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International Rescue Committee (IRC) – Afghanistan

Humanitarian Program Experiences in Food Security Activities

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IRC FSAC Presentation Overview

IRC Humanitarian Program

• Timeline
• Projects/Interventions
• Good Practices
• Challenges
• Lessons Learned

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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

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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

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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

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IRC’s HP Beneficiary Selection Process

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IRC’s HP Challenges and Responses

Challenges Responses Inaccurate beneficiary information (ex. “padded” beneficiary lists)

• Verify through information triangulation
• Conduct direct assessments
• Senior and other staff emphasize IRC’s

mandate/criteria when needed Highly mobile IDPs and refugees

• Work with communities to locate

vulnerable households Security/access limitations

• Work with communities to access areas
• Safety of staff (and communities)

paramount Obstructionists

• Include as needed in committees, but

leverage several stronger supporters too

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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.

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Thank you.

Bahara Muradi Program Officer IRC Humanitarian Program Bahara@afghanistan.theirc.org