WASH-Emergency Response to Conflict and Drought Affected IDPs and Host Communities in Kunduz Province The proposed project will target conflict and drought- affected IDPs and host communities in areas the of highest needs around the Kunduz city and Qala-e-Zal district (Kunduz Province) for an emergency WASH support. The project, implemented directly by the Organization for Coordination of Humanitarian Relief-OCHR, continuing recent and long-standing interventions in these areas, is aligned with the AHF 3rd Reserved Allocation Strategy Priorities 1, and Afghanistan Spring Disaster Contingency Plan (March-June 2021) and has been coordinated through relevant fora, notably the Afghanistan Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and relevant local authorities.  

Targeting 1,373 vulnerable families (9,615 individuals) under the WASH humanitarian assistance, OCHR proposes to provide a combination of water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion activities in targeted areas. 
The activities will revolve around the prioritizes include: 1. Water source surveillance and drying-up alerts, 2. Supply systems rehabilitation or creation, 3. Household water treatment promotion, 4. Hygiene promotion focusing on handwashing, 5. WASH for GBV risk mitigation, for the elderly and people with disabilities.
It is critical in this moment in time to provide immediate support in the areas affected by armed conflict and drought: 
- In order to prevent further displacement: a significant number of communities are leaving their homes searching for water and areas suitable for agriculture-livestock and drinking water. 
- In order to prevent communities from falling into deeper poverty: some of the districts identified have been suffering from loss in agriculture and livestock for several season, and they are at risk of losing all their assets if not reached with emergency relief
- In order to ensure that the conditions of women and girls do not degenerate deep poverty and deprivation have a heavy toll on women and girls, often more vulnerable and more exposed to risks, especially GBV.
To meet the need for a sufficient and safe water supply, 30 existing broken wells will be rehabilitated and 30 new wells will be established. 160 individuals will have access to each water point. Placement of water points within the communities will reduce the burden on women and girls, who currently spend on average more than 20 minutes one-way to reach a water point. The continued functioning of the water points will be managed through local volunteer mechanics, who will be identified and trained in the operation and maintenance of the water systems, and through local caretakers. For water source surveillance and drying-up alerts, strategic well be selected and equipped drying-up alerts system and the aforesaid mentioned caretaker and mechanics will be trained to collect the data regularly and share with relevant stakeholders. 
Awareness sessions will promote both sanitation and hygiene awareness and practices leading to health risk reduction. 110 hygiene promotion sessions will focus on diarrhea prevention strategies, discouraging open defecation, critical times to wash hands with soap, menstrual hygiene management, and safe household water treatment. The most vulnerable 686 IDP families will receive hygiene kits. During kit distributions, orientation on the correct utilization of the items in the kits will take place. 
OCHR will mainstream cross-cutting issues such as PSEA, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), protection, gender, age, and disability and is an important requirement for WASH humanitarian response project.