Rehabilitation and repair of sub-standard and damaged shelters, and strengthening emergency-preparedness in the Middle Area, Khan Younis and Rafah governorates ltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtIn a context of exacerbated
political tensions, dire economic conditions, and the ongoing impact of the
May-2021 and August-2022 escalations, efforts to rehabilitate households
against adverse extreme weather conditions, provide NFI kits and increase
communities’ emergency preparedness are paramount to ensure the safety,
protection and dignity of the most vulnerable, along with rapid andltbrgt
safe access to emergency assistance. Under this project, ACTED and its
implementing partner Fares Al-Arab (FAFD) aim to support 70 vulnerable households
(392 individuals) living in damaged and/or substandard shelters exposed to
weather extremes and protection concerns. The selected households (HHs) will
benefit from the provision of a restricted cash assistance for shelter repair,
as a more sustainable solution to mitigate further risks of exposure to extreme
weather conditions and to rehabilitate damaged/substandard shelters, as well as to purchase needed NFIs. ACTED will target most vulnerable
groups in the Middle Area, Khan Younis and Rafah governorates, including women,
girls, boys, people with disabilities (PwDs) and older people. ACTED, with support
of FAFD, will also increase the stockpiling capacity by further prepositioning
NFI kits in the four warehouses located in the three target governorates,lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtto be able to respond to
urgent needs of additional 500 HHs. This rehabilitation activity is fully aligned
with the 2023 1st standard allocation Objective 2:“Ensure inclusive, accessible, coordinated provision of quality basic
services for most vulnerable people in emergency situations in the Gaza strip
and West Bank including Area C and East Jerusalem” and more specifically the
shelter cluster priority 3.1 “vulnerable households exposed to harsh weather
and protection concerns are supported to meet basic needs and enhance their
coping capacities”. In line with the priority activity 3.1.1, the project will provide
safe and protected shelters for 70 vulnerable HHs across the 3 governorates to
meet their basic needs and shelter minimum standards, with particular focus on
female headed HHs, PwDs, older people, and HHs lacking privacy and at risk of
protection and GBV concerns. The stockpiling activity falls under  the
Objective 3:“Address vulnerable households’ multiple immediate essential needs
and improve access to life-saving services through strengthening food security,
sustaining livelihoods and providing Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance", and
the shelter objective 3.3 “capacity to respond to natural or manmade hazards in
a timely, efficient and effective manner is increased” notably through the
increase of stockpiling capacity and having sufficient NFIs at ACTED’s
warehouses – feeding into the shelter priority activity 3.3.1. In addition,
this proposed project combines 2 concepts which had been approved by the
shelter cluster for the 2023 HRP (HPSE23-SHL-193848-1
 HPSE23-SHL-193817-1). To avoid duplication of assistance, ACTED also
coordinated with relevant stakeholders including shelter cluster,MAAN,
PEF, UFA, MoPWH and MoSD.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtltbrgt


lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="margin-top:9.95ptmargin-right:0inmargin-bottom:
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"color:black"gtTo support localization and
ensure that even most inaccessible BNF are reached, ACTED will partner with
FAFD who will be responsible for the NFI replenishment and stockpiling
activities, will oversee the implementation of around 19% of the BNF
agreements, will support conducting assessments and monitoring the rehabilitation/upgrading
works by target HH. lt/spangtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gt

ACTED will rely on its 2 Community Emergency Response Networks’ (CERN)
existing capacity to implement activities throughout theltbrgt
project, to reach BNF, share key PSEA messages, and support ACTED’s Complaint and
Response Mechanism (CRM). These 2 CERN were established under former HF-funded
projects, operate across 3 governorates, and are composed of 3 Community-Based
Organizations (CBOs), 4 Community-Based Protection Committees (CBPCs), and 130
volunteers (176 individuals in total).



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