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Primary Health Care Support for Crisis Affected Communities in Lebanon Through this project IOM will support three PHCs, 1 each in Bekaa, Nabatieh, and the North. All these centers are located in highly vulnerable areas hosting high numbers of Syrian refugees. The support to these centers will improve the access to health services for vulnerable populations and close gaps in health service coverage. The project will follow the UNHCR service package for primary health care that includes subsidized consultation fees, subsidized diagnostic tests for vulnerable groups and provision of free acute and chronic medicines. Health awareness, community outreach and health education sessions in PHCs will be conducted by IOM staff to inform beneficiaries of the services available and educate them on topics of major public health importance. This project will also be integrated with other IOM health initiatives, including tuberculosis (TB) screening and referrals, as well as research activities such as the joint IOM - Johns Hopkins University - MIT research project on non-communicable diseases in crisis settings.
Street Beat "Nabadoul 7aï" Safadi Foundation proposes a project entitled “Street Beat” (“Nabadoul 7aï” in Arabic). It is a developmental, educational and therapeutic music platform designed to promote personal and social well-being, enhanced psychological health and peaceful coexistence. The project will gather Syrian displaced persons (refugees), Lebanese and persons with special needs or illnesses, with a special emphasis on children and youth, in a dynamic environment in which they can learn from each other’s experiences. The main purpose of this project will be to promote peace and understanding within three targeted host communities: Jabal Mohsen, Tabbeneh and Qobbeh, Tripoli. These communities represent deeply impoverished areas of Tripoli as well as host communities that have a high population of Syrian refugees. The project will particularly focus on developing the undiscovered talents and abilities of children (ages 5-12) and youth (ages 13-24) so that they are able to use music a form of therapy and self-expression. Adults in the community will also be welcome to learn, providing men and women who are unemployed or facing difficult circumstances or housewives a chance to undertake a positive initiative in their lives. The project will invite persons (of all ages) with disabilities or chronic illnesses to participate, allowing music to become part of their coping mechanisms in confronting their daily health challenges. Together, they will learn to play music together, dance together, sing in a choir, and write lyrics and music in the creation of new songs that represent their stories that they would like to share with their communities. This will allow them the opportunity to learn and grow together, and fundamentally cooperate towards one common objective of sharing a message of peaceful co-existence during a time of crisis. At the end of the project a closing concert will be held to show what beneficiaries have learned and to display the many talents that can be found in difficult circumstances.
Protection of Vulnerable Women and Children from Violence and Abuse in South and Nabatieh, Lebanon. This project aims at scaling-up existing programs in South and Nabatieh - funded by UNHCR and UNICEF and the current ongoing project that is similarly funded by UN-OCHA - and to address the unmet needs for gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response. Through the implementation of GBV case management services, it has been noted that specialized services - such as psychological support and legal assistance - are not always available for GBV survivors. Due to the complex and high caseload - coupled with limited resources of specialized service providers - survivors face slow, limited or no follow-up for specialized services, even after being referred from case management agencies, such as INTERSOS: this prevents suitable support to survivors and risks deterring them from accessing crucial services. INTERSOS aims at addressing gaps by hiring specialized staff including a lawyer and a legal assistant to provide general counseling services and essential court representation for both  GBV, child protection (CP) cases and urgent cases. INTERSOS already implements psycho-social support (PSS) activities - including life skill sessions for girls and their caregivers. This activity will be implemented through skilled staff and local partners in the well-established INTERSOS’ Women Safe Spaces and Community Centers in partnership with a local NGO '' Sanabel Al Janoub''
Responding to the critical needs of vulnerable population in WASH and Health IOCC is proposing a multi- sectoral project covering both health and WASH to respond to critical need of vulnerable population and reduce risk of contamination and water borne diseases.
Based on the LCRP, the focus of OCHA call as well as the mid-year 2016 LCRP review, there has been a clear need to focus on WASH. Knowing that the water levels in the Bekaa are dropping and water is no longer available or accessible for everyone, IOCC proposes to construct a 500m3 communal reservoir and equip it with a booster and a solar system so that water supply does not stop during electricity cuts. Moreover, IOCC proposes to connect 500 households to the new network of the village ensuring better quality and availability of water. 
In Akkar, taking into account the massive amount of water being lost in leaks due to the old and poor functional network, IOCC proposes to construct a 5.4 km water network providing access to better quality water.
In addition to the above mentioned intervention, a hygiene promotion program will be undertaken in the benefiting villages. IOCC’s strategy is to start with community based focus group discussions enabling the staff to identify and establish a committee that involves people in the design of the sessions and the activities they would like to attend. The committee together with IOCC staff will set a list of local stakeholders and institutions where sessions can be conducted and with whom activities can be implemented, in the community, targeting the highest number of beneficiaries. The Hygiene Promotion program will include community events and activities such as cleaning up campaigns, recycling and crafts competitions, etc.
The committee, including Syrians and Lebanese, will receive an adequate Training of Trainers on all hygiene related topics and action points. This committee will serve and act as the focal point for both, the community and the relevant municipality. This exit strategy was proved to be a sustainable model in terms of community involvement and social cohesion, and a guarantee to timely maintenance of installed networks.

The weak funding level for the health sector in 2016, along an increased demand by local communities and the risk of deteriorating health conditions as a result of the increased vulnerability of refugees as reflected in 2016 VASyR, IOCC is aiming -through the health intervention part of the suggested project-to improve the maternal and child health status of the refugees in Akkar by improving access to quality health services within the PHCs through ensuring the provision of quality antenatal care and postnatal care consultations with a focus on IYCF (Infant and Young Child Feeding), reproductive health and malnutrition. Thus decreasing the risks of pregnancy complications and morbidity as well as decreasing the risks of morbidity and mortality of children under 5 years of age.
Citizens for Change This project will directly benefit 195 citizens aged 18-45 years from the underserved areas of Bab Al Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen, Kobbeh, Abi Samra, Zahrieh and Bab Al Ramel and the relatively more privileged New Tripoli through a set of trainings on civic participation and peacebuilding, improving linkages with the Municipality of Tripoli, as well as citizen-led community support projects and community service activities. Through these interventions, this project aims to achieve a three-fold objective. First, Support the Municipality of Tripoli to mitigate tensions arising from Syrian refugee-host community relations and from inter-community relations, and alleviate resource pressure through basic services and community support projects. Second, Improve civic engagement of Tripoli youth in their communities and promote social inclusion of marginalized youth through igniting volunteerism and community service activities. Third, improve monitoring and evaluation and reporting mechanisms of activities implemented under this project.
To achieve the above-mentioned specific objectives, “Citizens for Change” project will establish 7 Youth Citizen Action Groups, one in each of the following highly marginalized areas in Tripoli: Bab Al Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen, Kobbeh, Abi Samra, Zahrieh and Bab Al Ramel and the relatively more privileged New Tripoli, and will establish 6 Local Committees, one in each of the highly marginalized areas in Tripoli: Bab Al Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen, Kobbeh, Abi Samra, Zahrieh and Bab Al Ramel. The groups will receive extensive training sessions on political skills, civic participation and peacebuilding. Following this, the local committees will lead and implement 2 community support projects, and the youth groups will lead and implement 7 public events and 7 small-scale community service activities. Concurrently with the launching of the 7 Youth Citizen Action Groups, a Core Group comprising of 21 youth (3 youth from each Youth Citizen Action Group) will be elected/selected to represent the Groups at the Municipality of Tripoli (MoT) with the ultimate aim of incorporating this youth federation as the MoT’s youth volunteering body. Also, the local committees will hold monthly public meetings with their respective communities and serve as the link between the MoT and the local communities.
Protection of Vulnerable Women, Adolescent Girls, Elderly and  Disabled from SGBV, Violence and Abuse in South, Mount Lebanon and Bekaa This project is planned as a threefold intervention comprised of the following components: Complementing existing services (case management, legal services, PSS) for survivors of SGBV filling expected funding gaps (legal services in Mount Lebanon and the South) under the needs for case management already managed and /or identified and expanding the scope of services so as to include elderly and disabled population (in Mount Lebanon, Bekaa, and the South). 
The three components are in line with the following LCRP priorities: “Access to protection and services is ensured, the most vulnerable women, girls, boys and men are identified, and durable solutions realized the risks and consequences of SGBV are reduced and access to quality services is improved persons displaced from Syria have their basic rights respected and enjoy access to justice and legal stay and the risks and consequences of SGBV are reduced and access to quality services is improved”. 
The project is designed to contribute towards enhancing the protection of vulnerable individuals (in particular girls, women, elderly and disabled people survivors of victims of Sexual-Gender Based Violence - SGBV) among people displaced from Syria and vulnerable Lebanese in the Bekaa, Mount Lebanon and the South regions. Specifically, three main outputs will respond to unmet needs and critical gaps identified in the field namely to  i) Guarantee access to justice to persons of concern in Mount Lebanon and in the South regions ii) reduce the risk and consequence of SGBV and improve the access to quality services in the Bekaa, Mount Lebanon and the South regions and iii) reduce the risk facing older persons and disabled and improve access to quality services in the Bekaa, Mount Lebanon and the South regions. The intervention will be implemented in complementarity with other programs funded by different donors, namely UNHCR and UNICEF in the three regions mentioned above and in continuity with the UNFPA funded project in ML, as well as with activities run by other organizations, according to specialties and geographic coverage, and will be based on participatory approach and coordination with national and international humanitarian actors.
Improving Access to Equitable Energy and Reducing Wastage in Machta Hammoud Electric energy wastage is a long-term problem that requires long-term solutions for communities across Lebanon. Starting 2016, the Lebanese government requested that the WASH cluster be renamed Water and Energy cluster and to include energy components that include improving access to electric power, renewable power and alternative sources of power. In order to contribute to solutions, Mercy-USA Lebanon will work directly with the municipality of Machta Hammoud  and Ministry of Energy and Water to provide varying services that improve electricity use, improve municipality capacity to provide alternative power sources to local beneficiaries. Also, improve use of renewable energy and reduce existing tensions between the Lebanese and Syrian refugees in the locality. The project will serve a total population estimated at 8,700 individuals (6,500 Lebanese Host and 2,200 Syrian Refugees) through the following: 
1) Provision of 3 new substations and rehabilitation of 4 existing substations to improve distribution of power and to reduce load on the existing units by also rehabilitating 160 electrical poles and adding 80 new metallic electric poles with the needed power lines. 
2) Installation of 50 energy-efficient LED bulbs and poles as well as replacing 200 incandescent bulbs (of 250W) with 80W LED bulbs and replacing the 50 of the current streetlights (on main roads) with new solar-power streetlights and 80W LED bulbs.  
3) Provision of up to 8,500 energy saving bulbs (7W) to Machta Hammoud beneficiaries including schools and any other public buildings to decrease KWATT usage in the village by 85% per bulb (from 60W per bulb)
4) Provision of an awareness campaign for the community with varying activities and that also includes capacity building with the municipality on energy saving and maintenance of resources. 
5) Provision of 1 bucket truck to the Machta Hammoud municipality to improve maintenance capacity to maintain PV streetlights and other relevant items and will allow the municipality to share resources with nearby municipalities. 

Through the implementation of this project, not only does Mercy-USA contribute directly to the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) strategy who have provided positive feedback on this project and expressed hope that this project acts as a pilot and encouragement for other agencies to implement similar projects while also contributing to slight improvements in environmental considerations in that it is a comprehensive and integrated activity that reduces expenses, improves energy use and improves the capacity of the local government. 

Finally, the project would be implemented in direct coordination with the MoEW and any other relevant Ministries to ensure that the project outputs are in-line with Government of Lebanon requirements.
Establishing dialogue and local conflict response mechanisms in Lebanon The objective of the proposed project is to create conditions that are conducive to future dialogue and collaboration between stakeholders’ in addressing tensions between and within communities. The overarching idea behind the project is to mitigate tensions between host communities and refugees through social cohesion and social stability actions. Thus, in order to address the need for mechanisms at the local level to address tensions between host and refugee communities, SFCG will engage individuals from both communities, as well as legitimate and trustworthy local stakeholders (including municipality members), to jointly address conflicts. 

Through capacity building sessions and roundtable discussions, selected participants will be equipped with the necessary skills to further develop local mechanisms which can prevent and/or address potential community conflicts.
Strengthening Protection and Empowerment of Women and Girls through Comprehensive Community-Based GBV Prevention and Response With funding from OCHA, IRC will continue its ongoing strategy of increasing access to life saving SGBV prevention and response activities. 


IRC will support the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) to establish a mobile team in North Bekaa, where there is a critical gap in services available for SGBV survivors. IRC has begun direct service provision in North Bekaa (Hermel, Qaa, Masharieh el Qaa) in recent months, though the needs far exceed the capacity of IRC to fully respond. LRC is well positioned to provide these critical services given their extensive acceptance in communities across Lebanon, including access to areas where many other organisations are not permitted. Building upon a pilot in Akkar where IRC supported LRC to establish two mobile teams, IRC and LRC will implement a similar model of capacity building and support to establish one mobile team in North Bekaa. As well, IRC will work with LRC to build sustainable GBV capacity across the organisation through GBV core concepts Training of Trainers and targeted capacity building based on a jointly developed training plan. 

IRC will also support capacity building and strengthening across the GBV and non-GBV sectors on critical issues of GBV prevention and response. In particular, IRC will expand support in Bekaa and nationally including on service provision through mobile teams, approaches to working with adolescent girls, life skills curriculum implementation with women and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.

IRC will aim at achieving the following results in collaboration with the Lebanese Red Cross:
1. Women and adolescent girls affected by or at risk of SGBV have access to critical response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile approaches
2. A protective environment for women and girls within their communities is created through community mobilization and capacity building
3. Capacity of local actors and community members to provide quality comprehensive SGBV response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile approaches is strengthened
Strengthening Resilience Among Vulnerable Children in Mt. Lebanon  Saida As always Child Protection is an integral part of himaya’s contribution to the fulfillment of the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals, in addition to being one of the Core Programme Commitments under the LCRP in response to the Syrian Crisis. No doubt, it intersects with each and every one of the goals from children education to the elimination of gender inequality to reducing child mortality. These MDG’s will not be achieved if we fail to address child protection needs. A protective environment for children helps boost the development progress, improves health, education, the well-being of children, and builds up their capacities to become parents and productive members in the society. Therefore, the aim of this project is to nourish the child protection environment for children, both refugees and from host community, considering the different backgrounds they come from.
In the defined 8 months period, the proposed project aims to address the host community affected by the Syria crisis, along with Syrian Refugees settling in some of the most disadvantaged areas located in Mt. Lebanon and South Lebanon (Saida and Tyre). An estimated number of 40 children in Mt. Lebanon and 80 in South Lebanon will benefit from case management around 60% of those are from the Syrian Refugees and 40 % the Lebanese Host Community.
The project is designed as an extension of the pilot project implemented in Mt. Lebanon from August 2015- August 2016 and expanding to a new area which is South Lebanon for implementing 8 months project there. Aiming to provide psycho-social support for vulnerable children populated in some of the most disadvantaged areas in Lebanon, through empowering children and youth with resiliency and tolerance to help them cope with the displacement situation, develop leadership skills, and promote healthy lifestyle and integration with host communities.
The goals of the proposed project is to improve the well-being of girls and boys vulnerable to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect by increasing their access to essential services in the areas of protection, education and health and by strengthening family, community, civil society and Government, child protection systems. Assessments have shown the importance of addressing such goals in South Lebanon, whereby the percentage of children and youth accessing specialized services is slightly low. As part of its strategic plan and sustainability priorities, himaya is aiming to open a new office in South Lebanon, as studies have shown the magnitude of having specialized case management services in the area, specifically in Saida and its surroundings, and the difficulties the team and beneficiaries are facing in following up with high risk cases from the headquarter office on Beirut.
Improving access to safe drinking water in Southern Lebanon and improvement of sanitation conditions for Syrian Refugees with reduced environmental impact in Marj El Khokh IS in Marjaayoun Area The project aims at increasing the access to safe water of the population living in the villages of Qlayaa and Deir Mimas (District of Marjaayoun), Baysour (District of Jezzine), contributing to the same aim in Mayfadoun and Kfarfila (District of Nabatiyeh), and to improve the sanitary conditions of the refugees living in the Informal Settlement (IS) of Marj Al Khokh A (P-code 73111-01-001).
For the first component, works consist in the construction of water lines to connect reservoirs to pumping stations. In particular, the project will connect either the pumping station of Marj Al Khokh to a reservoir that will serve the villages of Deir Mimas and Qlayaa and the ground reservoir of Baysour to the main lift line coming from Ain el Mir: the intervention will replace the actual lift line, now too aged to properly work and to be maintained. 
Under the same component, through the co-funding of EU Project (ref ENI/2015/362-453), boreholes will be equipped and to connected to existing reservoirs by means of transmission lines in the municipalities of Kfarfila and Mayfadoun.

For the second component, the project will install wastewater treatment plants for clusters of tents in order to improve the general conditions of sanitation in the IS, reducing the impact of the IS on the environment.
Strengthening Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS) Women's Own Strategies for Protection In order to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs for Palestinian Women, Men, Boys and Girls Refugees from Syria and their hosting peers in Lebanon. Diakonia and Association Najdeh propose a one year intervention to strengthen Palestinian refugees women's from Syria own strategies for protections through creating safe spaces for knowledge dissemination, identification of risks related to protection and strengthening the ability of these women to pursue their legal and social protection through legal channels holding Lebanese duty bearers and Palestinian authorities in the camps accountable to the international humanitarian norms. 
This action is divided into two main components first is grass-root related through direct protection activities addressing victims of violence in need of psychological, social and legal support. The second component is related to the creation of a safe environment with minimized stigma for refugees in general, Syrian in particular with focus on PRSs. 
The intervention will be managed with high quality systems ensuring quality management in line with CHS and HAP, coordination, networking and advocacy actions.