Component 3: Social Grants for Women and the Most Vulnerable in Rural and Urban Areas

Experience in Afghanistan and other countries shows that not everyone is able to benefit from cash-for-work and LIW projects. For example, female heads-of-household, IDPs, people with disabilities and vulnerable households lacking able-bodied members may have difficulty participating in such work projects. This component will provide social grants for food packages (in rural areas) and cash grants (in urban areas) to the most vulnerable households. For households who are not able to benefit from physical work activities, each community in rural areas will receive approximately US$ 2,000 on average to be used to assist the most vulnerable groups with food packages. In urban areas, vulnerable households will receive cash grants. Based upon community vulnerability mapping, lists of these chronically vulnerable households have already been drawn up by some CDCs, which will help expedite rapid delivery of assistance to communities. These lists will be revalidated with communities at the start of community activities. In urban areas where CDCs do not exist, Mosque Committees, with the support of NGO Facilitating Partners, will develop the list of eligible beneficiaries. Through this component, approximately 132,000 vulnerable households  will be assisted out of which only 2,445 are already assisted up to now.