Life-Saving Integrated Emergency WASH Response in High Severity and Underserved Communities in Al Qahira and Al Mudaffar districts of Ta'iz ltpgtCARE aims to provide life-saving WASH services to vulnerable communities, mitigate the impact of cholera outbreaks, enhance community resilience, and improve overall community health, reaching most vulnerable populations (IDPs and host communities [HC]). A total of 8487 IDP (2,106 women, 1,981 girls, 2,225 men, and 2,175 boys) 771 Returnees (191 women, 180 girls, 202 men, 198  boys 67,892 Host Community (16,846 women, 15,849 gilrs, 17,797 men, and 17,400 boys) will be reached. This project will also target 3,856 persons with disabilities (PwD). The project will target Al Qahira and Al Mudaffar districts which have been identified as outbreak hotspot areas within Taiz governorate and aim to reach beneficiaries in underserved areas including IDPs, returnees and people living with disabilities (PWD) with WASH services. ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtThe WASH activities will focus on improving the WASH infrastructure including health facilities, sanitation, waste management, reinforce outbreak detection prevention and improve access to safe and protected water sources in both districts. CARE will implement this project in synergy with an ongoing ECHO-funded disaster preparedness project with supporting disease surveillance activities and WASH actions within the two districts, to leverage the outbreak response while also providing life-saving health and nutritional services to ensure the most vulnerable communities are reached. This will be done through a community-based approach that both focuses on strengthening the capacity of 5 health centers, while also mobilizing Community Hygiene Promotion Volunteers (CHPVs) to provide services from home to home to ensure difficult to reach and most vulnerable populations are reached. To both mitigate the risk of water-borne disease, including cholera, CARE will conduct rehabilitations in community-approved locations to provide sustainable and protected water supplies and improving sanitation through sewage rehabilitation, in tandem with distribution of cholera test kits and hygiene kits along with hygiene promotional activities to improve hygiene practice and mitigate the risk of disease outbreak. Critical to these efforts will be taking in integrated approach to reduce the spread of disease and provide health and nutrition support to build resilience. lt/pgtltpgtDuring the project’s first 2 months, CARE will seek approvals and permits from MOPIC and relevant authorities to implement the proposed multi-sectoral response. Once the permits are secured, CARE will conduct various assessments and baseline studies to establish the feasibility of cluster indicators. Regular monitoring and reporting will be an integral part of the project, and a PDM will be conducted to assess the utility of the community-based services and beneficiaries' satisfaction level. lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtGender in emergencies is at the center of CARE’s approach, recognizing that crises both exacerbate inequalities and present opportunities for transformative change where gender roles are often inherently challenged by the circumstances of crisis. CARE will mainstream and integrate protection risk mitigation and prevention measures across all sectors of this project and will take a gender-inclusive and disability-sensitive approach to support women, men, girls, and boys safely and effectively within Yemen’s complex context. ltbrgtlt/pgt