Provision of life saving  emergency NFI(winterization) for vulnerable households Afghan communities suffering from political circumstances, economic fragility and food insecurity remains highly concerning with high food prices during 2022. As per Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan AHRP 2022, 10.9M people are in need for NFI and 1.9 Million people are targeted to reach the services. Inter Cluster Coordination Team ICCT data show that whole Afghanistan (WoA) Assessment already indicating and expected that there will be urgent needs for shelter, heating materials and clothing during the winter to avert people’s exposure to cold, health risks and other hazards. To protect the most vulnerable HH from harsh winter and save their live, the project is designed to provide blankets, winter cloths and heating equipment and materials including Gas cylinders with LPG)  in cash as core activity in the winterization response.
The targeted districts (Khinj, Dawlatsha and Azra) listed as priority 3 , that indicated high priority and critical situation where 1170 HH (8190 individuals) will be supported through providing them with winter packages which include heating and winter cloths, blankets in this project in three provinces of Panjshir , Laghman and Logar.  These communities still have insufficient income due to several reasons such as, prolonged conflict in the past, COVID-19, drought, sanctions, high food prices, decrease in the income of households, and unemployment and impacts on livelihood activities. The above-mentioned reasons significantly reduced the ability of poor households to provide essential winter protection expenses. This proposed project aims to provide winter protection heating and cloths at once for for 5 months where each HH will receive five blankets, winter clothes for five HH members (adult and Children), gas cylinder and LPG through distribution points specified by community. Distribution will be carried out exactly according to the beneficiary lists after issuing the token. This is worth mentioning that the tokens will be distributed to beneficiaries by Beneficiaries Selection Committee BSC prior to distribution. Without winterization services there would be an explicit risk of a human crises and significant increase in mortality and morbidity rates among the population in the targeted communities. The project will be monitored by ACHRO MampE staff which will identify the gaps and shortcomings and share it with project management in order to take corrective actions by the management, ACHRO welcome donor monitoring team in the field and will facilitate the process. ACHRO team has the experience to conduct awareness sessions on COVID-19 protection measure separately for males/females, in which the WHO and MoHP key message can be transferred to the elders to spread out within the communities as well as GBV and other PSEA issues. The project safety trainer also conducts a session on proper and safe use of NFI particularly the use of Gas cylinder and gas heater. 
The Cash for Heating included the Gas Bottle and LPG is 200$ per beneficiaries. And 130.81 $ for blanket and winter cloths will be distributed to each HH.
The BCS indicated the participation of the community and availability in the market for their required commodities. The modality for this project is cash based intervention and the money will be distributed by the Money Service Provider company in envelope. The distribution point will be easy access for all like center of district or other accessible location for all beneficiaries within the coordination of the BSC, local authorities and communities. The communities in Dar Suf and Roy do Aab mostly have access to Balkh province Mazar City’s market where all their required item is available there in the market and they are purchasing their required material and commodities