Education Life-saving intervention for the most vulnerable people in As Silw district, Taiz governorate (Priority 2) The prolonged conflict since 2015 led to disrupt the education basic services for the most vulnerable education-aged girls and boys especially for the conflict front-lines district, As Silw schools which are within the priority targeted locations by YHF. The project is designed with an aim
to ensure schools remain open and operational by providing incentives for unpaid teachers, distributing kits, materials, furniture and supplies to the targeted schools.
6,166 school-aged girls and boys (3101 Girls, 3065 Boys) of IDPs and host communities where, Taiz governorate are in emergency needs for improved access to the continuous, safety and quality of education.
Accordingly, to respond to the identified needs, this project will be implemented in close coordination with Education authorities to meet the following overall objective: Help maintain basic education services, particularly in areas where schools are damaged, closed or unable to fully operate because of budget, payroll, and other conflict-related constraints. MDF will do this by targeting the 9 most affected schools with highest need (Al Furqan, Al Anwar, Al Seddik, Martyr Raafat, Al Ola, Martyr Abdulghani, Al Jeel Al Jadeed, Al Janat, 14 October) schools in As Silw district through the following core activities: 
- Providing school furniture 310 Desks to benefit 930 students (501 girls, 429 boys) 
-Rehabilitation of 14 of the existed class rooms and 9 bathrooms to benefit 1888 students (948 girls,940 boys) 
- Provide teachers/facilitators/social workers with monthly incentives to benefit 110 teachers (62 female, 48 male)
- Provide teachers with related training to benefit 110 teachers (62 females, 48 male)
- Provide teachers with teaching kits to benefit 110 teachers (62 females, 48 male)
- Provide training for 90 FMC members (36 female, 54 male) to activate FMC at 9 schools 
- Provide school bags for 1180 student (590 girls, 590 boys) for G1 to G3 students.
- Provision 21 recreational kits for 5211 students (2559 girls, 2563 boys)
- Monitor the learning outcomes of 6166 students (3101 girls, 3065 boys) in As Silw district

All 9 schools were intervened with regard to incentives for volunteer teachers, training, establishing and training FMCs, and Providing teachers with teaching kits. The rest of the activities for 8 schools except for Al-Furqan School for obtaining support from one of the partners. School bags were also provided to students in the targeted schools in grades 1-3 only due to the insufficient amount allocated.

MDF is currently working in Taiz in Education projects, so well can ease and boost our interventions in As Silw district schools to ensure the continuous operation of education services where MDF will target 9 schools in As Silw district with provision of incentives and training for teachers, training to establish FMC and distributing 310 desks for 8 schools.

MDF is familiar amp have a great deal of experience with local stakeholders through our field office in Taiz. Our access is never restricted due to our diligent implementation amp coordination with all stakeholders. 

We will continue to ensure response to the PIN for education assistants in As Silw 6366 (3101 girls, 3065 boys, 98 women, 102 men) including 5411 HCs (2636 girls, 2605 boys, 83 women, 87 men) and 955 IDPs (465 girls, 460 boys, 15 women, 15 men)
MDF has considered the project activity costs by designing activities linked to YHF-OCHA amp Education clusters' guidelines.