Provision of protection monitoring services in Jowhar District in Middle shabelle region of Somalia The main objective of this project is to strengthen resilience of individuals, communities and institutions exposed to protection risks, and prevent further abuse. Monitor protection trends in targeted areas which is Jowhar district in middle Shabelle, in the framework of the Protection Monitoring System of the Protection Cluster. Identification through assessment and analysis of persons with disabilities, older persons at-risk and persons from minority clans/communities Currently there is no protection monitoring conducted in Jowhar district. This project will directly support the Somalia Protection Monitoring System (SPMS) with data collection and analysis of information on trends and patterns of violations of rights and protection risks for populations of concern for the purpose of identifying the most vulnerable, informing advocacy and effective programming across the humanitarian response.
The protection monitoring project proposes the following activities in Jowhar district and is expected to reach an approximately 3600 direct beneficiaries (770 men,1135 women,730 boys and 965 girls) Recruit and train 5 protection monitors on Somalia Protection Monitoring, System (SPMS) tools for 4 days. The 5 trained protection monitors will identify protection risk and trends through monthly engagements with key informants. The project also intends to conduct training for key informants. The identified key informants will be trained on objectives of the Somalia protection monitoring system, protection principles and ethical referral of cases to protection monitors,8 key informants (4 women and 4 men) will take a 2-day training on quarterly basis to avoid data fatigue and by the end of the project 32 key informants will have been trained. The project also proposes to conduct referral of cases to multi-sectoral actors, case management, regular tracking of the referred cases for 12 months. By the end of the project 1500 beneficiaries (350 men,450 women,300 boys,400 girls) would have been reached in Jowhar district
Support 692 Persons (150 men,200 women,142 boys, and 200 girls) with Special Needs (PSN) in Jowhar district identified during the monitoring with cash assistance. The cash assistance will be one-off and will be transferred via mobile phone. Each person will receive $100 as one-off transfer and based on how many persons with special needs who are highly venerable are identified each month. the protection monitoring project will conduct 10 outreach participatory assessment and each assessment will reach 25 persons of concern, by the end of the project 250 persons of concern will have been reached. The participatory assessment will build partnership with persons with special needs and promote meaningful participation through dialogue. Collect data on Persons with Special Needs (older persons (100 man and 150 women) persons with disabilities (20 men,100 women,50 boys and 80 girls) and persons with minority clan affiliations (100 men,200 women,100 boys and 200 girls) who are at risk) in project target area. Conduct 10 protection safety audits, assess potential protection-related safety risks through observation and consultation with affected communities. Six (6) awareness campaigns will be conducted after every two month and each will reach 50 persons of concern. The project also proposes to Conduct 4 sessions, 2-day protection mainstreaming training in Jowhar District on participation and empowerment, involvement in decision making, support the development of self-protection capacities and assist people to claim their rights, protection mainstreaming including rights of IDPs, disability inclusion, minority inclusion, protection mainstreaming principles women’s rights, human rights. There will be between 20-25 participants at each training/workshop. The project targets 100 beneficiaries in Jowhar district. Covid 19 protocols will be adhered to in all the activities.