Envelop 3: Increase Access to Quality Specialized Nutrition and Protection Services for the Crisis and Earthquake-affected Populations in NW Syria. ltpgtltbrgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThe proposed action aims to reduce risks,
mortality, and morbidity among children through safe access to integrated lifesaving
protection and nutrition services. The proposed activities will scale up and
complement purposes in the existing EU-funded project, a Women
and Girls Safe Space (WGSS), and Men  Youths Center (MYC) through linking
mobile protection and nutrition teams in the proposed locations. The crisis and
earthquake-affected populations will be provided with nutrition services
delivered by rapid response teams (RRTs) to deliver nutrition responses to the
most affected vulnerable populations during the earthquake (CU5, PLWs) and PWDs
according to nutritional needs. The RRTs will distribute IYCF awareness
messages for mothers and caregivers and screen malnutrition cases, and follow up
until being treated. Family MUAC Approach (FMA) will be activated in the
targeted locations to enable mothers and caregivers to support screen and refer
malnutrition cases among their children. The RRTs will conduct a hygiene promotion
campaign in the camps to raise awareness of the importance of good hygiene
practices. Throughout the campaign, the importance of good hygiene in
preventing the spread of disease and promoting overall health will be
emphasized, in addition to screening GBV cases among CU5 and PLWs and referring
them to specialized centers.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtOn the other hand, two MBA (Mother Baby Areas)
will be activated to protect and promote safe and appropriate IYCF practices
and to mitigate the risks associated with challenging and difficult
circumstances for caregivers and young children in NW Syria, where two
nutrition technicians and one protection worker, who will detect and refer
mothers with children for protection needs, will support mothers, babies, and
caregivers in each mother-baby area. One-to-one and group sessions will be
conducted, including activities of IYCF initial rapid assessment for mother and
baby pair and supporting complementary feeding of child 6-59 months. Moreover,
UOSSM is also planning to operate four protection, mobile teams, and 8 CP
workers, who will provide specialized and qualified child
protection services to promote the well-being, functionality, cognitive,
emotional, and social skills of survived children in disaster settings. The CP
case management will include the initial/intake assessment for cases of boys
and girls with protection concerns such as early marriage, sexual violence,
child labor, and domestic violence, following up active referrals as needed
based on an updated and developed service mapping. The CP case management will
also include an Emergency Case Fund for the most vulnerable survived children
and their caregivers/parents.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtAdditionally, focused PSS activities, including
Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children and caregivers/parents, and also
evidence-based programs for children such as I DEAL, which are a theme-based
creative life skills training for children, in addition to PSS activities
developed by the Early Childhood Network, such as "My Joyful Friends"
and "I and My Feelings." Parenting Skills Program will be implemented
with parents/caregivers to help build strong relationships between children and
their caregivers/parents to enable them to resolve problems together. The
mobile teams will also provide group awareness-raising sessions in the targeted
communities on child protection-related concerns, including child's rights, the
importance of alternative care, and child protection risk prevention. The
protection team will be trained on CP case management and minimum standards in
child protection.lt/spangtlt/pgt