Provision of emergency safe clean drinking water, adequate sanitation, and hygiene promotion to vulnerable drought-affected and who are exposed to risks of unsafe water, AWD, and unhygienic practices in the community Nangarhar and Helmand provinces. CAHPO’s proposed emergency WASH in alignment with the HRP 2022, 1st SA 2022 Strategy, and Cluster priorities to assist vulnerable affected HHs in Nangarhar and Helmand. The intervention considers the AWD/Cholera, nutrition, GBV, and population to tackle the emergency needs in the areas. The project will assist the recent drought, conflict amp COVID-19 affected communities with urgent needs in institutions and communities. The droughts caused prolonged poverty that contributes to a worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The 24.4 million people (59% of the population) to be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2022. As per the WASH Cluster strategy AHF 1st SA 2022, WASH is one of the crucial needs in the targeted districts (Lashkargah amp Marja) of Helmand and Nangarhar districts (Jalalabad and Rodat). WASH is in a challenging situation in these areas. CAHPO coordinated with Cluster at the regional level, and authorities to support drought and conflict-affected children and people in emergency needs. Assessment report ANNEX 09

in line with the WASH, cluster to ensure the provision of emergency water amp hygiene promotion to people with critical needs. Hygiene promotion with focusing on handwashing and distribution of hygiene kits under the WASH Cluster standard. The aims are to enhance the health, dignity, and protection of vulnerable families’ men, women, boys, and girls. 

The project targets WASH in Health contributing to preventing the AWD outbreaks, with cholera cases reported in # of institutions 30410 will have access to water and receive hygiene promotion training focusing on handwashing and GBV risk mitigation. WASH services will provide to improve the situation of malnourished children with hygiene kits, undertake water quality control, rehabilitate and chlorinate water network lines, provide shock chlorination of unprotected wells, and promote safe handwashing and safe excreta disposal to prevent and mitigate open defecation in health facilities and community. Also, provide information, education, and communication (IEC) materials and undertake hygiene promotion activities. CAHPO will integrate the WASH and ESNFI promotion and kits distribution according to cover the emergency needs, with the creation and/or rehabilitation of water sources. OampM will apply to ensure the functionality of facilities, WMC will train in separate female and male groups (by female amp male trainers) to keep the water points functional. 

Awareness sessions to beneficiaries in target institutions and surrounding communities on hygiene, DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction), protection, gender, age, disability, and COVID-19 will be mainstreamed. Totally 4350 people (one female and one male per HH), including Shura members, participate directly. Accountability to beneficiaries, CHS, and the AWAAZ complaint procedure will be instrumental to inform the beneficiaries. 

The lack of WASH facilities is the current reason the people stay displaced in the project area. As per MoRR the displaced HHs still have insufficient income due to several reasons (droughts lead to the reduction of water for an all-purpose, conflict in the past, COVID-19, and lack of employment) and impacts on the availability of drinking water. Institutions and communities both rural and urban unable to prepare water for their consumption. The drought and lack of maintenance of WASH facilities have led to over 35% of the population is at risk of water-borne infection, e.g. AWD. As mentioned by most people they can return after rehabilitation of the infrastructures, particularly WASH which is the first need of the families. 

Coordination with Shura members and line departments to assist the process is essential. In addition, the project team consults the activities of other NGOs amp UN agencies. GBV, and access to water points for all including women and girls are though sensitive issues the project team will try to advocate for them.