Improve the livelihood of multiple shock affected vulnerable families in Char Bolak and Balkh districts of Balkh Province   through provision of poultry packages The project will provide emergency response to the multiple shock affected, severely and acute food insecure, and vulnerable populations under IPC Phase 3 and above, in Charbolak and Balkh districts of Balkh province.  The project aims to  improve the   food security and increase the resilience of targeted beneficiaries  against  upcoming/unexpected shocks through provision poultry package (pullets, seeds, feeders, and drinkers) as per the FSAC standard.    Balkh Province is classified in Emergency Phase (IPC Phase 4) with 55% of the population (745,807 persons) facing high levels of acute food insecurity. According to the Whole of Afghanistan Assessment (WoAA 2022) almost 44% of the households have poor Food Consumption Score (FCS), 48% of the households are in borderline while only 8% of the households have acceptable Food consumption score in Balkh Province.

To improve the daily food consumption of the vulnerable households mainly female headed households, and provide an alternative source of income, Children in Crisis in partnership with its local partner Social Assistance for Development of Afghanistan (SADA) will provide poultry packages to a total of 1500 households (60% females) across Charbolak and Balkh Provinces. Every household will receive a poultry package which includes, 30 chicks (3 roosters and 27 hens), 150Kg feed, 3 drinkers and 3 feeders and material support for construction of chicken coop. The package is calculated based on the context requirements by the FSAC cluster in consultation with the NGOs and government line departments. All the targeted households will also receive training on layer poultry farming, including modules on chicken breeding, coop construction/maintenance, chicken health/vaccinations and environmental considerations
To ensure competition the procurement of chickens  will be processed at Kabul level through national tender allowing vendors from across the country to participate. Children in Crisis and its local partner will ensure the procured chicks are as per the requirement, vaccinated and adaptable to the local weather and geography. 
At least two members of each beneficiary household would be oriented on PSEA, Child Right, CIC complaint feedback mechanism and key drought messages.
Children in Crisis will implement the project partnership with Social Assistance for Development of Afghanistan (SADA) in Charbolak district and directly in Balkh District.  
Since its establishing, SADA has been endeavoring to alleviate poverty and protect the dignity of the Afghan people by ensuring that the poor, ultra-poor and vulnerable people improve their nutrition and food security through the implementation of food security and livelihood projects. In this regard, SADA has successfully implemented over 40 projects valued millions of dollars, and majorly in partnerships with WFP, Royal Netherland Embassy, ZOA Refugee Care and Mercy to Humanity in Kandahar, Urozgan, Zabul, Helmand, Faryab, Sar-i-Pul, Samangan, Balkh and Kabul provinces.
Children in Crisis will mainstream   gender and protection across project cycle by inclusion of women, and girls in each phase of the project cycle. This will be achieved through regular negotiation and engagement with the IEA, religious leaders and the community representatives. The protection will be mainstreamed through analyzing all the potential risk toward program participants and applying appropriate risk mitigation measures. This includes assessment of all the beneficiaries considering do no harm and safe programming principles and approaches, identification and selection of safe and easily accessible distribution points, establishment of complaint and response mechanism and post distribution monitoring. Children in Crisis is committed to beneficiary data protection as per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The contract with financial service provider will include clauses on beneficiary data protection.