Enhanced Protection for Vulnerable Children and Women in West Guji zone through strengthened community-based structures, functional multi-purpose Children and Women Friendly spaces, and access to basic services. This proposal is developed in response to the humanitarian crises in West Gujj zone (Oromia) and Gedeo zone (SNNPR) due to conflict resulting in massive influx of IDPs into various Woredas of Guji zones. In response to the present humanitarian situation, World Vision Ethiopia is proposing the following interventions to enhance protection, resilience and improved access to service for children and women in Kercha ,Gelana, Bule hora, and Abaya ,Woredas of West Guji zone within the project period of six months.

The overall goal of the project is to enhance the protection of children, women, and other people with specials needs. Towards this end, a multi-faceted approach will be used to achieve these major outcomes over the project life time. These are   Improving  psycho-social well-being of children and women by establishing safe space in eight  collective sites amd Developeing  knowledge and skills in case management of child abuse and GBV incidents and clinical treatment of GBV cases as well as supporting Government effort in family tracing and reunification. 

In order to realize these outcomes relevant project outputs and detail activities have been outlined.  Child and women friendly spaces will be established to provide psychosocial support and Psychological First Aid service for children and pregnant and lactating women. The spaces will be established in Eight  IDP sites in Gelana Kercha, Bule hora, and Abaya Woredas (two in each). These are kercha town collective site, Bilida kojowa collective sites, Tore Town collective site,Samalo collective site,shara site of host community, Bukisa collective site, Gerba site within the host community, and Bule hora town collective site. The main purpose of the safe space is  to provide package of protection services and to facilitate children and women recovery and promote children’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development. The range of services will contribute towards recovery and restoration of the victims as well as strengthening the community-based protection system including prevention of and responding to child protection concerns and GBV incidents facilitate referral and follow up mechanisms. Through a serious of capacity building and life skills training interventions, the project will boost the resilience of adolescent girls and women in the target sites. Overall, the project will benefit children, adolescent boys and girls, lactating and pregnant women in the Eightsites  in the area of knowledge and skills development about child protection and GBV prevention and response mechanism, boosting basic literacy, life skills, mental health/hygiene, reproductive health practices and ensure access to recreational facilities, and the space will provide a private space for breastfeeding and individual counseling. The project will also address the needs of women and girls through provision of dGBV treatment kit for mobile clinics in the Eight  IDP sites towards an improved clinical management of rape. The project also aims to address the need of IDP returnees’ protection need and access to basic services through building the capacity of government stake holders and community based structures towards mitigating and responding to protection risk factors.