Food Security Response to Gaza emergency ltpgtIn the context of the current unprecedented crisis in Gaza, providing immediate food assistance to host families and IDPs are paramount to ensure the safety, protection and dignity of the most vulnerable, along with rapid and safe access to emergency assistance. Under this project, Acted and its implementing partners Unlimited Friends Association for Development (UFA), and Fares Al-Arab (FAFD) propose an intervention to respond to immediate critical needs of 5,929 vulnerable households (35,574 individuals) in the Middle Area, Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates of the Gaza Strip, through the provision of food assistance, to ensure immediate life-saving assistance and cover urgent needs. Acted will target most vulnerable groups, including women, girls, boys, people with disabilities (PwDs) and old people.ltbrgtThrough this 6-month project, Acted along with its implementing partners, will provide an emergency response to cover the urgent food needs of IDPs’ households sheltered in non-UNRWA shelters and UNRWA shelters and host families in the Middle Area, Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates of the Gaza Strip. Acted plans to focus its intervention area on the south, based on the coordination with other actors supported by the HF. Acted is also considering its operating capacity, with its warehouses in the Middle Area, Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates. Based on the emerging needs and the operational possibilities, Acted may consider intervening in the northern of the Gaza Strip and Gaza, depending on local partners, and access assessment.ltbrgtAll identified activities will be carried out depending on the security conditions in the Gaza Strip. The entire implementation of the activities is conditioned by the following elements: the security situation is safe enough for Acted and the implementing partners’ team to carry out the activities goods are available with suppliers from the Gaza Strip or Egypt goods can enter the Gaza Strip either from Kerem Shalom crossing or Egypt through the Rafah crossing. ltbrgtIntervention in the different types of shelters will be carried out in coordination with relevant stakeholders such as the Food Security Cluster and UNRWA. Other active stakeholders have also been consulted about their ongoing and planned interventions to ensure the avoidance of duplication and to foster complementarity with these actions. This includes Oxfam and PARC to ensure the most coordinated and impactful response possible. Acted will also rely on its community network through the already existing CERNs or CBPCs. This response represents the first phase of the response, aiming to provide direct support to the most urgent needs, as soon as the security conditions allow the activity to be carried out. Due to the shortage of supplies in Gaza, Acted has a team on the ground in Egypt to purchase and facilitate the transportation of food items from Egypt to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing, thereby addressing any supply disruptions within the Gaza Strip. ltbrgtActed plans to use the fund in several instalments according to the activities that will be possible or in one go depending on the evolution of the situation.ltbrgtThe project will be supported by the mainstreaming of an Integrated Protection Approach (IPA), with specific focus on the most vulnerable groups, including women, girls, boys, PwDs and older people, and of gender principles to ensure outputs and results equally benefit both sexes. Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) will be core to the proposed Action by giving account to, taking account of, and being held to account by affected populations.ltbrgtlt/pgt