Component 2: Emergency Livelihoods Support and Services in Urban Areas

For Parent project the project covers across 8 cities: (Kabul, Herat, Mazar, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Kunduz, Bamyan, Khost Matun) with Ghazni and Gardiz added under AF1 and Baghlan Jadid/Poli Khumri, Bazarak, Mahmood Raqi and Mehterlam added under AF2).

  1. Labor-intensive works provide 30-60 days of employment per beneficiary household, directly benefiting approximately 40,400 vulnerable urban households so far, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees

  2. Provides livelihood opportunities and addresses urgent service needs in urban areas

  3. Delivered through private sector contractors to boost local civil works capacity