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Emergency in-kind food and livestock assistance to IPC Phase 3+ vulnerable people in Kamdesh and Barg-e-Matal districts of Nuristan province

winsoft.net — Thu, 30 May 2024 17:12:41 +0000

Abdul Wahab is one of the project beneficiaries from Gharbi Barg-e-Matal village in Nuristan Province. He is the head of his family and the only person who should support the 8 members family and provide them with food and other necessities.

He added: “I am a poor person responsible for providing food, clothes, medicine and other needs of my family. considering the mountainous context of our region with no job opportunities and no agricultural land it is very difficult and challenging for me to provide sufficient food for my family”

During the need assessment and beneficiary selection period he was selected as beneficiary based on beneficiary selection committee (BSC) recommendation as he was found shock affect and the most vulnerable person in his community.

Mr. Wahab received three rounds of in-kind food assistance via OCHR/AHF emergency winterization project. According to him the provision of in-kind food assistance was very useful and life saving for his family, before the assistance they were facing food insecurity and he was not able to provide sufficient food for his children.

“I was experiencing very hard days of my life, no one could help me in the community, we consumed all of our food sources, fortunately I was select by OCHR assessment team and now we can have sufficient food at least for a few months”

Assessment results show that there are many other shock affected and poor people like Mr. Wahab who need emergency food support in the severe and cold wither season.

By the end of this interview Mr. Wahab was very happy and thankful for AHF/OCHR food intervention and requested continued food supplies to their community.

Emergency Winterization Livestock Support in Nuristan Province.

winsoft.net — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:08:33 +0000

Provision of emergency livestock packages to shock affected communities in eastern Nuristan. This initiative was funded by UN-OCHA (AHF), targeted 600 households in Kamdesh and 400 households in Barg-e-Matal districts.

The program, successfully carried out by OCHR FSAC team with full transparency, provided essential resources to protect livestock from the harsh winter weather. The intervention, resulted in the rescue of thousands of animals, effectively mitigating the negative impact of the cold wave. The success of this program is evident in the positive results observed on the ground.

Mirafzal one of the project beneficiaries from Nangal village of Kamdesh district added about this assistance: “We are pleased and very happy for this specific livestock assistance, definitely it will cause rescue our livestock from hunger in the cold season and can enhance the family income of our community”.

Women’s Empowerment in Sustainable

winsoft.net — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 16:56:16 +0000

To promote gender equality and women’s economic empowerment through job creation and access to economic resources encouraging women’s entrepreneurship.

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