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Displaying 811 - 820 of 6947In-kind Food Assistance in Balkh, Chemtal, Nahr-e-Shahi, and Sholgareh districts of Balkh province
Objectives
The HNO 2023 states that Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe. 28.3 million people will need urgent humanitarian assistance in order to survive as the country enters its 3rd consecutive year of drought like conditions and the 2nd year of crippling economic decline, while still reeling from the effects of 40 years of conflict and recurrent natural disasters. High levels of unemployment and sustained inflation of key commodity prices have caused the average HH’s debt to increase, challenging people’s coping mechanisms and thwarting the already fragile economy’s ability to adapt to shocks. While in previous years, humanitarian needs have been largely driven by conflict, the key drivers of humanitarian need in 2023 are multidimensional: drought, climate change, protection threats, particularly for women and girls, and the economic crisis. HHs spend the highest proportion of their income on food, to the detriment of other basic needs. Pre-existing vulnerabilities among assessed populations also indicate higher levels of need, or more commonly, higher levels of economic insecurity and/or reduced access to income and livelihoods. HHs with at least one member with disability was found to be more economically vulnerable than other households, being more likely to report debt and to report a higher average debt. 2.4 million PWDs are in urgent need of humanitarian assistances.
The WFP Afghanistan Situation Report released in Jun 2023 indicates that 15.3 million people are projected to be acutely food-insecure between May and Oct 2023, including 2.4 million PWDs; 2.8 million people in (IPC) Phase 4 (Emergency).
Balkh province is identified in IPC Phase 3 (crisis) in AHF’s 1st Reserve Allocation Strategy paper with 55% of the population estimated to be food insecure (Crisis and Emergency). The latest IPC analysis indicates that 45% (638,737 individuals) of the population in Balkh are classified in IPC phase 3 and 10% (141,942 individuals) in IPC phase 4.
In order to respond to the immediate and urgent food needs, AWRO proposes to provide in-kind food packages to 2200 vulnerable and affected HHs in Balkh Province (15400 individuals): - 550 HHs in Chimtal
- 550 HHs in Sholgareh
- 550 HHs in Nahr-e-Shahi
- 550 HHs in Balkh
Each HH will receive 4 food packages to cover 4 months’ 50% food needs. The Distribution will be done in two distribution rounds, each round covering two months’ packages. Each package will contain the following items: 1.
Wheat Flour (50 KGs)
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Vegetable Oil (4 Liters)
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Pulses (4 KGs)
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Salt (0.5 KG)
This will cover 50% of the monthly food basket for the covered households as defined by the FSAC in the latest Response Packages Guidelines. Each package will cost 37.5$ per package (50% monthly food basket).
This assistance will cover a significant portion of food insecure HHs in the target locations. Provision of the food support will make sure that the target families will have enough food to meet the urgent needs which will contribute to enhance their food security and consumption score. In addition, this will prevent the covered families from engaging in negative coping strategies due to lack of access to enough food. As for the modality, the in-kind approach faces fewer risks compared to the Cash modality which is prone to higher risks such as theft, loss, and diversion. The communities accept and support the in-kind assistance modality. The in-kind modality also contributes to the well-being and protection of women and PWDs by ensuring that they will not be required to confront challenges when buying food items from the markets. AWRO will carry out all the project activities in close coordination with the FSAC, UNOCHA, FAO, and WFP regional points in the northern region to ensure a coordinated implementation and avoid duplication of services and assistances.
Réponse d'urgence aux populations affectées par les déplacements pour un accès effectif aux services d'eau, hy
Objectives
Le projet vise à contribuer à la réduction de l'insécurité alimentaire et reconstruire les moyens de subsistance. Cet objectif fixé par le cluster securite alimentaire dans la définition stratégique, qui mets un accent sur la réponse aux besoins urgents, critiques et immédiats en fournissant une assistance humanitaire ciblant les populations les plus à risque. La sous-préfecture de Mbres est la zone principalement ciblée, vue son impact négatif en insécurité alimentaire et la destruction des moyens d’existence des ménages, suite aux crises récurrentes qui ont favorisées le déplacement de la population soit vers les familles d’accueil ou les sites des déplacés. En Janvier 2016, suite à une intervention d’assistance alimentaire, 4172 personnes déplacées dans les sites et celles vivant dans les familles d’accueils sur l’axe Kaga-Bandoro – Mbres, Kabo – Moyenne Sido, ont bénéficiées de la distribution des vivres en collaboration avec le Programme Alimentaire Mondial. Cette assistance alimentaire a pour objectif d’assurer une ration alimentaire mensuelle pour alléger la lourde charge dont cette population hôte et déplacée porte, pour subvenir au besoin alimentaire et prévenir le recourt aux stratégies d’adaptation négatives. Le projet appuiera directement 4677 personnes déplacées et 510 personnes autochtones ayant besoin d’appui aux semences en mettant en disposition les kits agricoles pour leur permettre de relancer leur culture maraichère. Depuis février 2016 les mouvements de retour vers les villages d’origine s’observent timidement, et le monitoring de protection encours mener par les équipes INTERSOS définira le nombre des ménages en besoin immédiat. Les populations vivant sur l’axe Mbres – Balekete et Balekete – Ayolo sont à 90% agriculteur et les motivations de retour vers leur village d’origine sont articulées par l’accès limité à la terre dans les sites où ils vivent ou dans les familles d’accueils. Une évaluation des ménages ayant accès à la terre s’ajoutera dans la définition des critères de sélection de la population cible. Les ménages qui auront reçu les kits agricoles dont FAO mets en place dans le cadre de ce projet. Les bénéficiaires des formations seront intégrés dans les groupements d’assises communautaires appuyées par l’ONG ADEM. Selon le besoin identifié dans la zone d’intervention le projet prévoit une distribution de 4620 géniteurs petits bétails dont 3 femelles et 1 mal directement aux 1155 ménages qui ont perdu leur bétails lors de leur déplacement dans les sites et familles d’accueils en septembre 2015. Ces cultures et petit élevage à cycle court, permettrons de répondre qualitativement et quantitativement aux besoins alimentaires immédiats. Dans le but d’accroitre et redynamiser les marchés locaux, le projet tient en considération le facteur aggravant représenté par la période de soudure en proposant une approche basée sur le transfert d’argent en termes des coupons aux personnes plus vulnérables et surtout les femmes chef de ménage qui ont un accès limité aux ressources. Une étude du marché basée sur la disponibilité et commercialisation des produits alimentaires sera réalisée au début du projet, pour dégager les aléas de la faisabilité mais aussi la capacité d’absorption du volume financier dans les marchés locaux des communautés cibles.
Transitional shelter construction, repair, and upgrade of the most vulnerable affected by natural disasters an
Objectives
CAHPO in consultation with ESNFI Cluster will provide emergency assistance according to the overall objective of the Shelter Cluster to preserve the immediate safety and wellbeing of people and improve their living standards. Based on the REACH assessment the Cluster included the target areas in their priorities, to support the eligible with the shelter response together with a multi-sectoral necessary sanitation and hygiene improvement will be implemented to assist the poorest of the poor. CAHPO also conducted a rapid assessment showing similar needs. The intervention will focus to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the vulnerable populations as well as those who return and seeking to receive shelter assistance in the targeted area. According to the sphere standard, CAHPO will assist the beneficiaries with the in-kind distribution of shelter materials for the transitional one-room shelter, repair/upgrade of the existing shelters to improve the living standards of 217 families to ensure safer and more dignified living conditions in Logar province. CAHPO studied the surrounding market and beneficiaries’ situation, and it is justifiable for in-kind assistance, see Annexes 05 and 09. Priority will be given to disabled and women- or child-headed households. They will be assisted according to their needs identified during the rapid assessment and selection of beneficiaries. The in-kind shelter materials will be distributed by the technical engineers of safe shelters and to be protected from environmental hazards. The target population is about 1520 individuals (230 men, 230 women, 530 boys, and 530) affected by unwanted displacement, COVID-19 imposed unemployment, drought (due to the reduction of pasture selling their animals), etc. Most of these people are very poor that including vulnerable women-headed, child-headed, people with disability, the elderly, and others. Because of conflict in the past, these people experienced multiple displacements. The prolonged conflict in the country and unemployment condition affected these people, who lack resources to repair/upgrade their houses and sanitation. The REACH assessment also showed because of poverty many percentages of HHs are not able to build and/or repair their houses. CAHPO adheres to CHS, shares AWAAZ # and the monitoring staff will collect the phone numbers of the beneficiaries to contact them for any issues and support for their shelter construction/upgrade and receive shelter materials. Beneficiaries should have NIDs or other certifications to check their identity correctly. Beneficiaries who have no NID will distribute verification cards by BSC. Information will be monitored frequently that will not affect by assumption and shared with stakeholders regarding the required items they receive. CAHPO team has the experience to use the RCCE guidance for awareness on COVID-19 as per WHO messages, protection amp GBV mainstreaming accepted level training, all the training will be provided separately for male/female close to the houses. Moreover, the sanitation improvement will be encouraging as part of the shelter and basic hygienic awareness to all the targeted beneficiaries, this has been communicated with WASH Cluster at the regional and national levels. ESNFI and AHF partners will be coordinated during the proposal development and implementation to harmonize the intervention and avoid duplication of services. The line department will also be informed during different stages and implementation of the activities. As mentioned in the HRP, shelter activities will be undertaken in coordination with the Government, incorporating all the relevant documents, safeguarded by evidence of legal and/or customary ownership and occupancy. Land ownership, where the beneficiaries want to build shelter will be asked to make it available as one of the preconditions for selection. BSC should confirm the ownership.
Emergency assistance to 750 IDPs households (5250 individuals) through cash transfers, protection, and WASH to
Objectives
While the majority of moderately food insecure and severely food insecure populations in the Eastern provinces (including 53% in Kunar and 64% in Nangarhar including 68% of IDPs) , MADERA and SHPOUL have decided to respond to the emergency’s needs of improving the food consumption score of IDPs households through cash grants and improve their water and sanitation condition through establishing safe and clean water access infrastructure while taking into accounts their protection measures. In Kunar, the markets of Dara-e Pech (Nangalam) and Khas Kunar (Tanar and Arazi) are accessible and various food and non-food items are available including wheat flour, pulses, vegetable oil, local rices, salt and sugar to provide 2100 Kcal/person/day for one month to constitute an appropriate food basket and Nangarhar is similar – (Sukhrod district headquarter Bazar, the other local markets such as Muimobark Bazar , Sutltan Poor Bazar, Chamttala Bazar, Shekh Massry Bazar and other villages’ bazar) with availability of the same products mentioned to fill the basic needs of the population with possibilities for women to access those areas easily. The aims of helping them to buy nutritious food and understand the values of non-harming coping mechanisms in nutrition are mainly to ensure timely provision of affordable and dietary efficient food to avoid malnutrition. Nevertheless, as WFP pointed out, staple food’s price has been increasing due to the higher demands. MADERA wants to encourage the local market to flourish through its cash grants approach, The cash distribution seems to be an effective solution to enable the most vulnerable IDPs to cover their immediate basic needs particularly in terms of food access especially since markets of Dara-I-Pech, Khas Kunar and Surkh Rod are efficiently functioning. According to OCHA, cash assistance remains a “way to enable families to decide for themselves how best to meet their own needs” and to respond to their most urgent ones. This need responding approach is meeting two criteria: - Re-establishing linked to the market which will benefit the host communities - Empowering the most vulnerable that cannot access work through helping them to establish livelihoods MADERA and SHPOUL will obviously focus as well on ensuring timely access to a sufficient quantity of safe drinking water, use of adequate and gender sensitive sanitation and appropriate means of hygiene practices by the affected populations by linking rehabilitation of WASH infrastructures to the Citizen’s Charter implemented by DACAAR in the Eastern regions by promoting hygiene practices, rehabilitation of boreholes, water treatments in general to ensure limitation of diseases spread out through lack of sanitation appropriateness and release the burden on malnourished populations. Lack of drinking water and job opportunities are a few of the catalyst causes of facing hardships through displacements while land disputes add further tensions to the current humanitarian crisis. MADERA and SHPOUL through awareness campaigns dedicated for IDPs on their rights to land in the context of displacement and particularly affecting women,will ensure contribution to best-knowledge and practices which will enhance IDPs’ access to livelihoods in the longer term to find area of land to cultivate afterwards as everyone is entitled to a safe home. The 2 NGOs will liaise with relevant humanitarian partners in the area to reach out the most vulnerable and protect the dignity and diminish the suffering of women and children.
Establishing Industrial Processing and Marketing of Beles-based Food Products for Increased Income in Rural Co
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There is a great potential to better utilize prickly pear, #Beles# in Amharic (Opuntia Ficus-Indica L.) as a source for food and feed processing in the semiarid parts of Northern Ethiopia. The plant grows freely, the fruits are appreciated and the pads are used to feed cattle particularly in the dry periods. However, there is not much value addition activities being undertaken and #Beles# fruits spoil quickly, leading to huge losses in the harvest season and a complete lack of #Beles# in the market in the off season. The project will establish a processing center as a pilot plant in order to better make use of both #Beles# fruits and the pads. Different food and feed products with longer shelf life will be trialled and marketed, building on experience from other countries with a long tradition of processing #Beles#. The project will organize youth and women associations for collection, processing and marketing, providing poor communities with income generation activities and contributing to poverty alleviation. In addition to its income generation potential, the cactus also mitigates land degradation, and thus has the potential to combat the ongoing desertification in the region.
Promotion of inclusive land governance to improve women's land rights in Senegal
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The general objective of this action research project is to help increase women's access to and control over land and their involvement in decision-making for responsible, sustainable land governance, in the context of large-scale land acquisition in Senegal. Its objectives are to establish the conditions to improve women's access and control, as well as their involvement in decision-making for land issues in the context of large-scale land acquisition; develop tools and strategies that facilitate women's access to and control over land; and to make strategic and practical recommendations for the effective implementation of inclusive land governance policies and strategies that acknowledge women's roles in productive resource policies.
LIWG - Land Information Working Gro - LA
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This project uses an innovative approach to stimulate and strengthen the involvement of youth (boys and girls) with ethnic background in their communities when it comes to land related issues, using intergenerational dialogue and arts as medium 1) to exchange about issues, positive change, and vision for a better future, and 2) to empower them to better protect land rights in their communities. It takes an innovative approach in using community and youth-led artistic supports to foster mutual learning (of the youth, theircommunities, and LIWG), and to empower the young generation. The project starts with an intergenerational dialogue, respectful of the communities# identity and oral tradition, using photography and story-telling in order to capture anddocument environmental changes from local perspectives, as well as desire for a better future. After being equipped with tools, knowledge and skills, youth willbecome the actors of short theater plays aiming at sharing with their peers their newly acquired knowledge on land rights. Videos will also be recorded to document the learning process and the theater production will be made available on-line as learning product.
Network platform and policy engagement
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The LIWG advocacy strategy consists of the following key elements: 1. Promoting dialogue on land issues between its members (especially bridging the Lao-English culture and language divide) 2. Promoting INGO#s support for NPA#s working on land issues as a new part of civil society 3. Influencing GoL policies and legislation, mainly through the National Assembly, NLMA and MAF 4. Raising awareness on land issues among development partners 5. Raising awareness among private sector and foreign investorsto adopt principles of socially and environmentally responsible investment 6. Liaising and cooperating with other civil society groups in international advocacy campaigns LIWG programme 2014-2015 comprises of five key themes and 22 outcomes: 1. Awareness raising, training and capacity development: Local and international civil society organizations, Development Partners, and private sector are supported so that they are more willing and better able to enhance gender equitable community control over land, forests, and natural resources. Targeting Lao civil society (NPAs): Outcome 1: Lao civil society to have an enhanced capacity to regain and create space in which to engageon land related matters with the Lao Government, especially MoNRE and MAF,and other decision-making bodies like the National Assembly. Outcome 2: Lao civil society to be increasingly considered an essential partner in reaching national development goals, and to be on a more consistent basis included in decision-making foraand platforms relevant to land. Targeting Development Partners and non-member INGOs: Outcome 3: Increased capacity within INGOs and Development Partners # also in view of the rapid staff turnover within agencies # to understand the key land issues inLaos in order to better address them. Outcome 4: Land issues are mainstreamed and incorporated into DP strategies, and they are in a better position to enhance community control over land, forests, and natural resources, adapting social and environmentalguidelines, as well as promoting gender equity in relation to land. Targeting private sector: Outcome 5: Increased awareness of social and environmental guidelines within companies, following the international and national law and the principles of corporate social responsibility. 2. Coordination, networking and promoting dialogue: Collaboration and engagement of different stakeholders, both national and international, is promoted to enhance dialogue and sharing of information in view of increasingleverage of activities towards enhanced gender equitable community control over land, forests, and natural resources. a. National level activities: Outcome 6: Strengthened dialogue and cooperation among national stakeholders and wider space and platforms available to exchange information. Outcome 7: Deeper understanding of selected priority land related themes within LIWG members and other relevant agencies. Outcome 8: Development Partners increasingly support the objectives and work of the LIWGand deliver key messages to other stakeholders. LIWG has strengthened its position vis-à-vis DPs as a relevant actor on land related mattersin Lao PDR. b. Regional and international level activities: Outcome 9: Increased leverage of Lao-based civilsociety organizations#work in terms of promoting greater community control over land, forests, and natural resources. Outcome 10: Higher pressure for transparency and rule of law, and adoption of social and environmental guidelines and the principlesofCSR among foreign investors active in the Lao PDR. 3. Government Policy Support: Government policies and legislation concerning land, with a focus on implementation and rule of law, protect the long term interests of people of Laos by enhancing local communities# gender equitable control over land, forests and natural resources. a. Dialogue on land issues with the National Assembly (NA): Outcome 11: Land and forest tenure of rural communities and equitable sharing of benefits from land-related investments are increased. Outcome 12: Decision-making processes at the NA are strengthened by targeted information on current land related issues. Outcome 13: NA has increased capacity in handling land related petitions. b. Dialogue on landissues with the Lao Government: Outcome 14: Decision-making processes within the Lao Government are strengthened by targeted information on current land related issues. Outcome 15: LSSWG becomes an important platform of dialogue, feeding into the policy discussion in the SWG-NRE and the annual RTM process. Outcome 16: Civil society has increased opportunities to take part in decision making platforms related to land currently influenced by the Government, private sector and the DPs. c. Paralegal and legalapproaches: Outcome 17: Increasing number of land disputes is investigated through strengthened existing land grievance mechanisms and the establishment of new ones where necessary. d. Cooperation with the Lao media Outcome 18: Lao public becomes increasingly aware of main land issues in Laos. Outcome 19: Increased awareness of CSO contributions to national development goals, in particular in relation to land. 4. Research and documentation: Increased wealth of in-depth informationon specific cross-cutting issues is widely available to enhance and support the work in enhancing local communities# gender equitable control over land, forests and natural resources. Outcome 20: Higher understanding of local level processes in relationtoland,and increased flow of information from the local level to the central level. 5. Sustainability of LIWG activities: Outcome 21: LIWG ensures its status as an important stakeholder around land issues in Laos, and cooperation with other keystakeholders,inparticular Government, NA, and DPs, is enhanced. Outcome 22: Sustainability of LIWG work is ensured over long term either through an independentSecretariat or as part of other arrangements. Most suitable modes of working are identified accordingtothecontext in 2015.
Responsible and Innovative Land Administration Project in Etiopia, second phase (REILA II)
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The project is the second phase of REILA (Responsible and Innovative Land Administration) that supports the development of land administration in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries (LDCs) according to the OECD's classification. All the land in Ethiopia is owned by the government, but the farmers have traditional, extensive user rights to their lands. Official registration of such lands increases further the tenure security. Increased land tenure security encourages farmers to use their lands in a sustainable way and to make investments to raise the productivity of the lands. Official registration also reduces conflicts over land. The project started in August in 2017, in alignment with the Ethiopia?s fiscal year. The long term impact of the project is to achieve improved livelihood and economic well-being of the rural population through promotion of sustainable land management practices. The outcome is to have improved and appropriate land administration system for Ethiopia and improved land tenure security for rural land users. Ministry of Agriculture manages the implementation of the project in Ethiopia. Finland's support to the intervention is 7.8 MEUR with a total budget of 8.51 MEUR. Additional funding for 2023 is 1 MEUR, thus Finland's total funding is 8.8 MEUR.
Improved livelihoods of forest dependent communities by securing forest land rights and control over natural r
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Verbesserung der Lebensgrundlage von waldabhängigen Gemeinden durch Sicherung von Waldrechtetiteln und nachhaltiges Management der natürlichen Ressourcen
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Verbesserung der Lebensgrundlage von waldabhängigen Gemeinden durch Sicherung von Waldrechtetiteln und nachhaltiges Management der natürlichen Ressourcen