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Afghanistan – Takhar Province Operational Coordination Team Afghanistan – Takhar Province Operational Coordination Team (OCT) Mission East meeting hall, Taloqan city 14 March 2016, 2016 at 10:00 hrs Draft Minutes Participants; AKDN, DACAAR, SCA, ARCs, DRC, WFP, Mission East, Concern WW, DR&R, SFL, ANDMA, & OCHA # Agenda Discussions Action points 1 Welcome and introduction OCHA warmly welcomed the team and the team introduced themselves to each other. 2 Updates on conflict IDP DR&R updates ; The team agreed that on 15th March assessments and relief 2226 families have been selected by ACTED/CHF project the beneficiaries received screening committee meeting must to distributions by the team. vouchers based on their needs they received materials from dealer who has introduced by convened Concern WW, DRR, DRC, ACED. SFL, and ARCs will have a peer Concern WW, ACTED, and DRoR has conducted a survey for selecting the Basirkhil village review the 1144 conflict IDPs petition. conflict IDPs in Darqad district, Takhar province. Out of 70 visited families the team selected 57 families, reportedly government has started operation in Bashirkhil village of Darqad district and the named village‘s community left their home to center of the districts. Takhar D&RR said still there are 1144 families who are not assessed and need for survey ; 699 conflict IDP petition papers, Taloqan, Dashti-Archi, Imms ahib, Chardara Aqtash, 274 conflict IDP Dashti-Archi to Dashti-Qala, 129 puli momin khowja-ghar to center of the khowja-ghar. However 325 families responded by ACTED program still there are 40 families Rusta.Tneed for assessment. ARCS update ; On 08 March ARCs has assessed the conflict displaced families in Maida pata, Kata pata, Norkkhi, Ghulam khil villages of Darqad district , the ACRs team selected 80 families and responded the 80 selected families by Food and NFI, ARCs confirmed that the Basr khil village residences have been displaced to the center of district and are in need of humanitarian aid. Shelter for Life; SFL has distributed 7.44 biscuit for conflict affected families in 23 villages of Darqad district. 3 Updates on CHF projects by DRC; DRR will submit the conflict IDP list to CHF implementers. DRC implements the CHF cash distribution project in Takhar province, DRC has distributed DRC for selecting the beneficiaries cash for 245 earth quake affected families.in Farkhar, Chall, Warsaj, Kalafgan, and Taloqan based on proposal conditions. districts. DRC will survey the 40 people who For Category B for one time 10000 Afs , and missed distribution For Category A 4 times 16000 Afs. The first and second installment for category A. and Category B the allocated cash distributed. DRC said Recently ANDMA has shared a list of 40 families who were missed to be selected by DRC team and DRC will include those people to its beneficiary list. DRC suggested that during the distribution the government line departments can be present and report to provincial governor or their related line ministries. DRR; PG has asked the humanitarian team to provide accurate and transparent reports for their distribution to the transparencies. Concern WW; In Darqad Takhar PG has distribution the blankets for the soldiers, while it was allocated for the conflict IDPs. DRC will respond the conflict IDP families in Takhar province too, still DRC did not started its project for conflict IDP, DRC has received the beneficiary’s list form ACTED which will be compared with the conflict IDP lists in its targeted areas for selecting the beneficiaries. 4 Clusters updates ( WASH, ANDMA and DR&R; as it was agreed in last OCT meeting in Takhar that the Quduq and Health, Nutrition, FSAC, and Arab Dara villages of Rustaq district are seriously under the risk of landslide, a join Shelter) assessment team consisting of DoR&R, ACTED, Mission East, Concern WW, Mine department has conducted assessment, the team recommended that the named villages are under the risk of landslide and must be resettled in a safe area. DR&R the documents are under the process for providing lands for the named villages communities. DR&R will share the report on 15 March to OCHA. AKDN; participates natural disaster assessment in its working area and Taloqan city. DRC; has established its office in Taloqan and will participate in natural disaster and conflict assessment. Concern WW; participates in natural disaster and conflict IDP assessment, Concern WW provides humanitarian aid for natural disaster effected families based on its emergency allocation. Concern WW currently implements 9 DRR project in Chall, Namak-ab , Rustaq and cha-ab districts of Takhar province. Concern WW provides 100 tents and 100 NFI in its stocks which are under the procurement process. Concern Worldwide has planned below activities which relates to emergencies other development activities are not included here: 1- DRR activities: a. Protection wall in Khutok village Chah Aab district b. Drinking water and protection wall project Zahan e Bala village Rustaq district. c. Check dam project in Gorgan village Rustaq district. d. Protection wall project in Chakak village Rustaq district. e. Road construction in Kohna Qushlaq village Chal district. f. Protection wall in Dara e Kalan village Chal district. g. Protection wall in Taqchakhana village Namak Aab district. 2- WASH activities: 3- 350 family will be covered under a drinking water scheme project in Dashtak village Rustaq district. 4- Qara nazar village drinking water scheme in Rustaq district. 5- Kohna Qushlaq drinking water system in Chal district. 6- In Chah Aab province a drinking water system is planned for 300 families. 7- 25 lartines in Namak Aab, 8- 40 latrines in Chal district 9- Latrine for school in Rustaq 10- Latrines for 2 schools in Chah Aab district. Mission East; has an emergency allocation which is applicable in emergencies. Mission East will assess its implemented WASH project for maintenance and rehabilitation. WFP; has allocate 17MT food materials under TSFP project which is for children and women who are indemnified under the malnutrition program. DACAAR ; for 2016 DACAAR implements WASH project in Takhar provincial level ;, 30 water well in khowja-bahawodin, 45 water well in Dashti Qala , 20 water well in Taloqan city 10 water well in Bangi and 500 filters will be distributed in Eshkamish district. DACAAR will repair 120 water wells in Khowja –ghar , Bangi , Rustaq , Taloqan and Dashti- Qala districts of Takhar province. ARCS; implements on CFW project in four villages of Darqad district such as ; Maida pat, Qumguzar, Taherzai, and Tahieri villages, ARCs said through implementing this CFW project ARCs will work to divide the intakes for irrigating the agricultural lands. ARCs has established on mobile health clinic in Takhar provincial level , which work in close coordination with Takhar Public Health departments. Stock; NFI 150. SFL; In 2016 SFL implements the WFP food distribution project in Takhar province. 1626 MT food under two project SRP and Asset creation AC Four irrigation canal establishment to in Taloqan, Farkhar, Warsaj, Kalafgan, and Rustaq. 94 MT food for conflict IDP and Natural disaster affected families. Providing vocational training for 1000 ladies for six month. Six vocations. ESUP 305 nursery extension. ANDMA; ANDMA director has announced that in case the respected humanitarian agencies do not have transportation cost for transportation of humanitarian aid, ANDMA will provide transportation. SCA; implemented Wash Project in Cha’ab district, one of districts in Takhar province in Khalyan village successfully completed. 1,800 families as direct beneficiaries are benefiting from the water facilitated by pipe schemed project. Moreover, 250 demonstration latrine have been constructed and 6,000 people also received hygiene training, which will definitely help them to use the water efficiently. 5 Any other business .
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