Humanitarian response to improve access to adequate shelter including WASH facilities for the vulnerable families living in Area C (including E1  the Jordan Valley) AAH’s proposed intervention aims to address the needs listed in the 2022 oPt Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), specifically shelter needs in Area C. This intervention aligns with the 2nd Standard Allocation 2022 Strategy Paper and the 2022 oPt Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). AAH will be targeting three communities Al Muntar located in E1 area, Hammamat al Maleh - Al Burj in the Jordan Valley area, and East Tayba Bedouins. These communities are extremely exposed to protection threats including risks of demolitions from the Israeli Civil administration and forcible transfers. They also suffer from severe weather conditions. Vulnerable families’ access to safe, adequate, and healthy shelter spaces will be improved through the project activities, ensuring protection and dignity for all family members. The intervention will provide a full coverage to the shelter needs in each community and all families will receive assistance to rehabilitate their own shelters. Female-headed households will be targeted, using AAH material assistance ranking tool which will play an integral part in the design of project activities based on the customized needs. The project activities will be articulated around the provision of urgent rehabilitation and assistance of the existing shelters, prioritizing vulnerable groups in the community with customized solutions. Specifically, the intervention will provide rehabilitation for 72 shelters in the 3 communities covering 72 families (302 beneficiaries: men 82, women 80, boys 72, girls 68) based on a full coverage/solution for shelter needs in the community through a mixed approach of cash and in-kind assistance. This intervention will improve the living conditions of the families and contribute to enhancing their resilience to absorb natural and political risks/shocks as well as removing the community from the list of communities categorized for urgent shelter needs allowing for focus on other communities in future interventions. The intervention will be implemented based on the recent Shelter Model Approach developed by AAH and piloted in Wadi Salman (under the 1st Standard Allocation 2021), by which the project will address WASH needs in the targeted facilities by upgrading WASH facilities inside the shelters. AAH and through cash-based intervention will support the households in upgrading/rehabilitating the WASH facilities including provision of kitchen sinks, water taps, rehabilitation of sanitation facilities at household, and any other required improvements. AAH will engage a synergy mechanism to execute the full approach in shelter needs and have all related in-house needs covered in coordination with the West Bank Protection Consortium’s project. AAH has coordinated with the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) to ensure more safety in providing shelters and will introduce a “public safety kit” including a fire extinguisher for each shelter in line with the PCD’s recommendations. The specific needs of each household level shall be identified jointly between AAH technical and project teams and the family members including PWDs, women and elderly. These needs shall be identified utilizing a tailored need assessment survey. AAH has extensive experience in shelter projects and a strong understanding of the current protection and legal concerns of Area C communities. AAH engineering team will focus on the technical part of the project, benefiting from the wide experience accumulated over years as a lead in the materials assistance component in the humanitarian sector in the West Bank to guarantee the quality and sustainability. AAH will ensure that the community is actively engaged in all phases of the project to foster a community-based approach through direct implementation methodology. Prior to implementation, the selected households will be informed on their rights and potential risks involved with shelter rehabilitation as well as on land and property issues.