Envelope 2 - Integrated emergency protection response for the most vulnerable conflict-affected people in Hajja, Ibb, and NorthTaiz The project will provide for integrated emergency protection response for the most vulnerable conflict-affected people in Hajja, Ibb, and North Taiz.
INTERSOS conducted a multi-sector rapid assessment in Hajja in May 2017, preparing for health-nutrition emergency interventions. The assessment also demonstrated important protection needs and gaps which are common/recurring for conflict-affected communities.
INTERSOS implements for 1 Nov 2017 in Hajja (Abs) a WHO funded project for 12 months for integrated health-nutrition services, supporting 6 existing but only partially functioning health units. Other funding for health-nutrition will be added later this year from UNICEF for Hajja. 
INTERSOS aims to ensure further integration of protection services (prevention and response) for the most vulnerable communities and individuals in the targeted district, complementing health-nutrition services in Abs with a protection service package (case management services, PSS, referral, cash for protection, legal services and awareness). The protection services target Persons with Specific Needs (PwSN), Child Protection (CP) cases and Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors, for men, women, girls and boys. Building on its longstanding experience and acceptance in Yemen in the protection sector, INTERSOS will apply a community based approach, where the role of engaged community outreach volunteers (COVs) will be essential to ensure community acceptance, community referral and impact of the planned project. 
In Hajja INTERSOS will run 3 mobile protection teams in Abs under this project, supported by 6 COVs per team ensuring a maximum outreach in the communities. Each team will be linked to the catchment area of 2 health facilities. Direct referrals from health teams will help in the identification of the most vulnerable cases. Community Level Assessments permit for identification of general protection trends and concerns and also allows the identification of the most vulnerable persons in need of individual case management (Psycho-Social First Aid - PSFA, Psycho-Social Counseling - PSC, referral and follow-up). Community mobilisation and awareness will be at the core of this community-based protection approach, promoting community-based protection networks (CBPNs) through the mobilisation of COVs, the engagement with local civil society actors and stakeholders and promoting integration and referral with other sectors. INTERSOS will provide legal assistance and awareness with a focus on PoCs in lack of valid documentation (access to services and assistance to be facilitated). Community awareness sessions will focus on protection related topics. The sessions will be tailored per target, age and gender group.
This project will also complement ongoing programming in Ibb and North Taiz. The needs there have been identified during ongoing implementation of the current projects/activities: Firstly INTERSOS runs since 2016 a One Stop Assistance Center (OSAC) located in Al-Qaeda - Dhi Suffal, covering protection services for PwSN, GBV and CP cases, funded by OFDA, combined with WASH for collective shelters. Especially the lack of dedicated cash assistance and legal services leads to work load and community pressure for the protection team at the OSAC in Al-Qaeda. Therefore INTERSOS aims to cover under this project legal services through support of 2 lawyers and cash assistance for GBV and CP cases and PwSN. And secondly, in North Taiz (Dimnat Khadir), UNHCR is funding INTERSOS protection team that conducts protection monitoring, provides for case management package and awareness. However the project falls short for cash assistance for the identified most vulnerable protection cases, while the needs and expectation of the communities are enormous. INTERSOS aims to cover under this project cash for protection for GBV and CP cases and PwSN.