Provision of WASH Life-Saving access to IDPs in Khan Younis and Middle area governorates at Gaza strip ltpgtThe project’s interventions planned to provide life-saving accessibility to WASH services for IDPs in south Wadi Gaza governorates especially in Khan Younis and middle area. The proposed activities developed based on rapid needs’ assessment carried out recently in April 2024 by PEF WASH and MEAL departments to WASH and Shelter needs of three makeshift IDPs’ camps (2 in Mawasi Khan Younis, 1 in Deir Al Balah) through conducting (3) KIIs and (6) FGDs with 92 IDPs (51 females, 41 males) including caregivers to PwDs and elderly cases. Based on their needs and priorities especially vulnerable IDPs’ groups (Women, girls, elderly and PwDs), PEF designed the project to respond sufficiently and address gaps in service provision through this dynamic and unpredictable situation to alleviate the burden of vulnerable IDPs’ groups and realize protection and PSEA. The holistic / one program approach of intervention is considered as the base, where PEF and Oxfam responded to those IDPs by availing domestic and drinking water bladders with taps’ stands (For the tree targeted camps), installing and fixing families’ latrines, with cleaning and solid wastes collection and transfer (For Khan Younis IDPs’ camps). Through this project, PEF will provide (3) IDPs’ makeshift camps (Al Tahreer “1”  Abu Waheed camps in Khan Younis, Al Sit Ameera camp in Deir Al Balah) with 19.00 M3/day of safe drinking water (3 l/c/d for 180 days) to ensure safe and sufficient accessibility of 11,410 IDPs (2755 males, 2757 females, 3018 boys, 2880 girls), where Al-Sit Ameera IDPs’ camps is provided with 1.5 l/c/d of safe drinking water by other actors, and PEF will provide them with addition 1.5 l/c/d by water trucking. Moreover, PEF will provide the two IDPs’ camps in Khan Younis with 12.00 M3/day of domestic water (9 l/c/d for 180 days) to reach 12 l/c/d, as they have sources of domestic water can provide 3 l/c/d. Al Sit Ameera IDPs’ camp has a source of domestic water (water well) providing them with the required quantities. In addition, PEF will provide Al-Sit Ameera IDPs’ camp with 100 family latrines prioritizing woman-headed families, cleaning services of latrines and solid waste collection and transfer services. The three camps will be targeted through awareness-raising sessions to enhance the IDPs knowledge, attitude and practices to personal and public hygiene, solid waste management, protection and PSEA. The project will include establishing of gender-balanced communities’ committees toward proper engagement and participation in decision making process and accountability to affected population (AAP), where PEF will establish and announce its feedbacks, complaints and response mechanism (FCRM) with various communication channels. PEF community mobilizers will be trained and refreshed by PEF Protection Officer to detect all protection, GBV and SEA cases and ensure proper referral of these cases according to protection cluster and GBV working group regulations and processes.ltbrgtThe project will be implemented under full supervision and monitoring of PEF MEAL department to ensure complying with results’ chain indicators and mainstreamed issues such as protection, safeguarding, GBV, PSEA and AAP. MEAL plan and framework will be developed to measure indicators and follow up progress in continuous manner.ltbrgtlt/pgt