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SHAREK  شارك: ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES The current context in the oPt has been highly impacted by the pandemic of COVID-19, resulting in additional burden on an already stretched education system. This is translated into schools closure and, at times, additional requirements to turn into online education in a context in which a large number of students is unable to follow this approach. According to gender analysis conducted by HI in Gaza and West Bank, 56.4% of children with and without disabilities could not follow online classes due to the lack of internet connection and educational technologies or lack of classes / adaptive didactic support from the schools. The study also shown that girls were more affected (65%) than boys (47%). Whereas the pandemic impacted children and educators' psycho-social aspects and well-being, the escalation during May 2021 on the West Bank and Gaza further aggravated the situation leaving children and educators in an urgent need for emotional and psycho-social support. Observations from the field showed an urgent need of building the capacities of school counselors in providing inclusive psycho-social first aid. The Education cluster estimates that children with disabilities are one the most affected by the protracted and acute crisis: they lack basic assistive devices and education technologies that would facilitate their learning following the mixed approach of face to face and online learning, and are in need of psycho-social support (PSS) and remedial education. Since 2014, HI has strive to improve the access of children with disabilities to education both in Gaza and West Bank (mainly in Area C). Building on this solid experience, the project aims to enhance the access of children with and without disabilities to education services in emergencies. The project will respond to the objective identified by the Education Cluster within the allocation, namely objective “1” Supporting the mental health and psycho social well-being of students, parents and educators in oPt, through MHPSS support and “2”, Increase equitable safe access to inclusive, quality educational services for vulnerable children, by identifying vulnerable teachers, parents and children with and without and provide to them PSS individual and group session, adding referrals for specialized services.  Within the second component, the project will support the children’s return back to education, providing learning devises, remedial classes and technical support to teacher to develop tailored plans for children with disabilities and most vulnerable ones identified. HI will also support the provision of holistic services –alongside PSS kits - through referrals to other stakeholders in both components. The intervention outlines an exit strategy by enhancing capacities of counselors and teachers in continuing providing PSS support through peer-to-peer activities and to children and families themselves. Finally, the project assumes a direct service delivery - with HI being the unique implementers - and targets 1,913 direct beneficiaries.
Enhancing access to protection services for vulnerable children and their families in the Gaza Strip The ever-deepening crises resulting from the ongoing blockade, occupation, and political rift have led to a progressive deterioration in the political, social, and security conditions of the Gaza Strip. Currently, the unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip is 53.3%, more than half of Gaza's population live in poverty, and about two-thirds of households are experiencing severe or moderate levels of food insecurity. The humanitarian situation significantly deteriorated recently after May’s escalation and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Compounding the situation is that families are pushed to resort to negative coping mechanisms as they lack access to essential basic services. The need for protection services for children with protection concerns, distressed adults and youth, and GBV survivors is very high and urgently needed, according to the findings of several studies, including the recently published Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA, 2021), the Rapid Needs Assessment conducted by Tdh (Tdh, 2021), and the qualitative assessment conducted by Tdh during the design of this Project (Tdh, 2021).   This Project is a response to such dire needs. 

This project will meet the protection needs of 7,200 persons ( 3,305 children and 3,895 adults). The main activities under the Project will include (1) provision of MHPSS services and specialized individual case management to children who have protection concerns such as child labourers, out-of-school children, children with distress symptoms, and children exposed to different types of violence. Additionally, families with child protection concerns will benefit from cash assistant, joint child-parent interaction activities, and parenting classes.  (2) provision of MHPSS services to adults and youth, including structured psychosocial services utilizing the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Protocol and conducting awareness sessions through organizing group discussions with targeted adults and youth to discuss ways of increasing resilience, using positive coping mechanisms, and using positive ways to deal with stress.  Finally, (3) provision of multi-sectoral responses to GBV survivors, mainly for women and girls. The multi-sectoral responses will involve the provision of structured and nonstructured MHPSS, cash assistance, and dignity kits. Furthermore, the capacity building of implementing partners is a core component of this project. The Project staff will benefit from different training topics, including specialized training on CBT protocol, followed by on-the-job supervision for 4 weeks, refresher training on child protection case management, PSEA Policy, how to conduct and facilitate structured support group sessions for GBV survivors, and refresher training of MHPSS manuals. The project interventions will be carried out by Tdh and 5 partners covering the entire Gaza Strip, except Rafha. The Project activities will be coordinated with the Protection Cluster, Child Protection Area of Responsibility, GBV Sub-cluster, and other relevant ministries.
Addressing the emotional and learning needs of the most affected children in East and North Gaza The proposed project is in line with the cluster and MOE priorities to support the Education system after the May 2021 conflict escalation which is supporting the mental health and psychosocial well-being of students, parents and educators in Gaza, through MHPSS support (SO2). The proposed project fits under the multi-year NRC education strategy of ensuring psychosocial support in formal education, and supports the Education in Emergencies Strategic Advisory Group’s focus. It is a two-fold approach: i) implement 2 Winter Programs with PSS and recreational activities in 20 schools (10 in East Gaza and 10 in north Gaza) for 2 double shifted weeks in each school to reach 2,400 children (around 120 children per school) and ii) Provision of compensatory classes to 1,020 students, in 20 Ministry of Education (MoE) schools, during the first 4 months of the new school year. NRC works closely with cluster partners to ensure all the activities are coordinated and follow the cluster standards. The proposal is also aligned with the Covid 19 restrictions and measures to reduce the virus spread in the Gaza strip.
Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) in oPt Through this proposed action, REACH (a joint initiative of ACTED, IMPACT Initiatives, and the UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme) will facilitate the coordination and technical implementation of a Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) in the West Bank and Gaza. The assessment will consist of a multi-sectoral household survey employed among a representative sample of the affected population in both the West Bank and Gaza. Data collection will be implemented by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), drawing on the agency’s extensive experience in large-scale surveys and past experience collaborating with humanitarian and development actors to conduct assessments.
 
The overall project objective is to directly inform joint humanitarian-development response planning based on the nexus approach that the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) adopted in January 2020, through the provision of comprehensive, multi-sectoral household data and inter-sectoral needs and vulnerability analysis. As such, the MSNA will be conducted in a collaborative, coordinated, and inter-agency manner, inclusive of a broad array of humanitarian and development stakeholders such as humanitarian Clusters, UN development agencies, local NGOs and civil society organizations, and representatives from the Government of Palestine. Assessment coordination will be channelled through an MSNA Steering Committee, established on an ad hoc basis for the duration of the project, as well as existing coordination bodies such as the UNCT Data Group and the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group. REACH will aim to target at least 65 humanitarian and development organizations within the oPt response along the course of the project, in both the assessment coordination and joint analysis activities as well as through the dissemination of MSNA information productions.  

REACH will lead the overall technical implementation of the MSNA and provide oversight to each phase of the MSNA research cycle: research design data collection, cleaning, and processing joint inter-sectoral analysis of MSNA data and production of the following key outputs:
-	1 final clean and anonymised dataset 
-	1 static summary findings dashboard containing key indicators for the HNO PiN
-	1 key findings presentation (presented in at least 3 inter-agency forums)

The above outputs will include multi-sectoral severity of needs analysis and preliminary vulnerability analysis to be integrated in the HNO, as well as sector/cluster-specific severity of needs analysis and preliminary vulnerability analysis, to support Cluster coordinators in drafting the sector-specific sections in the HNO. 

The above outputs comprise the first phase of the Nexus MSNA, which will conclude at the end of the HNO process in-country. In the second phase (November 2021- January 2022), for which funds are still being sought, a full detailed multi-sectoral vulnerability analysis is anticipated to be produced, and key findings from both the humanitarian and development analyses will be presented in a final MSNA report.
Provision of multi-sectorial services to vulnerable children and their families affected by May's escalation The ever-deepening crises resulting from the ongoing blockade, occupation, and political lift have led to a progressive deterioration in the political, social, and security conditions of the Gaza Strip.  The deteriorating political and socio-economic conditions in Gaza have negative consequences on children’s rights and ability to access education and access sufficient food. The last escalation has further compounded the already fragile situation leaving families and caregivers unable to fulfill the basic needs of their children.  More than half of the people who were killed during the escalation were women and children (66 children and 40 women, and 150 men). Tdh Rapid Needs Assessment and the Flash Appeal have underlined the importance of providing integrated services that involve education, and food security interventions. With such a context, it is undoubtedly that the need for multisectoral interventions: education and food security is highly needed.  The main activities under the Education Cluster will include (1) summer activities, and (2) self-care interventions to school staff and service providers. The main activity under the Food Security Sector is the provision of multipurpose unrestricted cash-assistance support to 110 households-891 persons. The cash-based support will be unrestricted to cover families’ full needs.  The project interventions will be carried out by Tdh and 5 partners. Tdh will liaise with MoSD, and Education Clusters amp FSS to provide inclusive quality services.
Emergency Livelihood Support to Affected Farmers The proposed project aims to provide one-time direct support through agricultural inputs vouchers tailored to agricultural livelihood activities in the Gaza Strip. Those include open field farmers, greenhouse farmers, and poultry farmers affected by the COVID-19 economic crisis and those severely impacted by weather events during last winter and early spring (heat wave). This has resulted in high losses of farmer’s produce, harvest and livestock and affected farmer’s coping capacities which are posing risks to mitigating upcoming stressors.
Oxfam and its partner-Palestinian Environment Friends (PEF)- will closely coordinate the implementation of the proposed project with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and FSS. The list of targeted affected farmers is registered at, and later verified and assessed by the MoA. The project will specifically target 754 small scale farmers and their households (4,146 individuals) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and weather events. Targeted farmers will be supported with vouchers ranging between USD 500 and USD 750. Targeted farmers have been selected in consultation with FSS and MoA with the following selection criteria: open field farmers with 5 dunums and less affected by winter storms and flooding, greenhouse farmers of 2 arches affected by winter storms, and poultry farmers affected by the April 2021 heat wave.
PEF will carry out a random verification to a sample of 20% of potential list of beneficiaries to validate the data provided by MoA. Oxfam and PEF will carry out a rapid market assessment to evaluate the availability and prices of items needed by farmers to recover their lands and to continue carrying out their farming and livelihoods activities. The market assessment will also ensure that commodity voucher items are specified based on (a) types/classification of agricultural activities and (b) physical accessibility of farmers. Farmers will be provided with one-time inputs vouchers that will allow them to reach designated suppliers who will be contracted by Oxfam. Farmers will redeem vouchers with specific items within a 4-week period. PEF will monitor the voucher redemption in target areas to ensure suppliers’ compliance with specified restricted items. Oxfam will utilize its electronic e-voucher system (RedRose) to monitor the voucher redemption based on assigned prices identified during the market assessment. The use of the e-voucher modality will facilitate the real time monitoring of the voucher redemption and will enable Oxfam to report on the types of commodities that farmers will purchase (redeem). After distribution, Oxfam and PEF will carry out random post distribution monitoring (PDM) to collect feedback on targeted farmers’ satisfaction of the assistance provided.
Urgent Food E-Voucher support for the War-affected most vulnerable families in Gaza strip Long-simmering confrontations in East Jerusalem triggered an escalation of hostilities across Israel and oPT in May 2021, as well as large-scale intercommunal violence in numerous cities throughout Israel, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. The series of events culminated in a sustained and heavy bombardment of Gaza which caused a significant number of deaths, displacement, and damage (both physical and psychosocial) in addition to further disrupting the response in Gaza following months of challenges generated by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Save the Children’s project will address the aftermath of the 11-day crisis and unrest, which coincided with a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases in Gaza and, as a result, exacerbated the already-fragile conditions in which many families and communities live. In particular, the proposed action will support the immediate Food Security needs of households and communities who are exhibiting extreme and multiple vulnerabilities in Gaza. This will be achieved through the distribution of food electronic vouchers to help recover from the combined shock of the May hostilities and COVID-19 restrictions, while further acting as a strategic preparedness measure for future emergencies and continuing economic downturn resulting from pandemic-related restrictions. 

Save the Children’s proposed response is fully aligned with Cluster priorities and is an integral part of the Humanitarian Country Team’s (HCT) May Flash Appeal and 3rd Reserve Allocation Strategy. Individual sectors and interventions have been carefully selected on the basis of our organizational expertise and footprint in the affected areas. As defined by the allocation strategy, a special focus is given to critical but underfunded priorities, with an aim to alleviate the most urgent needs of vulnerable families in Gaza while creating the conditions for enhancing household-level resilience, and psychosocial recovery and wellbeing. 

The intervention will target 500 War-affected vulnerable families, families with children not targeted by other interventions, and families who lost their primary source of livelihood and/or income during the escalation. Each HH will be provided with monthly vouchers covering their food needs for four months. The value of the voucher will be based on CWG recommended Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) for Food covering basic food items and fresh food including fruits, vegetables, and meats.
Rapid response for WASH rehabilitation at HH level The main purpose of this action is to support the Humanitarian Coordinator to deliver an immediate response to the critical needs as a result of the recent hostilities on the Gaza Strip. The action will last for six months and focuses on the rehabilitation of WASH infrastructure at household level in the areas of North and Middle Gaza Strip. The aim is to provide support through a Cash for material approach to 500 households and also includes the delivery of 500 PE tanks (1.5M3). A team of engineers will evaluate, in collaboration with the beneficiaries, the different needs for each HH in order to provide tailored solutions. Cash for work and cash for assets will be provided to the beneficiaries to perform the rehabilitation. Dignity, protection and safety of target households will be ensured through their involvement in planning and providing acceptable and tailored WASH solutions for each household. 
The commitment of the beneficiary is ensured all along the project, involving them in each step. Through this approach, for instance, HHs will appropriate the rehabilitation work activity, being protagonist of the tailored planning draft and also during the implementation phase, since they will lead the works and have to anticipate resources to complete all repairs before receiving the 2nd instalment.
In this way, the beneficiary will not perceive the activity as a pure assistance action, but a participating one, requesting their active participation.
Also, during field follow up and monitoring visits, all along the activity implementation, CESVI, ACTED and YEC, with the support of the CBPCs, will ensure to maintain and increase the beneficiary commitment through raising awareness, continuous support in problem solving and clarification/mediation of any issue in any phase of the project.
Throughout the implementation of all activities, COVID-19 prevention measures will be integrated to ensure the safety of all beneficiaries and staff. 

The activities will be implemented by CESVI, ACTED and YEC. CESVI and ACTED are members of ALLIANCE2015 and as such have already started emergency response activities immediately after the ceasefire (21st May) with internal funds. The activities here presented will build upon this initial intervention and allow consortium partners to scale up thereby reaching a higher number of beneficiaries. 
The project will be supported by the mainstreaming of an Integrated Protection Approach (IPA), with a specific focus on the most vulnerable groups, including women, girls, boys, the disabled, and the elderly. Gender principles will be mainstreamed throughout the entire action. Project staff and Community Based Protection Committees (CBPCs) will be refreshed about existing referral mechanisms available for protection cases such as gender-based violence (GBV), with a particular focus given to women and children. Finally, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) will be core to the proposed Action by giving account to, taking account of, and being held to account by affected populations.
Makani. Rebuilding safe education facilities, inclusive learning opportunities and the psychosocial well-being of children in Northern Gaza Overall objective of the program is to promote the psychosocial well-being of minors, families and educators in northern Gaza. Specific objective of the program is to respond to children’s needs in terms of education and PSS support, ensuring them access to safe and repaired schools building and inclusive recreational and learning opportunities.
The latest attack in Gaza strip has severely affected the already highly compromised education system, severely undermining the living conditions and access to basic services of the entire population of Gaza.
The project intends to: repair n. 5 educational facilities, 4 KGs and 1 school, operating in the territories of Beit Hanum, Beit Lahiya, Um Al Naser and Jabalia, including the refugee camp, and that are presenting minor damages ensure the access for the children to safe and inclusive learning opportunities and the provision of non-formal educational services provide a specific training path to educators and teachers in order to allow them to deal with children in post emergency situation. 
The implementation of recreational activities through the organization of the summer camps, after repairing the educational facilities, is aimed at allowing children, youth and their families to attend a protected place, at the presence of a competent staff, which can ensure educational and psychosocial support. Moreover, by strengthening the capacity of KGs and schools operators (educators, social workers and teachers) the action will ensure children in Gaza to continue learning and to receive psychosocial support (PSS) support during the whole academic year. Training paths for the operators of the educational facilities were outlined in order to deepening the knowledge on how to recognize the most severe cases of post-traumatic stress among children in order to conduct referral activities for post emergency intervention.
Rehabilitate Damaged WASH Facilities in Beit-Lahia Community Through Cash for Repair Assistance Global Communities, in partnership with Beit-Lahia Development Association, will restore household (HH) access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities for 380 HHs in the Beit-Lahia community in Northern Gaza. We will target HH exposed to major or minor damage during the recent escalation through the provision of cash for WASH facility repairs, and electronic vouchers for household WASH items. We anticipate that repairs will focus on water storage tanks, toilets, hand-washing stations, water supply connections, and sewage collection connections.