Afghans Fight on Poverty is a non-profit social service organization created by a group of dedicated experienced in-land and Afghans diaspora abroad with a goal to play a supplementary role in fighting immediate hunger, reducing poverty, increase human security, and contribute to the sustainable development of Afghanistan.
Fund this project alleviate human suffering by providing hot meal through a Field soup-kitchen for the recent earthquake victims in zandehjan district herat, Afghanistan.
Help us today to help get life-saving hot meals daily up to 200 individuals who have no proper house or unable to cook hot meal for themselves
By funding this project, you can have a lasting impact on many lives. initially, due to fund limitation AFPO set up one filed soup-kitchen and will replicate to as many as possible. please read more in details on how your fund will impact life of the most vulnerable people in the community.
“Alone we do so little; together we can do so much”
Summary: was great if this project did not need to be presented. However; in this difficult time widespread hunger according the World Food Program threatens the immediate survival of around 6 million people in the country.
According to different reports; Afghanistan has high rate of economic difficulties to meet the basic needs of its citizens. Children and widow are the most vulnerable in this difficult situation. The recent earthquake made the situation even more worse. It is a cruel fact that during any disaster women, children, and elderly people are the most vulnerable citizens. This is proved in the recent earthquake as most victims are those groups.
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| 1st phase of the Project | Field Soup Kitchen |
| # of direct beneficiaries | 200 daily |
| # of indirect beneficiaries | 800 |
| Target groups | Orphans, out-patient, disabled, and women bread winners |
| Date starts | October 20, 2023 |
| Duration | 3 months |
Vision
Afghans Fight on Poverty Field Soup Kitchen envision efforts to improve quality of life in the affected communities. The Field Soup Kitchen strives to heighten awareness of the public responsibility to address poverty consequences.
Project Description
Unfortunately, during last 20 years, Afghanistan failed to reduce poverty and failed to mitigate human sufferings. The number of social-economic affected people in the communities increased widely and getting worse now. This winter and coming spring is the worst of times in general, but is tough for victims of the recent earthquake. We already many women, children, disabled have left the earthquake affected areas for the city. The sad reality of high levels unemployment, economic stagnation is the city of Herat won’t ease their pains. Therefore; is very convinced to take the services to the affected community in the affected areas to help reduce internal displacement, until a viable solution for the settlement is identified by the authorities.
The field soup-kitchen will operate either Meal 0n Wheel or setup a quick cooking container and distribute meals as take-out. In the Meal on Wheel method food cooked in our already existing soup-kitchen in the city of Herat and transported to the area 35km far from city. In take-out method we setup a 20” feet container to prepare the food in and distribute as take- out. In both methods the distributed ration hot meal can be shared among the family.
With broad simple management and clear mission AFPO tries to minimize the administration cost of the project. Plan a budget that reflects priorities. Carefully develop a patron’s relations to minimize labor and product costs. Assign qualified and dedicated staff to the jobs, buy raw materials from barging market, and prepare the meal close to the communities to avoid city bus transport cost to the beneficiaries and commodities cost for the kitchen. Also AFPO pays minimum wages to the project staff only. After set-up cost the kitchen provide best quality food menu (rice, meat or red beans, salad or fruit, spices, sanitary service) at the cost of less than $1 per person.
Project logical Framework
| Ultimate Outcome | By implementing the project different aspects of children wellbeing will be improved & enable them to participate in sustainable environmental, social and economic development. Reduces child moving to city for labor and being abused. Nutrient Food will help to build healthier and wealthier communities. |
| Intermediate Outcomes | Reduce child poverty by improving food security, health conditions, and wealth status of the most vulnerable people develop a social and environmentally friendly society and nurturing an ethos of sustainable security |
| Immediate Outcomes | 1.mitigate level of hunger for children. 2.aliviate human suffering. 3. reduce malnutrition among children 4.advocacy to raise voice of children living in poverty. 5.Improve access to hot meal for those have no proper place to prepare hot meal for themselves. 6.awareness to children on their role for future. 7.improve the health conditions of children. 8.Improved hygiene and sanitation of the community. 9.provide piece of mind to hear each other. 10.connecting the children with each other can also improve their mental health. |
| prepare the community to deal better with social and environmental changes. | 1.change the life style of the most vulnerable for better, active, cooperative personalized life 2.lend an ear to people share their heart feelings and childhood experiences. 3.inform the wider public for the fight on poverty. 4.built foundation for self-confidence. 5.highlight and improve the plight of the vulnerable in the community. |
| Activities | 1.develop basic fundamental food service policies. 2.determine the service is culturally and religiously based define the scope of our mission. 3.services are fully free of charge and incorporated as a nonprofit. 4.getting organized; buy necessary food service equipment 5. select bene on needs based assessment. 6.provide coupons with serving schedule time; Saturday to Friday 11to 13pm, 7.dvelop nutrient food menu planning for the week. 8. recruit and train the staff and volunteers with the rules of soup-kitchen.9.food safety training will be conducted. 10.table service, take out, and delivery will be considered according to needs and feasibility. 11. look for suitable locations. 12.healthy dietary choices will be considered. 13.to avoid duplication in coverage ascertain the food services provided by other agencies and nonprofits.14. stock up pantry. 15.get the word out about soup-kitchen and collect feedbacks. |
Location of the project
To be identified
Financial budget
As non-profit organization AFP financial matters are public document and available to be scrutinized by the public and or organizations. The budget in this project is testimony to the degree to which we are adhering to our mission statement and it is based on a realistic projection of funding.
However; in this project there is reasonable cost for the facility in which the meal is prepared and served. Need to buy food preparation equipment, kitchen and dining supplies, and extensive transportation depends on sufficient funding availability. A major consideration in this project is the facility for preparing and serving meal. Efforts are made to keep the cost of this project to low level as much as possible. the kitchen and dining room in an existing rented building instead to build.
The first field soup-kitchen project will be very cost effective expected to feed daily up to 200 for 3 months (14,400 meals) at cost of less than a $1 per person per meal. Total project cost will be $17,622 and waiting for funding from potential generous donors.
Budget breakdown
| # | Description | unit | Cost per unit | duration | Total cost |
| 1 | Food cost | 14,400 meals | $0.65 | 3 months | $9,360 |
| 2 | Soup-kitchen manager | 1 | $200 | 3 months | $600 |
| 3 $450 | Accountant | 1 | $150 | 3 months | $450 |
| 4 | Soup Kitchen coordinator | 1 | Covered by AFPO | 3 months | $0 |
| 5 | Chef cook | 1 | $110 | 3 months | $330 |
| 6 | Cook helper | 2 | $100 | 3 months | $660 |
| 7 | Dining utensils | 200 pcs | @2 | $400 | |
| 8 | Kitchen equipment | $1,500 | |||
| 9 | Kitchen equipment | 72 days | 26 | 3month | $1,872 |
| 10 | 20″ metal container | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| 11 | Miscellanies, Stationary, hygiene &COVID protection materials ,unexpected | 1 | $150 | 3months | $450 |
| Total | $17,622 |
