Afghanistan – Takhar Province Humanitarian Operational Coordination Team (OCT) Meeting Taloqan on 10 February 2016 Draft Minutes

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Participants: ANDMA, DoRR, ACTED, DACAAR, Mission East, Concern Worldwide, DRC, AKF, IMC, OCHA # Agenda Discussions Action points 1 Welcome and OCHA warmly welcomed the participants and participant introduced themselves. introductions 2 Humanitarian situation Dept. of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR): Landslides risk in Quduq Sar Rostaq areas An assessment team updates (Protection, of Rostaq district. Quduq Sar Rustaq is located along with Khowja-Khairab village of consisting of CWW, Mission NFI/Shelter, Health Rostaq district where a landslide occurred in 2014. In Quduq Sar Rustaq villages live East, ACTED, ANDMA and and Nutrition, Food DoRR will conduct an 150 families. Initial reports says that some cracks seem around the hill, which are daily Security and assessment in Quduq Sar Agriculture, WASH & gradually increasing and the 150 families who live in the villages are under the risk of Rostaq areas of Rostaq Education) landslide. The Takhar OCT team agreed to deploy a technical assessment team to go district. to area and conduct an assessment and collecting more information about the landslide

risk. An assessment team ANDMA: ANDMA received a report from Samti areas of Chaab district that an consisting of ANDMA, earthquake is felt in Samti areas of Chaab district for 15 minutes each midnight. During CWW and district the earthquake a terrible sound is heard from the mentioned hill. Reportedly in the authorities will conduct an mentioned areas there is a gold mine. The team agreed that an assessment team assessment in Chaab consisting of Concern Worldwide, ANDMA, and district authorities will conduct an district.

assessment to collect more information.

IMC: IMC provides 250 winterization kits for earthquake affected families in Takhar IMC will distribute 250 province. The winterization kit includes good quality blankets suitable for children and winterization kits to earthquake affected adults. The beneficiaries will be identified out of earthquake affected families in close families from Darqad coordination with ANDMA. The team suggested that IMC shall distribute winterization district. The distribution is assistance to earthquake affected families in Darqad district were earthquake affected done in close coordination families have not been assessed and assisted. The gap remains because in October, with ANDMA. when the earthquake happened, Darqad district was under Taliban control.

AKF: Distributed NFI for 152 earthquake affected families from Darqad district of Taloqan city.

DACAAR: In 2016 DACAAR will implement WASH projects in Khwajabahawuddin, CWW will provide RAF Taloqan, Bangi, Eshkamesh, and Warsaj districts. training in districts of Takhar province for Concern Worldwide: CWW distributed 150 NFI for Darqad conflict affected families. In agencies’ field staff and 2016, CWW allocated funds for emergency assistance in Takhar and Badakhshan districts’ staff who provinces. CWW works in Chal, Namakab, Rostaq, and Chaab districts. CWW participate in joint implements disaster risk reduction projects in the mentioned districts. assessments during emergencies. ANDMA: Takhar districts authorities and agencies’ field staff are not able to fill the Rapid Assessment Form (RAF) properly. The team suggested and agreed that CWW shall provide RAF training for Takhar districts authorities.

Mission East humanitarian activities/plan in 2016: Mission East will support ANDMA, DoRR and the provincial humanitarian team with emergency needs assessment in Takhar. Mission East prefers to cover ME's targeted area. Mission East is going to supply and stock some NFI items in the coming month for distribution to possible disaster affected families. Mission East Takhar will also cover three neighboring districts of Baghlan province located at the southern side of Chal district. 3 CHF projects updates ACTED: ACTED implements the CHF project to cover conflict IDPs in four districts of by CHF partners Takhar province such as Dasht-e-Qala, Baharak, Rotaq, and Taloqan city. ACTED has accomplished identification and selection of beneficiaries and selected 2,577 beneficiaries. The breakdown by district is as follows: Dasht-e-Qala 265 IDP families, Rustaq 395 IDP families, Baharak 691 IDP families and Taloqan 1,222 IDP families. 60% of the conflict IDPs will received 2 vouchers, and 40% of them will received 3 vouchers. Each voucher values are $50 which equals to 3,450 Afs. Vouchers have been prepared and so far not distributed. The beneficiaries can get their food items from suppliers based on their requirements. The contracts have already been signed by suppliers and they have installed the signs. ACTED distributes 750 NFI which is available in ACTED stock in Taloqan. DACAAR: DACAAR implements a CHF project which was designed for Kunduz and Takhar provinces, the beneficiaries were Kunduz conflict IDPs. But as DACAAR re- assessed, they found that the conflict IDPs have returned to their homes in Kunduz province. Therefore the Takhar CHF project has been transferred to Kunduz province.

DRC: DRC implements a CHF project in Takhar province which covers 1,000 conflict IDP families in Rostaq and Taloqan city and 300 earthquake affected families in Takhar province. DRC will distribute USD 150 for category A and USD 60 for category B affected families. Discussion: ACTED has implemented the same project in Takhar province in Rostaq and Taloqan districts. ACTED stated that there are no remaining conflict IDPs to be included under the ACTED CHF project beneficiaries. It seems that agencies who have submitted proposals to CHF had made submissions not based on accurate number of affected families who were identified by assessment teams. DRC will select the CHF project beneficiaries in close coordination with Takhar DoRR and ACTED. The beneficiaries who will be selected by DRC will be cross checked by ACTED in order to avoid duplication. 4 Updates on conflict DoRR: 401 conflict IDPs have received food items and UNHCR has reported that they An IDP screaming IDP assessments and will provide and distribute NFI for the mentioned 401 families in Darqad district. 177 committee meeting will be response. conflict IDP families who have been assessed by the team are not responded and need conducted on 17 February for humanitarian aid. There are 150 caseloads which are pending and need for in close coordination with assessment. The screening committee which includes Mission East, Concern DoRR to review pending Worldwide, ACTED, and DoRR will review the petitions to identify caseloads which caseloads. need to be surveyed. 5 AOB: Representatives Khost Wa Fereng and Guzargah-e-Nur districts representatives meet the Takhar OCT Takhar humanitarian team of Guzargah-e-Noor team: The mentioned districts belonging to Baghlan province and are adjacent to is requested to expand and Khost Wa Fereng Eshkamesh district of Takhar province. During winter, the districts are inaccessible for 6 their project like Mission districts of Baghlan East which covers the months. From the center of Baghlan province to Khost Wa Fereng and Guzargah-e-Nur province met with the mentioned three districts Takhar humanitarian districts it takes six hours while it takes only three hours from Taloqan city to reach the from Takhar province. team districts. Elders from the districts thanked Mission East for delivering good services to the districts such as rehabilitation of 12 km road and implementing WASH projects. OCHA will share the named They also thanked OCHA for NRC to implement a shelter project for flood affected districts bolt message with families in the mentioned districts, Indeed, the shelters which were constructed for flood the Regional humanitarian affected families are vital for these poor communities. The districts representatives team in Mazar that the respected UN, and INGO stated that Guzargah-e-Nur and Khost Wa Fereng districts need development and pay attention on mentioned humanitarian projects. Because of their remoteness and distance the districts are districts to cover with deprived from development, and so far no projects are implemented. The named development and districts are accessible to respected INGOs and UN agencies, there are not security humanitarian projects. problems. The elders listed the following two main points as humanitarian needs: Health; the named districts are deprived from health services and do not have access to

3 health services, the further villages community spend 12-18 km way to reach health clinics which are located at district centers. Education: Students follow to their classes under tents, there are not school buildings. The Fereng district girl’s high school is destroyed by natural disasters, but has not been rehabilitated.