Afghanistan Joint Response Afghanistan is facing a widespread humanitarian crisis where humanitarian needs are fast growing, due to countrywide conflict displacement and undocumented returnees and registered refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran. Oxfam is responding to the needs of 2.015 most vulnerable families in Nangarhar and Kunduz province with immediate food support through cash transfers (conditional in formof cash for work and unconditional) and assistance to improve their food production for the longer term. Oxfam ispart of the Afghanistan Joint Response a coalition of NGO#s funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Dutch Relief Alliance.

Key objective 1: In Nangahar and Kunduz province 1.665 households (11.665 people) have increased access to cash to improve their immediatefood needs by February 2017
Results: 1.665 most vulnerable families (1.665 undocumented returnees and 300 host community families in Nangahar and 300 retuned IDP in Kunduz) have sufficient cash to meet their immediate food needs for 4 months.

Activities
# Through a participatory and conflict sensitive process, identify the most vulnerable families
# Through mobile cashtransfers and cash for work, provide immediate cash assistance
# Conduct post distribution monitoringto assess the results of the cash transfer.

Key objective 2: In Kunduz 650 households (4.550 people) have increased food production and food availability by May 2017
Result: 650 most vulnerable families have improved livelihood skills and inputs

Activities
# Through a participatory and conflict sensitive process, identify most vulnerable returned IDPs
# Conduct assessment (including gender and conflict sensitivity approach) to identify livelihood support requirements
# Provide livelihood assistance to identified beneficiaries, capacity building training and conduct post distribution monitoring.

Actor:

Oxfam is working together with longstanding partner AHEAD (Assistance for health, Education and Development) . AHEAD was established in 2008 and is a non-governmental, non-political and non-for profit organization that aims to contribute in improvement of public health, social development, civil society development and education standards improvement.
AHEAD started its journey of serving Afghanistan in 2008 by provision of short and medium term trainings to employees of public and private sector in the areas of Financial Management, Business Management and Supervisory Skills; These activities were all funded by private funds of the board ofgovernors / founders of AHEAD. Followed by the initial activity in 2008, AHEAD has until now implemented over 40 small and large-scale projects funded by major donors in Afghanistan.

AHEAD has years of experience working in high-risk areas and would most likely continue operations through their existing networks to the degree possible regardless of shifts in security threatlevels. Oxfam and its partners have a customized approach to proceed with caution and navigate through insecure areas.
Main areas of AHEAD expertise is contain or has ability to deliver Education and Capacity Building, Private Sector Development, Humanitarian Services, Health Sector, IDP Profiling, Monitoring and Physical Verification, Justice and Human Rights, Surveys and Researches, Livelihood.

Oxfam Novib has provided support to AHEAD for Humanitarian Projects for several years entailing the following aspects of development: encouraging and facilitating return of refugees; rehabilitating and; creating employment and livelihood opportunities; facilitating socio-economic reintegration; and ensuring the participation of local communities in the rural rehabilitation activities.
Major components covered with Oxfam Novib support have included: the rehabilitation of rural infrastructure; food security; water supply; and vocational training.
The projects have served tens of thousands of families. All these services were found useful in the direction of accomplishing broader objectives of alleviating poverty and fostering peace in Afghanistan