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Common 2016 Humanitarian und F ALLOCATED $39.8M 2016 ANNUAL REPORT AFGHANISTAN Photo: OCHA COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CHF 2016 Donors to the Common Humanitarian Fund – Afghanistan 02 Thank you for your generous financial contributions and continued support. COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Provincial Level Map Allocation Dashboard Humanitarian Context Allocation Overview 03 Standard and Reserve Allocations Fund Performance Strategic Focus (2014 - 2016) Donor Contributions Success Stories Annex I: List of Acronyms Annex II: List of Partners Annex III: List of Funded Projects Annex IV: Results 2014 Annex V: Results 2015 COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 CHF PROVINCIAL LEVEL MAP SEERITY OF NEED - + CHF Targeted Beneficiaries (Thousands) Although steps have been taken to reduce double counting of beneficiaries across clusters, some duplication may still exist. 98 103 Jawzjan 23 40 Kunduz *T H N O 2016 B Takhar B (produced on November 2015) 29 Faryab 40 118 S SPul B 52 60 Panjsher N B 40 27 B Parwan 210 71 Kapisa Kunar L 63 66 M Wardak Kabul 23 N 330 Hat G 38 Logar 88 Dundi 94 Paktya 178 Khost 04 66 G U 42 Farah Paktika The relative severity of need between Zabul provinces depicted in the map is determined by the concentration of 48 29 people in need across sectors. Priority needs were determined in 2015 through H Kandahar Noz a boundary setting exercise to identify those with the most acute needs rather than weighting secondary data on vulnerability indicators used in past years. For further explanation of the process, please refer to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response website. TOTAL CONTRIBUTION APPROVED # BENEFICIARIES # FUNDED PROJECTS % OF HRP NUMBER OF (US$) ALLOCATIONS (US$) TARGETED CONTRIBUTIONS *** PARTNERS * **** $62.1M $39.8M 3.05M 67 11 38 COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT ALLOCATION DASHBOARD Contributions by Donor Allocation by Cluster United Kingdom 21.6 35% Health 14 35% Sweden 10.5 17% Nutrition 7 18% in US$ in US$ millions Germany 9.1 15% ES-NFI 5.9 millions 15% Netherlands 6.8 11% FSAC 5.3 13% Australia 5.8 9% Protection 4 10% Denmark 4.3 7% WASH 2.3 6% Norway 3.6 6% CCS 1.3 3% Switzerland 0.4 1% Multi-Sec 0.05 0% Allocation by Organization Type Gender Marker 64% 1-The project is designed to contribute in some limited way to gender equality UN (31%) NNGO (16%) $12.3 million $6.3 million 05 2a-The project is designed to contribute significantly to gender equality 27% 2b-The principal purpose of the project is to advance gender equality INGO (53%) $21.2 million 7% 3 % used for support services Allocation by Regions North Eastern Northern Eastern Capital Western Central Highland South Eastern $8 million $6 million Southern $5 million $3 million $1 million COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT 2016 HRP PLANNED REQUIREMENTS (US$) PEOPLE TARGETED 0.5M 0.2M 2.4M conflict displaced nat. disaster affected public health at risk 0.2M 0.6M 2.1M $491M 4.1M Pakistani refugees doc. & undoc. returnees malnut. & food insecure In Afghanistan, 2016 was a year marked by a series of disturbing developments. By the end of the year, some 652,000 Afghans had fled their homes due to conflict, 620,000 had returned to Afghanistan following a deterioration in the protection environment in Pakistan, and 11,418 civilians had been either killed (3,498) or injured (7,920) as a result of fighting between Afghan and pro-government forces and Non State Armed Groups (NSAGs). The humanitarian situation in 2016 was defined by the increase in the geographical spread and intensity of the conflict, with more intense ground confrontations between government forces and NSAGs in civilian populated areas as well as aerial operations supported by the international military. In 2016, 33 out of 34 provinces experienced some form of ground fighting, and correspondingly, a record 229 districts – more than half of the country – reported conflict-induced displacements. Women and children in particular paid a heavy price for the conflict, with the latter making up one third of all civilian casualties, a jump of 24 per cent on those in 2015. Along with the unprecedented high numbers of civilian casualties, 2016 saw continued restricted access to health and education facilities with 119 conflict-related incidents targeting healthcare workers and clinics, including nine cases of military occupation or use of healthcare facilities by armed forces. 06 New Conflict Induced Displacements (Thousands) 626 470 123 196 70 85 103 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 In addition to the ongoing trend of increasing levels of internal displacement, from July onwards a surge in returnee populations of both registered and undocumented Afghans, mainly from Pakistan, prompted the launch of a US$152 million Flash Appeal – One Million People on the Move – and the activation of the CHF Reserve Allocation and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Rapid Response Fund to provide overstretched partners with additional resources and capacity. Complimentary humanitarian interventions directed towards returnee and Internally Displaced Population (IDP) included the provision of multipurpose cash grants, Emergency Shelter - Non Food Item (ES-NFI) support (including tents, blankets and kitchen equipment), food assistance and transportation support. In alignment with the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) of 2016, the majority of humanitarian assistance was delivered through the provision of life-saving medical care and emergency supplies of food, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and shelter to an unprecedented number of displaced, both internally and cross border. A significant proportion of the displaced were supported with multipurpose cash grants enabling them to decide for themselves how best to meet their needs. In a context of likely increased IDP and returnee trends in 2017, it will be crucial that response and preparedness efforts link to longer-term initiatives that build community resilience – including risk analysis, capacity mapping and early warning – while simultaneously being sufficiently flexible to absorb new caseloads affected by sudden shocks. 2016 HRP ACHIEVED AVAILABLE (US$) BENEFICIARIES REACHED 1M** 0.3M** 1.3M conflict displaced nat. disaster affected public health at risk 0.2M 0.5M 2M $356M 3.6M* Pakistani refugees doc .& undoc. returnees malnut. & food insecure * Although steps have been taken to reduce double counting of beneficiaries across the clusters, some duplication may still exist. ** Includes assistance to natural disaster affected and IDPs displaced prior to Jan 2016. COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT ALLOCATION OVERVIEW In 2016, a total of $39.8 million from the CHF improved the The Health Sector remains the largest recipient of CHF support relevance and coherence of humanitarian response through receiving 35 per cent of the Fund in 2016. Since its inception in two Standard Allocations and three Reserve Allocations, 2014, the CHF has increased and continuous support to health representing 11 per cent of the total contributions to the partners for the provision of life-saving trauma services in 2016 HRP received ($356 million), making the CHF the areas of active fighting with high numbers of civilian casualties, second largest source of funding for humanitarian action in as well as health services to vulnerable populations in the Afghanistan for the third consecutive year. underserved areas and affected by conflict and natural disasters and cross-border movements. Since 2014, the Humanitarian Approved by the Humanitarian Coordinator with the Coordinator has allocated approximately $31.4 million of the endorsement of the CHF Advisory Board, the allocation CHF to the Health Sector, in alignment with the prioritized strategies ensured alignment of the project objectives and needs of the annual HRP, representing 28 per cent of the total activities with the Cluster Objectives and the four Strategic $112 million, followed closely by the Nutrition Cluster at 27 per Priorities of the 2016 HRP, with three per cent supporting the cent. managing agent of the Fund. Funding by HRP Strategic Objectives $39.8 million approved allocations to partners SO5 (7%) SO2 (62%) $2.9 million $24.8 million SO2: Response to conflict displaced, refugees and vulnerable returnees SO4 (14%) 07 $5.6 million SO3: Acute health and natural disaster emergencies SO3 (13%) SO4: Treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition $5.1 million SO5: Context analysis and coordinated needs assessment Direct Cost (3%) $1.3 million Direct Costs (Humanitarian Financing Unit) Targeted Beneficiaries by Gender Targeted Beneficiaries by Type Refugees (208,409) Girls (709,144) Men (792,349) Other (696,149) Returnees & Host Communities (1,476,086) Boys (747,502) Women (798,080) IDPs (666,431) Timeline of CHF Allocation Rounds $12.8m $20.9m $4.7m $9.8m $43.6k $50k 1st Standard 2nd Standard 1st Reserve CERF 2nd Reserve 3rd Reserve 2016 HRP 2016 HRP Flash Appeal Humanitarian Aviation Third-party CHF Mid-Year Review "One million people (UNHAS) project monitoring on the move" May August September October November December COMMON HUMANITARIAN FUND - AFGHANISTAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT STANDARD AND RESERVE ALLOCATIONS First Standard Allocation (May 2016) Second Standard Allocation (Aug 2016) $12.8m 17 Partners $20.9m 28 Partners approved allocations 1 UN, 10 INGO, 6 NNGO approved allocations 3 UN, 18 INGO, 7 NNGO 19 Projects 36
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