Providing Emergency Assistance and Community-based Education (PEACE) in Farah and Takhar Provinces of Afghanistan Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation And Recreation (AABRAR) and its partner Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) will support a total of 10,000 (50 percent girls) conflict and crisis-affected children in four prioritized districts i.e., Farah and Bala Buluk in Farah province and Taloqan and Eshkemesh districts in Takhar province through enrolling them into CBCs and supporting them in public schools to access basic education in safe and protective learning spaces. 

4,550 school-aged children will be enrolled in 130 CBCs (35 students per CBC) and 5,450 more vulnerable children will be enrolled into formal schools and will receive teaching and learning materials (TLMs). Out of 130 classes – AABRAR will establish 90 CBCs for 3,150 children and will support 3,850 more children in public schools while ACDO will establish 40 CBCs for 1,400 children and will support 1,600 more children in public schools. Overall, 10,000 school-aged children 4,550 in CBCs, and 5,450 more in public schools will be supported through this project.

The community-based education (CBE) classes will be equipped with required teaching and learning materials, hygiene kits, and winterization supplies. AABRAR and ACDO will provide CBCs with appropriate WASH including handwashing and drinking water facilities/stations and gender-segregated latrines to make it safe, protected and accessible for children.

The teachers will receive required education in emergencies (EiE) training as per the pre-approved training manual including psychosocial support (PSS), social and emotional learning (SEL), child safeguarding and child protection and other relevant trainings. Training of teachers will be conducted as per the INEE Minimum Standards, CBE Policy and Education Cluster requirements which will ensure teachers’ capacity to deliver quality, inclusive and gender-sensitive basic education in emergencies. 

In addition, the project will strengthen the community-based protection systems and will build capacity of school management councils (SMCs) to mobilize and sensitize communities through awareness-raising on the importance of education and EiE. SMCs will assist in back-to-school campaigns to make sure the out-of-school children are enrolled into schools/CBCs and have age-appropriate learning materials including WASH facilities and quality teaching. 

Furthermore, 22 public schools (14 in Farah and 8 in Takhar) will receive minor rehabilitation to enable them to absorb more children in need of education and to accommodate the CBE students at the end of the cycle.

AABRAR as the lead organization will conduct EiE activities in Farah province while ACDO the long-standing IP to AABRAR will implement the activities in Takhar province. Both organizations are historical partners in EiE/Education interventions. They are current partners in EiE project in Kabul and Kandahar provinces under AHF 2021 First Standard Allocation and with UNICEF in Laghman as well. 

AABRAR is happy to do partnership with ACDO based on following reasons:
	AABRAR and ACDO have long-term partnership in EiE and they are currently implementing two EiE projects in Kabul, Kandahar, and Laghman provinces. AABRAR has found ACDO trustworthy and keen to deliver to the vulnerable and at-risk children in Afghanistan.
	ACDO maintains professional expertise in education, strong presence in the province with local staff, and good ties with stakeholders on the ground.
	ACDO is better placed to implement similar kinds of projects with a strong commitment to quality, quantity, effectiveness and efficiency.
	It is one of AABRAR’s objectives to work in partnership with other INGOs/NNGOs to exchange experiences and lessons learned with each other to better support the quality of programs.

AABRAR is making sure that this partnership will never increase the costs, while adequately will enhance and boost the effectiveness and efficiency of the project.