Provision of Protection support for newly accessed area of Sharg Aljabal of South Darfur (Envelope 1) This project addresses life-saving objective for SHF 2018 in saving lives through protection interventions. It targets SD state East Jabal Mara locality, prioritized by Protection sector in 2018 SHF strategy and priorities. The project addresses the protection sector for 2018 and is in line with SHF strategy of 2018. The project uses the PLA/PRA (Participatory Learning Appraisal, Participatory Rural Appraisal) method that involves the community and other stakeholders. The target location is Leiba this area includes 8 villages that have witnessed conflicts between SAF and rebel groups for the past six years resulting in mass displacement. Access to these areas have been denied for the past six years, which has worsened the humanitarian situation. Recently, because of granting access to these areas for humanitarian support, there was a mission carried out to visit the area and provide a situation report about the needs of all the different sectors including protection. NIDAA is one of the NGOs currently operating in Leiba and has received funding from RRF to provide protection services in this village. The project started in February and will end in June hence, NIDAA has provided staff there who are already engaged in providing protection services in the area. For this project, NIDAA is proposing an expansion of the same protection services to reach the other 7 villages after consultation with local authorities and the protection sector. The protection needs have not yet met in the target areas. The child protection status has become critical because it has been indicated that all the children may have been experiencing or witnessing violence. This has resulted in them needing psycho-social support (PSS) to overcome the traumatic experiences that they have experienced. There are no child-friendly spaces (CFSs), community-based child protection networks, or social workers in the area and none of the children has birth certificates. Furthermore, there is a high risk of violence and sexual violence, particularly when residents are traveling from home to Leiba or markets for daily chores and livelihood activities. Moreover, there is a lack of Mine Risk Education (MRE), which puts residents in particular women and children at risk of exposure to mines. Women’s protection and GBV has become severe, due to there being no accurate data regarding GBV cases because of sensitivity and cultural barriers. However, in light of the situation, NIDAA is proposing this project to directly target newly accessed IDPs and vulnerable host communities (665 men, 4135 women, 2300 girls, 2300 boys) in 7 villages (Kankoli Kaila, Kaibi, Fugule, Fallouja, Rabkona and Nabag Filfil). NIDAA’s aim is to improve the CP and GBV services by implementing a set of gender-sensitive activities that include IDTR services, establishing and strengthening Community Based Protection Networks (CBPNs) and construction of CFSs. The Identification of women and children in need will be based on the vulnerability profile of them this will be collaborated with the existing CBPNs, community leaders, SCCW. NIDAA will also make use of its existing data related to the other sectors of the community and beneficiaries, acquired through the community-based committees on the referral of the cases in need.