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LGBTIQ protection and empowerment Even though Lebanon is considered as somewhat liberal however, individuals with alternative SOGIs continue to face legal and social barriers hindering these individuals access to holistic protection services. 
Admittedly, the protracted civil war in Syria resulted in consequences that have spilled over to neighboring countries, increasing tensions between displaced refugees and hosting communities. The situation in Syria reignited social tensions between Lebanese and Syrians, which has led to further stigmatization and alienation of the Syrian population, and seeing as the LGBTIQ community in Lebanon is a marginalized minority, LGBTIQ Syrians have become one of the most vulnerable communities in Lebanon whose needs are marginally being met due to funding shortage and the political umbrella of the country. 
As for social barriers, they are often exemplified through homophobia and violent acts towards persons with alternative sexualities. These discriminatory practices are resultant from the socialization of Lebanese individuals of all genders, whereby they are raised to believe in conservative social norms that does not include sexual or gender diversity. This homophobia is not limited to certain group of the Lebanese population for instance, in a study among medical doctors it was discovered that only 50% of physicians were willing to provide medical services for homosexuals and they often perceived alternative sexual behaviors as a “disease”. 
Due to the aforementioned cause, there are two main gaps in terms of service provision for LGBTIQ communities in Lebanon the first being the lack of holistic, adequate, specialized and sensitive services to the LGBTIQ communities while the other is the lack of any service to individuals residing outside of Beirut. As such, this project will address these challenges ultimately aiming to enhance the overall wellbeing of LGBTIQ persons in Lebanon, through enhancing their access to sensitive services and the reduction of stigma. we will offer life skills, personality and team building lessons in our offices in Beirut to increase social cohesion and stability.
The project will attain its objective through enhancing the provision of holistic protection services for persons with alternative SOGI beyond the Beirut area, which is known as the service hub for LGBTIQ individuals.

Additionally, issues of livelihood and protection pertaining to refugees have sparked up, and tensions due to job employment have been ignited, making the marginalized and vulnerable communities more prone to the consequences of unemployment and inflation. Notwithstanding, MOSAIC aims to empower the refugee and host LGBTIQ community by providing the beneficiaries of this project with the proper skills to produce potential artistic products of manual work that can be later sold to generate income, thereby promoting self-funding during this dry economic phase.
Addressing the increasing vulnerabilities of the communities affected by the Syria crisis in Mount Lebanon with Multipurpose Cash Assistance Nearly 1.5 million Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon, 78% of those registered with UNHCR being women and children. The expenditure pattern presented on September 2015 in the Inter Agency Working Group shows that the most vulnerable people spend 56% of their income in food and 94% of Syrians are in debt. 

Provision of Multi Purpose Cash Assistance in support to the severely and highly vulnerable families already benefiting from the current Program (ending in December 2016) for the Winter Period (from January 2017 to March 2017).  This covers 445 Syrian HH. The targeted beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable people affected by the Syrian crisis and have been identified through vulnerability criteria given by the HPQ assessment and the Desk Formula

This project is a continuation of the phase 1 (May-December 2016) whit the same beneficiaries  being targeted for an additional 3 months so as to receive assistance until the end of the harsh winter period. This comes in line with the Basic Assistance sector, where UNHCR covers this caseload with a supplementary amount for the Winterization up until March 2017. This project clearly stress the importance no discontinuity of support to the same beneficiaries and ensures a continuity of support until the end of the winter in March 2017.
The project will also be giving sufficient time to the partners for a proper transition to the Common Red Card currently being distributed by UN agencies and LCC. 

An additional caseload of 38 HH will also be added, identified through SIF hotline and in collaboration with UNHCR, referring Severely Vulnerable HH, never assisted before. 
The final caseload will hence be 483 HH.
Winter assistance project 
“ Water proof plastic sheets for the ISs' housing units” Most of Syrian refugees, the majority of whom are women and children, have sought shelter in  informal settlement's makeshift shelters (tents, caravan) all over Lebanon. The living conditions of the refugees are deteriorating continuously. In total of 70 % live below the poverty line. The key problem faced by these groups is a lack of opportunities to earn a living, which let them unable to improve the conditions of their shelters, even when they were damaged because of the weather factors to protect themselves and especially their children and wives from being more vulnerable to illnesses caused by freezing temperature and water leakage. URDA proposed this project which aims to provide one of the most needed items to mitigate the risks in winter and to protect the refugees in Taalabaya, Al Awdeh  ISs in Bar Elias  from freezing and falling ill (Plastic cover sheet waterproof for tents and prefabricated shelters "caravans").
Vector Control in Akkar Syrian informal settlements and Lebanese municipalities RHAO aims to undertake vector control intervention in Syrian refugee settlements in the Akkar region to fight seasonal insects that are conducive to the transmission of vector-borne diseases. A supplementary portion of the treatments will be applied to the most vulnerable Lebanese towns in Akkar.

The exposure to vector-borne diseases is especially elevated in informal Syrian settlements due to a combination of poor sanitation and the presence of stagnant water around WASH facilities. Cutaneous leishmaniasis, one of such diseases transmitted by the bite of infected sand flies, is endemic in the Akkar region. The best evidence for protecting people against infection is limiting exposure to vectors through preventative measures, which requires a behavioral change most households are unable to practice due to lack of physical resources. RHAO thus aims to provide Syrian settlements with the necessary equipment to eliminate the disease-carrying vectors. RHAO will oversee the application of indoor spraying, rodent poison, traps and insecticide products over a period of two months in the settlements not yet treated by PU-AMI and Concern Worldwide in the Akkar region. The effectiveness of the treatment is guaranteed for 4 months.
Continuation of Provision of Cash Assistance to Vulnerable Refugees from Syria and Affected Communities The project will support Syrian and Lebanese households identified as severely vulnerable with Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) for a period of 1 month, in addition to a winterization top-up for extremely vulnerable Lebanese families for 3 months. The Syrian and Lebanese families are already receiving MPC through January and February - funded through an existing OCHA grant. The proposed actions are therefor to secure winter top-up for Lebanese famliies as well as one additional month (March) of MPC for all beneficiaries. NRC is applying under the 2016 Reserve Allocation window and plans to provide MPC amounts to severely vulnerable families that are a) severely vulnerable households with the full MPC amount in Informal Settlements, and b) supporting extremely vulnerable Lebanese (15% of caseload).

Through ongoing Collective Site Management and Coordination (CSMC) programmes, The Norwegian Refugee Council will support beneficiaries living in Informal Settlements. The CSMC programme involves the creation and training of site management committees composed of refugee representatives who live in the Informal Settlements. The close familiarity and trust that NRC has built with these representatives will facilitate access to the most vulnerable refugees who may otherwise fall through the net and go unsupported.
Providing improved access to essential goods and services for highly vulnerable populations in hard to reach areas The project “Providing improved access to essential goods and services for highly vulnerable populations in hard to reach areas” aims at mitigating the existent constraints surrounding access to both food and non-food items/services, and the subsequent negative mechanisms utilized by individuals and families to manage these access constraints. This project will do so with direct, unconditional cash transfer support to allow people to meet some of their basic needs. ACF will propose an unconditional multi-purpose cash-based assistance intervention targeting the most severely economically vulnerable Syrian Refugees and extremely poor Lebanese households living in hard to reach areas, where assistance coverage is extremely reduced. The cash support serves as a boost to the purchasing power of people in need, facilitating their access to goods and services available in the markets, those which are not directly accessible for the target populations through the existing cash transfer modalities. This project will also serve as a boost to the local market economies, particularly local vendors that will benefit from direct cash injection in their businesses.
In order to increase transparency, dignity, speed, security, and monitor impact of aid response, ACF will use the KACHE System (Kit for Autonomous Cash transfer in Humanitarian Emergencies) made of: a) a small number of “terminals” to be deployed at selected vendors offering goods and/or services in the intervention areas (shops, market stalls, health centres, etc.), working on large-duration batteries and not needing to be connected to any telecommunication network b) a large number of smart cards to be easily configured at the beginning of the response with beneficiaries personal data and amount of cash to be monthly transferred, and c) a comprehensive monitoring software allowing to track the locations and goods/services purchased by the beneficiaries. With the use of this modality of e-payments ACF will be able to reach the targeted areas, usually under-served (due to restricted access to agencies and no banks/ATM present in the area) and will allow for closer monitoring of activities and programme impact.
Strengthening Protection and Empowerment of  Women and Girls in Tripoli With funding through the Community Based Pooled Fund (CBPF), IRC will be able to fill a critical 60% gap in funding for ongoing community-based interventions in the Tripoli + 5 (T5) region to continue providing life-saving support to women and girls who have survived or are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Building on the establishment of a comprehensive Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program in the T5 region, the IRC’s proposed intervention will continue to respond to the needs of women and girls affected by or at risk of SGBV through psychosocial support, case management, community mobilization and risk mitigation activities. The modalities will include the operation of one Women’s and Girls’ Community Centre (WGCC) in Batroun, the ongoing deployment of three mobile teams to remote areas of the T5 area, the creation and deployment of one new mobile team to further expand to meet the needs of women and girls, and the capacitating of women, men, girls and boys to protect women and girls in their communities from SGBV. The IRC will also strengthen the protective environment through capacity building with local organizations and associations and will train SGBV and non-SGBV actors on skills and knowledge critical to the provision of quality services for women and girls including safe referrals.
  
The IRC will aim at achieving the following results:
1.	Women and adolescent girls affected by or at risk of SGBV have access to critical response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile approaches
2.	A protective environment for women and girls within their communities is created through community mobilization and capacity building
3.	Capacity of local actors and community members to provide quality comprehensive SGBV response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile approaches is strengthened
Multi-purpose cash assistance for poor vulnerable Lebanese households in Beirut southern suburbs PU-AMI will distribute multi-purpose cash assistance to 660 extremely poor Lebanese households residing in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs in Baabda district. PU-AMI will select up to three municipalities in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut to implement the project, based on the most vulnerable communities according to the REACH assessment in 2015 as well as in coordination with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) and the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP). Preference will be given to the most vulnerable municipalities of Ghobeiry, Haret Hreik and Bourj El Brajneh.

The cash assistance proposed will be $175 per month per family for 7 months, which is the amount agreed upon by the MoSA, UNHCR and the Basic Assistance Working Group as the standard amount to be distributed to both vulnerable Syrians and Lebanese. The amount is based on the gap between average incomes amongst vulnerable Syrians and the Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket. Whilst Lebanese may have different income levels, the amount being distributed is the same to provide equal assistance. The timeframe proposed allows for the maximum number of households to be assisted but is flexible and the assistance could be adjusted, depending on MoSA and donor priorities and preferences. Families will be selected based on results of household assessment undertaken by the NPTP. Subject to this vulnerability scoring mechanism, the poorest households that are not already receiving any other cash assistance , will be selected for the programme.  

The list of households will be provided by NPTP to PU-AMI, who will co-ordinate the distribution of 660 CSC cards at the MoSA’s Social Development Centres (SDCs), located in the targeted municipalities. PU-AMI will also provide a follow-up for the cards through the management of a hotline and support to beneficiaries for card-relatedproblems, together with PU-AMI’s banking partner, BankMed, on the technical problems. Distribution of replacement PINS and cards will also be carried out by PU-AMI and will take place through the SDCs A total number of 40 extra cards, to the 660, will be purchased for this replacement purpose. The number of extra cards for replacement is calculated on the basis of PUAMI previous experience in similar projects and specifically within the WFP program. 

PU-AMI will work closely with the NPTP and MoSA on the implementation of this project.  PU-AMI is already working with NPTP/ MoSA on cash distributions for UNICEF so has an existing relationship. Joint SOPs will be drafted detailing each agencies’ role in the project prior to commencing distributions and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed between PU-AMI and SDCs.  MoSA and NPTP representatives will be present and co-host the distributions in order to enhance their role and ownership of the intervention. Pre and post-distribution monitoring activities will also be undertaken to investigate the impact of the cash assistance on vulnerability and may be done jointly with NPTP/ MoSA staff if resources allow.
Response to the food and non food needs, including provision of case management, of the highly vulnerable Palestine and Syrian Refugee families and hosting community, living in the Palestinian Camps and surrounding areas in Tyre and Saida The present action aims at supporting 5,050 Palestine refugees from Syria (PRS) and Syrian refugees (SRS) and Palestine refugees from Lebanon (PRL) highly vulnerable households (approx. 16,344 individuals – 53%F, 52%lt18, 5%gt59) unable to meet their basic needs through direct support and referral, follow up and case management. The families will be selected according to their vulnerabilities and to their specific unmet needs. Assistance will provide vulnerable families food insecure with tailored unconditional cash assistance for food. Vulnerable girls, boys and women in need of protection support will be assisted through individual case management and referral to the services providers available in the targeted areas. 

The action is conceived within the LCRP 2015-16 year 2 strategy and responds to the priorities of the HIP Syria Crisis 2016 - which specifically includes Palestine Refugees within priority group – and intends to coordinate with UNRWA (whose mandate is Palestine refugees), UNHCR (whose mission includes protection of Syrian) and the Palestinian camps main stakeholders (Popular committees, National and International NGOs, etc.)

The Action is built on the experience of three consecutive emergency ECHO projects (2012-2016) by Terre des Hommes Italia and Naba'a - Developmental Action without Border and two education and child protection interventions (UNICEF, TDH, and Italian MOFA funded) that supported the response to the massive influx in the camps and provided assistance to a total number of 63,411 beneficiaries dwelling in the Palestinian camps and gatherings in the following sectors: food assistance and livelihood (7,866), distribution of NFIs and cash assistance for new comers and winterization (24,297 beneficiaries), Protection (24,206), Child protection and education in emergency (14,426) and shelter rehabilitation targeting 3,733 persons.
Basic Assistance for vulnerable Lebanese Now more than 4 years after the start of the conflict in Syria, Lebanon continues to host significant numbers of Syrians, fleeing this generation’s largest humanitarian crisis.  As violence carries on without end, refugees continue to stream into neighbouring countries (and now even further afield into Europe) in hopes of attaining some relief and stability for their families. In Lebanon, UNHCR has registered 1,078,338 refugees , nearly 25%  of the region’s total Syrian refugee population now lives in this small nation of 4.4 million residents. The impact of the crisis is being felt across the country with Lebanon’s social and economic infrastructure overwhelmed and their hospitality overstretched. Syrian refugees, like the Lebanese in local communities most affected by the influx, are becoming increasingly vulnerable, despite the large-scale inter-agency response to date. 
The increase in poverty rate is heavily effecting Lebanon’s fluid socioeconomic dynamics. According to the LCRP 2016, 28% of Lebanese were living under the poverty before 2011 and 8 % were under the extreme poverty line. After 2011 and prior to the Syrian influx, the poverty rate increased from 28 %to 36%. This increase in economic inequality will eventually effect the social relationship between different actors and threaten the country’s stability. 
In this context, Caritas Lebanon aims at assisting poor Lebanese families identified through the National Poverty Targetting Program, used by the government of Lebanon, in the delivery of social assistance and social services with the objective of improving living standards of the population, in particular of the poor and vulnerable Lebanese. This project activities will be in lign with national plans, such as the National Social Development Strategy.
Life-saving advanced care for Palestinian refugees from Lebanon and from Syria Refugees affected by acute or chronic life-threatening conditions requiring advanced care are amongst the most vulnerable individuals affected by the Syria crisis. The very high costs of specialized health services in Lebanon is a major barrier to accessing life-saving treatment for many the inability to timely access the care required can lead to permanent loss of functioning, disability and death for many of these patients. For refugee families, the need to privately fundraise for healthcare costs often activates a spiral of poverty, debt, increased vulnerability to human rights abuses, acute psychosocial distress and its somatic and mental health sequelae - leading to extreme vulnerability being transmitted across generations.

With this project, we aim to provide access to life-saving hospitalization and medications for Palestinian Refugees from Syria and from Lebanon affected by life-threatening conditions requiring advanced care. The majority of PRS and PRL are assisted by UNRWA, and therefore benefit from free universal access to PHC services, and nearly full coverage of secondary care hospitalization costs however, patients in need of advanced care hospitalization, or medications for catastrophic ailments, only benefit from partial coverage, and often need to contribute very large sums in order to get access to the medical care that they need to survive.

With the support of OCHA we propose to provide:
-	Partial coverage of Advanced care hospitalization costs for Palestinian refugees from Syria affected by life-threatening conditions, additional to the one provided by UNRWA, up to a ceiling of $2,100 per procedure. Total estimated cost of this component for 10 months: $102,242. Estimated number of beneficiaries: 95
-	Partial coverage of the costs of cancer medications, additional to one provided by UNRWA, for all PRS and PRL cancer patients requiring a course of treatment that costs more than $8,000 yearly. Total estimated cost of this component for 10 months: $30,000. Estimated number of beneficiaries: 18
-	Partial coverage of the costs of medications for Multiple Sclerosis, for PRS and PRL patients. Total estimated cost of this component for 10 months: $143,500. Estimated number of beneficiaries: 41
Providing essential primary health care services to Syrian refugees and other vulnerable populations throughout Lebanon IMC aims to address some of the most urgent health needs of Syrian refugees and host communities living in underserved areas of Lebanon. Specifically, this project will target beneficiaries through support to nine primary health care centers (PHCCs) located in vulnerable areas in the North, South, and Beirut/Mount Lebanon regions, where the health center has identified service gaps. A total of 36,000 individual beneficiaries are expected to receive primary health care (PHC) services over 12 months. In addition to routine PHC services, including preventive care, management of chronic diseases, and immunizations, IMC will also focus on reproductive health services for women and girls, including antenatal and postnatal care and family planning.
It is essential that project activities focus on meeting immediate humanitarian needs while also building local systems capacity. IMC will continue to employ its successful model of enhancing the capacity of existing PHCCs to provide quality, subsidized medical care and medications to vulnerable populations. IMC’s support for PHCCs allows for OCHA to support the Lebanese health care system in dealing with the impact of the Syria crisis, while avoiding an over-reliance on donor funding. IMC contracts existing PHCCs, most of which are within the MoPH network, supported by local NGOs. IMC's continued cost sharing co-payment system aims to reduce refugee dependence on INGOs while encouraging the utilization of existing local health facilities. 

The expected outcomes of this program include:
	Expanded access to subsidized PHC services for Syrian refugees and host communities via the provision of a package of basic health care services
	Improved quality of PHC service provision, via trainings, continuous monitoring, and evidence and performance-based programming 
	Access to free medications, as per WHO and MOPH essential drug lists, and subsidized referrals to specialized services and diagnostics
	Capacity building activities for clinic staff aimed at improving quality of care.