Transitional Shelter Construction and Winterization Support to Earthquake Affected Population in Gayan District of Paktika Province This proposal aims to address urgent ES/NFI and Winterization needs of communities in Gyan district of Paktika province in response to the recent earthquake that struck Spera District of Khost province and severely affected the neighboring Barmal and Gayan districts of Paktika provinces as well as some other parts of Khost and Paktika provinces in June 2022. In line with the AHF 1st SA Strategy for 2022, and ES/NFI cluster priorities, Cordaid proposes to provide Cash for Transitional Shelter and Winterization support to 226 HHs in Gayan district of Paktika Province mainly for earthquake affected HHs. Cordaid will ensure adhering to the Core Humanitarian Standards, respect people’s privacy and dignity whilst mitigating protection and health risks by providing short to medium-term support to vulnerable HHs affected by natural disaster and through Transitional Shelter construction and providing winterization support (Heating Assistance and Winter Clothing Packages). In addition, there will be complementary, technical capacity-building activities aimed at communities’ leaders and affected households, construction of the shelter and to ascertain the quality, and safety of the shelter will be also provided, including trainings on earthquake resilience flood preparedness, as well as Building Back Better (BBB)  and flood resilient foundations. Cordaid will target 226 HHs with cash for Transitional Shelter in Gayan district of Paktika Province and Winterization support to the same 226 HHs in the same district. Following the ES/NFI cluster recommended standard modalities  based on an early assessment conducted by the cluster partners which also include market assessment and availability of good and materials in the district and community consultations, HHs with Category A (Transitional Shelter support) will receive $3000 in four (4) conditional installments (10% after excavation of foundation, 30% after construction of walls up to lintel, 30% after completion of roofing, and final 30% after completion of all the remaining work)  and $200 Heating  Assistance in one-off transfer and $74 for Winter Clothing through voucher system. Currently, the cluster’s technical working groups are working on the design and BoQ of a better earthquake resilient transitional shelter. However, for Cash for Transitional Shelter activity and Heating Assistance, payments will be done in cash, to respect people’s dignity and allow them to take control of their own construction works. Cordaid has contracted Bloro as a Financial Service Provider (FSP) to manage all distributions to the beneficiaries. The agency has vast experience in this area being present in almost all provinces of Afghanistan and own license of the Da Afghanistan Bank. The FSP will go to the beneficiaries’ locations to handover installments physically at the beneficiaries’' doorsteps to respect their dignity, ensure security and protection through cash in envelop in local currency, as other options are currently not available at the local level. Market monitoring has confirmed availability of required materials and further assessments will be conducted throughout the project to monitor prices and availability of skilled manpower, goods and materials. The project is designed based on the ES/NFI cluster Join Assessment, the ES/NFI cluster priorities for the 1st SA 22.The proposed cash support for Transitional Shelter and Cash for Heating and Winterization Clothing, together with basic repair training will enable selected HHs to improve their immediate living conditions through the construction of a Transitional Shelter and much needed Winterization support. The project will use cash as markets are functional and materials are locally available, based on market monitoring result done by Cordaid. Prioritization is based on vulnerability, need for assistance and level of damage. Cordaid will ensure as well the inclusion of HHs with PSN in the assistance through an inclusive approach.