Supporting PLWs and their children (6-23) months suffering from malnutrition in rural areas of Deir ez-Zor. ltpgtThe crisis in Syria is in its 12 th year now, Due to the crisis, the economic situation of the people became very weak and their ability to pay for the costs of their basic needs especially the costs related to secondary health services which could be some times a life saving services.ltbrgtWhile putting the spotlight on this severe needs in the community, we want to focus on the needs in the  Nutrition sector in the  rural of Deir ez-Zor.ltbrgtSince Al-Birr Association is a main actor in the Health and Nutrition sector specially in Homs, Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah, Idlib, Qamishli, Latakia, and Tartous and its rural, we notice the huge gap between the financial ability for people and the costs of the Health and Nutrition services. Al-Birr is already providing health services to people in need through its medical centers. ltbrgtMaternal malnutrition is also extremely concerning with acute malnutrition prevalence ranging from  25 per cent in north-east Syria. Approximately 544,752 Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) suffer from MAM, including 460,124 PLW suffering from anaemia., (HNO 2023).ltbrgtIn terms of Nutrition, Al-Barr looks forward to:ltbrgtAl-Birr is looking forward to respond to the rising needs of the people related to Nutrition services especially the life saving ones in cooperation with SHF.ltbrgtThe project is mainly directed to the people in need in  rural areas of Deir ez-Zor in  (Khsham - Al Tebni ) since they're areas of high severity of needs.ltbrgtThe project will focus on targeting mothers and children between the age of (6 to 23 months) suffering from malnutrition in the underserved areas in rural Deir ez-Zor دby providing life-saving nutrition-related services and  that support them based on monthly vouchers to enable them buying nutrition supplementary products in order to obtain their nutrition needs.ltbrgtThe planned intervention will be based on home-based MUAC through a trained team, home-based advice, and awareness raising to visited mothers, in addition to group awareness sessions provided to mothers on optimal IYCF, caring practices and how to identify the signs of malnutrition.ltbrgtSelection criteria of beneficiaries:ltbrgt1- Beneficiaries should be from the targeted locations.ltbrgt2- Benficiaries are either PLW with malnutrition or mothers of children aged 6-23 months with malnutrition.ltbrgt3- Malnutrition will be detected through MUAC testltbrgt4- Socio-economic studies will be conducted to choose the most vulnerable people (severity of malnutrition - number of children - income - head of household - children with specific needs - etc)ltbrgt- Vouchers modality: It is conditional vouchers for nutrition that will enable the beneficiaries to buy (supplementary cereals for infants, chicken, meat, vegetables, and dairy products).ltbrgt- Duration of vouchers: 4 consecutive months.The process of disbursing vouchers is as follows:ltbrgt1- - The beneficiaries of the vouchers will be notified 3 days before the day of delivery.ltbrgt2- Beneficiaries are given the option to choose the commercial center/food store from among (3-5) commercial centers distributed in Deir ez-Zor.ltbrgt3- - Confirmation is made one day before and beneficiaries are reminded by text message.ltbrgt4- - The project team, using transportation, transports the beneficiaries to the warehouses chosen by the beneficiaries.ltbrgt5- - The beneficiaries distribute the vouchers and exchange them for food items within the sections ((grains, dairy, meat, vegetables, and fruits).) 6-ltbrgtThe project team returns the beneficiaries to their cities using project transportationltbrgtEach distribution cycle consists of 5 days, where the beneficiary freely chooses the most appropriate day and store for himltbrgtNumber of project services: 5710.ltbrgtNumber of targeted people without duplicate beneficiary, regardless of services: 5000ltbrgtWhere 3,000 beneficiaries of awareness sessions and 2000 beneficiaries of home visits.ltbrgtlt/pgt