Afghanistan

Hiring Facilitating Partner EZ-KAR, Package#2 (Mehtarlam, Assabadad, Parun)

Afghanistan Strengthening Institutions and Civil Society
January 2021
January 2024

The intervention aims to increase economic integration of Afghan returnees, IDPs and hos host communities in the cities and strengthen an enabling environment for economic opportunities where there is high influx of displaced people which will facilitate new business activities, create immediate short-term jobs and promote e economic opportunities. ACTED is going to offer technical support to 90 communities, 180 Gozars, and 9 Business Gozars to improve the delivery of core infrastructure and social services to all communities in Mehtarlam (Laghman), Asadabad (Kunar), Parun (Nooristan) over the next three years through elected local institutions (CDCs and Gozar Associations).

Current projects

Immediate support to foster agricultural resilience and sustainable livelihoods in rural North-Western Afghanistan (Balkh and Samangan)
Provision of livestock protection package and cash-based food assistance to vulnerable populations in Sar-e-Pol province
Provision of heating assistance, blankets and winter clothing packages to 1,591 conflict affected displaced, natural disasters affected and vulnerable host community households
Life-saving response to earthquake in Afghanistan
Safeguard and Create Artisan Livelihoods and Enterprises for Underserved Populations in Afghanistan (SCALE-UP AFGHANs)
Holistic and multisectoral emergency response, using Settlement Approach, for the population living in and around informal settlements in North, West and Eastern Afghanistan
Services to support the Implementation of FAO’s emergency and resilience project to support vulnerable Smallholder communities and farmers through Emergency Food Security Project
Cash for Education for 9,031 households in Nuristan province
Provision of Consultancy Services under Afghanistan Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project
Services to support the implementation of FAO’s emergency and resilience response project aimed to support vulnerable drought affected smallholder farmers
Consolidation and expansion of community-based education (CBE) in Afghanistan
Enhancing access to education for Out-of-School children in Afghanistan and supporting evidence-driven cash responses in Afghanistan through REACH
Accelerating ending open defecation in Afghanistan, Aqcha, Jawzjan province
Hiring Facilitating Partner EZ-KAR, Package#2 (Mehtarlam, Assabadad, Parun)
Eshteghal Zaiee – Karmondena Project (EZ-Kar), Facilitating Partner-EZ-KAR, Package # 4 (Taluqan)
District Development Fund