Addressing malnutrition, food insecurity and cholera in Yemen through an integrated WASH//Food security  Livelihood approach With an overall objective of Mitigating negative outcomes of food insecurity, malnutrition and cholera through adequate support provided to improve overall health, food security and WASH conditions in target areas ZOA seeks to implement food security and WASH related activities, also support in mitigating and preventing cholera outbreaks in some of the most vulnerable districts of Hajjah, Al Hudaydah, Mahwit and Sana’a governorates. This main objective of the proposed project aligns with YHF’s overall objective as well as overall priorities under envelope 1 of the 2nd standard allocation 2017.

ZOA carried out need and gap assessments in the districts of Wadrah and Al Shagaderah (Hajjah), Al Mansuriah and Bura (Al Hudaydah), Bani Sa’ad (Mahwit) and Manakhah and Sa’fan (Sana’a) where focus group discussions and key informant interviews were done. Discussions with sub cluster leads, district authorities and peer agencies on the ground also helped inform the design of this project where some of the key gaps highlighted were: 1. lack of clean water sources and water infrastructure, 2. dilapidated roads hindering access for water trucks 3. Issues of open defecation compounding needs for latrines and sewage systems 4. Prevalence of SAM and MAM especially in Al Mahwit and Al Mansuriah districts assessed 5. Increasing cholera cases and lack of income generating livelihoods for families in all assessed districts. See Needs assessment overview Annex.doc. 

Taking the above issues into consideration ZOA proposes a multi sector, integrated response in the target districts where the main outputs are as below:
Output 1.1 - Improved access to clean water and sanitation to 2710 households to reduce excess morbidity and mortality
Output 1.2 - Improved awareness on how to maintain good hygiene and sanitation practices to 7723 households to help prevent various negative health outcomes such as cholera in communities.
Output 1.3 – Enhanced access to nutritionally balanced food to 1700 vulnerable households
Output 1.4 – Improved access to food and income through emergency livelihood activities for 300 vulnerable households

The beneficiary selections for the project will be done adhering cluster selection criteria prioritizing households with IDPs, child headed HHs, HHs with children under 5 experiencing SAM/MAM and HHs with cholera cases and ensuring gender demographics such as the elderly, girls and boys as per needs. Thus, the project will target 59543 direct beneficiaries and 268168 indirect beneficiaries.
ZOA will implement this project in a twelve month period and in complementarity with its other emergency WASH and Food Security projects in the targeted districts and with peer agencies such as IR, CARE, RI, SCI, ADO and PU-AMI who are currently supporting some districts in the four targeted governorates through emergency response activities under sectors such as WASH, Health, Nutrition and Food Security. ZOA will also be implementing activities in partnership with its NNGOs such as NFDHR, HGF and ADO to ensure effective community mobilization and buy in from both community members and local authorities. 

From the design stage until the exit phase of the project, ZOA will work in a transparent and accountable manner (to both beneficiaries and the donor) using monitoring tools including complaint mechanisms to ensure services provides are done so in a fair manner protecting all beneficiaries targeted.