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Providing life-saving information and dignity kits to adolescent girls, pregnant and lactated women in Balkh (Mazar-e-shrif) Afghanistan is currently facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. With 55% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022. According to a Global Citizen report, Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a woman. 

As per HRP 2022. The 2021 WoA Assessment shows that women had or perceived themselves to have less access to public spaces and services than men, with 31 per cent of female household members (interviewed across 16 provinces) reporting that at least one area in their settlement was unsafe for women and girls. Twenty-four per cent of the assessed households also reported that markets were unsafe for women and girls. Findings from a perception survey conducted in October 2021 confirm that there had been newly established rules and public announcements regarding the restriction of women’s movement outside the home without male accompaniment (mahram) since August 2021. Lack or restricted freedom of movement will necessarily affect women and girls' access to services in a drastic way. This climate of fear, uncertainty and mobility restrictions on women will likely have a knock-on impact on women’s mental health, their ability to work, pursue education, seek life-saving services, and to participate in public and political life. At the same time, this will greatly make girls and women vulnerable to domestic and social level gender-based violence and increase their need for life-saving awareness and information.     

In direct response to this situation, CARE will implement this project with the aim of improving the health and protection wellbeing of women and girls in Balkh provinces. These locations were identified as highly in need of humanitarian support through CARE’s own needs assessments in December 2021. Additionally, these assessments recognized an ongoing lack of access to basic services, with acute gaps in access to health services, including SRH and GBV. Through this project CARE will distribute dignity kits to women and girls in areas with the greatest needs, as well as organize and provide the required orientation sessions. Through direct and indirect support, CARE will reach 71400 beneficiaries throughout the 6 month duration of this project.
winterization support to conflict affected, natural disasters affected and vulnerable host community families in Daikundi Province In line with the AHF’s 2022 3rd Reserve Allocation Strategy paper, the revised HRP 2022 SO1, and the ICCT winter prioritization, Cordaid proposes to provide winterization assistance to 1,639 conflict affected displaced, natural disasters affected and vulnerable host community families to cover the winter period in priority 3 areas in Daykundi Province (Ashtarlay, Miramor, Sang-e-Takht amp Khadibr district). Based on the ESNFI recommended standard modalities for winterization, Project Participant   will be provided with heating assistance, blankets and winter cloth packages prior to the winter. The project is designed based on the ICCT winter Prioritization and REACH Mid-Year Whole of Afghanistan (WoAA-2022) assessments. The assessment indicates that in Daikundi, 96% of the total papulation have inadequate heating source and 43% need NFI,17% of the HH reported having at least 1 member with a disability or chronic illness, 98% HHs effected by draught and 49% with economic shock.

Considering the timeline of the 3rd reserve allocation and based on WoAA finding In Daikundi, 76% of the total papulation preferred method of receiving cash-based assistance, the project proposes the modality of Cash based winterization support that will be implemented in a well-executed transparent manner. This will increase efficiency and effectiveness of the project and ensure that the Project Participant   have the freedom, dignity and independence to have full control over the assistance and make the decision to address their urgent and immediate winterization needs.Under this project, Cordaid and CDRO will cover 1639 HHs, each of the HHs will receive cash for heating materials (US$200), Cash for Winter clothing (US$ 74) and Cash for Blanket (US$57) through cash in envelop delivered through Cordaid FSP (Boloro) in a one-off payment. Attention will be made to the proper Project Participant’ assessment and selection which will be done through door-to-door assessment by a pre-selected Beneficiary Selection Committee (BSC) comprised of Cordaid, implementing partners and representatives of the communities. This is to make sure the most eligible community members are screened and selected according to agreed criteria. The project will be implemented with the technical support from Community Development and Research Organization (CDRO) who will be sub-contracted by Cordaid for this project.
Provision of NFI and Dignity kit to Women and Girls in Kandahar Province Afghanistan is currently facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. With 55% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022. According to a Global Citizen report, Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a woman. As per HRP 2022. The 2021 WoA Assessment shows that women had or perceived themselves to have less access to public spaces and services than men, with 31 per cent of female household members (interviewed across 16 provinces) reporting that at least one area in their settlement was unsafe for women and girls. Twenty-four per cent of the assessed households also reported that markets were unsafe for women and girls. Findings from a perception survey conducted in October 2021 confirm that there had been newly established rules and public announcements regarding the restriction of women’s movement outside the home without male accompaniment (mahram) since August 2021. Lack or restricted freedom of movement will necessarily affect women and girls' access to services in a drastic way. This climate of fear, uncertainty and mobility restrictions on women will likely have a knock-on impact on women’s mental health, their ability to work, pursue education, seek life-saving services, and to participate in public and political life. In direct response to this situation, CARE will implement this project with the aim of improving the health and protection wellbeing of women and girls in Balkh, Kabul, and Kandahar. These locations were identified as highly in need of humanitarian support through CARE’s own needs assessments in December 2021. Additionally, these assessments recognized an ongoing lack of access to basic services, with acute gaps in access to health services, including SRH and GBV. Through this project CARE will distribute NFI (provided by IOM to CARE for distribution) and as well as dignity kits to women and girls in areas with the greatest needs, as well as organize and provide the required orientation sessions. The NFI kits will be provided by IOM to CARE upon registration. IOM will also transport the NFI kits either to the distribution point or to CARE's provincial warehouses. Through direct and indirect support, CARE will reach 750 beneficiaries throughout the 6 month duration of this project.
Winterization support for vulnerable households in Khost province Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies, driven by escalating conflict and natural disasters. Following 40 years of war, a rise in poverty, economic decline and the takeover of the country by the Taliban in August 2021, these political, social and economic shocks have resulted in a massive deterioration of the humanitarian and protection situation. These shocks have depleted the resilience of displaced, host, and natural disaster affected populations, with households struggling to meet their basic needs. This vulnerability is further exacerbated by the harsh winter conditions, with monthly temperatures as low as minus 12.1 degrees Celsius. Each year, freezing winter temperatures, especially in high altitude locations such as Khost drive the need for the provision of life saving winter assistance as the shelters provide limited protection and vulnerable people lack the financial capability to purchase fuel and heaters to supplement their heating requirements.

In line with ESNFI guidance, using transfer values set out in the August 2022 revision to the MEB published by CVWG, Concern will provide Winterization assistance to 1,180 natural disaster affected families in in Tani, Spera and Shamal districts of Khost province. These 1,130 households will receive a combined package of assistance comprised of a cash payment covering heating assistance (200 USD), and cash for rent covering 3 months (3 * 55 USD per month = 165 USD) and cash payement equivalent to cost of winter clothing (74 USD). The total transfer value per household is therefore 439 USD. This will be distributed in a single distribution in order to reach beneficiaries as early as possible with winterization assistance.  While programme design primarily addressed ESNFI outcomes, this transfer will be unconditional and unrestricted, with cash delivered in hand to beneficiaries at distribution sites after registration and identification. Concern’s contracted FSP will deliver cash to target districts, where Concern finance staff will confirm receipt of cash and manage distributions to beneficiaries. Choice of cash modality for clothing and heating assistance is premised in the first instance on beneficiary preference, evidenced by findings in the WoAA cited in subsequent sections, and also with regard to providing beneficiaries with choice, as items required for effective winterization will vary substantially by household. The project duration is 6 months, but it is envisaged that activities will be frontloaded towards the start of the project in order to meet the winterization objectives specified by the ESNFI cluster.
Set up of three Humanitarian Hubs in support of the earthquake response in Paktika and Khost provinces On 22 June, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck south eastern Afghanistan, leading to wide-scale destruction across already vulnerable districts in Paktika and Khost provinces. The inter-agency multi-sectoral Emergency Earthquake Appeal targets approximately 362,000 people living in high intensity impact areas. A total of $110.3 million is urgently required to frontload life-saving response activities over the course of the next three months (July-September). The earthquake-hit districts are remote and have been underserved in last two decades due to conflict, which has made these populations particularly vulnerable and the districts hard to reach under this response.

Due to this level of remoteness of the affected areas and in order for humanitarian actors to adequately respond and coordinate the response on the ground as described above, there has been an urgent need identified by the UN Resident Coordinator to set up humanitarian hubs in three locations to support the response. As such, IOM, in collaboration with WFP and coordination with other actors on the ground including the de facto authorities, will use this grant to set up and support the core Humanitarian Hubs in Barmal (Paktika), Giyan (Paktika), and Spera (Khost).

IOM will specifically cover:
-Clearing and leveling of the camp sites and adjacent distribution areas
-Set up of tents and core items (sleeping mats/cots, tables, blankets, etc)
-WASH related facilities and the provision of items for maintenance 
-Cooking facilities, staff and food
-Miscellaneous support and upgrading to the site as needed for set-up and maintenance (i.e. drainage digging, perimeter fencing/netting)
-Set up a Health post for primary health care (PHC) including Psychosocial first aid to first responders in 3 camps (Bamal, Giyan, and Spera). The number of hub residents needing health post intervention is expected to be at 5 per cent of the total number of hub residents (15 persons). 


IOM has envisaged a 3 month period for this project, starting from the earthquake event, with the potential need to extend if the operating and funding needs for this project persist.
Emergency Food Security Assistance to the most vulnerable households in Hirat province The 'Emergency Food Security Assistance to the most vulnerable households in Hirat' project aims to assist and support the most vulnerable people in Hirat province through cash for food activities. Vulnerable host households (IPC 3 and 4) will be selected based on specific vulnerability criteria developed in close coordination with the local authorities, communities and other stakeholders. During selection process, preference will be given to pregnant and lactating women, women headed households, widows, orphaned families, children, elderly, person with disability, poorest and most vulnerable families. This project will be implemented in Pashtun Zarghoon district of Hirat province. Within this project 1,125 vulnerable households (7,875 individuals, 1,575 men, 1,575 Women, 2,362 boys and 2,363 girls) will receive 6 rounds of $60 cash for food (total $360 per households). 

According to the IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis March - November 2022, issued in May 2022, nearly 20 million people are classified in Crisis or Emergency (IPC Phases 3 or 4) between March and May 2022 and the 2021 Seasonal Food Security Assessment (SFSA) cites the La Niña drought, economic crisis following the political transition in August 2021, higher prices and increased debt and displacement as some of the causes of the increased food insecurity. In Hirat province, 933,399 population (45% of total population) is projected to be fallen under IPC Phase 3+ during the period June - November 2022.   

IRW will provide the FSAC recommended cash amount through Financial Service Providers (FSP) (in this case, hawalas) as this has been proven to be the safest way to transfer the cash to the right holders. Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) will implement the project directly, with the IRW project team working with the community and managing and oversee the Cash distributions each month. IRW staff will explain that the cash is intended for food and will encourage households to by healthy food that contributes to a balanced diet. Cash will allow households the dignity to choose how to manage their own food security as it allows them to buy any type of food from any source as opposed to limiting food or vendors through voucher distribution. Cash to be provided is unconditional and unrestricted.
Provision of life-saving information and messaging on prevention and responses to child protection concerns on case management through the 6 steps in Miramor in Khadir district of the Daikundi province. In the first quarter of 2022 as in the previous year, food insecurity, acute malnutrition, reduced access to health care and the scarcity of basic products continued to be the major issues affecting the concerned population. Limited income generation opportunities and lack of services are negatively impacting the well-being of boys, girls, men, and women. 

The civilian population dependent on precarious employment in the sector informal, those in underserved areas and those who are residing in informal settlements, including IDPs have been identified as the most at-risk populations and many protection concerns are reported among them. The Household Survey revealed that the presence of mines and other explosives showed an increase across the country in quarter one, having effects on the livelihood and the well-being of the community population including, children’s safety, school attendance, and the population’s ability to access to services. 

Due to various challenges including the aforementioned issues, an inclined pattern has been observed that vulnerable populations are adopting negative coping strategies such as borrowing money, child labor, sale/exchange of children for debt relief, street begging, forced marriage, child marriage, and etc. Preventing the negative coping mechanisms necessitates the engagement of the De facto Authorities, Donors, humanitarian agencies, civil society organizations, and the community, particularly female representatives. Finally, the promotion and support of women’s and girls’ rights and the equal participation of female staff in the humanitarian responses require a serious and collaborative effort from all fronts.

More than 300,000 Afghan children face freezing winter conditions that could lead to illness, in the worst cases death, without proper winter clothing and heating.

The schools are closed until March in the coldest parts of Afghanistan where the temperature can plummet as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius. The early snow in the coldest parts of Afghanistan has impacted children particularly badly. The ongoing conflict has also destroyed many homes and forced thousands of children to shelter in camps for the homeless. There they risk hunger, disease, including COVD-19, even death from freezing temperatures. 

MPO through this intervention will provide child protection service for 3500 familes by implementing the following key activities in Miramor and Khadir Districts of Daikundi province:
	Prevention and response messaging including child friendly messaging on the child protection risks and concerns
	Provision of life-saving case management services directly and or through referrals.
	Strengthening cross-sectoral referral pathway mechanism for more integrated child protection service delivery.
Provision of lifesaving emergency primary health care, mental health and psychosocial support in Kunar,  Paktika and Nuristan Provinces. The project aims to respond to a series of immediate needs of communities vulnerable to conflict, natural disasters (including flood), and the outbreak of Covid 19 and other diseases in Paktika, Kunar, and Nuristan by providing humanitarian lifesaving and life-sustaining equitable health services. Through this application, IMC proposes establishing and supporting 4 Health Sub-Centers(HSCs) and 1 Mobile Health Team (MHT) in Paktika, 5 HSC and 1 MHT in Kunar, and 3 HCS in Nuristan provinces, in areas where conflict-affected and flood-prone communities have very limited or no access to health services due to natural disasters, conflict, geographical obstacles towards reaching the  existing health facilities, absence of public transportation, scattered population, and cultural barriers, especially for women and girls. Each HSC/MHT will be staffed by five technical staff (one doctor, one midwife, one vaccinator, one nutrition counselor and one MHPSS counselor) and one cleaner/guard. Services provided by IMC will include control of communicable diseases Reproductive, Maternal Newborn and Child Health Services (RMNCH), routine immunization outpatient consultation for common morbidities public nutrition services including prevention and treatment of malnutrition, surveillance, and referral sexual and reproductive health services such as antenatal care, skilled delivery services, and postnatal care provision of psychosocial support services (PSS) including individual psychosocial support such as psychoeducation, brief counseling and mental health case management as well as group psychoeducation, and referral services health and hygiene education promotion and response to emergencies and outbreaks including, acute watery diarrhea and measles and provision of essential pharmaceuticals and medical commodities. Other essential activities will include ensuring appropriate Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols and measures, including early detection and prevention measures, COVID-19 prevention, staff training, provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, and IPC supplies will be put in place across all health facilities. IMC will ensure that health facilities are regularly supplied with essential medicines and medical supplies as per the standard lists of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). All emergency cases that require advanced/dedicated services will be referred to the nearest higher-level health facilities or provincial hospital as appropriate. The project will last for six months,. Under this project, IMC will directly reach 98,646 beneficiaries (31,567 men, 47,350 women, 7,892 boys, and 11,837 girls)
Provision of essential and live-saving psychosocial and protection services for women and children affected by the earthquakes in Paktika and Khost provinces. The proposed project will address the immediate GBV needs of earthquake affected population including men, women, girls, and boys in the Barmal, Ziruk, Nika and Giyan districts of Paktika and Spera district of Khost province. The proposed activities in this project will directly contribute to GBV sub-cluster objectives for the earthquake response and the project proposal has been approved by this sub-cluster. Provision of Mental Health and Psychosocial services for vulnerable people particularly women and girls, GBV case management and referral services, awareness raising and community sensitization on GBV prevention and distribution of dignity kits are the main activities that will be implemented within this project. 
The targeted locations for this project are earthquake affected districts of Paktika and Khost provinces. The earthquake caused more than hundreds of women and girls to lose their houses, family members and access to essential health, sanitation and education services which consequently may cause serious protection/GBV issues such as violence, abuse, exploitation, emotional and psychological distress, etc. The exact number of women and girls in need of protection services are not known yet, however, the initial assessments by De-facto authorities, UN agencies, NGOs and TACT field staff in Paktika and Khost provinces shows that this number may be more than thousands. Moreover, several assessments including a comprehensive multi-sectoral assessment is planned by the protection cluster and some other organizations which will take place in August 2022.
TACT has the experience and capacity of working in targeted locations, and has at least four high-level trained staff in GBV (Executive Director, GBV focal point, GBV Coordinator, MampE Manager) in its main office. Furthermore, TACT Project Officers, PSS counselors, and Case Workers in provincial offices are all trained on core concepts of GBV elimination and based on their ToR in other more specific GBV subjects such as GBV case management, referral etc. 
TACT will conduct a service mapping in the targeted locations, and coordinate all of the project activities with the relevant stakeholders to ensure quality services as well as to avoid duplication. 
TACT assures that will achieve all of the project’s objectives and set targets within the project time frame.