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Requesting Organization: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Allocation Type : CHF Reserve Allocation Project Title : Proactive harsh winter Action to flood affected families of Northern Afghanistan Project Summary : This project intends to support cash for fuel activities of 2,824 flood (2014) affected families of northern provinces of Afghanistan namely Takhar, Baghalan, Balkh, Jawzjan, Saripul and Faryab to prevent loss of life and excess morbidity due to harsh winter. According to elevation of the places the project will provide cash vouchers for fuel to the beneficiaries who have been identified by the joint assessment committee consisting of government, UN and NGOs. Some of them who lost their houses completely in the floods have started rebuilding their transitory shelters. But there are many poor families who lost their houses completely in floods and could not manage to source land for construction of shelters. These families without their own shelter are living in tents or in backyard of their relatives as uninvited guest need urgent winter support in terms of fuel to withstand harsh winter during which the temperature will dip to - 20 degree C. Other than providing cash voucher to purchase fuel, the project will also give training to them in efficient fuel use and hygiene practices. Link with allocation The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan has allocated US$ 1 million from the CHF Reserve to strategy : support winter preparations for vulnerable communities at risk from exposure. This Reserve Allocation is intended to support activities directly preventing loss of life and excess morbidity due to winter conditions, including cash for fuel in the North and Northeast and extension of the health system in isolated communities cut off during winter and not already served through the BPHS. Under activity envelop of cash for fuel for vulnerable communities in North and North east $ 70000 has been demarcated. This is for addressing strategic priority 4 which is responding to natural disasters. In the present case there flood affected Cat A families without shelters for harsh winter. So to save the lives of these most poor people who have lost their shelters in the floods and could not afford to rebuild them, this cash for fuel assistance of $ 625,035 would be used. OPS Details Project Code : Cluster : Priority : Planned project duration: 5 months Project Budget in US$: 621456.92 Primary Cluster : EMERGENCY SHELTER Fund Project Code : AFG-14/ER/NFI/INGO/296 AND NON-FOOD ITEMS Planned Start Date : 01/12/2014 Planned End Date : 30/04/2015 Direct beneficiaries : Men Women Boys Girls Total 5930 5930 3954 3954 19768 Other Beneficiaries : Beneficiaryname Men Women Boys Girls Total Other 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 Indirect Beneficiaries : The family members of the recipients of the cash voucher for purchase of fuel who live in the same house would be direct beneficiaries. But the shop keepers who do business of selling fuel would be indirect beneficiaries. Indeed, they will get good business of selling fuel to the beneficiaries. The host families who learn efficient use of fuel from the direct beneficiaries after their training would also be indirect beneficiaries. Catchment Population: There are 33 districts covered by this project. In each district we will select atleast 3 fuel traders who will provide fuel of desired nature to the beneficiaries redeeming their voucher. Hence 99 families of shop keepers with 693 family members would benefit from this project. People cannot live in tents during harsh winter. Hence definitely most of the flood affected families who are without shelter would take refuge in their relatives houses. These host families would also learn about efficient use of fuel for room heating and cooking. So there would be 2824 host families with a total of 19768 family members will also benefit by this project. 1 of 14 Organization focal point : Name Title Email Phone Chidambaram Head of Programs [email protected] 0785656608 Shah Jahan Rahimi Deputy Progam [email protected] 0700157205 development manager Zeenth Garewal Country Director [email protected] 0799449998 BACKGROUND 1. Humanitarian context analysis From April to May, 2014, heavy rain and mountain snowmelt resulted in flash flooding across Afghanistan. OCHA estimates (July 2014) approximately 125,000 people in 27 provinces have been affected. According to UN humanitarian Co-coordinator’s press release 120 people are either killed or could not be traced. In the hard-hit provinces of Faryab, Samangan, Jawzjan, Baghlan, Takhar, Saripul and Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan, thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed displacing more than 20,800 families as per Afghanistan disaster management authority report. Manay of the families lost their houses. Additionally agricultural land and roads have been extensively damaged during this critical juncture in the growing season. Though the contingency plans were in place, the damage due to natural disaster surpassed the response capacity of the district and provincial government to respond. Hence, many UN agencies, international and national NGOs pitched in to save lives immediately after the disaster. Although immediate food and shelter (tents) needs have been covered, this support will by no means provide adequate protection during the harsh winter months when the ground temperature touch subzero degree. OFDA, BMZ, ERF, MRRD and ECHO have provided funding assistance to construct transitory shelters for 3529 families through different agencies such as ACTED, Concern World Wide, People in Need, Afghanaid, Zoa International, WHH, Intersos, Islamic relief, Norwegian refuge council, Solidarities and Afghanistan Red cross society Unfortunately 4009 families who lost their homes and belonging in the floods could not afford to get land for constructing their houses. Because they were poor and could not buy the lands. Some lived in remote areas inaccessible area. Also government did not allocate land to them due to various reasons. Also due to funding limitation all the agencies who were involved in shelter construction project could take up only a limited case loads. So these 4009 families were left out in the shelter assistance. Most of these families are at present living in tents or living with their relatives in crowded family places. They were able to manage the summer and autumn with available resources, but not the winter in Afghanistan as it would be harsh as we have seen in the past. The worst affected members of the families are women and children. Family members of households who are poor and without proper shelters suffer respiratory diseases, pneumonia and cold related ailments during harsh winters. Hence a humanitarian situation has risen now to assist these flood affected families with fuel assistance to cover this winter. In the absence of this assistance these families would face severe health consequences. The fuel assistance is required not only for winter heating, but also cooking. Since most of the fuel is use for room heating, these families use less fuel for cooking. Hence only half cook their food, which leads to further worsening of their health conditions. Hence this fuel assistance intervention at this time is live saving for these poor families 2. Grant Request Justification In Baghlan field assessment team, which included ACTED, found 58 dead bodies in June 2014 and more than 1,500 houses damaged by floods. Reassessment done in August 2014 found 1202 families belonging to Category A (house unlivable and completely damaged). But 303 families did not have shelter and hence their fuel needs are met by this intervention. In Faryab, similarly 3 people died and 1,077 houses were partially or fully damaged according to July 2014 report of ANDMA. Later according to reassessment 981 families were found to be Category A. Out of this 981 families 802 families do not have shelters, 8 families could not be reached due to very high security risk. The remaining 794 families without shelter will be assisted by fuel in this project. According to July 2014 report of ANDMA 660 families in Takhar were affected by flood. Two persons died due to flood in this province and 19 villages were heavily damaged by floods. Later on reassessment it was found that 515 families fall under category A with completely damaged houses. The 304 families left without shelter in this district would be covered by this project for fuel assistance in this province. According to 27 April IOM report Initial information obtained from provincial authorities indicated that Jowzjan Province was the worst hit in the region, with 1,600 families severely affected, 87 people reportedly killed and 2,284 people displaced. Reassessment was done in July by IOM and the actual category A families were only 1889. Out of this, 1371 families do not have shelters. But Danish Refugee council has already supported with NFI including fuel 392 families in Khoja Doko district and 281 families in Fayzabad district. Hence we will give fuel support to the remaining 698 families PDMC meeting was convened on 25 April, 2014 and eight assessment teams consisting of IOM, SC, NRC, WFP, ANDMA, ARCS and government representatives were dispatched to the affected areas of Saripul Province The assessments found that 620 families affected in Saripul Province. Reassessment was done by ZOA. This assessment informed that there were 856 category A flood affected families, out of which 790 received assistance to build their shelter and there was a shelter gap of 66 families in Balkhab district which is a remote place. Hence we will work with Zoa international to implement this project of cash for fuel in that district. UN OCHA in its report dated 22 May informs that 513 families in Khulm district are displaced by flood and a total of 862 families affected in Balkh province. Later reassessment in July 14 the joint assessent team found 881 families with completely destroyed houses.