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ERM Household Assessment Report, Khost Province (16 - 19 April 2017)

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Assessment Findings and Recommendations in brief:

Following a notification received by the DORR, SI ERM team organized a Household (HEAT) assessment jointly with DORR. The notification was issued on March 15-April -17 and listed 84 households. Following the HEAT assessment, 17 households were identified as being eligible, the rest were rejected by the joint assessment team.

Reasons for non-eligibility included displacements that had occurred more than 6 months ago and some the IDPs HHs are came for business purposes and registered with DoRR as IDPs .

Findings:

Overall, the population assessed is characterized by a consistent level of vulnerability. The bulk of the assessed population is less than 18 years old (71%) and females (including pregnant and breastfeeding women) are the most represented, accounting for 47.3% of the total population. Households are made of 7.6 individuals on average.

The average financial situation is low with 23% of jobless and 71% relying on daily jobs. Average income is at 2600 AFN per month. 76% of the households have important debts on-going.

23.5% of households are in a borderline situation and 76.5% are in a critical situation when looking at coping strategies adopted. 88% of households have no or very few food stocks available.
Regarding the WASH situation of these families, all of them have reported having a regular, sufficient and easy access to safe drinking water. However, 18% of them do not have access to any latrines, and reported having to resort to open defecation as a result. During the assessment for 3 HHs confirmed the need of latrines of these who declared not having access to latrines.
As for shelter, most families (88%) are accommodated in rented houses while 12% are hosted by local population.

The 17 families reported not having received any kind of assistance since they displaced from their locations.

Recommendations:

At the result of the HEAT assessment, 17 HHs have been identified as eligible for ERM assistance.
As a result of these assessment findings, three different need of assistance have been identified for these 17 HHs:

  • Food assistance would be provided for all 17 HHs

  • WaSH (latrines + Hygiene Kit): would be provided, latrine for 3 HHs and Hygiene Kits for all 17 HHs

  • NFI assistance: would be provided for all 17 HHs

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