Emergency response and resilience-building for IDPs and Host Communities through a multi-sectorial support especially for school children affected by the protracted crisis in Paletwa Township, Chin State Myanmar’s internal conflict is the world’s longest-running civil war  it has had numerous humanitarian and human rights consequences and is multifaceted with a number of actors involved. This project aims at addressing needs aroused by recent armed clashes between the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) and one of the parties in the conflict, the Arakan Army. These clashes have caused displacements, injuries, and casualties and have contributed to a widespread sense of insecurity in a region where resources and opportunities are low and risks of natural disasters and extreme weather are common.
This project will provide assistance to IDPs and host communities across 9 villages in Paletwa Township (Ah Htet Mee Zar, Be Chaung The, Te Ma Chaung The, Mee Let Wa, Auk Nga Pwee, Laung Ka Du, Hnan Chaung, Hna Ma Dar, Thea Ma Chaung Hte) and especially to their children. As indicated in the MHF’s Allocation Strategy, 1,300 people are displaced in these villages and around 3,700 other vulnerable crisis-affected people reside in this area. 
This project, through a multi-sectoral approach, will respond to the displaced population’s most urgent needs in terms of education, food security, health, wash, protection, and will alleviate the pressure on host communities. It will also contribute to improving the quality and quantity collection of data, in view of (1) fostering coordination with the clusters, sectors and the HCT, and (2) designing further interventions that will take in consideration unmet needs. 
This project has been designed by taking into account gaps in needs coverage, as expressed by beneficiaries themselves or revealed through needs assessment conducted in the frame of 2 projects currently implemented by TGH. The proposed Project comes in complementarity, justifying the priority focus on children and health (not implemented in the targeted area yet).
With a specific focus on vulnerable children in child/educational facilities, the Project has different activities than Project #11300. There will be no overlap of activities and budget. While existing emergency needs require an urgent intervention, the Project start date is 01 October 2019. 
The project has been designed by Triangle Génération Humanitaire (TGH), an INGO working in Chin State since 2012, along with Raiki Community Development Foundation (RCDF), created in 2016 in Paletwa, and Christian Aid, which has been working in Chin State on enhancing emergency preparedness and early action in several townships through a hotline project since Cyclone Mora in 2017. 
The project will be achieved through the following activities: 
EiE (CA/CCERR/TGH) 
-Teacher training on teaching skills, positive discipline alternatives, conflict sensitivity and identification of protection issues. 
-Rehabilitation/improvement of 8 existing TLSs
-Student kit distribution 
-Distribution of school kits for each of 8 targeted TLSs
-Awareness-raising for parents
Food Security (TGH/Raiki): 
-Food distribution to children attending 7 Children Friendly Space
Health (CA/CCERR): 
-8 targeted sites supported through mobile health units.
-Mobile health units, focusing on basic health care, Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and Mental Health amp Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS).
-Health assistance coordinated with the health department in Paletwa. The sites would be targeted based on the gaps and inputs shared by the department supported by CA//CCERR assessments. 
WASH (TGH) : 
- Construction of 70 latrines in schools and CFS 
- Installation of water storage and water treatment facilities in 12 schools amp 4 Child-Friendly Spaces
- Latrines Operation amp Maintenance and hygiene promotion sessions in schools
Protection (TGH/Raiki): 
-Establishment of 4 Child-Friendly Spaces in 3 villages