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Improve access to nutrition preventive and treatment services for 98,000 vulnerable beneficiaries residing in Lebanon, while sensitizing the community on proper nutrition practices, including cooking demonstrations, supporting 30 PHCCs to become Baby Friendly, and 25 PHCCs to provide malnutrition services. This project integrates preventive and treatment of malnutrition activities, responding to the needs of the most vulnerable communities residing in Lebanon, with a focus on pregnant, lactating women (PLW) and children under five. The proposed activities fully align with the nutrition sector priorities, building on existing capacities and complementing ongoing projects under UNICEF. The project activities will be implemented in close coordination with the nutrition sector, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) National Committee, UNICEF and other nutrition implementing partners. 

Through this project, IOCC will improve the nutrition status of some of the most vulnerable in Lebanon by enhancing their quality of life and decreasing risks of morbidity and mortality. The proposed interventions are to:
- Provide skilled IYCF counseling and support to 20,000 PLW and caregivers of children under 24 months old, promote the timely initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding, and introduce safe, age-appropriate, and nutrition-diversified complimentary food at the community and primary healthcare center (PHC) levels
- Provide micro-nutrient supplements to 4,000 children aged 6-59 months to improve their nutrition and quality of diet
- Conduct outreach to mobilize the community and link it to the PHCs, and awareness sessions focusing on health and nutrition topics 
- Establish 8 mother care groups to encourage positive behavior change in IYCF practices and scale up the family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) approach at the community level, strengthening referrals to PHCs for screening and treatment of malnutrition 
- Support PHCs to become baby-friendly through building the capacity of the healthcare providers on nutrition and IYCF and establishing baby friendly corners when there is a need, while building on previous efforts
- Monitor, follow up on, and address violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, and enforce law 47/2008
- Provide capacity building and coaching to PHCs on screening and treatment of acute malnutrition, when needed, and on linking the community and PHCs to each other and referring suspected acute malnutrition cases to the nearest PHCs 

All proposed activities will be conducted respecting COVID-19 safety measures. 
Protection will be mainstreamed across all interventions Awareness sessions will be disseminated to introduce the complaint and feedback mechanism to the community, and inform them of their ability to direct complaints to IOCC’s safe line stressing the confidentiality of the complaint mechanisms.
Provision of food assistance for 700 most vulnerable Lebanese and 50 migrant households affected by the economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic in Jord Al Qayteh, Wasat and Sahel Al Qayteh, Sahel Akkar, Dreib Unions and Wadi Khaled The project is centered on Akkar Governorate, an area considered the most vulnerable area in Lebanon in terms of both poverty and food security. In line with the needs and priorities of the LHF allocation strategy, the project contributes to the achievement of food security strategic objectives, by providing 600 Lebanese food insecure families and 50 migrants with food parcels, supplemented with fresh produce and WASH kits for a period of six months. Priority beneficiaries will include families with children at risk, Single Female Headed households or households headed by a single elderly, Pregnant and Lactating women, and other vulnerable cases. In addition, 100 vulnerable families quarantined due to COVID-19 will receive food assistance. The project will be implemented jointly by PCPM and Afaq NGO. Experience of both partners in providing humanitarian aid and in-kind assistance in Akkar, as well good cooperation with loccal authorities thanks to PCPM’s and Afaq’s development aid programs implemented in the same area will facilitate the operations and ensure the efficient delivery of aid to the most vulnerable persons.
Multi-sectorial Needs Assessment Support for Evidence-Based Aid Planning and Delivery in Lebanon Lebanon is currently facing a multi-layered crisis characterized by an acute economic contraction including exchange rate collapse, rising public debt, soaring inflation, impaired banking sector political turmoil and governance challenges inter alia.
To meet the evolving information needs of the humanitarian and development community - including NGOs, Information Management and assessment actors, government agencies, and local organisations, REACH (an inter-agency initiative between ACTED, IMPACT Initiatives and UNOSAT), in collaboration with UN OCHA and through the mandate of the UN Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), proposes to conduct a Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) with funding from both OCHA and DG-ECHO.  The assessment will consist of a multi-sectoral household (HH) survey employed among a representative sample nationwide, and is expected to include key sectors such as shelter, education, economic vulnerability, food security and livelihoods, health, nutrition, protection, and water, sanitation and hygiene. 
REACH will lead the overall technical implementation of the MSNA and provide oversight to each phase of the MSNA research cycle: research design data collection, cleaning, and processing joint inter-sectoral analysis of MSNA data and the production of the following key outputs:
-	1 final (clean) household data set 
-	1 Summary findings dashboard
-	Presentations to key stakeholders 
-	7 sectoral factsheets (shelter, education, food security and livelihoods, health, nutrition, protection and water, sanitation and hygiene) (minimum of 1 per sector)  
-	1 final report.
Since the programme is receiving complementary funding from DG-ECHO, the final outputs will be also considered as jointly supported by both OCHA and DG-ECHO funding. 
The MSNA will therefore provide data that will directly inform the Lebanese aid communities prioritization and planning in 2021, fulfilling Core Commitment 5 of the Grand Bargain through the conduct of a joint, impartial, and collaborative needs assessment.
Linking-up communities and  comprehensive primary health services to ensure maintenance of essential health services as part of the COVID 19 response, in two PHCCs in Hazmieh and Nabatieh in Lebanon Under this project, PUI will assess and select Hazmieh PHCC in BML and Al Zahraa PHCC in Nabatieh to be supported with the implementation of the “Flat Fee Model” (FFM), a model developed by PUI to optimize the Provider Payment Mechanism for PHCCs towards public health objectives tailored to the context, that will be rolled out in the supported PHCCs and ensure the provision of a comprehensive package of quality healthcare covering all nationalities. It is part of a health system strengthening package that as well as ensuring equity of access to quality services, and financial risk protection via the FFM works on all of the 6 building blocks in a synergistic way. Including the capacity building of PHCC staff (human resources for health), support to the medical supply chain through pharmacy management at PHCC level and a small top-up to the acute medications, reinforcement of the MoPH leadership and governance, strengthening of the Health Information System through support to the implementation of the PHENICS health information system in all support PHCCs. The Health System Strengthening sees community health as part of this system and a community team will be also deployed in the PHCCs’ catchment areas to reach marginalized groups, engage communities in health topics and increase the available information about the service provided by the PHCC.
40 community health clubs will be created to disseminate key health messages including COVID-19 related ones.
This approach was developed and mastered by PUI under previous and ongoing grants (REBAHS 1 and 2 project since 2018, SAQIRH project since 2020).
Food security for 665 migrant households and nutrition prevention for 1000 migrant children in Beirut and Mount Lebanon This project will target 665 vulnerable migrant households in Beirut and Mount Lebanon with balanced and nutritious food (both dry rations and fresh vegetables) for a period of 6 months. All recipients will also receive multi-sector messaging translated into languages appropriate for migrant workers in Lebanon. 
Malnutrition of 1000 migrant children aged 6-59 months will be prevented through the provision of  micro-nutrient supplements and early detection and referral for treatment of moderate or severe malnutrition with strong referral pathways to referent malnutrition treatment centres in nearby PHCs through the family MUAC approach, and IYCF awareness raising for the mothers and caregivers of children under 2.
The project will work with members of Migrant-Led Initiatives and focus on building their capacity in warehouse management, distributions, MampE, nutrition education, accountability to affected populations and referrals ensuring benefits that last beyond the duration of the project. 
This project is embedded within Concern’s strategic approach to working with migrant workers in Greater Beirut, which combines addressing immediate and basic needs with long term efforts to address the underlying and structural causes of migrant vulnerability, and works with and through migrant-led initiatives in a migrant-community based, bottom-up approach.
Providing GBV response services for 330 Lebanese, Syrian refugees and migrant women and men and prevention and risk mitigation services to 1,880 community members in the Beirut area. The multiple crises afflicting Lebanon have led to a severe deterioration in people’s standard of living. Basic rights are being denied as people are unable to afford or access basic goods and services including health, food, education, electricity, water and wastewater management. 
Simultaneously, the situation has impacted the supply of vital services such as gasoline, power, healthcare, and clean water, the majority of which were formerly provided by the private sector. With the economic downturn, a rising number of people are looking for such services in the public sector, which is already overburdened and underdeveloped as a result of years of underinvestment. Nowadays, the exacerbated problems are heightening the risk of GBV, particularly for vulnerable refugees and migrants and vulnerable host community members.
The proposed intervention will provide a direct response to fill the gaps in the current Emergency response plan, with the provision of specialized protection services, through an established safe space in Beirut. Through its expanded community development center, CL will provide a comprehensive protection package for 300 vulnerable at-risk or survivors of GBV, as well as complementary interventions such as cash support, psychosocial support, health services, and legal services CL will refer the most vulnerable individuals to safe shelters as a last resort to ensure their safety, where they will be properly followed-up for safe reintegration into their communities. To expand access and lower the risk of GBV, this intervention will be combined with risk mitigation and preventative activities. Furthermore, during this intervention, CL will endeavor to strengthen its PSEA response and ensure that the organization is not causing harm to individuals or its employees through its programing.
690 Lebanese/Syrian/Migrants Children with disabilities : enhancing their learning opportunities in Beirut (Basta, bourj brajneh etc...) and Bekaa (Rashaya, West Bekaa, Zahle) With the current socio-economic crisis, the COVID-19, and the Beirut Blast, access to learning continues to be a challenge for over 1.3 million children in Lebanon. This challenge becomes more complex for children with disabilities due to discrimination, marginalization and exclusion reflected in their daily living, limited capacity of the education system to respond to their needs – further exacerbated during the distance learning, lack of means, and the only partial implementation of the legal framework and policies. Whereas prior to the crises children with disabilities already faced exclusion in Lebanon, the current context heavily aggravates their situation. According to UNICEF, 700,000 school-age children - refugees and Lebanese - may not return to schools because of the crisis [Lebanon Education Sector, July 2021]. Additionally, too many children with disabilities are left behind with no education, nor access to specialized services. There is a close connection between education and psychosocial wellbeing as, frequently, children with disabilities need specialized/rehabilitation services to be able to develop their psychomotor/communication skills to enjoy learning.  Approximately 45% of school dropouts in Lebanon are students from difficult social and economic backgrounds . Children with disabilities in Lebanon are more likely to enroll in specialized schools / centers and only 1% of school-age children with disabilities are enrolled in mainstream public schools. 
In response to these challenges and in alignment with the priority of the allocation strategy, the project aims at enabling access to learning to 690 out-of-education or at-risk of dropping out Lebanese, Syrian and migrant children with disabilities both at home and school levels. This will be achieved through the provision of a package of interventions, including: individual identification and assessment, internal and external referral, provision of assistive technologies combined with the provision of rehabilitation services, and remote learning support. Community engagement will also be pursued to improve attitudes and behaviors towards inclusion of children with disabilities among targeted communities.  All of the action will be implemented in collaboration with a national actor – MOUSAWAT, and will target Beirut and Bekaa. Direct beneficiaries of the project are 1380 individuals - of whom 690 children with disability, while it’s also expected to reach at least 5,600 individuals indirectly.
Improving the food and nutrition security of 
Women, 700 children between 6 and 59 months and 800 caregivers through IYCF and nutrition support in Baalbek-Hermel and Bekaa in addition to 600 vulnerable Lebanese and 150 Syrian refugee households with food parcels and WASH kits in Baalbek-Hermel, Bekaa, South and Nabatiyeh.

Improving access to life-saving food assistance for 100 households -regardless of nationality -with suspected or confirmed covid-19 cases in the South governorate through the provision of one-off dry food baskets. This project is aligned with the nutrition and food security sectors’ strategies and aims at alleviating most urgent food needs and protecting nutritionally vulnerable groups. 

600 vulnerable Lebanese and 150 vulnerable Syrian nutritionally vulnerable and food insecure households residing in Baalbek-Hermel, South and Nabatiyeh governorates will be provided with a 6-month assistance package including dry food parcels, hygiene kits, baby and elderly kits coupled with nutrition, COVID-19 and health education.

In the Baalbek-Hermel region, this project will help addressing the increased needs of the nutritionally vulnerable population. To do so, AAH will target 800 Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) and caregivers of children under 5. PLW and caregivers of children under 2 will be supported with specialized Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counseling in health facilities identified by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). This will help improve caregivers’ skills in age-appropriate feeding, especially on breastfeeding, supporting non-breastfed children and complementary feeding. At the community level, IYCF specialists will support caregivers who cannot access PHCCs (or as follow-up to PHCC support). In addition, 700 children between 6-59 months will be provided with micronutrient supplements and their caregivers will be trained to monitor malnutrition status and learn when to seek medical attention.
In parallel, 3 health facilities identified by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Baalbeck will be supported to adopt baby-friendly initiatives, protect, and promote IYCF practices. This will be achieved through closely working with the facilities to build the IYCF capacity of their staff who interact with PLW   and caregivers and through the creation of a safe and private space within the center to breastfeed. AAH will identify 3 Community mobilizers linked to these facilities to ensure that all outreach activities are affiliated to the centers and ensuring that the community is referred to facilities for any health and nutrition services.   

The third component of this project will target 100 households with suspected or confirmed covid-19 cases selected on a rolling basis in South governorate as per the agreed geosplit between the partners (Sector 6 and 7 for AAH). Households will be provided with one-off dry food baskets   . This action will complement AAH’s covid-19 response in the South which includes a provision of IPC kits funded through another donor   . Additional caseload will be considered as a contingency plan based on the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic and variants.
Implementing prevention and protection responses, covering all geographical areas, to address GBV and risks of GBV affecting women and girls and women an girls with disability, from the Syrian refugees, the host community and the migrant domestic workers communities in light of the multi-faceted crisis in Lebanon. The aim of this project is to provide immediate protection response and comprehensive assistance to women victims or at high-risk of SGBV whose vulnerabilities have been exacerbating since the beginning of the instabilities and the rising economic crisis that is still worsening in Lebanon, namely women victims of domestic violence, women and girls with disabilities victims or at risk of SGBV, women and girls victims or at risk of trafficking for sexual exploitation and prostitution, and women migrant domestic workers (WMDWs) victims of abuse and exploitation from all nationalities.
This project will provide the necessary support for Kafa to deliver five essential services in response to the risks and challenges faced by SGBV victims/survivors in Lebanon in these critical times. The services include:
1. Access to safe shelter for victims in need of immediate protection
2. Operations of Kafa’s call center and helplines and provision of holistic case management services to SGBV victims, both in person and remotely when needed 
3. Provision of cash assistance to meet urgent needs of SGBV victims and mitigate additional risks due to shortage in financial resources, through a third party service provider (LibanPost), with which Kafa had previous cash assistance in 2020 - 2021.
4. Kafa will partner with The Lebanese Union for Persons with Disability (LUPD) to provide women and girls with disability (WGwD) victims or at risk of SGBV case management services, emergency cash assistance, FPSS for WGwD and to conduct outreach through information sessions and sensitization. The LUPD will be sub-granted a budget to implement these activities.
LUPD commits to execute the ECA payments through a third party service provider (Justification of previous ECA distribution in 2021 through a third party service provider is attached under the documents tab). 
5. Kafa and LUPD commit not to use cash in hand as a modality under this project.
Emergency health response support for Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Poland Supporting the arrival of emergency medical aid for Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Poland and its distribution to health centers and facilities The project aims to support the emergency health response of Ukrainian refugees in Poland by purchasing and distributing emergency medical supplies in line with the needs assessments identified by the health authorities of the Republic of Poland and distributing them to health centers and facilities in the refugee areas, including:
1. Medical supplies for non-communicable diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc.).
2. Medical supplies for vaccine-preventable diseases including (measles, polio).
3. Medical supplies for HIV and tuberculosis.
4. Medical supplies for counter support Reducing the spread of disease among Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Poland
Feeding basket project in the Republic of Albania for the year 2023 Securing (2000) food baskets for distribution to beneficiaries in the targeted areas. Filling the needs of the most needy families. Helping heads of needy families bear food expenses for their families and loved ones. Supporting poor families and standing with them. Food distribution to beneficiary families in the targeted areas
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Civic Space and Citizen Agency - 2020 Work on civic space, citizen voice and citizen agency na na
Learning and Strategy - 2019 Learning, monitoring, evaluation and strategy na na
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Lending for Education in Africa Partnership LEAP (the ‘Lending for Education in Africa Partnership’) is a social lending fund that provides affordable ﬁnance to youth from low and middle-income backgrounds in East Africa who are pursuing their higher education and cannot fully cover the cost of their higher education through conventional loans, bursaries, scholarships or other means. In addition to its tailormade loans, LEAP also offers its LEAP Fellows career readiness and ﬁnancial literacy training, and forges partnerships to create pathways to gainful employment for its supported students. LEAP is managed by a dedicated team at Volta Capital, in partnership with the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), Future First Global (FFG), Equity Group Foundation (EGF), and Lundin Foundation. LEAP has been active since late 2017. Central to LEAP’s business model is the revolving nature of its social lending fund, whereby loan repayments from its LEAP Fellows are re-deployed for future cohorts of Fellows over time. At the same time, the LEAP fund leverages concessionary funding by blending it with additional private sector impact investments, as it scales and proves the sustainability of its business model.
Lending for Education in Africa Partnership LEAP (the ‘Lending for Education in Africa Partnership’) is a social lending fund that provides affordable finance to youth from low and middle-income backgrounds in East Africa who are pursuing their higher education and cannot fully cover the cost of their higher education through conventional loans, bursaries, scholarships or other means. In addition to its tailor-made loans, LEAP also offers its LEAP Fellows career readiness and financial literacy training, and forges partnerships to create pathways to gainful employment for its supported students. LEAP is managed by a dedicated team at Volta Capital, in partnership with the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), InHive, Equity Group Foundation (EGF), and Lundin Foundation. LEAP has been active since late 2017 and has over 800 Fellows enrolled in its programme as of 30 June 2020, across 5 Kenyan universities and 3 TVET institutions . Central to LEAP’s business model is the revolving nature of its social lending fund, whereby loan repayments from its LEAP Fellows are re-deployed for future cohorts of Fellows over time. At the same time, the LEAP fund leverages concessionary funding by blending it with additional private sector impact investments, as it scales and proves the sustainability of its business model.