Provision of  livelihoods,  WASH, and protection support to the most vulnerable and at-risk people in Sahar district of Sa’dah (Pillar 1 and Pillar 3) ltpgtlt/pgtltpgtltbrgtThe project envisages providing integrated livelihoods, WASH and Protection support to the most vulnerable and at-risk IDPs and host communities of Alshatt, Mahlah, Al-Qasasbah, Ban Aweer Al-Gharbi and Bani Moath in Sahar district of Sa’adah governorate, which has been identified based on the prevailing gaps in food security and agriculture, Protection, and WASH needs gaps. The project design has been informed by the recent June 2023 rapid need assessment, ongoing programmatic experience, and consultations with local stakeholders, including the FSAC, WASH and protection clusters. Oxfam intends to reach 21,805 people (6484  women, 4779  girls, 4399  boys, 6143  men) and has strongly embedded gender equality, protection, safeguarding, and do-no-harm approaches to ensure the provision of assistance in a safe and dignified manner. The project employs a vulnerability-based targeting criterion by targeting HHs and individuals who suffer from malnutrition, and other forms of vulnerability such as female-headed households, elderly, persons with disabilities and chronic illness, HHs with more children and unable to meet their food consumption needs, and those expose to protection risks, and lack access to WASH services. The project has three integrated components/outcomes. The food security and livelihoods component (outcome 1) will build the resilience of the most vulnerable HHs of the project aims by providing temporary employment opportunities through rehabilitating community infrastructure using the Cash for Work (CFW) modality (15-days/month for 3 months) and the participating households will receive YER ltspan dir="ltr" class="ui-provider fz b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak"gt67,934.78lt/spangt

 equals to USD 125/ per month, enabling them to cover 90-95 % of the minimum food basket (output 1). Micro-businesses support constituting start-up grants combined with vocational and business management skills training is also proposed to facilitate targeted households to resume their small-scale businesses, and each beneficiary will receive 550 USD as a start-up grant (output 2). Most vulnerable households whose livelihoods were destroyed/ affected by the crisis will receive emergency livelihoods/agriculture kits (USD 594 in cash/in-kind) to resume their livelihoods activities and meet household food security needs.  ltbrgtThe protection component (Outcome 2) aims to provide a combination of Protection Cash Assistance to the most vulnerable and at-risk households/individuals (USD 225 or equivalent YER 56,204/individual), life skills, recreational or vocational support for improved protection outcome (USD 500 or equivalent YER 124,900/individual) with support directed towards 70% IDPs and 30% HCs, with strong consideration for PLWDs across IDPs and HCs. Oxfam will also focus on strengthening systems by conducting capacity building on protection, gender in emergencies, and GBV for MOSAL and CBPNs. Community-prioritized quick-impact projects will also be implemented to stabilize at-risk communities and promote social cohesion and peacebuilding.  ltbrgtThe WASH component (Outcome 3)  component will focus on the rehabilitation, maintenance and protection of 3 water supply sources, water quality monitoring activities and surveillance, capacity building and provision of OM tools to Water Management Committees. Hygiene promotion will be conducted through Community Health Visitors, and hygiene kits will be distributed to the most vulnerable households, and support will be provided to local community structures for solid waste management activities. ltbrgtlt/pgt    ltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt