Afghanistan - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items 2022

According to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs and Planned Response 2023, 28.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and 9.7 million are in need of Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) assistance. A nation-wide post-distribution monitoring (PDM) was conducted to provide an independent evaluation of the ES/NFI assistance delivered by partners. The target population included households who received one of the following four types of assistance between August and November 2022: cash for shelter repair & upgrade, cash for rent, inkind shelter repair & upgrade, and in-kind NFI support. This assessment was conducted by phone between 11-22 December and reached 735 respondent. The survey found that 95% of all beneficiary households reported being overall satisfied (38%) or very satisfied (57%) with the assistance delivered. Cash was the preferred modality for 95% of beneficiary households and 75% of beneficiary households reported that the condition of their shelter had improved largely (41%) or moderately (34%) as a result of the assistance.