Urgent food support for vulnerable households in remote areas of Nangarhar (JPF9)

JPF program title     Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Program (Supplemental Budget)

Project name             Urgent food support for vulnerable households in remote areas of Nangarhar      

MoU period     1 April 2023 – 31 August 2023 - extended two months

Project purpose        To provide urgent food assistance for vulnerable households in Nangarhar

Project contents

  • Cash for food assistance for 2 months targeting 407 households in Pachir Aw Agam in Nangarhar Province: To coordinate with the authorities, Food Security Cluster, WFP, local communities and other stakeholders for selecting the beneficiaries and avoiding any duplication of assistance and to share the information on the project progress with them in the course of the project implementation;
  • To register with the project with the Ministry of Economics, and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development with regard to the project implementation;
  • To select and contract with a Hawala agent most reliable and appropriate for the cash disbursement to the beneficiaries and to document the process leading to the decision on the selection;
  • “Tokens” for cash to be distributed to the selected and approved beneficiaries in Pachir Aw Agam district;
  • COVID-19 awareness sessions to be conducted on the occasions of the first token distribution;
  • Due attention to be given for the protection against sexual exploitation and harassment, protection of information concerning beneficiaries, security of project staff and beneficiaries, and “do no harm” principles throughout the project implementation;
  • Beneficiaries to be fully informed of the mechanism and procedures for making any claim with regard to the project implementation;
  • To visit all beneficiaries after each cash distribution for post distribution monitorin
  • Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability

The project is to be implemented with a strict adherence to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability.