Final Performance Report “Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-E Pul”
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[PICTURE] Children of the [NAME] family in Bay Sarkand Kariz (district Gosfandi) in front of the completed shelter FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORT JULY 2014 - APRIL 2015 “TRANSITIONAL SHELTER ASSISTANCE SAR-E PUL” Funded by THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 Organization: ZOA Headquarter Contact Person: Field Contact Person: Program Title: Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-e Pul USAID/OFDA Grant No: AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 Country/Region: Afghanistan, Sar-e Pul province Sub-sector: Emergency/Transitional Shelter Shelter Hazard Mitigation Project Period: July 1, 2014 – February 28, 2015 with extension until April 30, 2015 Reporting Period: Final Report by date April 30, 2015 for USAID Final Report April 2015 ‘Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-e Pul’ Page 2 AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 LIST OF ACRONYMS AOG Armed Opposition Group ACTED Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (French NGO) ADEO Afghanistan Development & Education Organization (local NGO) AFG Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ANDMA Afghan National Disaster Management Authority CDC Community Development Council HH Household IOM International Organization for Migration NGO Non-Governmental Organization NPO/RRAA Norwegian Project Office/ Rural Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan (local NGO) NRC Norwegian Refugee Council NSP National Solidarity Project (World Bank funded development projects) PASSA Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter Awareness OFDA Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance RRD Provincial branch of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs USAID United States Agency for International Development Final Report April 2015 ‘Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-e Pul’ Page 3 AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... 4 I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 5 I.1. Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 5 I.2. Objectives of the Final Report ....................................................................................................... 5 II. PROCESS OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 6 II.1. Beneficiary Selection team............................................................................................................ 6 II.2. Selection of beneficiaries .............................................................................................................. 6 II.3. Project staff hiring and orientation/training ................................................................................. 9 II.4. Agreements with Beneficiaries ..................................................................................................... 9 II.5. Alignment of the Shelters .............................................................................................................. 9 II.6. Construction of Shelters .............................................................................................................. 10 II.7. Construction of Ramps ................................................................................................................ 13 II.8. PASSA-DRR training ................................................................................................................... 13 II.9. Challenges ..................................................................................................................................... 15 III. PROGRESS ON INDICATORS........................................................................................................ 16 III. 1. Results of the number of vulnerable families assisted ............................................................. 16 III. 2. Realization on Shelter Construction ............................................................................................ 17 III. 3. Realizations in Hazard Mitigation ................................................................................................ 18 IV. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................ 19 IV. 1. Realization versus Budget ............................................................................................................ 19 IV. 2. Cost-effectiveness of Project ....................................................................................................... 20 V. LESSONS LEARNED from 2014 Flood Response Review ......................................................... 21 VI. 1. Pictures of Shelter Construction .................................................................................................. 22 VI. 2. Interview with Disabled Beneficiary of a Shelter ....................................................................... 23 VII. 1. ANNEX: M&E Report on the PASSA outcomes ..................................................................... 25 VII. 2. ANNEX: A signed agreement between ZOA and the beneficiary family on the mutual responsibilities for the construction, signed/stamped by the CDC and local government. ........... 29 VII.3. ANNEX: PASSA-DRR training report ........................................................................................ 30 Final Report April 2015 ‘Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-e Pul’ Page 4 AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 I. INTRODUCTION I.1. Summary Severe flooding and landslides during the month of April and May 2014 in Northern and North- Eastern Afghanistan destroyed many houses, increasing the exposure of thousands of already vulnerable families, who then had no access to reliable shelter to protect them from weather elements. In Sar-e Pul province alone a total of 685 houses were verified to be "completely destroyed" (Category A), mainly in Sar-e Pul City, and Gosfandi, Sayyad, and Sozma Qala districts. In May 2014 additional flash-floods in the south of Sar-e Pul province (districts Balkhab and Kohistanat) destroyed 48 more houses, bringing the total number of destroyed houses at 733. The Shelter Cluster with support from UNHCR and UNOCHA coordinated the shelter construction in the NR of Afghanistan. OFDA approved the funding of 400 shelters, but after adjusting the budget in October 2014, the total number of shelters increased from 400 to 452 shelters. Originally 400 of the most vulnerable families in the districts of Balkhab, Kohistanat, Gosfandi, Sozma Qala and Sayyad were selected, and the construction of the 400 shelters started during the first quarter of the project. The project adjustment for assistance to an additional 52 families was approved by OFDA on October 20, 2014. During the second quarter of the project - October, November and December 2014 - construction of all 452 shelters took place, and 449 shelters were completed by December 31, 2014. Different techniques were used to make the shelters more water resistant from raised plinth using local materials to plastering lower part of walls with cement. The PASSA training was done with women and men, but at the beneficiary and community level. Main emphasize was on building shelters in a safe location. Ramps were added to 5 shelters, to improve the mobility of disabled adults who were head or part of the beneficiary families. ZOA participated in the Review of the 2014 Flood Response that was held under the responsibility of the Afghanistan Shelter and NFI Cluster North and with strong support of UNHCR. Lessons learned of this review are included in this report. I.2. Objectives of the Final Report The main objective of this Final Report is to present the final results of the project, both in terms of the construction of the shelters as well as the training of the beneficiaries. Final Report April 2015 ‘Transitional Shelter Assistance Sar-e Pul’ Page 5 AID-OFDA-G-14-00140 II. PROCESS OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES II.1. Beneficiary Selection Team The total number of houses destroyed in the Province of Sar-e Pul was 733; the 507 in Balkhab, Gosfandi, Kohistanat, Sayyad and Sozma Qala that were assessed by ZOA, and an additional 226 in the Sar-e Pul district. During the coordination in the Shelter Cluster it was agreed that the needs of the Sar-e Pul district would be served by NRC, an International NGO, and the other five districts would be assisted by ZOA. The selection process as facilitated by ZOA staff was mainly community based, in collaboration with representatives of the local governmental agencies. Included were representatives of ANDMA (Afghan National Disaster Management Authority), RRD (Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development), and the district and provincial governor offices. The community is represented by members of the Community Development Council (CDC), a body elected in the context of the NSP project in each community to serve as focal point for NGOs and to manage/promote community owned development in their villages. Table 1 shows the total number of houses destroyed in the 5 districts,