatal care, skilled delivery services, and postnatal care health and hygiene education including awareness raising on acute respiratory infections and provision of essential pharmaceuticals and medical commodities. Other essential activities will include ensuring appropriate Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols and measures, including early detection and prevention measures, COVID-19 prevention, staff training, provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, and IPC supplies will be put in place across all health facilities. IMC will ensure that health facilities are regularly supplied with essential medicines and medical supplies as per the standard lists of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). All emergency cases that require advanced/dedicated services will be referred to the nearest higher-level health facilities or provincial hospitals as appropriate. The project will last for six months, and the funding required for this project amounts to USD 678,788.96   for the stated period. Under this project, IMC will directly reach 66,671 beneficiaries (21,335 men, 32,002 women, 5,334 boys, and 8000 girls).
Improving Access and Utilisation of Quality In-Patient Care for Severely Malnourished Children with Medical Complications Malnutrition is a top cause of death in children under 5 in Afghanistan, contributing to 45 percent of deaths among the under 5 children, it is estimated that a child with acute malnutrition is 3 to 12 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child, depending on severity. In Afghanistan, an estimated 4.7 million people are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2022 (including more than 1 million children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), over 2.8 million children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), and over 800,000 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) with acute malnutrition) which shows an overall increase of 21 percent from 2021. 10-15% of children with SAM will develop medical complication and will be in need of Inpatient management (IPD-SAM) services in high affected districts and provinces. Substantial expansion of the malnutrition response is required to bridge the gap, meet new needs, save lives, and preserve the development potential of children. Furthermore, compounding shocks, including the severe drought, COVID-19, and armed conflict have exacerbated protracted nutrition crisis. 

The Nutrition cluster has prioritized strengthening the operational capacity for inpatient management of SAM cases (IPD-SAM) as a part of the allocation strategy priorities for this allocation. This project intends provision of quality inpatient services for hospitalized cases of SAM through: 1) Functional upgrading of 28 IPD-SAM centers by providing medical and non-medical kits, 2) Establishment of 3 new IPD-SAM centers two in (Kandahar and one in Nangarhar), 3) Rehabilitation of IPD-SAM center in Fatimatulzahra hospital located in Jalalabad, 4) Orientation of media and traders on breast milk substitute CODE. Implementation of the IPD-SAM will be done through the BPHS and EPHS partners’ modality. Implementation of the IPD-SAM will be done through the BPHS and EPHS partners’ modality. 

Through this project WHO will provide inpatient therapeutic care to 4,023 children under 5 (1967 boys and 2056) with complicated SAM in 28 IPD-SAM centers located in 28 districts of 10 high-priority. The geographical scope of this project will include, Daikundi (Nilli, Geeti, Shahristan, and Mira mor districts), Helmand (Lashkarga, Nahr-e-Saraj, Garmeir, Musa Qala, and Nawzad districts), Herat ( Shinden district), Ghor (Cheghcharan, Taywara, and Lal-Sajangal districts), Khost (Khost city and Bak districts) Kandahar (Arghistan, Maiwand, Ghorak, and Kandahar city districts) Parwan ( Charikar, Sorkh Parsa, CEYAGERD, and Bagram districts) Nangarhar (Jalalabad and Khogeani districts) Samangan province (Dara sot Bala and Dara sof payan districts) and Nimroz province(Zaranj district) (ANNEX 3).
Emergency rubble clearance support in response to the Paktika and Khost earthquake This project will provide emergency rubble clearance, building demolition and small scale road repair across earthquake damaged areas of Gayan and Barmal in Paktika province, targeting at least 308 households across 30 villages in both provinces throughout the two month operational period. 

HALO will deploy a total of four mechanical support teams, equipped with three excavators, one grader and one tipper truck. These teams will be responsible for clearing access routes to remote areas, clearing rubble from fallen shelters, demolishing fallen and structurally unsound structures, transporting rubble for repurposing, and finally, conducting small-scale road repairs. 

As part of the emergency response, HALO, along with mine action implementing partner, MCPA, will coordinate work plans closely with the Emergency Shelter and Non Food Items (ES/NFI) cluster to ensure effective prioritization of works and deduplication of efforts. 

It is expected that in delivering such an action, HALO will contribute towards emergency relief efforts by improving access to remote areas which have been cut off due to fallen rubble, thereby facilitating the access of other humanitarian actors. Furthermore, the safety and security of affected communities will be improved through the safe demolition of structures which present risk of collapse. Finally, it is expected that rubble clearance will support early recovery efforts as families, and humanitarian actors can begin reconstruction efforts.
Provision of Emergency WASH Assistance to vulnerable people in Kandahar As highlighted in the Cluster WASH priorities from the HRP, as well as in the ICCT spring prioritization and in the allocation strategy paper, ACTED aims to respond to the water scarcity crisis due to dramatic climate conditions. The project seeks to provide sufficient drinking water in high water pressure districts via the rehabilitation of existing water network systems. ACTED will intervene according to the WASH cluster guidelines which set the sufficient quantity of water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene in any household at the threshold of 15 liters per person per day.
ACTED will therefore provide emergency WASH assistance to approximatively 12,400 vulnerable people living in Arghistan, Registan, Shahwalikot, Ghorak and Maroof districts of Kandahar province. 

To reinforce women and people with disabilities’ safe access to sanitation infrastructures, ACTED will provide sanitation facilities in targeted communal places such as school, health centers, mosque etc. either through construction or rehabilitation of 25 blocks of latrines (approximatively 8 doors each), thus targeting 4,000 beneficiaries. 

In addition, the project will increase access to safe water to approximatively 8,400 individuals through the rehabilitation of 8 water network systems.

All beneficiaries will be reached with hygiene promotion sessions and ACTED will also provide GBV awareness sessions for women and improve menstrual hygiene practices by distributing dignity kits to 2,000 women and girls.

To ensure the sustainability of the project, ACTED will create committees in each targeted location, provide them with training and kits, and they will be responsible for keeping the WASH infrastructure clean and functional after the end of the project.

Overall, the project will allow a better access to basic WASH services, help reducing water related diseases and water contamination and prevent WASH related GBV.
To provide logistical and ICT support for humanitarian organisations in earthquake affected areas. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck on 22 June, 2022 has affected Paktika and Khost provinces. Preliminary analysis indicates Barmal, Ziruk, Nika and Gayan districts in Paktika Province as well as Spera and Shamal districts in Khost province are the most impacted, though further assessment data is incoming. As of 24 June – less than 72 hours after the incident – some 770 people are estimated to have been killed, while an additional 1,500 people wounded.

At least 1,500 homes are reported to have been damaged in one district alone. It is estimated that at least 70% of the houses in the high impact areas (MMI V+) have been damaged or destroyed, leaving many without shelter and sleeping in the open and prone to weather, health, protection and other hazards.

The earthquake struck a remote region with very limited logistics and ICT infrastructure. The Logistics Working Group is supporting all organizations under Coordination and Common Services (CCS), providing common storage at the three hubs. Extra mobile storage units are planned, enabling partners to position and distribute relief items quickly.

Three humanitarian hubs will be set up that will provide basic accommodation, WASH facilities, cooking/food provision as well as basic health care (if no partner exists in the area that is providing health care to the local population) at the sites in Giyan, Barmal and Spera for an initial period of 2.5 months. 

With this contribution, AHF will support the provision of logistics and ICT services for the three humanitarian hubs in Paktika (Giyan and Barmal district) and Khost (Spera district) province for the Earthquake Emergency Response. In addition, it will cover the associated costs for the in-kind food and Non-Food Items (NFIs) donation from the Government of Kazakhstan received from the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Office for the transshipment from rail wagons to trucks, temporary storage and movement to the earthquake areas.
Provision of heating assistance, blankets and winter clothing packages to 1566 conflict affected displaced, natural disasters affected and vulnerable host community households Through the AHF 3rd Reserve Allocation, ACTED will provide lifesaving winterization assistance to 1566 vulnerable households (as standard household contains on average 7 members, this project will have 10,962 project participants) facing critical climatic conditions during the Afghan winter in Badakhshan province. Due to the extremely low temperatures during winter and the high levels of displacement and poverty across Afghanistan, many households and communities are either living in inadequate or makeshift shelters for the conditions or lack financial resources to provide sufficient heating, therefore exposing them to increased health risks such as respiratory infections, pneumonia, and hypothermia, which can be fatal. ACTED is uniquely positioned to provide seasonal winterization support to recent shock-affected households as a priority. Badakhshan is susceptible to extreme cold temperatures, high snowfall, having high numbers of people exposed to snow, and having high gaps of people that remain in need of winterization assistance. ACTED will aim to support recently shock affected households, protracted displaced households, vulnerable host communities and others with high levels of need with a cluster standard winterization package for heating assistance, and a complementary assistance for blankets and clothing to all 1566 project participants, and will aim to complement existing AHF funded emergency livestock and agricultural needs programming. 
To protect the most vulnerable households that are at risk during winter in Yawan, Jorm, Teshkan amp Shuhada districts, ACTED will provide standard winterization heating packages, consisting of a one-off 200 USD cash assistance (provided to 10,962 project participants in Afghani) to cover heating materials for 3 months and a one-off 131 distribution covering blankets and winter clothing to all 1566 project participants, ACTED will tailor the number of beneficiaries per area based on initial assessment, but will aim to reach between 390 and 395 households in each districts targeted.  Assistance will be provided through unconditional, unrestricted cash in accordance with the ES/NFI cluster standards. This project will have a direct impact on reducing protection risks associated with harmful coping mechanisms, in IDP settlements and displacement areas.
Provision of Secondary Health Care and Referral Services in Balkh Province through Supporting Kode Barq 50-bed Hospital The project aims to respond to a series of immediate needs of vulnerable communities in Dehdadi and Mazar-e-Sharif districts of Balkh province by supporting Kode Barq hospital to provide secondary health care and referral services and support blood bank operations through the provision of supplies and equipment for the hospital. This hospital has been providing secondary health services to around 72,400 individuals living in Dehdadi and many more from surrounding districts, including Mazar-e-Sharif, in the previous years. After the events of August 15, 2021, in Afghanistan, which resulted in the health system facing a severe crisis, the hospital faced funding and technical limitations and has not been able to respond to the needs of the people.

Through this application, IMC UK proposes equipping and operating the Kode Barq 50-bed hospital, establishing a blood bank in the hospital, and providing OPD and IPD services (internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, Ob/Gyn, and ICU), RMNCH services (ANC, PNC, family planning, institutional delivery, cesarean section, newborn care), child health and immunization, nutrition service (awareness, screening, and growth monitoring, MIYCF, OPD SAM, OPD MAM, and IPD SAM), communicable diseases services (TB/Malaria, HIV/AIDs, Covid-19 RCCE, etc.), mental health services, disability services (case detection, rehabilitation, and referral), and blood transfusion services. IMC will regularly supply essential medicine as per the standard lists of the Ministry of Public Health, medical and non-medical supplies and equipment, and IEC materials for the hospital. IMC will also build the capacity of hospital staff, renovate the hospital building and maintain the hospital throughout the project period.

Other essential activities will include ensuring appropriate Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols and measures, including early detection and prevention measures, COVID-19 prevention, provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, and provision of IPC supplies.

Overall, this project will expand the hospital's capacity to sustain current services and deliver more critical services while remaining compliant with EPHS/BPHS requirements for a district-level hospital. This project will last for 12 months, and the funding required for this project amounts to $ 1,000,000 for the stated period. Under this project, IMC will directly reach 92,408 beneficiaries. (21,254 men, 21,254 women, 25,874 boys, and 24,026 girls).
Improvised Explosive Device (IED)-focused Hazardous Environment Training (HET) for Humanitarian Organizations - 2nd Phase The proposed project aims to extend the ongoing activities under the current project (2022), \"Improvised  Explosive Device (IED)-focused Hazardous Environment Training (HET) for Humanitarian  Organization\", for 3 months, based on the lessons learned and recommendations accumulated from external and internal monitoring and evaluation conducted toward the ongoing project. The proposed project will be improved in terms of resource allocation, including personnel, training delivery and location coverage, as well as operational support, contributing to the increased value for money.  

The proposed project by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Peace and Security  Cluster (PSC) in Afghanistan will be built on the achievements of the current project implemented by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Afghanistan in 2022, continuously responding to the request from a number of humanitarian NGOs to deliver safety and security training with a focus on the risks posed by explosive ordnance, particularly IEDs. 

The proposed HET Training of the Trainers (ToT) courses include mission preparation and planning, explosive threat awareness, risk mitigation and hazard identification, first aid triage and response, and explosive incident response and incident management delivered in a mixture of theory and practical lessons, incorporating lessons learned and feedback accrued on a regular basis. There will also be an instructional techniques aspect to enable personnel to conduct training. The courses will be provided at a no cost to the attendee basis. The HET ToT material has already been produced in the relevant languages (English, Dari, and Pashto), and the training will be delivered by two national experts (1 female and 1 male) with the content tailored to the Afghan context and needs of the audience. These two national trainers will continue to target security focal points in Kabul and increase the reach of field personnel working in various regions of the country. By providing life-saving HET ToT training to field personnel across different regions of Afghanistan, the project can target people with more urgent needs, thereby magnifying the impact and delivering value for money. Additionally, the IED Advisor amp Trainer will dedicate his time to this project seamlessly to improve the effectiveness and impact of the training, focusing on stakeholder management, training adjustment, monitoring amp evaluation, and mentoring for further replication as needed, as well as designing and coordinating the exit strategy. It is expected that 50 people (40 men 10 women) will participate in the courses delivered across the country including three regional locations. It is then expected that these trainers will replicate and cascade the training further to 10 people in their organizations, indirectly benefitting 500 people (400 men 100 women) in total under the proposed project.
Cash for Rent to families affected by natural disaster in Paktika and Khost In line with the Afghanistan scale up for households impacted by earthquake, IOM proposes the distribution of Cash for rent to support 3,750 affected families (26,250 individuals) for living in a suitable shelter until they are targeted after winter period with the needed shelter repairs and upgrade. The cash assistance will be 55 USD per month to cover a period of 3 months as per the ES/NFI Cluster standards. The cash will be unrestricted and unconditional, and will be distributed as one-off direct cash through pre-identified money service provider (MSP).

IOM will be targeting households identified via needs and technical assessment for shelter upgrade/repairs per the ESNFI cluster standards in order to identify their actual shelter needs to be able to target them with future funding after the winter period.

IOM has established long term agreements (LTAs) with money service providers for the timely and safe disbursement of cash to beneficiaries. All types of cash assistance are undertaken in line with IOM's Cash Based Intervention (CBI) SOP and the guidance of the Cash amp Voucher Working Group. IOM will use LTA services of money service providers under this project for the distribution of cash to beneficiaries. 

The proposed interventions will target three districts Gayan, Paktika, with priority to villages targeted by IOM who will not have their shelters complete before winter, and Tani (Kochon, Worezi, Sandrawala and Cheri villages) and Spira (Afghan Dubai village) in Khost province. IOM has preliminary information on earthquake/disaster response in Paktika and will initiate in-depth technical assessment for the shelter repair and construction assistance for all mentioned locations. The intervention will be closely coordinated with ESNFI cluster as well as other partners on the ground. Targets for these districts are as follows: Gayan (1050 families-7358 persons), Tani (1350 families-9446 persons) and Spira (1350 families-9446 persons).
Provision of cash for food assistance to IPC Phase 3 and 4 vulnerable households in Maymana and Kohistan district of Faryab province. Afghanistan is facing its third drought in five years, according to FSAC analysis. The IPC report published in May 2022 indicates that an estimated 19 million people, or 47 per cent of the population, are in crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity between June to November 2022. High acute food insecurity persists across Afghanistan, as a combination of a collapsing economy and drought depriving nearly 20 million Afghans of food. Among these are about 6.6 million people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and 13 million in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). Afghanistan’s food security situation remains highly concerning, exacerbated by economic decline and high food prices. Nearly half the country's population are still experiencing high and critical levels of acute food insecurity 

Situation in Faryab is worse than many other provinces according to the IPC report. Faryab has been classified in IPC phase 4 with 20% of people in phase 4 and 35% in phase 3. Overall, 55% of people in Faryab needs urgent food assistance. 

Pre-lean Season Assessment shows that 87% of HHs in Faryab experienced some sorts of shocks (unemployment, income reduction, natural disaster, increase in food prices and etc) in the past six months. Reduction in income, loss of employment, increase in food items prices and natural disaster are the major shocks affecting households’ income and livelihoods in Faryab. The same assessment shows that 98% of households borrowed money in the last 3 months and 85% households who borrowed money reported that they borrowed money to buy food. The current deficit in precipitation severely impacted Faryab and the food production has been very limited. 

SOUND will provide 1,015 households (7,105 individuals using 7 as the average household size) in Maymana and Kohistan district of Faryab with cash for food assistance for 6 months to cover 75% of the full food basket. Every HH will receive $72 for 6 months ($72*6=$432/household). The distribution will happen in six rounds and beneficiaries will receive the equivalent amount in AFN based on the market exchange rate in each round of distribution, as per the FSAC guideline. To ensure assisted HHs spend the cash for purchasing food commodities, SOUND decided to have monthly distributions. The objective of the project is to fulfill HH food consumption gap and improve HHs financial access to food so through monthly distributions this objective will be achieved. SOUND will also have awareness raising sessions on what food commodities HHs should purchase based on the FSAC standard basket.

Cash is selected as the preferred modality of response because as per the SOUND experience and field observation, markets are functional in Kohistan district and Maymana city. SOUND’s experience in the project location also confirms that the majority of people prefer cash as the appropriate modality. Cash assistance will be provided through the Hawala system. Based on SOUND assessment, Hawala / financial service providers operate in Kohistan and Maymana city.