AFGHANISTAN - Drought Preparedness - Slow-Onset Early Action Plan for Drought

EMERGENCY SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS (ES-NFI) • Emergency shelter and non-food items (NFI) needs owing to displacement and the influx of affected people into urban and peri-urban areas in search of basic services such as water, food, and opportunities for livelihood and income generation. [...] • Possible emergence of formal and informal settlements in urban and rural areas and the need for site selection, settlement planning and design to ensure coordinated, adequate, and centralized access to humanitarian services. [...] • Establishment/maintenance of community and facility-based nutrition surveillance systems to monitor the nutrition status of children and pregnant and lactating women. [...] • Build and sustain capacity of staff on core concepts, guiding principles, GBV in emergencies response and referrals to strengthen capacity and ensure timely and quality service delivery to the beneficiaries. [...] MITIGATION/EARLY ACTION Water access, source protection, and conservation measures: • Rehabilitating the communities’ current sources of water and implement measures to protect and preserve remaining water sources, such as springs and groundwater, to ensure continued access to clean water for communities.