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Emergency WASH assistance to drought affected and vulnerable communities in Nangarhar, Kunar, Farah and Herat The prolonged multiple crises unfolding in Afghanistan have had devastating effects on people’s ability to meet their daily needs and to cope with sudden shocks. The 2021 harvest is expected to be below average and the next lean season to be more intense and arrive earlier, leading to further deterioration in the food security situation across the country because the country is facing the second drought in four years and the worst of its kind in 27 years (OCHA). Unlike the last drought that was relatively localized in the western region, the current drought is impacting one-third of the country (all targeted provinces considered to be at medium risk as per WASH Cluster) (WASH Cluster Drought Response). Drought is not only a food security crisis – the drop-down of safe drinking water and water for handwashing have led to the spread of the AWD outbreak, particularly affecting children (ICCT). Increasing prices and the inability of people to find informal work due to the recent economic downturn may drive more people to move within and outside the country. While conflict is progressively becoming less of a driver, poverty is gradually rising as a key factor pushing households to displace (HNO 2022), hence households do not have the financial resources to rehabilitate water sources nor to procure the required hygienic items. The fourth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic is expected in the winter (IFRC) and five provinces have been affected by the AWD outbreak (WHO), thus the need to provide safe drinking water and hygiene education supported by the distribution of hygiene items.
In line with the AHF 1st Standard Allocation 2021, the Afghanistan Flash Appeal 2021 and the Joint Winterization Plan, the proposed project will provide WASH assistance to 51,450 affected people, as follow:
a. Rehabilitation of 450 non-functional water points and 3 pipe scheme systems and in case some water points are beyond repair, construction of new water point.
b. Distribution of 7,350  hygiene kits to targeted beneficiaries alongside the provision of hygiene education covering topics such as COVID-19, AWD, personal hygiene, safe water collection and storage, handwashing and waste management in addition to strengthening hygiene practices and encouraging handwashing with soap.
c. Establish 8 handwashing facilities in public spaces.
d. Establish DACAAR-run water surveillance early warning system for the targeted provinces
e. Undertake regular shock chlorination of 800 unprotected wells.
Food assistance in Herat The overall objective of this intervention is to ensure 2458 households (17,206 people – 4129 men, 3957 women, 4646 boys and 4474 girls) receive food security support as per the AHF 1st Standard Allocation Strategy in Herat Province and as per the suggestion of the FSAC to only focus on one Province and Activity 1 of the Allocation Strategy (Food assistance for IPC Phase 3 amp 4 people – cash or in-kind). As per the Cluster Outcome 1.2, the project aims for shock-affected people to have minimum household food consumption of above 42.5. Based on the latest IPC report, a priority intervention is to support at-risk women and children in IPC Phase 4. Therefore, we will prioritise these target beneficiaries, as well as people living with disabilities, in accordance to principles of inclusivity. 

In Herat, the project will target two Districts – 1458 households in Shindand and 1000 households in Kushk-e-Kuhna. These districts were prioritized based on need and FSAC cluster recommendation to further coordinate with WFP on which specific districts to be covered since they are applying for the same province and activity. As suggested, WFP and ActionAid, Afghanistan (AAA) have divided the Herat province in order to reach the highest number of beneficiaries with food distributions. During the project implementation ActionAid  will coordinate with WFP and other FSAC partners  to ensure that duplication is avoided and complementarity promoted. 

AAA, with support from local volunteers, will be distributing food baskets to the targeted households based on cluster recommended amounts. In case adequate number of IDPs and returnees are not available, AAA will cover host communities who are equally vulnerable. To support a household of 7 people for one month, a food basket will contain Wheat flour 62 kg, Rice 24 Kg, Vegetable oil 9 Kg, Pulses 15 kg, Salt 1 kg. This is in accordance with the Afghanistan Minimum Expenditure Basket, recommended by the FSAC cluster. There will be 2 rounds of distributions, to ensure that each household will receive emergency food baskets for two months. Food will be locally sourced where possible. As per the IPC October 2021 Response priorities, in-kind food assistance will be pre-positioned at the on-site of the project, to ensure it will be delivered to IPC Phase 4 population who might be cut off by winter weather by local volunteers and staff. 

To ensure we are mainstreaming protection concerns, the project will aim to increase knowledge amongst the targeted vulnerable households on existing referral pathways and protection services for survivors of SGBV, unaccompanied children and people living with disabilities in the two districts in Herat Province. 

Operational, security, safety and financial risk and the corresponding mitigating measures will be in place risk registers will be regularly updated and communicated a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan will be implemented measuring indicators, applying lessons learnt and documenting recommendations and sustainability or handover strategies will be explored for the project’s duration.
Food Security Emergency Assistance (Unconditional Cash Transfer UCT) The full impact of the recent takeover of power by the Taliban on humanitarian needs is not completely clear yet. However, because of the high level of conflict during the past months, drought and employment decline, the human suffering level from different aspects of livelihoods are severely increased. According to the recent IPC analysis report, during September and October 2021 (the post-harvest season), nearly 19 million people in Afghanistan experienced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), an almost 30% increase from the same season last year (14.5 million people). The main drivers of acute food insecurity include drought and its impacts on crops and livestock, the collapse of public services, a severe economic crisis and increasing food prices. An estimated 6.8 million people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and 11.9 million people in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) require urgent action to save their lives, reduce food gaps and protect their livelihoods. 
For the first time, Sari-e-Pul has also been classified in IPC phase 4 both in project in current. The IPC current classification (September to October period) shows that 55% of people are in IPC phase 3 and above. Looking at various food insecurity driving factors, food security situation deteriorates in Sari-e-Pul in the projection period and % of people in IPC phase 3 above increases to 66%.  In Sari-e-Pul, households’ food access during winter will further deteriorate due to: the continuing La Niña climatic episode bringing below-average winter precipitation for the second consecutive year, the impact of high food prices, and growing unemployment. Reduced incomes, lower international and domestic remittances, and continuing obstacles to humanitarian assistance (many related to the financial crisis and limited physical access during the winter period) are expected to contribute to the deterioration of food security in this province. Considering the above mentioned problems and in addition to tackle with the absence of cash in the markets and banks, RRAA preferred to implement this food security project in the form of cash assistance. 
To assist people during peak wintertime, under this project, RRAA is planning to support 970 HHs (6,790 individuals) (355 HHs in Sar-e-Pul, 235 HHs in Sayad, 200 HHs in Sozma Qala and 180 HHs in Gosfandi districts) who are in IPC phase 3 and 4. These vulnerable people will be assisted with 2 months’ full basket cash assistance. As the FSAC standard food basket value, each beneficiary household will receive 2 round of USD 90 assistance during the course of project. Cash will be transferred to field through Hawala system and by FSP and in total USD 174,600 will be directly injected to 970 HHs beneficiaries and market functionality is ensured in the target communities. Since many years, RRAA has been providing food and livelihoods assistance in Sari-e-Pul in its very well connected to the agencies present in the field and government de facto authorities. The project activities will be implemented in coordination with UNOCHA, WFP and FSAC partners present in the field.
Cash for winterization support in Dasht e Qala and Baharak districts of Takhar and Argo, Darayem and Warduj districts of Badakhshan The project will support 17,500 shock affected individuals in 2,500 households ( 1,570 hhs in Badakshan province and 930 hhs in Takhar province , including of IDPs, IDP returnees and host communities. These households are  affected by recent conflict, drought, economic crises and the approaching winter. As per the recent figures and findings of clusters, partners and ME these people are in bad humanitarian situation and require urgent humanitarian assistance particularly food, health and winterization support. Under this call ME will provide cash for winterization  (heater and fuel/gas to 2,500 HH @200 USD per HH and cash for winter clothing and blankets package to the same 2,500 HH @105 USD in one installment through a mobile telecom company. The mobile telecom company will issued a sim card to the identified beneficiaries and the beneficiaries will received the cash from the agent of the mobile telecom company in the districts. As per plan the project will start on 20 January 2022 and with in the first one month all the targeted population will receive cash to fulfill their winterization needs and the cold and harsh winter had already arrived. The project is intended to cover 850 IDPs (households), 600 IDP returnees (households), 1,050 Households of host communities who had suffered from recent crises and shock. Out of the 2,500 HH the project will cover 32% or 800 HH having pregnant or lactating mothers will be prioritized. These households have greatly suffered from internal displacement as a result of conflicts, drought, on-going economic crises and loss of livelihood assets. 
The proposed project will cover Dasht e Qala and  Baharak districts of Takhar province and Argo, Darayem and Warduj districts of Badakhshan province. The expected start date for the project is 20 January 2022. It is planned to deliver cash to households through mobile operating company for ensuring further safety and minimize potential risks. ME has a successful experiences of cash distribution through mobile companies in the past , even ME have an ongoing project of cash distribution  for food project through mobile company.
ME will conduct a regular monitoring and complaint registering mechanism system (which ME already have in place) throughout the project plus the end-line evaluation which will be conducted at the end of the project after the distribution that will figure out the satisfaction of the project beneficiaries. Mission East have run the regular monitoring and complaint registering mechanism already in place for all its projects where phone numbers are given to the beneficiaries from the very start of the project to register their complaint, which may start from the beneficiary selection period, apart from the phone numbers complaint boxes are installed in all the targeted areas with visual informative banners.
WASH Emergency Response to the Drought and conflict affected communities in Districts Farah, Bakwa and Bala Buluk of Farah Province. Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty, drought and the COVID-19 pandemic have devastated the people of Afghanistan. The recent escalation in conflict and resulting upheaval has only exacerbated needs and further complicated an extremely challenging operational context. Even prior to the events of 15 August, the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan was one of the worst in the world. By the mid-year mark, nearly half of the population – some 18.4 million people – were already in need of humanitarian and protection assistance in 2021. 
Water scarcity further exacerbated due to diminished precipitation during the La Nina period. The government of Afghanistan officially declared a drought on June 22, 2021, where it was indicated that 30% of the country is exposed to drought, stating 50% to serious drought while 20% to moderate drought. So, it has become much difficult and challenging situation for conflict and drought affected communities to get access to safe water for drinking, washing and hygiene. 
In addition, poor hygiene conditions have much contributed to communicable diseases throughout the country, and the covid-19 outbreak has further deteriorated preexisting WASH needs since 2020. Lack of access to basic hygiene supplies and sanitation has placed communities at heightened risk of acute respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases specifically for children under five. If this situation is not addresses, then it is much likely to exacerbate not only the spread of COVID-19 but also putting affected population at risk of other waterborne diseases.
To respond to this worse situation, as part of this proposed project, AABRAR will provide lifesaving WASH support to total of 19,210 affected people (5763 women, 5763 men, 3842 girls and 3842 boys) in the targeted communities of districts of Farah, Bakwa and Bala Buluk of Farah Province. The major activities under this intervention will be as following.
1) provision of safe water for drinking, washing and personal hygiene through construction of 10 boreholes fitted with hand-pumps, construction of 2 boreholes with solar operating system and emergency trucking of water as a last resort to the communities much impacted by conflict and drought. 
2) Procurement and distribution of 1,700 hygiene kits to most vulnerable people with the aim to promote good hygiene practices including encouraging handwashing with soap.
3) Along with distribution of hygiene kits distribution, hygiene education will be provided to the targeted affected communities, which will cover key topics including covid-19, personal hygiene, safe water transport and storage as well as handwashing with antiseptic soap and waste management. 

Moreover, throughout the project implementation period, AABRAR will coordinate activities of the project with all concerned stakeholders including WASH Cluster, MRRD, PRRD, UNOCHA, district and provincial government and concerned local communities in Farah Province in order to ensure effective delivery of service and on-time completion.
Deployment of Mobile Health and Nutrition teams to provide the preventive and lifesaving treatment services for girls, boys and PLWS in Samangan and Sarepul provinces ToTo successfully achieve the intended objectives and target indicators of this project, SAF will offer mobile health and nutrition services to the natural disaster and conflict affected IDPs and hard to reach communities in 2 provinces (Sarepul and Samangan) with main focus on children and women, through 4 staffed and equipped MHTs. In this way, 2 MHNTs will cover IDPs in Sayad District and Gosfandi Districts of Sarepul, in Samangan province health and Nutrition services will be provided through 2MHNTs in Aybak and Hazrat sultan. In close coordination with provincial public health Directorate and exited stakeholder such us WFP, UNICEF and PPHD, we will review the Nutrition preventive and life saving treatment assessment report at the provincial level and the mobile teams will be assigned to cover preventive and lifesaving treatment services for girl/boys and PLWS at the district level in the first phase of the project. Meanwhile, the activities will be coordinated with BPHS Health Facilities at the mentioned districts. in the specified provinces With the given prioritize SAF will consider Routine surveillance of and response to COVID-19, MAM, SAM and IYCF Nutrition for under 5 and pregnant and lactating women, AWD, measles and other diseases. The project management team (project officer, project assistant and finance officer based in the provincial office and one project focal point based in Kabul) will have the capability to efficiently and transparently manage the project with the help of management team of SAF at the central and provincial levels. Required IEC and health promotion materials will be distributed among the targeted population (IDPs) by the project staff at the service delivery points. Simultaneously, functional referral mechanisms among the CHWs-CHS-MHT and nearest health facilities will be established. SAF will also formulate close coordination with authorities of the provincial hospital in the province by signing MOUs with Sarepul and Samangan provincial hospitals. As part of this assignment SAF will consider the minimum gender marker code (1) within the proposed projects. SAF will ensure that gender equality and gender awareness activities are mainstreamed within the scope of project. Accordingly, the women, men, boys and girls of all ages will benefit equally from the proposed interventions. A total of 6080 individuals in the IDPs communities will directly benefit from health cluster of the project. However, the 21653 beneficiaries in all 2 provinces will benefit from the services provided Health and nutrition clusters. 
MHNTs will provide nutrition services including community outreach, screening, case detection, referral , follow up, community awareness raising on nutrition services (MAM, SAM, IYCF) for targeted communities
Reducing the risk of vulnerable boys and girls dropping out of school in Samangan and Takhar due to drought Continuation to original information:

From mid-June to August 15, multiple security challenges were faced due to an escalation in insecurity at district and provincial level in Samangan and Takhar, followed by the collapse of the Afghan government and takeover of the country by the IEA (de facto authorities). This led to increased security risks, movement and access restrictions at district level, fear and uncertainty amongst communities, and public schools to temporarily close. ACTED’s provincial and district offices across Samangan and Takhar were on lock-down for a period of time during this escalation and takeover. With the change of regime on 15 August, new security challenges and risks affecting the implementation of activities appeared, including uncertainty around education to girls, and the hiring of female teachers and staff. During the reporting period, in Takhar and Samangan, many public schools remained temporarily closed. After August 15, public schools in target areas slowly started reopening, however due to increased levels of fear and uncertainty amongst communities, it was observed and anecdotally reported that families decided to keep their children at home (especially girls) until the situation stabilized, and thus school attendance was reduced.

Due to the change in context, that resulted in project delays and a need for project modification, ACTED proposes a 3-month Non-Cost Extension and Project Modification to appropriately and successfully respond to community needs. Herewith, targets remain the same, and few activities are changed or added. This includes to start the provision of TLS education to operate from rental or free-of-use community spaces. Once quality tents are set up in existing school areas, the TLS will continue to operate from here. By the end of the project, the quality tents will be donated to local public schools to absorb out of school children into the school system. All children targeted for education from TLS will be provided with student kits to ensure all children have the needed school materials. ACTED will provide each TLS with soap, a handwashing station and safe drinkable water. A winterization component will be added for teachers to be provided with cash for heating to continue education in TLS during the winter months.
Delivery of lifesaving nutrition services for drought and conflict affected population The drought and ongoing conflict have driven the need for lifesaving nutrition services especially for children aged under-five. The Nutrition Cluster has identified 67 districts within seven provinces (Badakhshan, Kandahar, Ghazni, Herat, Takhar, Jawzjan and Laghman) as drought and conflict affected areas with pre-existing emergency levels of acute malnutrition (more than 15% and/ or more than 10% with presence of aggravating factors), which would need continued provision of nutrition services.

UNICEF, the sole provider of Ready-To-Use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) in the country, forecasted a shortage of RUTF for affected areas. To maintain the current scale of services in the target areas with an acceptable level of treatment coverage, UNICEF is seeking the support of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) to support provision of lifesaving therapeutic supplies (RUTF) to secure Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) treatment services for a total of 6,524 children in the target districts.

UNICEF will procure the therapeutic supplies through its Supply Division. Supplies will be stored at national and regional UNICEF warehouses and will be distributed to the implementing partners (IPs) through Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on a quarterly basis. The AHF project IPs are: BPHS IPs including Agency for Assistance and Development of Afghanistan (AADA), Healthnet TPO (HN-TPO), Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Solidarity of Afghan Families (SAF), Bu Ali Rehabilitation amp Aid Network (BARAN), Bakhtar Development Network (BDN) and non-BPHS IPs including Save the Children International (SCI), Action Against Hunger (AAH), World Vision International (WVI).

UNICEF will use complementary funding sources, including but not limited to the last AHF allocation, to provide therapeutic milk (F-75 and F-100 type) to complement lifesaving treatment services addressing the needs of children with SAM with medical complications in hospitals, in target districts within the five target provinces.

Outpatient and inpatient treatment of SAM are integral components of the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) approach, that will be delivered by the Basic Package of Health Services/ Essential Package of Hospital Services (BPHS/ EPHS) and humanitarian IPs through fixed health facilities and mobile teams.

Furthermore, SAM treatment will be provided simultaneously with the treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) supported by World Food Programme (WFP), where applicable.