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Immediate rehabilitation of housing of non-refugee internally displaced families in the Gaza Strip – May 2021 Gaza Crisis This project will support 135 non-refugee internally displaced families who have been displaced due to the May 2021 hostilities, to rehabilitate their housing so they may safely return to their homes.  The housing rehabilitation intervention, delivered through self-help modality, will allow for 664 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) – including Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to reduce their reliance on Temporary Shelter Cash Assistance (TSCA) and enable them to restore some degree of normality to their lives. 

The beneficiary selection process will be informed by UNDP’s infrastructure damage assessment and conducted in coordination with UNRWA and with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, in order to ensure transparency and complementarity of efforts to reach those most in need and leave no one behind. The vulnerability of families will be taken into consideration while setting priorities, where priority will be given to women-headed households and families with disabled persons. 

The intervention is also urgently needed in light of the dire socio-economic situation in the Gaza Strip, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gaza population has become more vulnerable to humanitarian shocks and unable to meet their essential needs, cope with the displacement or repair damages of their homes during the recent hostilities. 

Building on the experience of previous conflicts, UNDP successfully developed Standard Operating Procedures, which include implementation through self-help modality and fund disbursement to beneficiaries utilizing local banks.
Urgent Cash Support for Affected Farmers in Gaza and North Gaza. The project aims to provide urgent support to affected small scale farmers of greenhouses and open vegetable fields as a result of the May 2021 hostilities to restore their agriculture livelihood activity. Farmers in Gaza strip in general have already been facing a very difficult season that has cost them big losses due to lockdown measures and movement restrictions on goods and people and the severe reduction of commercial activities imposed to contain the COVID-19 impact.
Oxfam in partnership with ESDC will implement the proposed project in close coordination with MoA and FSS starting by requesting a list of 100small scale greenhouse farmers and  865 open field farmers from the Gaza and north Gaza governorates who have registered damages from the recent hostilities and are not receiving support from other parties. Based on the MoA verification of damages, it is expected that all nominated farmers will be eligible for support however this should be verified. The project team will conduct a rapid verification visit for the potential farmers through field visits to verify that they are able to repair the damages and are willing to start preparing for the next production cycle. After finalizing the selection process, the project beneficiaries will attend orientation sessions to explain the cash transfer modality and requirements. Cash will be conditionally provided through two installments. The cash transfer conditionality will be that the farmers planting their open field or greenhouse directly after the first instalment or if possible before it for the next production cycle and after that they will receive the second instalment. One week after the first installment made by the second week  of August which represents 70% of the total amount, ESDC field staff will conduct first post distribution monitoring (PDM) that will cover all project beneficiaries and will observe the progress of preparation works for the next cycle. If beneficiaries face difficulties in initiating the planting process for the next cycle, the team will assess the reason in coordination with MoA to overcome any obstacles preventing the farmers from starting the next season. The second installment representing 30% of the total amount will be made by the end of September and will be followed by a second PDM which will target at least 50% of the project beneficiaries to assess their satisfaction with the process, the assistance in terms of relevance, timing and responsiveness. The cash amount determined for this project is based on the recommended amount agreed by FSS and MoA for the emergency response to affected farmers that is 500 USD per dunum of open land, and 1000 USD per dunum in greenhouses.
Logistics Hub The need to ensure delivery of humanitarian relief and free movement of humanitarian cargo between Israel, Egypt and the Gaza Strip has been severely challenged by the limitations caused by restricted access. Operating under heavy security and restrictions, the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel to the Gaza Strip is currently the only entry point for the movement of all cargo into Gaza, these have been limited to only certain types of items such as food, NFIs and medical equipment for commercial and humanitarian sectors. Other urgently needed items such as spare parts for WASH infrastructure remain restricted and require sometimes lengthy coordination processes that are not adequate to respond to emergency needs in the scale that are emerging in Gaza right now.

In view of the present situation in Gaza and the increased requirements in humanitarian assistance for the population of the Gaza Strip, it is urgently required to scale up and augment existing logistics capacity and coordination mechanisms to overcome the likely logistics bottlenecks arising from the on-going conflict.  WFP will, in its capacity as Logistics Sector Lead and based on a request from humanitarian community the ground, respond to these increased requirements by strengthening the logistics set-up and staffing structure. This will provide the needed coordination and operational structure to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Immediate shelter solutions to the conflict-affected people in North Gaza Strip The proposed project responds to the 2nd and 3rd Shelter/NFIs cluster objectives on 27 May 2021 "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: "Undertaking selective repair for partially damaged homes and adaptation interventions for the most vulnerable groups, including female head-of-household, elderly, and PWDs" (both objectives are linked to HRP SO2). 

The project's overall objective is to ensure that 822 of the most conflict-affected and vulnerable people (144 HHs) are timely supported with urgent shelter repairs that mitigate harm and enhance their coping capacity includes: 
1) Restricted cash for urgent repair assistance and restoration of 50 severely damaged homes
2) Restricted cash repair assistance for 94 partially damaged homes 
The targeted households under this fund are the families displaced from their damaged housing units in North Gaza Governorate (Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and Jabalia) due to the recent escalation or returnees' families living in damaged housing units lacking physical protection and exposed to harsh weather, humanitarian and protection concerns. 

This project will complement ongoing NRC emergency intervention targeting the same areas designed to provide conflict-affected and displaced people with a three-month transitional shelter cash assistance (TSCA) and re-integration packages tailored to each household's needs. NRC fund will also cover hygiene NFI to improve hygiene practices and ensure protection against COVID-19. 

This support will be provided through phased cash payments and technical engineering support or -in exceptional cases- through a contractor approach to conduct urgent repairs up to the minimum shelter cluster standards to provide adequate living space conditions and improve privacy. The repair activities will focus on achieving physical and climate protection as a priority (especially for severely damaged houses) the second priority is adequate living space with working toilet and kitchen facilities and suitable sleeping and living areas. 

The beneficiaries' selection process will prioritize the families with the highest socio-economic and housing status vulnerabilities, focusing on people currently living in overcrowded conditions without age/gender-based separation in bedrooms, female-headed households with low incomes, and people with special needs including pregnant, lactating women, families with numerous children/dependants, elderly headed household with no support, persons with disabilities.

This project is designed after sufficient consultations with NRC local partner, the shelter cluster and the Ministry of Public Work and Housing (MoPWH) to fill the current gap in short-medium term response and coordinated with active shelter partners to avoid duplication and ensure fair distribution of the limited humanitarian funds among affected communities across Gaza Strip.
Provision of Specialized Mental Health Services to Boys, Girls, Women And Men with and without Disabilities who Affected by the Ongoing Crises In The Gaza Strip This project aims at contributing to alleviate the effects of the recent round of hostilities affected the population of the Gaza strip compounded with the COVID-19 crisis, through the delivery of specialized mental health services to the most vulnerable women, men, girls and boys with and without disabilities. The project comes as an emergency response to the consequences of last crises. It enhances also the link between services offered by GCMHP and other services provided by other service providers working under the umbrella of health and protection clusters. The project interventions will include the following:
1. Provision of Psychological First Aid (PFA) services to 11,286 affected people, including children and adults via five mobile PFA teams who will conduct hospital/home visits to patients and other affected people, and will detect and refer cases in need to specialized mental health services. Coordination with MoH and MoSD will be continued in reaching the beneficiaries’ lists. Through the PFA home visits, 1700 PFA kits will be distributed to children affected by the violent conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic according to a specific selection criterion that considers the vulnerability and socioeconomic conditions of the children.
2. Provision of specialized mental health services to 800 persons including 200 children (boys and girls) and 600 adults (women and men)) who have displayed symptoms of severe psychosocial distress. By using the existing referral system, those cases will be detected and referred by the five PFA teams of psychologists, case managers and psychosocial support staff working in Child Protection and Health clusters and MHPSS networks. The clinical services will be provided by specialized multi-disciplinary teams including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and rehabilitation specialists at GCMHP three community centers located in Gaza city, Deir El Balah and Khan Younis. Therapy plans include psychotherapy, play therapy, medication, family counseling, and home visits.
3. Building the capacities of 200 health workers including doctors, nurses, ambulance officers etc., by providing them with group supportive supervision and stress management sessions. These sessions will contribute to avoid secondary trauma among medical workers and to alleviate occupational exhaustion resulting from work and life conditions and pressures, and preserves the motivation of the supervisee to work, which subsequently leads to increased levels of job satisfaction.
Improved Child Protection and MHPSS service provision for women, children and families affected by conflict-related violence and GBV in the Area C of North West Bank (NWB). This project aims to respond to the multiple protection risks faced by children and families living in most vulnerable and conflict-affected communities in the West Bank by:(1) providing specialized child protection, including case management, and psychosocial support services to children, (2) providing mental health and psychosocial support services to adults, including caregivers and young people experience high level of distress, (3 providing specialized, multi-sectoral services to GBV survivors and girls and women at risks. This project targets Palestinian children directly and indirectly exposed to violence and abuse related to the Israeli Occupation, including settler violence, unsafe school environments, home and school demolitions, and displacement. War Child Holland (WCH) and partner the Psycho-Social Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW) will be targeting acutely affected children and families (including PWD and CWD) living in the most marginalized communities of Area C in the North West Bank. Communities have been selected based on consultations with Protection Cluster, OCHA vulnerability profile for Area C communities as well as on partners’ ongoing experience, recent rapid needs assessments and field presence in current emergency response. These include villages around Qalqilya Jenin and  Nablus.
 The project partners will target 8 CBOs distributed among the three above-mentioned Governorates. The main targeted communities will be Jayyous, Hableh, Hajja, Azzun , Kfr Qaddum ,  Jaba’a, As Sawyia, Qusra, Beita and Huwwara.
 In addition to specific protection interventions, War Child and partners will mainstream Protection across the project.
Providing WASH repairs in the Gaza Strip and Mental Health and Psychosocial Services for the most vulnerable children and caregivers in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem The 11 days of hostilities during the period 10-21 May 2021 resulted in an unprecedented level of loss and human suffering, which aggravated the already fragile situation that preceded the conflict. A total of 242 Palestinian, of whom 67 are children (44% boys), were killed and around 1,948 people injured (including 610 children). As of 24 May, the education cluster received reports indicating that at least 57 education facilities including 46 schools have been affected and/or damaged in Gaza affecting 42,845 children. 670 children have been injured. 

The escalation has also had a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of the children and their families. Additionally, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of tracing requests to locate Palestinian children detained by Israeli Forces in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Children exposed to violence by settlers and Israeli Forces increased dramatically. 

UNICEF and the Protection cluster are working with local partners, to respond to the protection needs in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including East Jerusalem. The proposed project aims to address the protection and psychosocial needs of both children and caregivers affected by the recent escalations, through the provision of case management, psychosocial support first aid, group and individual counseling, in addition to other indirect briefing activities and awareness-raising on positive parenting and protection from Explosive Remontants of War (ERW). 

UNICEF and the WASH cluster are working with local partners to undertake specific short-term WASH interventions aimed at restoration of services to the affected population in the Gaza Strip. The proposed project will complement other ongoing efforts in service restoration, consistent with the WASH sector strategic objectives. The project will focus specifically on supporting the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) and other local partners to undertake urgent repairs on damaged sections of the water network in Gaza City. The project is aimed at restoring water supply services for 527,000 affected persons and is expected to contribute to a complete WASH package in the target localities.

The proposed project will include the procurement of required pipe repair materials and support with repairs and rehabilitation services. The complementary WASH project will cost $300,000 and with a duration of 180 days.
Common Feedback Mechanism (CFM) On behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), WFP will take the lead in coordinating and managing the Inter Agency Common Feedback Mechanism (CFM) in connection with delivery and impact of humanitarian assistance programs in Palestine and ensure 2-way communication channel with affected communities. 

The CFM will be in the form of a toll-free, country-wide number that affected populations can call to obtain information on humanitarian assistance programs submit their feedback and get referrals to the humanitarian organizations that are best-suited to handle their issues. 

The CFM will enable the humanitarian community to collect feedback directly from the affected populations better understand the needs on the ground and take better informed decisions. 

In emergencies where Sector Approach is activated, best practice recommends using a single phone number as an entry point for queries from affected populations. Hence, a coordinated mechanism to international humanitarian architecture allows members of the affected population easier access to answers, speeds up the resolution of issues and allows greater access for humanitarian decision-makers, including Government, thereby improving aid delivery efficiency.

The CFM will be managed by WFP who will work with existing service providers to ensure the immediate scalability of the service with sufficient call agents offering the highest quality performance-driven services, through multi-communication channels.

The CFM will systematically receive calls, complaints/requests from the affected population with the goal to address such calls taking account of the different needs within communities from an age, gender, and diversity perspective. Needs and priorities will be circulated to response partners through agreed feedback pathways, agreed case management and referrals, and workflows (to be agreed on with interested Agencies), which include guidance on response time to feedback to ensure feedback loop closure, document programme adjustment and to build trust with affected communities. As Accountability to Affected Population is a key connector in the emergency, early recovery and development nexus, the Palestine CFM will contribute to evidenced-based decision making as the response progresses.

The Palestine CFM will be coordinated by WFP and the HCT.  Needs and Trend’s analysis will be provided to the inter sector coordination group and the HCT. To help do this a strategic advisory group from NGO/ UN will be established.

The CFM should be accessible for all Palestinians in Gaza Strip and West Bank including East Jerusalem, this might need two operators (a Palestinian communication company and an Israeli one for E-Jerusalem)
Food assistance through electronic vouchers to affected people in the Gaza strip In Gaza’s deteriorated security and humanitarian context, the consistent WFP’s interventions are pivotal to meeting deepening humanitarian needs, strengthen national emergency preparedness and response capacity, support common efforts to de-escalate tensions, and improve the prospects for peace. The need for emergency and recovery food assistance is  critical considering the devastating humanitarian consequences of the recent crisis and is a lifeline for the affected families whose coping mechanisms have reached a breaking point. 
WFP regularly provides food assistance interventions reaching more than 260,000 of the poorest and most food insecure non-refugees across the Gaza Strip. The bulk of its assistance (218,200 people) is channeled through electronic food vouchers as the modality has proved to be an efficient catalyst to increase people`s food security status, freedom of choice, purchasing power and stimulate an ailing economy. WFP works with  partners to deliver its electronic food assistance to the poorest and most food insecure non-refugee communities: the INGO Global Communities (100,000) and the Ministry of Social Development (118,200). During the May hostilities, WFP scaled up its electronic food voucher assistance reaching around 100,000 people affected by displacement and scarcity. Almost half of these affected people are from the existing beneficiaries of WFP and the remaining are newly registered people. 
As part of its response under the Escalation of Hostilities and Unrest in the oPt Flash Appeal, 27 May 2021, WFP will provide electronic food voucher for up to 160,000 affected people. Through this proposal, WFP will provide e-vouchers for 12,948 newly affected people by May hostilities, who reside in the two governorates of Gaza City and North Gaza. Targeted families will receive for 3 months e-voucher card, or a digital code sent via SMS, credited with a monthly USD 10.30 per capita per month to purchase diverse nutritious food at 200 WFP contracted shop to meet their pressing food needs. The targeted beneficiaries are selected in coordination with the Ministry of Social Development to ensure assistance is delivered to the people in need. They are non-refugees, as UNRWA is responsible for the refugee populations, and are impacted by displacement and loss of livelihoods. WFP conducts cross checking of beneficiaries against list of beneficiaries of other partners to ensure no duplication of assistance.
Improving the Access of Vulnerable People in Al Aqaba  to equitable, affordable and sustainable safely-managed WASH services Through this emergency project, and in compliance with the WASH Cluster Objective 2 “Improve Access to sanitation for the communities not connected to any sewer systems and suffering wastewater accumulation (SO2), ARIJ-AL'ard aim to ensure equitable, affordable and sustainable access to safe and sufficient WASH services in accordance with dignity of the unserved, underserved and most vulnerable Palestinians living under occupation in AL Aqaba in the West Bank.

The project will directly benefit 80HHs representing 559 Individuals among them 126 men, 128 women, 147 boys, 158 girls, and 11 PWDs in the West Bank living in Tubas, Al-Aqaba. The activities will include: 1) Conduction of a rapid assessment in order to verify the exact needs, security situation and expected objectives of the project 2) Technical survey for planning and design 3) Bilateral meetings and field visits with PWA and local institutions 4) HHs field visits and separate focus groups with women/girls and men/boys to collect feedback and incorporate their needs in the action 5) Conduction of a post survey, in the final phase of the project, to measure effectiveness and impact of the implemented intervention, establishing also a baseline for any other required future interventions, considering opinions and feedback of all segments of society besides women, men, girls, boys and elderly 6) Meeting to inform HHs’ members about the project, involving women’s participation and inputs of project activities women’s participation and inputs of project activities 7) Preparing Bills of Quantities, technical specifications and tendering process 8) Install and construct new sewage network with 8-inch sewage line along with of 1900 meters 9) Installing of HHs’ wastewater connections and all the associated works.