48 hours response to Amhara Crisis in South Wolo and Wag Hamera Zones ( Nutrution, WASH, Protection and MPCA) ltpgtPlan International Ethiopia will be implementing a project entitled “48 hours response to Shala woreda of Waghimra Zone and Argoba Woreda of South Wolo zone in Amhara Crisis with Nutrition, WASH, Protection and MPCA” to support to people who are worst the most complicated crisis mainly by the conflict and the drought. The project will be implemented for a period of 8 months with a total budget of US$ 1M.  ltbrgtThe overall objective of this integrated project is to address immediate lifesaving needs, provide safe and inclusive access to essential services, and contribute to support and build linkages towards recovery and resilience of the communities in the two districts. The protection part will specifically focus on responding to the protection threats, mitigating the sufferings, and rehabilitating the victims of crisis-affected people. Based on the MIRA assessment finding (Oct 2023), the major child protection activities will be focused on address the psychosocial needs of children, girls and women case management, child friendly spaces and life skills trainings. The emergency WASH component aims to help address the basic needs of the most vulnerable and conflict-affected people through emergency Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH) activities. The main activities will be to improve access to safe drinking water supply, dignified  gender-sensitive emergency sanitation facilities, provision of enhanced fair  equitable hygiene promotion services, WASH NFIs support and capacity building to boost the sustained management of WASH facilities. The major nutrition activites are: a) Increase access to the treatment of Acute Malnutrition, b) Enhance the capacity of the local health system for the delivery of essential emergency Nutrition services, and c) Increase access to the Nutrition preventive services most importantly with prioritizing Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Feeding (MIYCF) interventions.ltbrgtThis project is expected to save the lives of the most vulnerable community members. In protection, this project is expected to reach 7624 (female=3940) children who need immediate life-saving protection assistance in Sahala Woreda. Similarly, the project will also address 6160 (female =3180) children in Argoba woreda who are victims of different forms of violence in case management and psychosocial support services. In both woredas, we will raise the awareness of the community and build the capacity of the community-based structures where over 9474 (female = 6262) people will be reached. The project under its WASH component will help reach 3200 (1664 female) community via water supply in both woredas. In addition, improved sanitation will benefit around 2000 (1040 female) community members and will reach more than 6000 people via campaigns. The Nutrition sector targets a total of 12,379 (women=8301) individuals with curative and preventive emergency nutrition services. ltbrgtPIE will collaborate with children, the community, the community-based organizations, the government stakeholders, the civils society organizations and the UN agencies to effectively serve people who are victims of the humanitarian crisis. PIE will strengthen child led initiatives in the community to empower them on their rights and entitlements. PIE will also map the exiting stakeholder to ensure collaboratin and coordination. ltbrgtActivities and results at different levels will be monitored and evaluated using PIE PMERL system in a participatory manner. The major risks to the project implementation are political instability, limited access, security risks to project staff and beneficiaries, and the malfunctioning market system. To mitigate these risks, PIE will develop a contingency plan to address potential disruptions and delays in project implementation. PIE will also strengthen its partnerships with local organizations and community leaders, and it ahders to its safety and security procedures. ltbrgtlt/pgt