Intigrated Food Security and Livelihood In the proposed project, Oxfam, with its local implementing partner Afghan Planning Agency (APA),
aims to assist 35730 people (6224men, 12446 women, 7122 boys and 9938 girls) who are severely
affected by flood and drought by providing Food Security, Livelihoods,Winterization, shelter
upgrading/repair, and Protection (GBV). Oxfam/APA will adopt an integrated approach, leveraging
multi-sectoractivities aligned with the priorities laid out in the AHF 2019 first allocation strategy with the
multi-sectoral activities based on the needs on the ground will be implemented in Herat, and Hilmand
provinces.
Main objectives of the project is to save lives, alleviate suffering and protect human dignity for the most vulnerable and food insecure flood-affected and drought induced IDP men, women, girls and boys in in
3 districts (Koshk e Robat Sangi, Koshk e Kohna, and Ghoryan) of Herat, and 2 districts (Nawa e
Barakzai and Lashkargah) of Hilmand province.
Oxfam#s interventions will be guided by the needs analysis that was conducted in late June, 2019.
Among other concerns, the needs analysis revealed: 1) widespread food insecurity with high to medium degree of negative coping strategies; 2) over dependence of the displaced and flood affected households (HHs) on farming and livestock; 3) inability to purchase agricultural inputs; 4) sub-standard or damaged shelters; 5) lack of information about and existence of protection services and  consequently a high degree of need for protection (GBV) services.
In view of the above needs and in alignment with the multi sectorial strategic objectives, the project
proposes to: 1) provide unconditional cash transfer to the most vulnerable people, including very poor women and child-headed HHs, disabled and elderly-headed HHs, persons with disabilities, the elderly, pregnant and lactating women; all of whom are highly food insecure; 2) assist the vulnerable farmers, both women and men, with the cluster recommended standardagricultural package, in order for them to be able to cultivate the winter crops on their lands in their place of origin; 3) assistmost vulnerable among women with inputs and appropriate tools and training for the kitchen gardening to diversify the household food basket to improve food security, mitigate negative coping strategies, and augment household incomes; 4) through a standalone gender focused intervention provide a comprehensive
protection mechanism for the survivors#women, girls and boys, including mobile outreach and Women
Friendly Health Spaces; and complement it with contextualized community dialogue among diverse
constituencies to address and mitigate the causes and consequences of GBV; 5) assist in upgrading
damaged shelters to be more resilient and provide standardpackage for winterization.
Oxfam will use IASC guidelines <(>&<)> its own minimum standards for gender mainstreaming in
emergenciesfor a more systematic gender responsiveness through all phases of the project
implementation.
of food insecurity, insufficient alternative livelihoods and widespread use of irreversible coping
strategies (such as selling off livestock), require urgent food assistance support to drought-affected IDPs.
The USD 701,200 grant will save lives of 35730 persons(USD ~19 per beneficiary) most vulnerable drought IDP and flood affected
individuals in the places of origin. The food security and livelihood activities are based on the need#s assessment described above; they will
be implemented in 3 districts each of Herat and 2 districts of Hilmand province; these activities include:
1) Cash for food for the most food insecure families in the category of high coping strategy index and with poorfood consumption score
(except Hilmand.)
2) Kitchen gardening inputs and tools, along with technical support, for the most marginalized among women, especially female headed
HHs and poor HHs with persons with disabilities, for food security and supplementary income.
3) Provision of agriculture input for the winter crop to allow farmers to cultivate the lands.
In line with Protection cluster and GBV sub cluster strategic response plan and objectives, Protection (GBV) activities will be implemented in
2 districts of Herat, and 1 districts of Hilmand provinces and will include: 1) provision of mobile outreach services to women, men, girls and
Protection (GBV) to ensure safe program implementation.