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Supporting shelter/NFI needs assessments to inform humanitarian action in Afghanistan As one of REACH’s founding partners, ACTED proposes to continue the REACH initiative in Afghanistan in order to strengthen coordination and support assessments in shelter/NFI. The overall project objective is to promote evidence-based planning by decision -makers in Afghanistan for the Shelter/NFI sector. Specifically, the project will support humanitarian actors involved in the ES/NFI sector to enhance their understanding of the vulnerabilities and current shelter needs of families affected by 2014 flooding in the north of Afghanistan, including both assisted and unassisted households. 

Given the current data and information gaps about the needs and context of vulnerable populations in Afghanistan, it is difficult for humanitarian actors to design and implement targeted interventions. This project aims to alleviate this challenge through assessment activities that address specific information gaps identified by the ES/NFI Cluster specifically the need to identify remaining shelter and other sector needs, estimated caseloads, and coping strategies of 2014 flood-affected populations in the North/North East of Afghanistan.

Through the project, REACH will provide datasets and analysis of shelter recovery levels and appropriateness, remaining needs and coping mechanisms or lack thereof of 2014 flood affected populations in Northern and North Eastern provinces (Faryab, Sar-i-Pul, Jawzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan). REACH will strengthen the availability of data on these population groups to inform resource allocation (in terms of geographic areas, thematic sectors, and financial efficacy) by UN Agencies, NGOs, INGOs, and donors. REACH will undertake a relevant secondary data review and analysis of which villages and how many households were affected, as well as gather primary data through context-adapted, statistically sound, and comparable methodologies in collaboration with  ES/NFI Cluster actors, to fill information gaps.

Partnership is at the core of all REACH programs. All project activities will be conducted in close coordination with the ES/NFI cluster, and other humanitarian actors operating in areas of project implementation. The review of existing data sets, the development of new assessment ToRs and tools, and the analysis of secondary and primary data gathered through this process will be fed back to the Cluster and its members. REACH will also work closely with international and national humanitarian actors at the operational level to build on their capacity to gather additional data – including in hard-to-reach areas.

This action will cover 8 North/North Eastern provinces, although the precise locations within the provinces will be determined based on where 2014 flood affected populations, both assisted and unassisted are currently located, in addition to field level access for primary data collection.
Recovery response to flood affected populations in Bamyan province In 2016, recurrent small and medium scale natural hazards have struck the central region of Afghanistan. 
Floods and heavy rains have been especially frequent in Bamyan Province in April and May 2016, affecting 1,895 families (ANDMA). Populations were affected though crop losses, destruction of irrigation infrastructures, losses of livestock, shelter destruction and NFIs losses.
According to IOM, 496 households totally or partially lost their housing situation.
Emergency assistance has been provided to those identified families, but IOM could only provide assistance to meet most urgent needs (support to NFIs and Emergency shelter). Some families also received an emergency food distribution for 1 or 2 months from WFP.
      
However, that assistance could not provide affected families with the means to recover their housing situation. For families relying on agricultural activities, the losses of their income sources affected their livelihoods and resilience, preventing any rehabilitation of their damaged homes.
In addition the harsh coming winter in Bamyan Province brings another threat on those affected households.
This is especially true for most vulnerable families who completely lost their house: small land owners, female headed households, big families, families with PSN… Those families often have no sustainable coping mechanisms.
400 most vulnerable affected families being in a precarious housing situation (destroyed or damaged house) will receive a specific support to cover their needs for winter. This winterization assistance (heating materials, blankets…) will ensure their protection for the 3 months of winter and prevent them from adopting negative coping strategies.
Among those beneficiaries, the project will identify and support 40 households with specific vulnerability criteria and no mid-term capacity to recover their housing situation. Those families will benefit from a shelter assistance to sustainably rehabilitate their damaged or destroyed houses.

The project will then contribute to cover shelter and NFI gaps in the humanitarian assistance in Saighan, Khamard, Shibar, Yakawalang, Penjab, Waraz and Bamyan central districts of Bamyan Province. It will provide recovery and immediate assistance to address residual needs of the most vulnerable disaster affected, in rural areas of Bamyan Province.
Humanitarian Aviation Following the attack of a UN convoy on the road Jalalabad to Torkham UNHAS has been requested to start a rotation by helicopter Kabul – Jalalabad – Torkham and back twice a week. These flights will allow to maintain proper monitoring of the emergency response to the returnees from Pakistan. For each flight, the helicopter will drop the passengers in Torkham and will reposition in Jalalabad and remain on call until the pick-up of the passengers later on the same day.
Life-Saving Emergency Health and Referral Services to Conflict-Affected People in Paktika and Nuristan Provinces With this project proposal, International Medical Corps UK aims to strengthen the emergency health and trauma care including referral services in the most conflict-affected areas of Paktika and Nuristan Provinces. The proposed program will increase access to quality emergency trauma care services through establishing 2 standalone First Aid Trauma Posts (FATPs) in Barmal District of Paktika and Want-Waigal District of Nuristan Province (one FATP per target district) as well as continuation of the emergency health services provided by the previously established FATP at the Barikot area of Kamdish District, Nuristan. These FATPs will ensure patients’ stabilization/treatment and when necessary, the referral of the severe trauma cases to other high level trauma centers or Health Facilities (HFs). In order to provide timely and standard referral, International Medical Corps will make available three standard ambulances (one at each FATP) equipped and supplied with all necessary items to provide first aid and basic life support.

In addition, International Medical Corps will provide emergency medical supplies and medical equipment to the Emergency Room (ER) that will be fully constructed and ready to use by October 2016 in Duab District Hospital (DH) in Nuristan, as well as provide trainings on Basic Life Support (BLS) and Psychological First Aid (PFA) to the newly recruited health staff of the proposed FATPs, which will help these facilities to provide adequate and timely responses and care without unacceptable mortality and/or morbidity. Furthermore, International Medical Corps will organize a training for the ambulance drivers and paramedics on first aid and mobile trauma services.

The proposed intervention will primarily serve the conflict-affected population in Want-Waigal, Duab and Kamdish districts of Nuristan Province as well as Barmal District of Paktika Province. International Medical Corps has coordinated all the proposed activities with the Health Cluster and the BPHS implementer in Paktika (OHPM). International Medical Corps will be signing a MoU with OHPM at the beginning of the project. The Health Cluster was very supportive of the proposed activities including the continuation of services through the existing FATP in Kamdish
Urgent Assistance Gaps and Reduce ERW Casualties Among Conflict Displaced (Revised) This project application is prepared in response to OCHA request for grant application to conduct humanitarian mine action (explosives ordinance disposal (EOD), Mine Risk Education (MRE), spot-clearance, survey and demarcation of hazardous areas) in, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kundoz and Takhar provinces to assist recent war affected communities in urgent need. 
      
MDC used the information and data which was provided by OCHA, UNMACA and the result of MDC’s initial assessment. Based on the above mentioned data and assessments, MDC found that the IDPs in the above mentioned sites including (women, girls, men, and boys) face continuously to the risk of ERW when returning to their own communities. The lack of knowledge about the ERW causes continuous loss of live, obstacles and disruption to access to education, health and other socio-economic activities.  So, to provide safe land for the IDPs , MDC proposes to deploy 6 (MRE/EOD/Survey/Sopt-Clearance) cross trained teams and 1 mobile project office for 6 months. These teams will conduct the MRE, survey and marking, ERW clearance/disposal of hazards where the IDPs returning. This will make sure that the impacted communities are educated on mine/ERW risks, the hazardous areas are surveyed and marked, and all known ERWs are disposed. As a result the number of mine/ERW victims will be reduced significantly and the socio-economic activities will be started. 

Based on our calculation and last 26 years experiences the mentioned resources will enable us to achieve the project’s goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. All the above mentioned resources will be deployed in compliance to AMAS, IMAS and application of the MDC approved SOPs.

MDC will conduct regular supervision, monitoring and quality control, of the project’s activities. The project teams will be supported efficiently and effectively in the field. The project will be managed effectively and efficiently at micro and macro levels. And the project progress will be reported to the donor on time based on requirement.
Emergency Food and Non-food Items Support By Unconditional Cash Assistance to Recent Armed Conflict IDPs in Kandahar, Hilmand, Uruzgan and Zabul Provinces. This project is proposed based on second strategic objective of Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2016 as well as contributing for achieving of protection cluster objective 2 and NFI objective 1 – confined in HRP for 2016. The provision of cash-based emergency for food and non-food items also contribute to the Nutrition objective 3 of HRP for 2016, as the cash will immediately enable the vulnerable families to have food in emergencies for two months.
The project title is – emergency food and non-food items support by unconditional cash assistance to recent armed conflict IDPs in Kandahar, Hilmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces, and the overall objective of the project is to promote well-being of recent armed conflict IDPs as well as enabling them by unconditional cash assistance to meet immediate survival needs for food and non-food items in emergencies.
The proposed project will target the vulnerable beneficiaries in need of food and non-food items in the following areas of the target provinces where large number of recent IDPs are living:
Kandahar:
 Dand District
 Mayand District
 Shahwalikot District
 Khakriz District
 Zhari District
Hilmand:
 Lashkargah
 Garmsir District
 Nahr-e-Siraj District
 Nawa-I-Barakzayi District
 Nad Ali/Marjah District
Uruzgan:
 Tirin Kot
 Dehrawood district
 Chora/Chinarto district
Zabul
 Qalat
 Shahjoy district
 Shinkai district
 Arghandab district
The more crucial issue is the accessibility to these areas, because security constraints has acted as main barriers for delivery of humanitarian assistance thus, most of the International organization and donor agencies are unable to approach the needy population in these areas due to their security protocols while HRDA has long existence in the region, is very familiar with local, political, social and security contexts of these areas and is very long experienced in terms of humanitarian assistance delivery in these areas, can approach to vulnerable families in emergencies, assessing and targeting them by cash-based food and non-food items assistance.
Throughout the course of the project it is planned that:
 14,000 individuals will be directly benefited from this project.
 2000 recent armed conflict IDP families receive cash-based assistance for food and non-food items
Multi-Purpose cash assistance to conflict displaced households in Ghazni Province RI proposes to support 800 households (5,600 individuals) with unconditional cash transfers for shelter in undeserved districts of Ghazni province, where conflict displacement is high, humanitarian needs are acute, and other humanitarian responders are not present. Ghazni has experienced displacement as a result of the upswing in conflict during the last 12 months. In the last six months, IDPs have numbered over 1,256 households, however, it is expected that many displaced have not been counted as access is limited to areas experiencing conflict. Areas of Ghazni remain under anti-government element (AGE) control – and little is understood of the nature of displacement. RI has access in areas beyond the control of other humanitarian responders and the Government of Afghanistan. RI currently has offices in Ghazni City, Muqur, Gelan and Qarabagh, and has the ability to scale up in the districts of Waghaz, Andar, Diyak. Malistan, Jaghori, Nawor, Khowaja Omary and Jaghato should a response be needed in these areas. DRC is the ERM responder in Ghazni, however they do not have access beyond the provincial capital. In the preparation of this proposal, RI has coordinated with UNHCR’s implementing partner in Ghazni, the Watan Social and Technical Services Association, who provide a small NFI/Food package for displaced households that have settled around Ghazni city. Their current response is geographically limited and inadequate. RI understands, from existing assessments and programming in the area that a fast and flexible response needs to be organized to support households to survive displacement. RI’s existing contacts with provincial and district governors, humanitarian responders (including OCHA’s own office), as well as a substantial ‘standing army’ of staff embedded in the communities allow the best chance of a response. This proposal has been reviewed by the shelter cluster to ensure alignment with shelter cluster technical guidelines and coverage of priority geographical areas. After discussion with the Cash Working Group RI will provide IDPs with unconditional cash transfers, to be used to support emergency shelter needs, and 'fill the gap' of other acute humanitarian needs. In the case that vulnerabilities mean the use of cash is inappropriate, RI will door-step deliver in-kind assistance. The cash distribution modality will be through bank transfer to Ghazni city, then Hawala on to the district centers, where RI staff will coordinate distribution.
Emergency Health and multi-sectorial Assistance to vulnerable people affected by displacement in Nangarhar province The proposed action comes in response to the needs in health, wash and non-food items for people affected by displacement (returnees, both documented and undocumented and conflict-induced IDPs) in Nangarhar province. The sudden wave of return movements from Pakistan, added to the existing caseload of people displaced by conflict, is putting access to health services and potable water at risk for thousands of vulnerable households living in makeshift camps. Data collected from PU-AMI during its routine emergency intervention, consolidated with specific secondary data collected during recent weeks, show an increase of beneficiaries of health services, putting the capacity of the system to deliver at strain.

PU-AMI, already active in Emergency Response in Nangarhar province, will provide access to basic healthcare for 66’000 individuals, both returnees (documented and undocumented) and conflict-induced IDPs, unable to access timely assistance in overloaded or inaccessible health facilities through dedicated Mobile Health Systems, scaling-up an intervention already ongoing since earlier this year through PU-AMI ECHO funded project.
Additionally, in order to prevent water-related diseases, PU-AMI will provide assistance vulnerable households with NFI and hygiene kits to enable access to drinking water and proper hygiene conditions. Indeed, PU-AMI Households ‘visits in makeshifts camps reports a large prevalence of water-related diseases like diarrhea, one of the most treated symptoms by PU-AMI teams on the field, particularly for children. In this regard, PU-AMI is planning to assist 3,000 vulnerable households with hygiene kits to allow provision of safe drinking water and ensure proper hygiene conditions, in order to reduce prevalence of water-related diseases. 

Finally, at the onset of harsh winter, PU-AMI will also assist 2,000 households particularly vulnerable through the distribution of NFI / Winterization kits in order to limit the impact of cold temperature and fragile living conditions on the health profile of the affected population.
2016 Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund - Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU) The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (the Fund) was established in early 2014 and operates within the parameters of the annual Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), with three main objectives to support projects of humanitarian partners (non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN Agencies and IOM) to  address the most pressing evidence-based needs in accordance with humanitarian principles, to improve the relevance of humanitarian response, and to strengthen coordination and leadership through the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Cluster System. 

The project will be implemented by OCHA’s Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU), the Fund’s managing agent ensuring effective and efficient management of the Fund with activities lasting throughout 2016, in compliance with the minimum requirements described in the operational modalities of the CBPF Global Guidelines and Operational Manual. 

Contributing to improved coordination, response and targeting of humanitarian activities, the HFU will work in a coherent and strategic fashion with the humanitarian community, clusters, UN lead agencies, donors, the Risk Management Unit, as well as the HCT and other stakeholders in country and at headquarters. The Fund’s allocation strategies will be developed in coordination with the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and Strategic Coordination Unit (SCU) to ensure that projects contribute to the strategic priorities outlined in the HRP, as endorsed by the Fund’s Advisory Board and approved by the HC.

The HFU’s administration of the Accountability Framework for a robust eligibility process, monitoring and reporting requirements, and audit system will allow for a high level of oversight, information collection and analysis to assess the performance of partners and to feed into future decision-making. In addition, the HFU will be accountable to its beneficiaries through timely feedback from user groups (HCT, NGO forums, Advisory Board).

Finally, the sensitization of the Fund’s processes and impact to current and interested stakeholders will sustain strong support and a significant number of partners and donors to address humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.
Transfer of Relief to Afghans through Cash in Emergency (TRACE) Services Provided and Location: IRC proposes to assist 4,000 households (60% of which will be new IDPs) across Helmand and Nangarhar provinces in the event of conflict by utilizing cash transfers of AFN 8,000 ($116) for NFIs to 3000 (out of 4000) households and cash transfer of 75$ for food to all 4000 affected families. The amount of cash distributed for food and NFIs will be delivered as a one off payment and disbursements are in line with the industry standard practice of the cluster group and is comparable to practice by other INGOs in Afghanistan including DRC and NRC. Cash can often be delivered more quickly than in-kind commodities and though the provision of cash alone is not always sufficient, it is eminently possible to link cash transfer programs to other forms of support. IRC has completed a Needs Assessment, a Market Assessment, a Payment Mechanism Assessment and a Risk Assessment that will inform cash distributions. The IRC team will utilize vetted financial services providers (e.g. cellphone companies, banks and Hawala agents) to ensure that cash reaches beneficiaries in a timely and secure manner. All cash distributions are supervised and audited by multiple team and community members, to ensure that all community members’ needs are considered, including those with significantly lower social profiles. After determining eligibility and distributing cash, IRC will monitor and follow-up with household visits to ensure that the most vulnerable have been targeted. IRC will evaluate beneficiaries via sample monitoring and make use of other techniques to elicit feedback including hotlines, suggestion/complaint boxes, dedicated email address, SMS line and community liaisons. On-site feedback will be elicited directly through a combination of open community meetings, focus groups, satisfaction surveys, and community assessment and monitoring data.
Based on established emergency response procedures, IRC will conduct joint emergency needs and market assessments to determine NFI and food needs, including whether cash distribution is appropriate and the functioning of local markets. A Market assessment has been conducted in the second week of June 2016 and has been shared with the Emergency Shelter and NFI cluster, and the IRC field teams have conducted an updated assessment in the target provinces to verify costs for Food and NFI commodities. The IRC will conduct a conclusive assessment at the beginning of this project that will assist in selecting vendors that can handle increased demand of materials. Cash amounts to be distributed will be based on the results of such assessments. IRC will coordinate with other agencies to avoid duplication and ensure the most vulnerable communities are being assisted. Beneficiary families will be identified during joint assessments in consultation with community representatives, including CDCs/Shuras.