Enhance access to food security and education for men and women  in NW Syria This project has been designed in line with envelope 2  to contribute to addressing the needs and filling in the gaps that have appeared in the Syrian FSL and education sectors as a result of nearly 12 years of ongoing war. 

The project’s activities revolve around the following three components: 

1) Free Bread Distributions: Currently, ONSUR is distributing daily free breads for 1134 families in 10 Salqin camps located in rural Idleb through an SCHF funded project which will end by the end of March 2023. So the daily “freed bread distributions” component of this project will take place in 10 Salqin camps until end of March 2023. Once the SCHF-funded project is ended, ONSUR will cover the costs associated with this component, and “free bread distributions” planned for April, May and June will take place in other Salqin camps that are going to be identified in consultation with the FSL cluster. This intervention will address 30% of the targeted households’ needs of food calories by providing them with 2450 daily bread bundles (700g/ for every 4 people of family/ 6 days a week, except Friday).

2) Electronic Vouchers Assistance for Food Items: through this component, ONSUR seeks to distribute 1134 E-Vouchers for 1134 families residing in the aforementioned 10 Salgin camps located in rural Idleb. The beneficiaries of this component are exactly the same families that are going to be targeted by the “daily free bread distributions” activity. ONSUR will adopt a blanket distribution approach and as a result, 100 percent of the families residing in the mentioned camps [in total 1134 families] are going to be targeted. Using these E-vouchers, the targeted beneficiary households will have the opportunity to purchase their most needed basic food items from a number of retailers who are going to be contracted by the project through a tender process. The monetary value of each E-voucher is USD $60, which has been determined based on the FSL cluster recommendations. In total 4 rounds of E-voucher distribution will be carried out among the beneficiaries for a period of 4 months. This intervention will address 70% of the targeted households’ needs of food calories. 

3) Ensuring retention of children enrolled in school through continued support to formal education: through this component, the project will target 15 formal schools located in in Idleb amp Harim amp Ariha and Jisr-Ash-Shugur districts of Idleb Governorate. The project seeks to support these schools to adapt/implement the SiG curriculum, deliver quality classes, introduce extra class shift to avoid overcrowding and administer exams according to the academic calendar. The targeted schools will also be provided with consumables and operational supplies. The project will also provide 236 male and female education staff working at these schools with a monthly incentive for a period of 4 months. Additionally, a parent-teacher association (PTA) will be established at each of the targeted schools. The project will also organize back to learning (BTL) campaigns to communicate messages about the value of schooling as well as the Cholera outbreak and precautionary sanitary and hygiene measures. Adapting the War Child’s “I DEAL” learning package, the project will support the targeted schools to conduct activities that are focused on psychosocial support (PSS), social-emotional learning (SEL). Recreational materials [including puzzles, memory games, sport items, building blocks etc.] will also be provided to the students by the project. Moreover, the project will facilitate child protection case management and referrals in the 15 targeted schools to support the most vulnerable children and protect them against dropping out of school. In total, 4,993 conflict-affected children [1,942 girls, 3,051 boys aged 5 to 17, including 100 CwD], and 236 teachers and school staff [including 111 males and 125 females] will directly benefit from this component of the project.