Right to Care V: Enhancing the Protection and wellbeing of conflict affected children through Strengthened Protection mechanisms and targeted assistance. ltpgtltspan style="color: black font-size: 8.5pt font-family: Roboto"gtStreet Child with its partner Protection Without Borders will
strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms in ten communities of
Bama, Damboa,  Dikwa, Pulka- Gwoza
  and Monguno  in Borno State, in order to enhance
protective environments of communities and address critical needs faced by the
targeted 18,000 (out of the total of 1,973,047 projected within IPC Phase 3-5,
CH 2023) vulnerable conflict affected children and caregivers lt/spangtltspan style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-size: 8.5pt font-family: Roboto"gtdue to the impact of the food crisis
which will increase the chances  for many
to adopt negative coping mechanisms such as selling their productive assets for
short-term survival, begging or borrowing money to survive, recruitment to
non-state armed groups or resorting to survival sex. Women and children are at
particular risk and are often exposed to sexual and gender-based violence compounded
by the lean season food crisis. A key challenge to address this situation is
desperate lack of funding. If not addressed, the situation may deteriorate to emergency
and famine like 522,366 people in Abadam and Guazamala who are projected to be
in IPC Phase 4.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 11pt color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"gt

lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 11pt color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size:8.5ptfont-family:Robotomso-bidi-font-family:Arial
color:black"gtTo maximize experience, presence, and value for money concerns,
the project will be implemented in 10 communities across the 5 LGAs (Bama,
Monguno, Gwoza, Damboa, Dikwa) in partnership with Protection Without Borders ltspan style="mso-spacerun:yes"gt lt/spangt(POWIB) having added value lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.5ptfont-family:Robotocolor:blackmso-color-alt:windowtext
background:white"gtto legal aspect of protection support, representation to
victims of abuse, neglect and abuse related to GBV victims, children in contact
with the law due to petty and grave offenses as result of negative coping mechanisms
to remain afloat in their situationslt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.5pt
font-family:Robotomso-bidi-font-family:Arial"gt. These communities have been
selected based on protection gaps identified within the Sector as well as the
pre-existing child ltspan style="color:black"gtprotection infrastructure and
community relationships built during previous protection interventions, that
can be further strengthened and localized in line with allocating priorities of
ensuring lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.5ptfont-family:Roboto"gtChildren
at risk (boys and girls) including adolescents, children with disabilities
access preventive and comprehensive quality response services in a timely
manner.lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.5ptfont-family:Robotomso-bidi-font-family:
Arialcolor:black"gtltbrgt
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Protection Without Borders( POWIB) will conduct front-line protection
activities, including the set-up and running of child-friendly spaces, case
management systems and community awareness within communities of
implementation to ensure that children have access to dedicated protective services
including legal support, that improve psychosocial wellbeing as well as
providing case management services to the most vulnerable children in
coordination with relevant stakeholders. This direct service provision will be
supported by capacity building of community and government child protection
structures to empower communities with skills necessary to identify, mitigate
and respond to child protection issues. In line with sector priorities,
referral mechanisms and pathways will be mapped and strengthened through
consistent engagement at sector level. ltbrgt
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Street Child will support Protection Without Borders through provision and
capacity building of specialized protection services including family tracing
and reunification (FTR) , case management and mental health and psychosocial
support (MHPSS) on basis of need. POWIB’s technical capacity building will be
supported by institutional and organizational strengthening in key operational
aspects including logistics and procurement, finance, internal policy, and
ME frameworks/reporting mechanisms, and as part of mentorship throughout
the implementation period. These strengthening initiatives will be implemented
through a range of formats and modalities to best facilitate institutional
learning - workshops and presentations will be followed up with bilateral
monitoring and review. Key Street Child staff will carry out 1-1 mentoring with
POWIB partners on a scheduled basis, either in field or ltspan style="mso-spacerun:yes"gt lt/spangtoffice.  Capacity building topics will be primarily raised and requested by POWIB staff,
to promote internal reflection. lt/spangtlt/spangtlt/pgt