Multi-sectoral (WaSH, Food and Nutrition) emergency assistance to the conflict-affected vulnerable population in Yemen After the takeover of the power by Houthis (Sep, 2014), conflict in Yemen has escalated significantly and has worsened an already large-scale humanitarian crisis. On July 2015, a level 3 emergency response declaration has been issued. According to  the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2016, 21.2 million people (82%) are in need of humanitarian assistance. Assessment findings and analysis of ongoing actions have consistently demonstrated a need to continue emergency assistance to address the pre-existing and emerging needs of communities. The country's alarming under-nutrition levels (2 million children under 5 and pregnant and lactating women suffering from acute under-nutrition, including 320,000 severe cases, HNO 2016) are aggravated by the limited access to primary health care, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to adequate food, blockade, fuel crisis and price hike of food.
Thus this project will respond to the life-saving needs of the population affected by crisis through providing integrated nutrition and health, WaSH and FSL assistance in Hajjah Governorate. The aim of the action is to reduce mortality and morbidity by enhancing access to basic health and nutrition services, access to clean water, sanitation infrastructures, hygiene promotion and food assistance to the most vulnerable population groups (under-5 children, PLWs, IDPs). The nutrition and health assistance will be complementing to the ongoing integrated response in North Yemen. The nutrition and health intervention will be implemented through the Health Facilities (MoH) and through mobile clinics at remote areas (3rd and 2nd level villages and gt5 km distant communities from nearest MoPHP health structure) to treat moderate acute under-nutrition and prevent further deterioration. SAM children with/without medical complications will be managed through other projects in place. The health component will include provision of basic reproductive health services, management of key childhood illnesses and referrals at different levels of continuum of care. 
The project will also address the severe food insecurity through providing emergency food assistance to the most vulnerable families (IDP/host HHs with PLW, children lt 5 years and gt9 people families) affected by the conflict. The selection of beneficiaries will be completed in an integrated approach to reduce the nutritional vulnerabilities and improving access to WaSH services. Total of 1,000 vulnerable HHs will be supported with 98$ per month (through cash transfer or through food voucher) over 3 months period to improve access to nutritional foods. 
At the same time, ACF will seek to implement water and sanitation activities through local employment whenever possible to reduce diseases related to water, sanitation and hygiene practices. Appropriate modalities of employment will be identified following the Humanitarian Pool Fund Learning Platform (HPF-LP) feasibility assessment however may include: Cash for Work, community contracts for small rehabilitation work, ensuring local hire for unskilled labor, providing on-site skills training during rehabilitation or construction. The action will utilize participatory approaches with an age, gender and diversity lens to enable location-specific needs response while ensuring dignity and access for the most vulnerable.
During the course of implementation the action will follow national/international health/nutrition guidelines harmonize objectives, methodologies, tools and approaches developed by the HPF-LP. This platform will implement a pilot approach to multi-sectoral cash-based interventions through the use of harmonized feasibility and market studies that will lead to community-specific modalities appropriate to each context and responding to specific community-identified needs. ACF will implement this action in partnership with national technical authorities (LWSC, GARWSP, water committees and MoPHP) to ensure smooth operation, ownership and sustain