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Grant with Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) The Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) is a collaborative effort between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and several bilateral and multilateral donors aimed at providing technical advice in core macroeconomic and financial management areas. The Center opened in October 2004. It is located in Beirut, and provides technical assistance and training to Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
Middle East Youth Media Initiative (MEYMI) USAID and Alkarma Edutainment, a leading Egyptian production firm, have teamed up with the regions largest satellite broadcaster to produce a compelling and educational drama for the regions 100 million young people. The University is an Arabic youngadult drama series, which follows a group of students at a university in the Arab region as they deal with the pressures of life, family, and school in a global society. The character profiles and story lines are based on intensive polling and focus group research with more than 3,500 young people across the region. The program was developed using a team of writers from across the region and consultants from the BBC and Hollywood.
Promoting Tolerance in MENA (USAID Middle East Regional (MER)):  In many contexts, violence and the incitement of violence targeting communities or individuals based on their identity as a member of a religious and ethnic minority population (REM), characterize atrocity crimes (including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing). Oftentimes, this type of violence and discrimination against particular REM populations also constitutes an early warning sign and risk factor for mass atrocities. This activity will reduce the risk of atrocities against religious and ethnic minorities in Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, and Morocco by improving atrocity recognition and communication, prevention, and response. MER programming will support the achievement of three objectives: 1) Conduct Atrocity Risk Assessment and Identify Early Warning and other Prevention and Response Mechanisms for at-risk REM Populations; 2) Pilot an Early Warning System based on Recommendations for at-risk REM populations; and 3) Support Additional Atrocity Prevention, Response, and Recovery Efforts for REM populations. The implementing partner will accomplish the first objective through country-specific research products with actionable recommendations analyzing atrocity risks, barriers to services, and existing approaches to atrocity early warning systems. This analysis will feed into the attainment of the second objective, which will pilot these recommendations in one or more countries. The activity will reach the third objective through capacity building for civil society and local government as well as rapid responses/small grants to enable recipients to respond quickly to unanticipated needs that arise among REM communities. Monitoring, preventing, and countering incitement to violence, particularly in societies divided along identity lines and in situations where tensions are high, can contribute to both prevention efforts and efforts to advance U.S. policies promoting pluralistic societies that respect fr
Prevention and Response to Gender Based Violence in the Middle East This is a three year flexible program that is designed for the region and its complexities and that recognizes immediate term achievements help advance the medium and longer term goals necessary to noticeably reduce gender based violence (GBV). This program will provide tailored responses to address GBV in those countries in active conflict and crises and in those countries undergoing political transition in various forms. Substantively, the program will address issues around prevention, protection and response, as appropriate to the situation on the ground. Baseline research and changing ground dynamics will determine final programming decisions. However, it is planned that in those countries engaged in/responding to active conflict and crisis, over the immediate, medium and long term, illustrative programming may include: strengthening and institutionalizing ongoing humanitarian protection efforts with regards to the provision of psycho-social support, health care and access to education; capacity building of civil society to ensure service delivery for survivors of GBV; and work to institutionalize and enforce legal mechanisms to ensure women's full social and political participation, including in potential peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction efforts. In countries undergoing political transition over the immediate, medium and long term, our actions will include: behavior change awareness and messaging through engagement with youth, men, community and religious leaders; access to economic and social resources for survivors of GBV; and, policy and legal reform regarding GBV survivors' access to justice. Potential partners may include local and/or international non-governmental and/or civil society organizations, partner governments, local educational institutions, other bilateral and multilateral donors and implementing partners.
NASA Drought Monitoring and Forecasting (USAID Middle East Regional (MER)):  In collaboration with MENAdrought, this activity builds upon the success of the MENA Regional Drought Management System to strengthen drought monitoring, forecasting,, planning, management and policy. In particular, through this funding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC) will deliver capabilities for advanced drought monitoring and forecasting. In the final year of the activity, NASA GSFC will focus on ope-rationalizing the forecasting system customized for MENA countries. The NASA program will enhance national and local capacity in the MENA region to develop and implement drought management plans and drought resilience strategies to reduce drought impacts on food supply and on the quantity and safety of the water supply to vulnerable communities.
Desalination Humanitarian Challenge (USAID Middle East Regional (MER)):  The MEDRC Humanitarian Desalination Challenge will focus on the development of a market-ready, low-cost desalination device for individual and family use in MENA countries.  The Challenge Program will be implemented along two tracks. The prize portion of the challenge will be funded by the Government of Oman and is structured to encourage applicants to focus on new small-scale desalination processes for individual users.  USAID is funding the Pathways Research component that will encourage users to develop a larger, family-sized desalination device that may serve as a precursor to the small-scale device.  The MEDRC challenge is designed to develop technologies to desalinate a range of source water, including brackish groundwater and seawater.  Given that reserves of brackish water are large and widely distributed across the MENA region, the proposed research and technology should be of potential benefit to a wider population than if restricted to seawater alone.
Co-Creating ELearning Solutions for Children in NFE in the Middle East The objective of Co-Creating eLearning Solutions for Children in NFE in the Middle East is to pilot an innovative eLearning intervention which embeds psychosocial support and life skills for children into existing NFE programs in Jordan and Lebanon with the support of local partners. The proposed research also intends to measure learning outcomes and to map the relationship between learning outcomes and psychosocial support and well-being through the use of the e-learning intervention.
Improving Access to Quality Education for Conflict-Affected  Children in Yemen NRC will prepare to respond to the anticipated escalation of conflict in Hodeida to ensure that children affected by displacement continue to access education and have spaces in which they are looked after. NRC will prepare assistance packages for 20,000 (50% girls) displaced and host community children in Hodeida and Hajjah governorates, in-line with the Education Cluster preparedness activities, Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) and Ministry of Education (MoE) priorities. Activities will include (i) provide temporary learning spaces (TLSs) and (ii) incentives to teachers so that education can continue with minimal interruption (iii) provide school materials to conflict-affected children and procure contingency stock through the local markets, pre-positioning it in NRC warehouses in the respective governorates to ensure readiness for further escalation (iv) establish partnerships with local education partners who will stand-by to implement if NRC is no longer able to directly implement in specific districts due to security or access constraints and (v) help set up Emergency Response Education Task Forces in both governorates to identify emergency response focal points and undertake rapid needs assessments. The project will prioritise vulnerable groups aim to allow for maximum flexibility and speed in subsequent education responses and build national systematic capacity to deal with the expected escalation in displacement.
Provision operational support to water supply systems and provided water supply for the vulnerable IDPs and affected people in Amran (Suwayr) and Dhamer(Utmah) . It is obvious that during the current situations most of the affected population live below the poverty line, because of humanitarian crisis , accordingly the food and basic NFIs and wash services came first in their priorities. The Majority of the affected population are living in IDPs hosting sites , Under tent and / or abandoned buildings , and with relatives , So they use their limited resources to cover their basic needs, and suffering from the lack of shelter , NFIs , wash , food. health , and protection services , which make them feel unsecured.
The project will support the most vulnerable displaced and affected people households with emergency and life - saving assistance in order to ensure sufficient safe drinking water . 
Although the ongoing conflict , mas displacement and limited access to basic services has added layers of complexity to the situation in Yemen . this project seeks to Provide water filter at household level  and operational support for water systems to IDPs and the most vulnerable host community members in ( Suwayr district in Amran  and Utmah district in Dhamer Governorates.
The total of Beneficiaries (IDPs , returnees , host communities ) will support according to their needs.
The total of households will be target in this project  directly is 5250 HH ( 36,778 individuals) in Amran , and indirect beneficiaries  around 1037 HH ( 7262 individual )  in Dhamer  , In 83% of the households , the head of household was male , in 14 % female and 3% of households are headed by minors .

SAMA Al-Yemen aims  to  address immediate, lifesaving WASH needs of newly displaced populations, and  acutely vulnerable host communities through  the following : 
- Provision water filter at household level in Suwayr district in Amran governorate for 5000 HH for IDPs and the most vulnerable affected people . 
- Provision operational support for water system( Solar System and Pumping Unit)  in order to ensure the water reached to IDPs and host communities in Utmah district in Dhamer governorate  . 
- Training on safe hygiene and sanitation practices  . 
- Raising awareness among the community to adopt good hygiene practices .

Sama Al Yemen will achieve these outcomes by immediate reach to people who are the most vulnerable through verification IDPs, and the most vulnerable people in host communities , network of volunteers, NGOs partnership and utilizing the good relation they have built with different stakeholders in the targeted areas. Besides, Sama Al Yemen has Offices and work team in target governorates.
Enhancing response capacity of humanitarian actors through the prepositioning of Shelter/NFI items To support in the humanitarian response within Yemen, through the procurement and prepositioning of Shelter/NFI kits, DRC will procure and preposition a total of 9,300 NFI kits and 5,900 Emergency Shelter kits to support an estimated 106,400 individuals, through the prepositioning of items in 20 warehouses over 8 Governorates: Saadah, Hodeiydah, Hajjah, Amran, Sana'a, Aden, Lahj and Shabwah. The prepositioned items, will support cluster-approved partners in the timely response to identified needs of newly displace/newly accessible populations.
Emergency food security assistance to severely food insecure rural households 
In Aslam distirct of Hajjah governorate Emergency food security assistance to severely food insecure rural households In Hajjah governorate falls under 1st line responses in the revised 2018 YHRP.
The project design is based on rapid needs assessment conducted on 24-26 Augst. 2018 by Human Appeal international and the ever-changing conflict context, humanitarian gaps, and priorities based on community needs and is designed with an aim to increase access to food for highly vulnerable families across the country. It targets Aslam district of Hajjah governorate which classified by Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) as a highist priority districts area by FSAC for food security assistance, Accordingly, to respond to this identified need, this project will be implemented through emergency food assistance to ensure the most vulnerable populations, which includes households (HH) headed by females, people with disabilities, elderly, and chronically ill people are targeted. This project’s interventions are summarized below: 
-	Provision emergency food assistance through unconditional cash transfers to 1500 HH (10,500 individuals) in Aslam district of Hajjah governorate for 6 rounding of distribution (10500 Individuals) severely food insecure households meeting the FSAC targeting and vulnerability criteria.

HA is duly registered with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC). HA actively participates in the relevant coordination for at all levels including the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), Emergency Response Group and in the Nutrition, Health, WASH, and Food Security and Agriculture clusters. HA actively participated in the design of HNO and Yemen Humanitarian Response Planning (YHRP). At field level, HA coordinates its activities with organizations implementing similar Health, Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods and WASH interventions and timely reporting to relevant cluster and authorities , bilaterally or through the clusters, and collaborates with local authorities.

HA already improve it FSL program capacities by herring high FSAC expert’s team and has implemented successfully several FSL in cooperation with FSAC, so HA will implement the project directly by itself and will ensure participation of the target community during the assessment, implementation and monitoring. HA will maintain effective coordination mechanism with Local authority, NAMCHA and FSAC cluster and other actors in the target areas to ensure smooth implementation

Given its long standing global and in country experiences in designing and implementing emergency programs, HA is well capacitated and placed to implement the proposed intervention.
Emergency Health and Nutrition Response in Aden and Lahj Save the Children (SC) aims to provide lifesaving interventions for conflict affected communities in 4 districts (Dar-Saad and Tuban ) in Aden and Lahj. An integrated one-year project will be implemented to respond to emergency health and nutrition needs of communities affected by the ongoing and current humanitarian crisis in the country. 

Health is the main component of this project focusing on reproductive health (Minimum Initial Service Package - MISP) and treatment of minor injuries immunization. This project will also support health services targeting vulnerable population groups including women, boys and girls affected by the crisis in addition to males and older people.

Outreach activities will be implemented to reach the targeted health facilities’ catchment population and to reduce gaps and delays in getting essential life-saving services to vulnerable people, especially women and girls.

Integrated with the health component the project will focus on treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) for children 6-59 months as well as Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP ) for children 6-59 months and Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW). In addition, the project will support one-to-one Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (IYCF) counseling targeting caregivers of children aged 0-23 months old. Community Health Volunteers (CHV) will carry out malnutrition and IYCF screening, referral of all acutely malnourished boys and girls to the health facilities, and community awareness raising on IYCF and health and hygiene promotion. CHVs will conduct follow up activities for children in Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and TSFP activities. 

Based on the urgent needs, the project will support 10 fixed health facilities in Aden and Lahj with, minor rehabilitation and maintenance, provision of medical supplies, medicines, and operational costs. Implementation will be in close coordination and cooperation with Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) at national, governorate and district levels including the national and sub national Health and Nutrition Clusters.
 	 
A. Aden Governorate, Dar-Saad District 

Health facilities with total population: 
1. Dar Saad HF	10,315	
2. Allohom HF	        10,315	
3. Alemad HF	         625	
4. Albasateen HF	12,145	


B. Lahj Governorate, Tuban district.

Health facilities with total population:
1. Haran Daian HF	    4,755	
2. Alshaqaa HF           7,000	
3. Al-Waht Hospital     9,083	
4. Abder Bader HF	   4,369	
5. Al Fuish HF	           6,606	
6. Albithara 	          5,000	

Total host population in Aden and Lahj: 	70,213	
Total IDPs estimated	5001 	
Total population in Aden and Lahj	75,214	

SCI will support comprehensive health and nutrition services as below: 
Health: reproductive health (Minimum Initial Service Package - MISP) and treatment of minor injuries immunization Outreach activities.
Nutrition: Screening for malnutrition OTP, TFSP, and IYCF
Enhancing Community Response in Sana'a and Hajjah Hub The project aims at building community based resilience and response to the current surge of conflict along the Western Coast, in line with the cluster specific objectives. Through the establishment and reactivation of community based protection networks, the project aims at tracking protection risks and grave human rights and GBV violations, as well as the provision of community based and tailored responses and solutions. Moreover ADRA proposes to lead the Protection Coordination team on the regional level, to ensure an effective and synergic response to the current crisis. The proposed response will be targeting two main hubs where an expected increase of displacement as well as hostilities is anticipated to occur Hudaydah Hub and Sana’a Hub. This project will function through ADRA’s current IDP Community Centers in Hajjah, Dhamar and Amanat Al-assima as the fixed center for the activities, with community based outreach activities to support communities as well as build the resilience to future shocks. 
 The project aims at the provision of the following of the following emergency services to conflict affected communities:
1-	Establish new, or support existing, Community Based Protection Networks
2-	Lead the regional response through sub-cluster coordination. 

The project will derive from ADRA’s extensive global experience (in partnership with UNHCR) working on Protection and Shelter Emergency Response Program for IDPs.
Approach to Nutrition Scale Up in Yemen in coordination with the Nutrition Cluster As agreed with the nutrition cluster, WFP is undertaking a large scale up plan in Yemen to meet the needs of a population whereby 15 percent of children and suffering from acute malnutrition. Under the scale up programme and as referenced in this proposal, WFP will scale up over the 10-month period to reach 692,523 beneficiaries which includes, 547,385 women and children under prevention activities and 145,139 treatment activities. Under the treatment activities, WFP will scale up in 51 districts and for prevention, WFP will scale up 107 priority districts. WFP has scaled up significantly the nutrition interventions (TSFP and BSFP) reaching now on average 800,000 mothers and children per month in 253 districts, this includes 253 for TFSP and 94 for BSFP. The programme is implemented through over 20 NGOs and the Ministry of Public Health and in total, 120 districts will be targeted (107 for prevention and 23 for treatment).
WFP together with its partners implements the activities focused on:
- Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition among boys and girls under the age of five years and pregnant and nursing mothers: treat moderate acute malnutrition in children 6 to 59 months with a ready-to-use supplementary food plumpy’sup, a ready-to-use supplementary food for an average of 90 days. Acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women will receive a monthly 6 kg take-home ration of a fortified blended flour SuperCereal, from the beginning of the second trimester through to six months of breastfeeding. 
- Prevention of malnutrition among boys and girls 6-24 months and pregnant and lactating women: Through blanket supplementary feeding programme activities, children 6-23 months will receive preventative monthly 1.5 kg entitlements of a lipid-based nutrient supplement, Plumpy’Doz, which provides a daily 281 kcal and essential micronutrients. Pregnant and breastfeeding women will receive a monthly 6 kg entitlement of supercereal to prevent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies and support healthy maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Nutrition screening and outreach activities: Screening and outreach activities will be implemented throughout the targeted districts with community health volunteers. This is closely coordinated through the nutrition cluster stakeholders, so that all screening will be linked to access to treatment of moderate acute malnutrition. 

Finally, WFP is still in the process of finalizing the implementing partners to be used under this project and has the following potential partners. Moreover, attached to this proposal is a list of potential partners and their respective potential budgets, including ADO, BFD, CSSW,
DHO, FMF, GHO, HAD, IMC, IRY, MC, MMF, PU-AMI, RI, SAJAIA, SAWT, CI, SHS, VHI, YDN, YFCA.