Project reference
22-0051-011-AFG-PDM-EQ-Knr
Contract duration
2026
Budget
8,925
682,200.00 (AFN)
8,925.47 (EUR)
Countries
Afghanistan
Post-Distribution Monitoring of Winter and Earthquake Injured Response 2025 in Kunar Province
The assignment consisted of conducting a Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) exercise to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and child-focused outcomes of UNICEF’s winterisation and earthquake-injured cash assistance in Kunar Province.
The PDM verified the timely and complete receipt of cash transfers and assessed whether the assistance supported access to essential winter items, basic needs and costs related to earthquake injuries, while enabling households to avoid negative coping strategies. It also assessed the safety, accessibility, equity and accountability of the delivery process in line with UNICEF safeguarding and Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) standards. Findings supported programme adjustments and strengthened future winterisation and shock-responsive cash interventions.
The monitoring covered districts across Kunar Province where UNICEF supported approximately 5,340 winter- and earthquake-affected households, including 1,049 households with earthquake-injured members identified through health facilities and community-based referral mechanisms.
The assignment applied a mixed-methods approach, combining representative household surveys with Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), using separate sampling approaches for the winterisation and earthquake-injured responses. Data was collected through Kobo or InForm-based tools using a hybrid approach, with approximately 70% face-to-face and 30% telephone interviews, ensuring disaggregation by age, gender and disability (AGD).
Key activities included:
The PDM verified the timely and complete receipt of cash transfers and assessed whether the assistance supported access to essential winter items, basic needs and costs related to earthquake injuries, while enabling households to avoid negative coping strategies. It also assessed the safety, accessibility, equity and accountability of the delivery process in line with UNICEF safeguarding and Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) standards. Findings supported programme adjustments and strengthened future winterisation and shock-responsive cash interventions.
The monitoring covered districts across Kunar Province where UNICEF supported approximately 5,340 winter- and earthquake-affected households, including 1,049 households with earthquake-injured members identified through health facilities and community-based referral mechanisms.
The assignment applied a mixed-methods approach, combining representative household surveys with Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), using separate sampling approaches for the winterisation and earthquake-injured responses. Data was collected through Kobo or InForm-based tools using a hybrid approach, with approximately 70% face-to-face and 30% telephone interviews, ensuring disaggregation by age, gender and disability (AGD).
Key activities included:
- Planning and inception, including methodology development, sampling design, tool preparation and staff training.
- Quantitative and qualitative data collection, including household surveys and FGDs with beneficiaries and vulnerable groups.
- Data quality assurance, analysis and reporting, including validation of datasets, preparation of PDM reports and presentation of findings to UNICEF.
- Ethical and safeguarding measures, ensuring confidentiality, informed participation, inclusion and compliance with UNICEF protection standards.