Envelop3: Enhance the food security situation of EQ-affected families in NWS by Cash for Food Assistance ltpgtThe earthquake that hit south of Turkiye and north of Syria on February 6th left thousands of families facing food insecurity in northwest Syria. Majorities of these families were already struggling to secure their livelihood, yet the earthquake stripped them of whatever they had.ltbrgtVulnerable people in Ghandorah sub-district are facing a significant food challenge and the inability to access critical fresh food items. This has also made the HHs use negative coping strategies ( begging, child labor, early marriage, domestic violence, etc.). Thus, the earthquake deepened the prolonged crisis. Ghandorah was impacted by the earthquake, its community is hosting a significant number of EQ-displaced families from different locations in northwest Syria. IYD, therefore, proposes this response which will decrease the protection risks at the community and HHs level, especially the negative coping strategies mentioned above. This project will involve the provision of food assistance to 1800 HHs.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtIYD, throughout this proposed project, is looking forward to meeting the food needs where many vulnerable families that are either receiving inadequate food assistance or not receiving it at all thus, IYD will implement the following activity:lt/pgtltpgt- Providing 1800 HHs ( 9000 individuals, 4,386 Males, and 4,614 Females, including 200 PWDs) living in Ghandorah sub-district with five rounds of cash ($65 per HH per round) to buy fresh food at the markets to prevent/reduce the risk of food insecurity. Building on IYD's recent needs assessment, this project will target locations and caseloads that were not targeted by any type of support to improve and sustain access to food for those most in need.ltbrgtIYD will target HHs based on Initial selection criteria which have focused on the affected by recent EQ and the needs of vulnerable people, gender disparities, and disabled people, where the eligibility and vulnerability criteria included the following (both IDPs and host community):ltbrgt1- The priority is for families affected by the earthquake.ltbrgt2- The priority is the family that hosts a displaced family as a result of the earthquakeltbrgt3- The priority is for families whose businesses were affected  by the earthquakeltbrgt4- Type of vulnerability of the family (eg house destroyed, loss of family members, loss of head of household, livelihood, loss of the source of income, displaced due to earthquake, living in tents or temporary settlements, hosting internally displaced persons (IDP) from recent EQ, etc.ltbrgt5- Families that are not receiving any similar assistance.ltbrgt6- Families that contain special cases within the family (a family headed by a woman - widows - people with chronic diseases, missing members).ltbrgt7- Families with no regular income / limited income (30 USD per member ).lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtAccording to IYD's scope of work to implement cash for food intervention, the main activities will be as follows:ltbrgtI. IYD will coordinate with related clusters and sub-clusters (CWG, FSL).ltbrgtII. Market Assessment and cash feasibility assessmentltbrgtIII. Contracting the financial service provider FSP and arranging beneficiary payments, the procurement process to select the service supplier (for payment services).ltbrgtIV. BNFs identification and Verification.ltbrgtV. Vouchers distribution and redemption.ltbrgtVI. Payments: Once the field team completes the verification and review process, the payment request with all supporting documents will be submitted to the main office in Gaziantep to proceed with the payments to the selected FSP.ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltbrgt
Here we should mention that IYD will apply all the Do-no-Harm principles while implementing the project activities including  : ltbrgt- Separated Quesues for women and men with priority for PWD, pregnant and lactating women. ltbrgt- For special cases which can not come to the distribution point, IYD will redeem the vouchers in their residences. ltbrgt- Distribution points are to be equipped with dignity facilities (WC, seats, drinking water, ramp, etc) and information-sharing tools ( brochures, banners, etc). 



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