ERM Household Assessment Report. February-end of March 2017

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1 1. General Information: Assessment Location: (Province/District/Village) Type of crises: (Conflict/Nat. Disaster/Other) Crisis Location: (Province/District/Village) Assessment Team: (Name of I/NGO in the assessment team) Crises date: (date of displacement- Estimated) ERM Household Assessment Report Kandahar/ Kandahar PD/ various locations- Qumando, Family, Mirbazaar, Brishnokaot, Teri Ada, Firqa, Shorandam, Chowni, Haji Aziz, & Hakim Ada Conflict Kandahar and Helmand provinces/ Nesh, Sangin and Kajaki districts ANDMA, DoRR, UNHCR, HAPA for WFP & UNICEF, SCI, DRC,, DACAAR, APA & NRC February-end of March 2017 Date of Notification: 27 March 2017 Date of Assessment: (starting date/ending date) Affected Population: (Total Caseload: IDP/CAT A/CAT B/Other) Data collection method 04 April- 20 April 2017 (first phase of the joint need assessment) which the joint need assessment is continuing for identifying more new IDPs HHs: Families: Inds: Electronic Yes Hardcopy 2. Assessment Finding and Recommendation in brief: UNOCHA Kandahar called for invitation to an ad hoc meeting for a large # of fresh displacement to Kandahar city due to conflict in insecure districts of neighboring provinces as well as some districts of Kandahar province to Panjwayi, Zeray, Arghandab district also to Kandahar city. In the meeting DoRR and ANDMA Kandahar reported that they received around 409 petitions as new IDP families to Kandahar province due to armed conflict in the above mentioned locations. The meeting members recommendation is as below; Assessment report indicates the average household size for this caseload is 6.75 person. 100% of the beneficiaries has listed food as their first priority followed by NFIs and Hygiene. Recommendations: in the meeting it was recommended to screen the petitions, if the petitions were recommended by the committee members to conduct joint assessment on, then it will be acceptable to OCT members. After the screening of petitions, the screen committee members recommended 202 petitions of DoRR to conduct joint assessment on for verifying and identifying the new IDPs in the concern locations. Meanwhile ANDMA reported that due to recent conflict in Nesh district of Kandahar province around new families are displaced to Kandahar city and around districts and the displaced families are in urgent need of humanitarian aid which the joint team kept as first priority for conducting need assessment on and after the joint team will turn to the petitions that are reported by DoRR-Kandahar. From April, 2017, the joint team mentioned above conducted joint assessment in the concerned locations (mentioned in the petitions) which in the first phase of joint assessment, the joint team identified 96 new IDP families for humanitarian assistance in Kandahar city and around districts. Note: the joint team will keep continuing the joint need assessment on the reported petitions

2 3. Sectorial Issues: A) Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood: Based on the interview with the head of affected families, they mentioned that due to heavy fighting between AOGs and ANSF in the Nish district of Kandahar province, they left everything including food items and just toke out their family members which currently most of them have one-two weeks food stock. In the current area they have access to functioning market of Kandahar city with enough food stocks and reasonable prices of food items, but all of them are out of money to buy food. 45% of the households are in dire need of food assistance with no stock while the food stock for 45% of the households won t last more than a week. Only 10% of the households reported that their food stock would last 1 to 3 weeks. This is while 99% of the assessed households report that they use no or low coping mechanisms and 01% of them using medium coping mechanisms. Also,43% of the beneficiaries eat 3 meals per day, 20% of the beneficiaries eat 2 meals per day and 38% reported that they eat complete meals twice a day. As per report analysis, 68% of the beneficiaries are farmers, while shopkeeper and daily worker represents 13% and 9% of the caseload respectively. 97% of the Households experienced their income being reduced after the shock. 90% of the households do not have access to income generating activities and in total, 100% have an income of less than % of the households have no debts, 7% of the households are in debt of up to 8,000 Afs and 77% of the households have incurred a debt of more than 8,000 Afs. As the identified families have no enough food for their family members although the families have access to functioning market, but they have no money on hand to buy food, therefore the joint team recommended food for all identified families. Considering above data analysis, all the assessed families daily income have been affected after shock and it cannot meet their essential needs so it was recommended for the affected families food or cash for food for each of 96 HHs. B) NFI: During the interview the head of IPDs said that due to heavy fighting between two parties and fear of casualty to their family members, they couldn t able to take their NFIs with themselves. In the current area they do not have enough NFIs with themselves which is most need also they do not have any money to buy NFIs therefore it s the IDPs request to assist them with NFIs. Analysis report indicates that 100% of beneficiaries have lost kitchen items. 100% of the assessed households reported losing hygiene items. 100% reported losing blankets and only 95% reported losing water containers. As it has been observed during joint assessment, all 96 selected HHs are facing lack of NFIs (kitchen items, blankets, hygiene items). Hence NRC is recommending distribution of cash for NFI to all96 families. Shelter: Based According to joint assessment findings, 55% of the households are living with host families while the remaining 45% are living in rented houses. The average amount of rent that the beneficiaries pay is 2,205 Afs per month.

3 Besides, there is only one HH whose house has destroyed partially during the conflict which shows 1% of the total caseload while the rest 99% houses status reported unharmed. All the identified families are living in safe houses with enough accommodations except one family which is in the need of shelter or emergency tent accommodation, therefore the joint team recommended emergency family tent only for concerned family. C) WASH: There are 3 main sources of water hand pump, dug well and pipes. 100% reported having access to enough water for Drinking, Cooking and Bathing. 81% of the beneficiaries have access to water through Hand Pump; 10% of the beneficiaries have access to water through Dug well pump; followed by Pipes water well at 9% and 5% respectively. The average time taken to access the water source is 3 Minutes. 100% of the beneficiaries reported to have access to a stable source of water. 85% of the beneficiaries have reported to have access to latrines while the rest 15% defecate openly. 89% of the beneficiaries reported to have used latrines when they last defecated while the remaining 11% had open defecation. 83% of the beneficiaries agrees that the available latrines provide them with enough privacy. As the identified families do not care of the hygiene section due to no money on hand to buy it, therefore the joint team recommended hygiene items for all 96 identified families. The case of the 11% of families who did not have access to latrine will be referred to ERM partner, DACAAR for WASH follow up. Besides DACAAR will have joint distribution with this is a joint distribution with DACAAR (will be providing Hygiene kits for all 96 HH and latrines 20 pcs for the needed HHs. D) Protection: As these families are displaced from the rural areas which in the place of origin their occupation was as farmers, daily workers and other and in the current locations most of the family heads are seeking daily job opportunity and all 96 identified families are in need of food, NFIs, hygiene and from the list only one family who are living in a house with no enough rooms. From the list only 38 families are in the need of IPA assistance based on the vulnerabilities they have. There has been 5% of the Households reporting death and 4% of the Household reporting injured. Form the list 19 HHs need to be further assessed for IPA/PSN support due to their level of vulnerability. Food, NFIs and hygiene items are recommended for all 96 identified families, from the list 38 EVI families are recommended for IPA assistance which the process will start ASAP for further assistance and only one family is recommended for emergency shelter tent. The families who are in need of IPA assistance, the IPA assessment will conduct after the emergency distribution. 19 potential IPA cases to be followed up right after the distribution is done. E) Health: This 1 st phase of the need assessment was conducted inside Kandahar PDs and during the assessment period the health issue was also concerned and based on the health assessment, some families had cold and fever sicknesses due to one season to other (winter-summer). All the identified families are living inside Kandahar city and all of them have access to Kandahar regional hospital with no charges also to one public clinic where they are settled, therefore there is no any serious health issue.

4 No need and gap on this stage. A) MARKET ASSESSMENT: In general, access to markets is not a problem as 98% of the beneficiaries state that they have access to Kandahar Bazaar/markets by feet and transportation. The average time taken to access the market is 21 Minutes round trip covering an average distance of 2 Kilo Meters. ITEM Unit Price AFN /Unit Change in price? (Yes/No/Increase since the displacement/decreased) Wheat Flour, White Kg 30 No major change Rice Kg 70 No major change Oil Liter 85 No major change Sugar Kg 50 No major change Salt Kg 10 No change Mung Beans Kg 140 No major change TOTAL COST FOOD BASKET/MPC ASSISTANCE (from the cash tool) 8000 AFN 4. Urgent Priority needs of affected people (as per affected point of view) Based on house-house assessment, interview with the affected families headed and their current living condition, the joint team mentioned above recommended below items for the identified IDP families: Recommendations: The joint team recommendation for the identified 96 HHs is as following; 1. Food for all 96 HHs; 2. NFIs for all 96 HHs; 3. Hygiene for all 96 HHs; 4. Latrine for only 20 needed HHs; 5. Shelter (Tent) only for one needed family; Additional Comments and Recommendation of Intervention: After the assessment done, there was a coordination meeting in UNOCHA-Kandahar and it was decided that WFP, DRC, UNHCR and DACAAR will response as following; WFP for Food for all identified 96 families DRC for Cash for NFIs and Hygiene for all 96 IDP families UNHCR for Shelter (tents) only for 01 IDP families DACAAR for Latrines only for 20 IDP families

5 Challenges: No 1. Annexes Abdul Wahid Zaland Emergency Officer-Kandahar, Afghanistan Phone: +93 (0) Skype: wahid.zalaand Web:

6 1. General Information: Assessment Location: (Province/District/Village) Type of crises: (Conflict/Nat. Disaster/Other) Crisis Location: (Province/District/Village) Assessment Team: (Name of I/NGO in the assessment team) Crises date: (date of displacement- Estimated) ERM Household Assessment Report Kandahar/ Kandahar PD/ various locations- Teri Ada, Hakim Ada, Aino Mina, Qumando, Salihan, Mirwais Mina, Shorandam, Loyawala, Simanopol, Aidgah dorwaza, Aidgah, Mashinan, Katali morcha, Hazratji Baba, Gondigan, Panjwayi dorahi, Baghpol and Seelo Conflict Date of Notification: 27 March 2017 Date of Assessment: (starting date/ending date) Affected Population: (Total Caseload: IDP/CAT A/CAT B/Other) Data collection method Kandahar / Shawali kot, Khakriz district. Uruzgan/ Trinkot, Chora, Dihrawod, Khas uruzgan districts. Hilmand/ Lashkar gah, Sangeen, Nad Ali, Nawa, Nawzad districts. ANDMA, DoRR, UNHCR, HAPA for WFP & UNICEF, SCI, DACAAR, APA & NRC From February till end of March st round assessment started on 04-Apr-2017 to 21-Apr-2017 ( DRC+WFP) 2 nd round assessment started from 23- Apr-2017 to 07 May-2017 HHs: Families: Inds: ,215 Electronic Yes Hardcopy 2. Assessment Finding and Recommendation in brief: On 27 of March 2017 NRC was informed by some local authorities and through UNOCHA on ad hoc meeting regarding massive displacement of conflict affected families from ( Shawali kot, Khakriz districts of Kandahar, Trinkot, Chora, Dihrawod, Khas uruzgan districts of Uruzgan and Lashkar gah, Sangeen, Nad Ali, Nawa, Nawzad districts of Hilmand province to Teri Ada, Hakim Ada, Aino Mina, Qumando, Salihan, Mirwais Mina, Shorandam, Loyawala, Simanopol, Aidgah dorwaza, Aidgah, Mashinan, Katali morcha, Hazratji Baba, Gondigan, Panjwayi dorahi, Baghpol and Seelo areas of Kandahar provincial district center ) During this meeting ANDMA shared some petition about displacement of 570 families from Shawali kot and Khakriz, Panjway, Zeray and Arghandab Districts to Kandahar outskirts which their current living conditions reported very tense. Soon after the notification a joint household needs assessment conducted from to by composed of ANDMA, DoRR, UNHCR, HAPA for WFP,UNICEF, SCI, DACAAR, APA & NRC that 96 families identified and each HH received Food assistance from WFP and NFIs from DRC. The second phase of joint assessment started from to with identification of 107 families. The needs assessment was done using the inter-cluster needs assessment tool HEAT, in areas immediately around Kandahar where these IDPs had relocated.

7 Assessment report indicates the average household size for this caseload is 7.06 person. 100% of the beneficiaries has listed food as their first priority followed by NFIs as the second priority. In addition to the household needs assessment, NRC also carried out a rapid market assessment in Kandahar city market (3 traders were interviewed, and focus group discussions were held with a total of 78 customers/ beneficiaries about market conditions and market accessibility). The assessment found that all key food staples were currently available in the market, and that prices for three key food commodities (wheat flour, rice and cooking oil) were close to the national average prices over the past 12 months Recommendations: Based on assessment team s direct observations, these conflict affected families are living extremely in bad condition therefore the team recommended them for emergency assistance. 3. Sectorial Issues: A) Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood: In addition to the household needs assessment, NRC also carried out a rapid market assessment inside Kandahar city. The assessment found that all key food staples were currently available in the market, and that prices for three key commodities (wheat flour, rice and cooking oil) were close to the national average prices over the past 12 months. Based on the interview with these affected families, they mentioned that due to harsh fighting between AOGs and ANSF in the above mentioned districts of three provinces (crises location), they left all their belongings behind. They toke out their family members only. After all report indicates, 20% of the households are in dire need of food assistance with no stock while the food stock for 80% of the households won t last more than a week. This is while 100% of the assessed households report that they use low coping mechanisms. Also, 73% of the beneficiaries eat 1 meal per day, 06% of the beneficiaries eat 2 meals per day and 20% reported that they eat complete meals three times a day. As per report analysis, 45% of the beneficiaries are daily workers, while Farmers and shopkeepers represent 43% and the rest 03% respectively. 98% of the Households experienced their income being reduced after the shock. 100% of the households do not have access to income generating activities. 21% of the households have no debts, 13% of the households are in debt of up to 8,000 Afs and 66% of the households have incurred a debt of more than 8,000 Afs. Income-earning opportunities are likely to be extremely limited. Most households will have to rely on daily unskilled labor for which competition is already very high in Kandahar as well as (throughout the country) even in normal situation. Hence, Food assistance is therefore needed. Considering above data analysis, all the assessed families daily income have been affected after shock and it cannot meet their essential needs. During IDP coordination meeting WFP has made commitment to provide food to each 172 HHs. B) NFI During the assessment, the team witnessed that all IDP families are in urgent need of cooking/ Kitchen, and hygiene Items as their financial status doesn t allow them to purchase all these basic NFI needs. In addition, the identified families are in need of fuel, tarpaulin and blankets.

8 Analysis report indicates that 100% of beneficiaries have lost kitchen items. 100% of the assessed households reported losing hygiene items. 100% reported losing blankets and also 80% reported losing water containers. As the vast majority of assessed households are living with host families there is a concern that reliance of host community resources (including NFIs and particularly fuel) could lead to tensions between hosts and IDPs on the longer term. Therefore, NFIs are recommended to be distributed. A) Shelter: Based on the interview and house- house observation, 43% families are living in rented houses and 57% are living with host community or their relatives. Among all these 172 conflict displaced families there are only 2 families who are living in very semi constructed houses / very destroyed which neither have proper door and windows nether have doors. They don t have their relatives to stay with their houses and no enough money to rent a house. Hence, joint assessment team recommend distribution of tents as a temporary and short time solution for these two displaced families. According to joint assessment findings, 57% of the households are living with host families while the remaining 43% are living in rented houses. The average amount of rent the beneficiaries are paying is 2,741 Afs per month. Besides, there is only one HH whose house has destroyed completely during the conflict which shows 1% of the total caseload while the rest 99% houses status reported unharmed. All the identified families are living in safe houses with enough accommodations except two (2) families which is in the need of shelter or emergency tent accommodation; therefore the joint team recommended emergency family tents for concerned two families and cash for rent for each 172 displaced families. B) WASH: In the current (2 nd phase of joint needs assessment which was conducted inside/ outskirts of Kandahar city that access to water was reported adequate, with almost all households reporting having enough water for drinking and cooking as well as bathing. The average time to access a water point was 3 minutes. Report indicates, 100% reported having access to enough water for Drinking, Cooking and Bathing. And 80% of the beneficiaries have access to water through Hand Pump followed by Pipes and dug well at 20%. This is while the average time taken to access the water source is 3 km minutes. 99% of the beneficiaries reported to have access to a stable source of water. 95% of the beneficiaries have reported to have access to latrines while the rest 5% defecate openly. 95% of the beneficiaries reported to have used latrines when they last defecated while the remaining 5% had open defecation. 91% of the beneficiaries agree that the available latrines provide them with enough privacy. DACAAR is following up on provision of in-kind WASH assistance. WASH assistance will therefore not be included in the multi-purpose cash assistance provided by NRC. C) Protection: As per analysis, 4 of the Households reported death of their family members due to the conflict and 46 households need to be further assessed for potential protection referral, due to their level of vulnerability.

9 46 potential IPA will be referred to OHW (NGO) for further assistance. D) Health: As per reports, IDPs can in theory receive free treatment at the provincial hospital. However, as the hospital lacks medical supplies, they would likely need to buy medicine themselves. There is therefore a need to provide cash for health assistance. MARKET ASSESSMENT: The rapid market assessment found that all key food staples were currently available in the market, and that prices for three key commodities (wheat flour, rice and cooking oil) were close to the national average price across all the main cities in Afghanistan over the past 12 months. Baseline price (AFN/ Kg)* Market Assessment Price (AFN/ Kg) % change compared to baseline Wheat flour Rice Oil *Average price across all main cities, March March For rice and wheat flour, the average price for high and low quality wheat flour/ rice was used. Access to markets is not a problem with all surveyed households stating that they are able to access a market nearby and none of them reporting any physical or security constraints. The average time taken to access the market is 23 Minutes round trip covering an average distance of 1 Kilo Meter. 4. Urgent Priority needs of affected people (as per affected point of view) The assessment found a need for emergency assistance covering basic food, NFI, shelter and health needs, for 172. Cash assistance appears to be appropriate to cover these needs. Another partner (DACCAR) will look into provision of in-kind WASH assistance. Recommendations: NRC recommends one round of cash assistance be provided in the amount AFN 18,000/household) as the food assistance is to be provided by WFP. Challenges: No 1. Annexes HHs needs assessment and support documents are attached. Report written by: Abdul Wahid Zaland Date of writing: May 9, 2017

10 1. General Information: Assessment Location: (Province/District/Village) Type of crises: (Conflict/Nat. Disaster/Other) Crisis Location: (Province/District/Village) Assessment Team: (Name of I/NGO in the assessment team) Crises date: (date of displacement- Estimated) ERM Household Assessment Report Kandahar/ Panjwayi: Salihan, Zeray, Daman: Sanzari and Panshmo and Kandahar city center Conflict Kandahar/ Zabul, Uruzgan, Hilmand and Farah// District: Nesh, Khakriz, Maiwand, Ghorak, Spinboldak, Arghestan of Kandahar province/ Mizana, Arghandab, Shajoy of Zabul province/ Trinkot, Chora, Dihrawod of Uruzgan province/ Lashkargah, Narisaraj, Sangin, Nadali, Kajaki, Gramser, Musaqala of Hilmand province/ Balabulu, Purchaman of Farah province; DoRR, ANDMA, HAPA, APA, UNHCR, SCI, DACAAR, Governor house rep & NRC February May, 2017 Date of Notification: 27 March 2017 Date of Assessment: (starting date/ending date) Affected Population: (Total Caseload: IDP/CAT A/CAT B/Other) Data collection method 1 st round assessment started on 04-Apr-2017 to 21-Apr-2017 (responded by DRC+ HAPA/ NGO implementing partner of WFP) 2 nd round assessment started from 23- Apr-2017 to 07 May-2017 (responded by NRC+ HAPA/ NGO implementing partner of WFP) 3 rd round assessment started from 07-May-2017 to 11 May ( HHs: Families: Inds: ,306 Electronic Yes Hardcopy 2. Assessment Finding and Recommendation in brief: On 27 of March 2017 NRC was informed by some local authorities and through UNOCHA on ad hoc meeting regarding massive displacement of conflict affected families from adverse districts of Zabul, Uruzgan, Hilmand and Kandahar province to Panjwayi, Zeray, Daman district of Kandahar province also to Kandahar PDs. During this meeting, ANDMA shared petitions about displacement of 368 families from Shawali kot, Khakriz, Arghestan districts and DoRR also shared some petitions about displacement of 202 families of adverse districts of Zabul, Uruzgan, Helmand and Kandahar provinces to Kandahar outskirts which their current living conditions reported very tense. On 05 th of May 2017, clashes across Afghan/Pakistan border occurred in Luqman and Jahngir villages of Spinboldak District-Kandahar. News indicates that the conflict has resulted civilian casualties and displacement of population in both sides. The initial report of UNOCHA-Kandahar says that around 100 families were displaced. It is worth mentioning that the majority of families who were displaced to Spinboldak came from Uruzgan province.

11 Soon after the notification, a joint household needs assessment started from to by composed of ANDMA, DoRR, UNHCR, (HAPA, APA/ NGOs), SCI, DACAAR, & NRC as a first phase and that 96 families identified and each HH received Food assistance from WFP and NFIs from DRC. The second phase of joint assessment started from to by composed of ANDMA, DoRR, UNHCR, (HAPA, APA/ NGOs), SCI, DACAAR, & NRC that 172 families identified and each HH received Food assistance from WFP and SMEB (UCT Cash 18,000 Afs/family) from NRC. The third/ last phase of joint assessment started from to , during this round, the joint team (consisted of; DoRR, ANDMA, UNHCR, (HAPA, APA/ NGOs), DACAAR, SCI, Governor house rep and NRC identified and verified 207 new IDP families inside Kandahar city. The need assessment was done using the inter-cluster needs assessment HEAT tools (on soft form/ tablet tools), in Panjwayi, Zeray, Daman districts of Kandahar province including Kandahar city based on the locations mentioned in IDPs petitions. Assessment report indicates the average household size for this caseload is 6.38 person. 100% of the beneficiaries have listed food as their first priority followed by NFIs as the second priority. In addition to the household needs assessment, NRC also carried out a rapid market assessment in Kandahar city. The assessment found that all key food staples were currently available in the market, and that prices for three key food commodities (wheat flour, rice and cooking oil) were at 2% compared to the past one month. Recommendations: Based on assessment team s direct observations, these conflict affected families are living extremely in bad condition therefore the team recommended them for emergency assistance. 3. Sectorial Issues: A) Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood: After all report indicates that, 56% of the households are in dire need of food assistance. 42% reported having stocks for less than 1 week. 2% reported having food stock for 1-3 weeks while none of the households had stocks for over 3 weeks. 6% of the household reported high levels of copying mechanism and depend mainly borrowing money for food; 2% reported medium levels of copying mechanism while 92% of the assessed households report that they use low coping mechanisms. 92% of the Households currently have no income source, 4% of the household have an income of less than 5000 AFN, while another 4% have an income of more than AFN. From the list 52% of the households had no debts, 8% had debts of less than 2000 AFN, and 40% of the households had debts of over than 2000 AFN. Income-earning opportunities are likely to be extremely limited. Most households will have to rely on daily unskilled labor for which competition is already very high in Kandahar as well as (throughout the country) even in normal situation. Hence, Food assistance is therefore needed. B) NFI: During the assessment, the team noted that all IDP families are in urgent need of cooking/ Kitchen, household items and hygiene Items as their financial status doesn t allow them to purchase all these basic NFI needs. In addition, the identified families are in need of fuel, tarpaulin and blankets. Analysis report indicates that 100% of beneficiaries have lost kitchen items. 100% of the assessed households reported losing hygiene items and 100% reported losing blankets and also 47% reported losing water containers.

12 C) Shelter: Based on the interview and house- house observation; 72% families are living with host families, 26% of the households are living in rented houses while the remaining 2% are living in their personal houses. None of the households are living in tents or open areas. The average amount of rent the beneficiaries are paying is 1,844 AFN per month. D) WASH: The assessment indicates that access to water was reported adequate, with 100% reported having access to enough water for Drinking and Bathing while 98% of the households have access to enough water for Cooking. 53% of the beneficiaries have access to water through Dug well and followed by hand pumps at 47%. This is while the average time taken to access the water source is 7 minutes. Only 1 household (or 0.5% HHs) had to travel more than 15 min to reach a water point. 95% of the beneficiaries have reported to have access to latrines while the rest 5% defecate openly. 94% of the beneficiaries agree that the available latrines provide them with enough privacy. DACAAR is following up on provision in-kind WASH assistance. E) Protection: As per the assessment, 1 of the Households reported death of their family members and 11 households reported injured caused by the conflict also 7 households need to be further assessed for potential protection referral, due to their level of vulnerability. 7 potential IPA will be referred to OHW (NGO) implementing partner of UNHCR for PSN further assistance. F) Health: As per reports, IDPs can in theory receive free treatment at the provincial hospital. However, as the hospital lacks medical supplies, they would likely need to buy medicine themselves. There is therefore a need to provide cash for health assistance. MARKET ASSESSMENT: After the assessment was done, the emergency team carried out market assessment in Kandahar city. The rapid market assessment found that all key food staples that were currently available in the market, and that prices for three key commodities (wheat flour, rice and cooking oil) were close to the national average prices (not major changes in price) across all the main cities in Afghanistan over the past 12 months. Baseline price (AFN/ Kg)* Market Assessment Price (AFN/ Kg) % change compared to baseline Wheat flour % Rice % Oil %

13 *Average price across all main cities, March March For rice and wheat flour, the average price for high and low quality wheat flour/ rice was used. Access to markets is not a problem with all surveyed households stating that they are able to access a market nearby. None of the families report any physical or security constraints. The average time taken to access the market is 26 Minutes round trip covering an average distance of 2 Kilo Meters. 4. Urgent Priority needs of affected people (as per affected point of view) The assessment found a need for emergency assistance covering basic food, NFI, shelter and health needs, for all the 207 HHs. As the families have access to functioning market with reasonable prices and good quality, therefore cash assistance appears to be appropriate to cover these needs. WFP will be providing the food assistance for 2 months and DACCAR will look into provision of in-kind WASH assistance. Recommendations: NRC recommends SMEB one round of cash assistance to be provided; Hygiene assistance: UNICEF has made commitment for all 207 HHs; Food assistance: WFP has made commitment to cover all 207 HHs; Challenges: No challenges encountered. 1. Annexes HHs needs assessment and support documents are attached. Report written by: Abdul Wahid Zaland Date of writing: May 17, 2017