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International Rescue Committee (IRC) – Afghanistan Humanitarian Program Experiences in Food Security Activities From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC FSAC Presentation Overview IRC Humanitarian Program • Timeline • Projects/Interventions • Good Practices • Challenges • Lessons Learned 2 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC-Afghanistan Timeline 1980 • IRC began to work with Afghan refugees in Pakistan 1988 • IRC started implementing projects in Afghanistan 2009 • IRC created the Humanitarian Program (HP) to expand the humanitarian work done, in part, by IRC’s NSP division 3 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC’s Humanitarian Program Portfolio Recent Projects (2012-13) • Emergency Response and Preparedness • Food Voucher Assistance • Livelihood and Reintegration Support • Profiling and Monitoring of IDPs and Refugees Badghis, Afghanistan: An extremely poor elderly women who was selected a beneficiary for the food voucher program 4 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC’s HP Good Practices • Close coordination with other stakeholders • Beneficiary selection process – triangulation of information • Direct assessments, distribution and monitoring • Monitoring for improvement • Mainstream protection into work • Mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) into work A meeting with community leaders, who were introduced to the project’s goals & selection criteria 5 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC’s HP Beneficiary Selection Process 6 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC’s HP Challenges and Responses Challenges Responses • Verify through information triangulation Inaccurate beneficiary information (ex. “padded” beneficiary lists) • Conduct direct assessments •Senior and other staff emphasize IRC’s mandate/criteria when needed • Work with communities to locate Highly mobile IDPs and refugees vulnerable households • Work with communities to access areas Security/access limitations • Safety of staff (and communities) paramount • Include as needed in committees, but Obstructionists leverage several stronger supporters too 7 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

IRC’s Humanitarian Program Looking Ahead • Maintain community presence • Continue improving assistance based on lessons learned • Ex. Build graduated livelihood interventions onto urban safety net (food voucher) projects to support dignity of beneficiaries and increase sustainable/strategic strength of humanitarian activities. 8 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org

Thank you. Bahara Muradi Program Officer IRC Humanitarian Program Bahara@afghanistan.theirc.org 9 From Harm to Home | Rescue.org