Providing life-saving Curative and Preventive Nutrition services for Vulnerable U5 and PLW in Hays, Al Khawkha and Al Mukha districts. ltpgtYemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis due to conflict, economic collapse, and disrupted public services. Al Hodeidah and Taiz Governorates are particularly affected, leading to dire consequences for the population, especially vulnerable groups. The recent SMART survey indicates a GAM rate of 35% in Hays and Al Khawkha districts and 34% in Al Makha district. This also impacted by paused WFP food distributions, reduced food baskets and rising prices in the local market and other factors such as, poor feeding practices, limited access to healthcare, inadequate WASH conditions, and disease outbreaks such as Cholera, Dengue, Malaria, and measles.ltbrgtTo address these challenges, the FMF proposes a nutrition project in Hays and Al-Khawkha districts in Al Hodeidah Governorate and Al Makha district in Taiz Governorate. The project aims to provide therapeutic and preventive nutrition services for vulnerable children under five and pregnant and lactating women. The objective is to improve nutrition outcomes for all vulnerable individuals, including host communities, IDPs, marginalized groups, and PWDs. This will be achieved through the implementation of CMAM and SBCC approaches.ltbrgtThe project will target a total of 14,086 beneficiaries residing in the catchment areas of 10 health facilities (HFs): Al Gurah HU, Bani Zuhair HU, Al Qulmah HU and Hays Rural Hospital in Hays district, Basmat Amal HU, Refugee HC and Al Rahma HC In Al Khawkha districts, Al Sahrah HU, Nobat Amer HU and Al Kudieha HU in Al Makha district.ltbrgtAt the HF level, the project will provide therapeutic and preventive nutrition services. The intervention's focus will be on supporting OTP services for children under the age of five with uncomplicated SAM cases in 6 HFs out of the total targeted 10 HFs, as the OTP services in the remaining 4 HFs are already covered by FMF through the FCDO fund and only IYCF services will be complementary in these 4 HFs mainly Basmat Amal HU in Al Khawkha district, Bani Zuhair HU, Al Gurah HU and Hays hospital in Hays district. In addition, FMF will coordinate with WFP partners supporting the TSFP services to provide the targeted HFs with nutrition commodities required for the management of MAM cases. As well as IYCF clinics will also be established in all the targeted 10 HFs to promote breastfeeding and healthy feeding practices as part of preventive nutrition services. The project will also support a referral system by covering transportation costs for complicated SAM cases requiring urgent medical care at the TFC. Furthermore, refresher training on IYCF will be provided to 15 health workers in Al Mukha district while IYCF training in Hays and Al Khawkha will be supported by FMF under the fund of UNICEF. To overcome limited resources and partial functionality of the health facilities, the project will provide support such as incentives for nutrition and IYCF healthcare workers, basic medications and cleaning materials. At the community level, the project will focus on prevention through the implementation of various SBCC initiatives in Al Mukha district, while, the community interventions in Hays and Al Khawkha will be supported by FMF under the UNICEF fund in the first half of the project, then will be covered by this project in the second half, as the UNICEF fund will be ended in November 2024.  In Al Mukha districts, 50 Community Health and Nutrition Volunteers (CHNVs) will be trained to conduct screening, referrals, community mobilization, and awareness-raising activities.ltbrgtlt/pgt