Integrated Protection and Livelihood Assistance to the conflict-affected communities in Qa'tabah district of Al Dhale Governorate (Pillar 1) ltpgtThe project aims ‘To prevent, reduce and mitigate protection risks and improve social cohesion and resilience of the most vulnerable and at-risk people in Qat’abah district through provision of integrated projection and livelihoods support’, and is in line with the YHF Standard allocation 2023 Pillar 1. The project is based on Oxfam’s contextual experience, thematic and contextual knowledge, rapid assessment conducted in July 2023 in Qat’bah district. This intervention aims to reach   31,164 people ( 7772 women, 7925 girls,  7925 boys, 7542 men). The target sub-districts Al Madina, shakhab, Hamraat, Al Qaflalh, Moraies, Maazob, Saleem  have a high number of highly vulnerable IDPs who have multiple unmet needs in protection and livelihood sectors. Oxfam’s response strategy entails two interconnected outcomes: Outcome 1 will reduce protection vulnerabilities and risks and improve social cohesion while outcome 2 will contribute towards enhancing livelihood and income opportunities through a protection-risk informed and need-based support. Protection, safeguarding, gender-equality, GBV prevention, disability inclusion, and safeguarding considerations have been strongly embedded throughout the intervention logic to ascertain that the assistance reaches vulnerable IDPs and host community’s women, girls, boys and men in a safe and dignified manners. The project will focus on prioritizing the needs of the most vulnerable, to be achieved using a vulnerability-based targeting criteria, which looks to specifically target malnutrition suffering households, women-headed households, those facing protection risks, households with people with disabilities and chronic illness, those with more children and struggling to meet food and livelihood consumption needs. ltbrgtUnder the protection component (Outcome 2), protection monitoring will be conducted to assess the pattern of abuse or repeated threats and their impact on vulnerable groups and the findings will be shared externally with the wider humanitarian community. Cash for protection assistance is proposed to enable at-risk individuals to meet their protection related needs and avail services, wherein the case management, psychosocial, referral support will be provided by MOSAL mobile teams. Community-based protection networks will be established and strengthened and proactively disseminate available information on protection and humanitarian services, key protection messages to target communities. Likewise, life skills, recreation and vocational opportunities will be extended to at risk individuals, particularly women in integration with FSL interventions (output 2.1). The project will also be engaged in capacity strengthening and knowledge enhancement at various levels to promote social cohesion. Small and medium-scale quick impact projects will be prioritized and implemented in a participatory manner to promote peaceful co-existence while simultaneously addressing community needs. Awareness raising and information on protection services will be disseminated through CPNs, capacity-strengthening trainings will be organized targeting I/NGOs, CBOs, MOSAL social workers, CBPN members, and an existing safe space will be supported (Output 2.2). The food security and livelihoods component (Outcome 1) will increase access of the most vulnerable households to short-term employment opportunities and rehabilitate community assets and infrastructure by employing CFW modality (15-days/month for 3-months). Each CFW participant will receive 120 USD or 147,818.18  YER / per month/per household for three months, which is sufficient to buy 90-95% of the minimum food basket endorsed by FSAC (output 1.1). Micro-businesses support constituting start-up grants combined with vocational and business management skills training is also proposed to facilitate targeted households to resume their small-scale businesses, and each beneficiary will receive 600 USD as a start-up grant (output 1.2). ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtlt/pgt