Provision of Emergency Winterization assistance to conflict-affected displaced and vulnerable host populations in District Waras of Bamyan province. The 2022 Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) aims to reach 22.1 million individuals across the country with essential life-saving humanitarian and protection assistance. "Timely, multi-sectoral, lifesaving, equitable, and safe support is delivered to crisis-affected persons of all genders and diversities to reduce death and morbidity," says the HRP's strategic objective 1. Multiple issues confronting Afghans, including La Nia-induced weather abnormalities, political transition and economic depression are worsening millions of Afghans' pre-existing needs and vulnerabilities. 
The primary goal of the 3rd Reserve Allocation 2022 is to raise desperately needed funding for life-saving humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. The findings of the Whole of Afghanistan Assessment (WoAA) indicate winterization needs were widespread 77% of households reported reliance on inadequate heating sources, and 42% of households reported having less than one blanket per household member. The recent shocks due to the disruption of peace and long continuous conflict jolted Afghanistan in each sector, particularly in need of humanitarian assistance. Furthermore, droughts, other natural disasters, unemployment and economic crisis compounded problems for resident communities throughout Afghanistan and the upcoming harsh winter season will further deteriorate the situation. In this critical juncture, AABRAR will mitigate the effects of the harsh winter and cover the winterization needs of 1,170 (around 8,190 individuals) conflict-affected displaced, natural disasters affected, and vulnerable host community families in the targeted districts Waras of Bamyan province through the provision of assistance for heating/fuel, blankets, and winter clothing as per the ESNFI Cluster standard.
Each Household will receive a total of $331 cash assistance (74 for winter clothing, 57 for blankets 200 for fuel/heating for three months) in one installment. The modality of the cash assistance would be conditional and would be provided through Hawala (Financial Service Provider) in the targeted locations. In addition, based on the market assessment of AABRAR in the targeted locations, the winterization materials are available in the local markets and cash was chosen as the preferred modality of assistance by the local communities.
The selection of the targeted populations among the target district in Bamyan will be based on the vulnerability of the beneficiaries. Cash for Standard winterization kits and cash for fuel/heating will be given to households who sustained their lives through daily income and are immensely affected by drought, and conflicts. Beneficiaries are selected based on criteria such as conflict-affected displaced, natural disasters affected and vulnerable host communities including female-headed HHs, people with disabilities, elderly aged HHs, HHs with large family size (having more than 7 persons or the large numbers of female members) and chronically ill HHs. 
The proposed project seeks to address the needs of 1,170 within a period of six months. To target the most affected geographic areas suited for project interventions, AABRAR will provide winterization support in district Waras as earlier indicated during six months project implementation period.
AABRAR will contact ESNFI cluster, community and government departments to develop households’ inclusion or exclusion criteria to avoid discrepancies between actual and perceived vulnerabilities. 
The project will continue sharing the finalized list with communities, to validate selected HHs and to resolve conflicts or issues if any. This process will facilitate support, raise awareness about the targeting process and inform community members of how to complain about and report any problems with the targeting and prioritization decisions once implemented.