Supporting the most vulnerable households of Khan Yunis and Middle-Area governorates, in the Gaza Strip. (MPCA) ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtThis intervention will
support 190 of the most vulnerable households (HHs) in the Middle Area and Khan
Yunis governorates of the Gaza strip who are impacted by the prolonged economic
deterioration caused by more than 15 years of siege. This action aims to ensure
the specific basic needs of these 190 HHs are met, notably through the
distribution of Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA).lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pttext-align:justify"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtThe project is informed
by assessments ACTED conducted between September 2022 and February 2023, consisting
of the 2022 Multi-Sectorial Needs Assessments (MSNA), conducted by REACH and
OCHA in July 2022, extensive consultations with key stakeholders, and recommendations
from the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and the Cash Working Group (CWG)
in Gaza. Specifically, ACTED and its implementing partner, the Arab Center for
Agricultural Development (ACAD), will increase beneficiaries’ resilience and
improve coping capacities through the provision of multi-purpose cash
assistance (MPCA) to help HHs suffering from limited access to income opportunities
meet their basic needs and alleviate the impact of the last escalation in
August 2022.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pttext-align:justify"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtMPCA allows female-headed
households and households with specific circumstances or health problems, such
as pregnant and lactating women, families with members with disabilities and/or
chronic illnesses, to prioritize their specific needs (i.e., milk, instant
formula, medicines, diapers) and to meet their differentiated priorities which
are often left unmet through sectoral cash initiatives.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pttext-align:justify"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThe proposed action is fully aligned with the 2023 1st Standard
Allocation 2ltsupgtndlt/supgt objective, “Ensure inclusive, accessible, coordinated
provision of quality basic services for most vulnerable people in emergency
situations in the Gaza Strip and West Bank including Area C and East Jerusalem.”,
and specifically the cluster priority objective 6.1 “Support vulnerable HHs in
oPt affected by shocks and stresses due to conflict and natural disaster with
MPCA to meet their immediate essential needs and access to lifesaving services
and decreases the incidence of negative coping strategies” through the
implementation of the prioritized activity 6.1.1: “Providing tailored and
timely multipurpose cash assistance to assist shock-affected and
socioeconomically vulnerable HH with limited financial capacity to cover
survival and/or basic needs (Food, nonfood, health, hygiene needs, and other
basic needs) in Gaza”. In addition, this action is aligned with the HRP 2023
strategic objective 3: “The capacity of vulnerable Palestinians to cope with
and overcome protracted crisis, including from environmental threats, is supported,
while solutions to violations and other root causes of threats and shocks are
pursued”, and was approved by the cluster (HPSE23-MS-193844-1). lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtProject implementation
will be based on past experiences implementing MPCA activities since 2021, under
projects funded by the oPt HF and CDCS, and in coordination with Palpay.lt/spangtlt/pgt


ltp class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pttext-align:justify"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtACTED will rely on its 2
Community Emergency Response Networks’ (CERN) existing capacity to implement
activities throughout the project, to reach beneficiaries, share key PSEA
messages, and support ACTED’s Complaint and Response Mechanism (CRM). These 2
CERN were already established under former HF-funded projects, operate across 2
governorates, and are composed of 3 Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), 4
Community-Based Protection Committees (CBPCs), and 130 volunteers (176
individuals in total). lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtThe project will mainstream an Integrated Protection
Approach (IPA), with specific focus on the most vulnerable groups, including
women, girls, boys, PwD and older people. Gender principles will be
mainstreamed throughout the entire action and CERN will be trained on referral
mechanisms of protection cases such as GBV with a particular focus given to
women and children. Finally, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) will
be core to the proposed Action.lt/spangtlt/pgt