Emergency interventions in food security for the host communities and IDPs in As Sudah District, Amran Governorate 2022 (Priority 1) According to the latest IPC findings in Amran governorate at As Sudah district, which refer to the expectation of increasing the number of people likely to experience elevated levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) in the first half of 2022 which will reach 80% of the population, which is too danger indicator. MOZN has designed this project with an aim to reduce and address the immediate causes of acute food insecurity in Amran governorate at As Sudah district through life-saving assistance of food, and to respond to the FSA gaps to meet its objective SO1, which contribute to accomplish YHRP Strategic 2022.
Furthermore, the intervention and the activities are in line with priority 1 under the YHF First Standard Allocation strategy 2022, which aims to Provide an integrated response through IFRR to contribute to the reduction of food insecurity and malnutrition. Unfortunately, food insecurity and malnutrition are a major problem in As Sudah district, as based on Amran GHO, a total number of 1847 children in As Sudah district had been reported with SAM cases during the period Jan – Jun 2022, while 5648 had been reported with MAM cases. 
From that point, this project will respond for the most and acutely food insecure and vulnerable people in Amran governorate at As Sudah District in Ahkam sub-district for 380 HHs (2660 individuals 722 Men, 690 Women, 597 Boys, 651 Girls), which involves: host community 372 HHs (2615 individuals 706 Men, 677 Women, 589 Boys, 643 Girls), and IDPs 8 HHs (45 individuals, 16 Men, 13 Women, 8 Boys, 8 Girls), whom are meeting the FSAC criteria's of beneficiaries selection including households headed by Females, people with disabilities, elderly, and chronically ill people. They will be targeted by providing six distribution rounds of emergency food assistance, including in-kind food and cash or voucher transfers, which will be decided through the detailed market contextual assessment, on a monthly basis, so they can be provided with immediate life-saving emergency food assistance and allowing them to meet their basic food needs.
MOZN has the capacity amp access in the targeted district of As Sudah (Ahkam sub-district) as it has experience to provide emergency food assistance through projects implemented by skilled amp qualified staff. MOZN enjoys availability on the field and access in all districts in Amran governorate.
The project outcome is to improved food security for 380 of the most vulnerable IDP and Host Community Households in "As Sudah" district of Amran governorate through the provision of monthly emergency food assistance for 6 rounds through the below activities, which will be implemented in a period of 12 months:
- Coordination for the sub-agreement with the local authorities.
- Conducting an orientation workshop for the project stakeholders.
- Conducting a market need assessment.
- Conducting registration of the target beneficiaries "Host Communities amp IDPs"
- Conducting verification of the target beneficiaries "Host Communities amp IDPs"
- Implementing the distribution process "6 rounds of emergency food assistance, including in-kind food and cash or voucher transfers, which will be decided through the detailed market contextual assessment, on a monthly basis.
- Conducting Monitoring, Evaluation, and programmatic Field Visits to the targeted location
- Conducting Post-Distribution Monitoring (6 PDMs) for the targeted beneficiaries after each distribution