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Gaza Emergency Response: Safe Shelter Repairs for Families Living in Crisis An estimated 17,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and 8,500 individuals remain displaced as a result of the May 2021 escalation in hostilities between Israeli forces and armed groups in Gaza. Catholic Relief Services and its local partners Life and Hope Association (LHA) propose a 6-month emergency shelter project to support 900 Gazans repair severely and partially damages homes. The proposed project aligns with two Shelter and NFI sector objectives outlined in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) Humanitarian Fund 3rd Reserve Allocation Strategy Paper Objective #2: undertaking urgent repair of uninhabitable homes to reduce the displacement caseload, relieve pressure on the growing need for homes and reduce risks for host and hosted families and Objective #3: undertaking selective repair for partially damaged homes and adaptation interventions for the most vulnerable groups, including female head-of-household, elderly, and PWDs. The project will utilize a restricted cash, self-help approach to ensure the efficient delivery of assistance and household (HH) participation and ownership over the repair process. 

CRS will coordinate closely with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MoPWH) to identify HHs with severe and partially damaged homes and cross-check lists of identified HHs with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) to prioritize Internally Displaced People (IDPs) for repairs of severely damaged homes under Objective #2 and the most vulnerable HHs for repairs of partially damaged homes under Objective #3. CRS will validate the needs and will coordinate with the Shelter Cluster (SC) to avoid duplication with other shelter actors and to maximize assistance impact. Working in the oPt since 1961 and with current programming in all five Gaza governorates, CRS and partner existing staff and established policies and networks will ensure successful implementation of the proposed project. 

CRS will ensure that this project benefits from CRS' robust Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM)  in order to ensure continuous efforts to meet participant needs and expectations during the life cycle of the project. CRS offers several channels for feedback in order to ensure accessibility, including a hotline and a WhatsApp channel that allows for two-way communication.  As part of CRS’ commitment to accountability—both to participants and to donors—this project will  conduct a workshop to ensure project staff are well trained on how to utilize the channels and provide appropriate FCRM outreach and visibility to project beneficiaries.
Scale-up laboratory diagnostics of COVID-19 and risk communication and community engagement in Gaza One year and one month ago, on the 11 March 2020, the WHO announced the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Since then, the MoH has reported a cumulative total of 327,044 confirmed cases across the oPt as a whole, with 18,913 active cases (as of 4-May-2021, 16:00hrs). Regrettably, 3,551 people have died due to COVID-19, in oPt. Local authorities in the Gaza Strip have so far reported a total of 102,074 confirmed cases, out of which 11,964 are still active cases (as of 4-May-2021, 16:00hrs). 914 people have died in Gaza due to due to COVID-19. There are currently 1,000 new active cases a day in the Gaza Strip. Since the onset of the pandemic, the WHO office in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and partners have lent their support to the Palestinian health authorities to prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the increase in active COVID-19 case numbers and deaths over the last year and more since the first reported cases in the oPt, their efforts have been intensifying. 

The overall objective of this project is to help contain the human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 in the oPt focusing on the Gaza Strip. The project aims to strengthen and scale up the capacity to early detect COVID-19 and adequately trace contacts of confirmed cases in Gaza and to scale up risk communication and community engagement to improve the COVID-19 vaccination uptake.. 

WHO will support the Gaza health authorities in: (1) increasing COVID-19 diagnostics capacity through ensuring adequate and consistent supply of testing kits, and (2) increasing risk communication and community engagement to ensure adherence to effective public health measures as well as encouraging demand for vaccination take-up while scaling up vaccination roll-out across Gaza. Vaccine hesitancy is a key element in the slow uptake in numbers of Gazans willing to get vaccinated. WHO estimates that up to 110,000 women and men in Gaza Strip will have access to adequate COVID-19 screening through laboratory testing. At least 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza would receive public health messages on improved vaccine uptake
Mental Health  Integration   at Primary Health Care  level The proposed intervention will contribute to the Health and Nutrition cluster's objective 3: “In coordination with Protection and Education Cluster, providing MHPSS to those traumatized by the ongoing crisis in the oPt (HRP SO2)”, through increasing the capacities of primary health care clinics (PHCCs) to respond to the MHPSS basic needs with an integrated approach of mental health in essential primary health care (PHC) services. Taking into consideration all efforts made to this field in previous projects conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and World Health Organization (WHO), Médecins du Monde (MdM) is interested in strengthening the capacity building through training and supervision of healthcare providers in general primary care services within the formal health system. In the proposed intervention MdM will focus on the southern governorates (Rafah and Kahn Younis) of the Gaza Strip, by ensuring the proper integration of Mental Health and Psycho-social services (MHPSS) using the mhGAP approach, as recognized by MoH and WHO as the national MH integration protocol. The objective of MdM intervention is to strengthen the capacity of non-specialist healthcare providers at the PHC level, to identify, assess, and provide care to people with priority Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use (MNS) related conditions, with a focus on those with additional vulnerability, such as GBV survivors, People with Disabilities, Non-communicable diseases, and crisis and conflict.
Following the last escalation of violence and its negative impact on the Gaza population's mental health wellbeing, PHC patients and visitors will also benefit from mental health awareness sessions to reinforce their resilience, their understanding of mental health-related topics and so the stigma. Also, even though Gaza might consider itself as out of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this intervention will take into consideration all needed precaution measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission among the communities and medical staff targeted. All MdM proposed interventions have been already coordinated with MoH, Health and Nutrition clusters, as well as WHO, in order to ensure the effectiveness, the efficiency of the intervention and to avoid any duplication or overlapping.
Immediate Support for Small Scale Farmers  Affected by May 2021 Escalation of Hostilities in the Gaza Strip The recent hostilities in Gaza strip GS worsened the living conditions and hit the farming open fields. According to the rapid needs assessment conducted by PARC and the MoA report, one of the most affected sub-sectors is open fields, as the total amount of damaged (partially and fully damage) has reached 13,800 dunums out of 55,000 dunums representing 26% of farming areas. The project will immediately support farmers to reactivate their current production and the planned one for the next farming cycle, which is the 2nd objective in the Flash appeal that pours directly in the SO3 of HRP that states “the capacity of vulnerable Palestinians to cope with and overcome protracted crisis, including environmental threats is protected”. The project will also contribute to support small-scale farmers resilience in targeted areas in face of the deteriorated situation in the GS by providing them with cash to purchase productive agricultural inputs aiming to restore their productive capacities through a set of systemically planned interventions. the designed project will provide immediate support to farmers to restore their productive capacities affected by the hostilities and to enable them to enter the next farming season. 250 open land small scale vegetable farmers (25 female ,225 male) will be provided with cash assistance of 1500 NIS per dunums. each farmers will be supported of 3000 NIS equivalent to  (930 $ per each) to purchase the needed agricultural inputs for 2 dunums ( 465 $/dunum) and the provision process will be aligned with the operational SOPs for safety and protection of C19 pandemic. The designed project will prioritize women headed households, widows with people with disabilities and elderly. 
The project is targeting the eastern areas of the GS (85 Norht,30 Gaza, 30 Diar Al Balah,53 Khan Younis,52Rafah), the selection process will be in full participatory approach of local communities and fully coordinated with MoA and other stakeholders including FSS and local community representatives (CBOs, CPCs, etc). To ensure accountability, transparency and avoid duplication and ensure synergies with other actors. 
 
This 6-month project will respond to the Flash appeal of 3rd reserve fund allocation May 2021 in saving and enhancing the agriculture-based livelihoods activities in the GS through restoring the productive capacities of 500 dunum by providing farmers with cash assistance to purchase agricultural in puts including (irrigation network, land plowing, land Sterilization, seedlings/seeds, and fertilizers) which is in line with the 3rd reserve allocation objective “restoring productive capacities and livelihoods of small-scale herders, farmers, and fishers”
PARC has proven its competence in carrying out such projects due to its long-standing experience in supporting farmers and enhancing their capacities and resilience poor within different contexts.
Provision of remedial education and learning support to vulnerable school aged children in the West Bank Through the first allocation of the HF 2021, Norwegian Refugee Council will aim to deliver remedial classes and psychosocial support in selected locations within WB and East Jerusalem The Remedial Learning Loss activities includes the provision of remedial classes to address learning losses during Covid 19 for children at risk of drop out, capacity building for teachers, the provision of awareness session for parents and the provision of learning materials to enhance the learning environment. For the purpose of implementing its programmes, NRC established a strong coordination mechanism with the Ministry of Education, through which the access to areas and the implementation shall be facilitated. 
The target group of this project in Palestine will be vulnerable children (aged 7-14), including refugees and non-refugees. Teachers working in existing NRC programmes in formal education settings will also be targeted. Whilst equal access will be provided to both male and female educators, considering the current scarcity of male educators, those present will be actively encouraged to participate, in an effort to provide positive male role models in all activities.

NRC Palestine will also conduct a risk identification and assessment, develop action plan and assess residual risk, and review and approve risk register in Country Management Group meeting. his proposed intervention and NRC’s broader country strategy for Palestine is in accordance with the inter-agency Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), and NRC’s activities are harmonized with INEE minimum standards. 

Children with disabilities will be prioritised among the most vulnerable children. Using Washington Group Questions, NRC will identify children with functional limitations, to ensure that their needs are properly addressed. Disable children’s access and participation will be facilitated and promoted with the support of parents and teachers. NRC will coordinate and refer to external specialised actors when there are cases that do not fall into NRC expertise.
WASH rehabilitation of vulnerable households in Gaza strip The recent escalation in Gaza led to destruction of many WASH essential infrastructures, which in turn caused the interruption of water supply provision and sewage drainage systems operation. 

 
At households’ level, the conflict damaged the WASH services of hundreds of flats and houses of vulnerable and poor families drastically deteriorating their hygienic conditions and exposing them to further health risks linked to the increased likelihood of contracting transmissible WASH related diseases. 

Even before the recent conflict in May 2021, Gaza was affected by a dire economic crisis, which has been even further exacerbated by the secondary impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. With pre-conflict and pre-Covid baselines of high rates of poverty (53%), highest ever-recorded unemployment rate (46.7 %) (with youth and female unemployment even higher at 70% and 78% respectively), we can only assume that the situation has worsened with the latest unrest. This therefore translates in already vulnerable and poor families having an additionally reduced capacity to repair damages and purchase essential hygiene items. In addition to exposing many vulnerable individuals to unsanitary conditions, the fragility of the WASH environment may also jeopardize effective hygiene practices to prevent and control the active pandemic. 

This project will reduce health risks through household level WASH rehabilitations.


As for the household level intervention, SC will improve the hygiene conditions 470 vulnerable households in North Gaza and eastern Gaza families through targeted and punctual repairs of the damaged WASH facilities   in their homes and improve access to water by improving water drainage capacity . SC will select beneficiaries based on the vulnerability criteria and level of needs.
Emergency Shelter Assistance for IDP Families in the Gaza Strip The project provides for the protection and safety of IDPs whose houses were totally or severely damaged in the last war on the Gaza Strip. In addition, vulnerable families of hardship cases, including Female Headed Households, GBV cases, elderly, and PWDs, who reported minor shelter damages and have been living in poor housing condition will be supported to access dignifying and safe shelters. Different modalities have been suggested with considering to the type of damages, the vulnerabilities profile of the targeted families, the reported priorities, and the responsiveness and efficiency of the modality to provide for IDPs dignity and safety. The modality of implementation includes restricted transitional shelter cash assistance, restricted cash for urgent repair, and one-off cash reintegration package. The project will cover priority gaps in damaged houses in two governorates (Gaza City and the Northern Governorate) and ensure that the affected population has access to adequate shelter. A total of 242 families will be targeted (total individuals of 1460, including 334 girls, 333 boys, 397 women, and 396 men). This project aligns with the allocation strategy Cluster Objective 1 "Supporting access to adequate temporary shelter solutions to displaced persons through the provision of cash programmed assistance, alongside support to host families.", Objective 2 "Undertaking urgent repair of uninhabitable homes to reduce the displacement caseload, relieve pressure on the growing need for homes and reduce risks for host and hosted families.", and Objective 3 "Undertaking selective repair for partially damaged homes and adaptation interventions for the most vulnerable groups, including female head-of household, elderly, and PWDs.". This intervention will be implemented in close coordination with the shelter cluster and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. MA’AN capitalizes on its community-based emergency response structure to support in the implementation process to ensure the accountability to the affected population. The implementation methodology has been set to manage different protection concerns associated with the internally displacement including the COVID-19 pandemic, risks of ERWs, child protection concerns, special needs of PWDs, and GBV.
Strengthening of Public health Capacity and Service Delivery during COVID-19 outbreak in the Gaza Strip The steep increase of COVID-19 cases in the Gaza Strip during April 2021, increased the pressure on the health system and further compromised the fragile living positions of the most vulnerable families.

The project will contribute to respond to the current peak of COVID-19 infection, alleviate the most urgent needs of vulnerable families, and contribute to limit the destabilizing effects of the current public health emergency in the Gaza Strip.

The intervention will reinforce the immediate response of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Gaza Strip to prevent and treat the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic through procurement of essential COVID-19 medical supplies including, ICU and ultra-cold chain equipment for COVID-19 vaccines to the designated health facilities.

The project will respond to the two key components of the Health Cluster Response Plan, namely a) to support MoH to stop the human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 and provide adequate care for patients affected by COVID-19, their families, and close contacts b) to Strengthening and Scale-up MoH capacity to early detect and respond to COVID-19 outbreak.

The allocation is a critical emergency response to provide support to around five health care facilities (HCF) in the Gaza Strip which have been designated by the MoH to be used for treating patients from COVID-19.  In addition, the medical central store and designated health facility will be equipped with ultra–cold chain equipment to store properly the COVID 19 vaccine. 

These facilities lack adequate medical equipment needed to ensure safe and proper case management of COVID-19 patients. They also lack the ultra-cold chain equipment which is required to ensure the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. This will feed into the work currently being undertaken by UNICEF with MoH and WHO with regards to rollout of COVID-9 vaccination aimed at increasing vaccine uptake across the country.
Emergency support to vulnerable herders in the Gaza Strip through animal fodder distribution This project aims provide time-critical and immediate relief delivery of animal fodder to mitigate the damages and losses suffered by the most vulnerable poultry, livestock and small-ruminant breeders of the Gaza Strip in the period immediately following the escalation suffered in the Gaza Strip during the period of 10-21 May 2021 in order to prevent a substantive deterioration of their productive capacity as well as the loss of their livelihood. The project will be implemented by FAO in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and with direct coordination with the Food Security Sector (FSS).The main motivation of the project is to re-activate the local economy, fodder will be procured locally. This will avoid disrupting the local economy in line with the do-no-harm principle and contribute to re-activating it by scaling up local business operations. Considering the fragile security situation in the Gaza Strip, local procurement also avoids the access and movement restrictions that might delay or impede imports from outside the Strip.


This project will target 25,200 individuals (total number of male/female to be confirmed with line ministries), who will receive direct support to enhance their coping capacities and productivity.
Access to Safe and Inclusive Education through Providing Rehabilitation Services for Governmental schools in 3 Governorates of Gaza Strip This proposed project complements the efforts of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and other education partners to strengthen the capacity of education system and rehabilitate the schools and education facilities that were damaged through the 11-day escalation on Gaza Strip. This project aims to rehabilitate 24 governmental schools to ensure safe school access and return for children with and without disabilities aged from 6-17 years. More than 16,697 students (10,474 boys and 6223 girls) will benefit from this project. Based on the cluster assessment report and the recent report received from the Ministry of Education (MoE), PSCF plans to rehabilitate 24 schools affected by the recent escalation with minor and moderate damages located in the 3 governorates of Gaza Strip namely Gaza, Khaln Younis and Rafah. These schools were selected based on the recommendations of MoE as they were located in the most crisis affected area.
The rehabilitation activities will include the following:
 Rehabilitation of classrooms through repairing windows, doors, cracked walls, lighting, painting
 Rehabilitation of damaged WASH facilities sanitation systems, water pipes, maintenance of solar energy, bathrooms, playgrounds to facilitate the access of children with and without disabilities. 
 Installing ramps or paths, and handrails for children with disabilities.
The purpose of this project is to provide much-needed rehabilitation and repair of schools in the 3 target governorates.