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Life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian response to improve access to basic WASH services for vulnerable and conflict-affected populations in Syria Close to nine years into the crisis, the scale, severity, and complexity of needs across Syria remain staggering. In addition, COVID-19 is exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation. At least 5 million people are in critical need of improved water quality and quantity and 4.7 million people face sanitation related issues. Protracted and new displacements and people returning to their place of origin put further pressure on the overburdened education system. As a result, one in three schools are partially damaged or destroyed. This has led to a reduction in access to education facilities and overcrowded classrooms. 
AAH assessed villages in Aleppo and Idleb governorates showing how the water and sanitation systems have been affected, including WASH facilities in schools, as a consequence of the destruction, whereas the dependency on water trucking and the use of contaminated shallow water has increased. Urgent needs have been identified and significant gaps exist due to lack of repairs and/or minimal and poor maintenance of water and sanitation systems. Taking into consideration the 2020 1st Standard Allocation strategy, the 2020 HRP WASH objectives and the needs identified in the field, AAH will focus on the repair and rehabilitation of public water and sewage systems for water supply and proper sanitation, as well as undertake light rehabilitation of WASH facilities in primary and secondary schools. The proposed intervention targets a total of 17,061 individuals (out of which 8,161 females). These interventions will contribute to WASH cluster strategic objectives (1) Support to water, sanitation/sewage and solid waste management systems to ensure regular services for affected people in Syria and (3) Improve WASH facilities and services in institutions to minimize substandard WASH conditions of the most vulnerable people in Syria. 
The WASH in schools component comprising of following activities, repair and rehabilitation of WASH facilities in 22 schools, is estimated to cost USD 460,000 and covered by SHF, whereas the community WASH component, comprising of the following activities, repair and rehabilitation of water and sewage systems, and covered by SHF, is estimated to cost approximately USD 300.000. For more details on the budget costs, kindly see Annex 13.b.
Overall, the proposed project mainstreams and incorporates protection principles in the activities to promote meaningful access, safety and dignity. Despite the challenging environment, and thanks to its effective access strategy, AAH has full-access to the targeted areas and has the capacity in place to start the operations according to the work-plan set through direct-implementation. Particular attention has been paid to ensure activities implemented by AAH are not a duplication of activities undertaken by other agencies in the area and complement activities from other actors.
Medical Referrals for BabAlSibaa Society in Homs Homs governorate is experiencing  health challenges under the current deteriorated situation in Syria. 
Also, access to health care places faces some difficulties. This project will provide health services to the poorest groups by providing free health care (primary and secondary), which includes the following activities:
1-Three clinics are dedicated to the following specializations::1-Pediatric,2-Obstetrics amp Gynecology and 3-Internal Medicine(Where it is scheduled to receive 9000 patients within 9 months and 6000 of 9,000 clinic patients will take Procurement of medicines )
2-Providing Laboratory medical analyzes for 3000 Patient
3-Providing X-Rays for 3000 Patient
4-Providing echo-graphy for 2400 Patient 
For Secondary health service the project will provide 36 C.T Tomography ,12 Magnetic resonance , 460 General surgery operations and 30 Orthopedic operations
In the field of accident care, the service will be provided to 30 patients with trauma injuries, 5 patients with Burns, 60 patients with fractures surgery and 180 patients with  minor emergency surgeries and treatment.
The total number of beneficiaries of primary and secondary medical services is 18213.
Support mitigation measures in Syrian cities in responding to COVID-19 pandemic Entering its 10th consecutive year of violent conflict, several factors make Syria highly vulnerable to a severe outbreak of COVID-19, these include: a vastly damaged infrastructure and a large internally displaced population living in high-density residential areas with an inability to isolate or practicing physical distancing.  

During the year 2020, UN-Habitat adopted a comprehensive plan to support Syrian cities to handle with COVID-19 pandemic by empowering municipalities and local bodies as front-lines to effectively respond to such crises through providing support in improving public hygiene and sanitation services and other WASH activities related to COVID-19. 
Currently, UN-HABITAT is implementing several COVID projects from different donors in several Syrian cities, including Homs, Hama, Daraa, Suran, Harasta, Douma, Al-Tal, Jaramana, and others.

Therefore, by integrating with above mentioned projects, UN-Habitat Syria proposes herein a multi-locations intervention that contributes to reinforce the preparedness and responsiveness of target communities to COVID-19 disease outbreak, by supporting the improvement of environmental conditions and the decontamination measures to reduce the spread of the pandemic.

The cities of Arbin (in Rural Damascus) and Suran (in North Rural of Hama) have received high number of returnees which further strains the capacity of the already damaged sanitation and hygiene systems. Both cities are suffering from the urgent need to support sewage networks and hygiene conditions to cope with increasing number of residents especially in the context of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

The project includes several components, in two highly severe cities, that fall under the environmental solid waste and WASH sector including:

1. Rehabilitation of the wastewater network in Arbin city to avoid the flooding in the most of buildings' basements, and to prevent the leakage from wastewater into the water resources. As per WHO and UNICEF guidelines,COVID-19 persist in drinking-water, feces and sewage.
2. Supply and provision of sterilization solutions, portable spraying devices, PPEs and cleaning tools for municipal solid waste workers in Arbin city.
3. Rehabilitation of wastewater network in Suran city.
4. Supply and provision of solid waste containers, sterilization solutions, portable spraying devices, PPEs and cleaning tools for municipal solid waste workers in Suran city.
Building community resilience through livelihood restoration and economic empowerment in the Hama Governorate This one-year project builds on INTERSOS’ existing activities and geographical coverage in Syria to support livelihood and economic empowerment in Hama Governorate and build the resilience of vulnerable individuals, with a particular focus on youth and women IDPs, returnees and host communities.
In agreement with HRP objectives, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor as well as the Early Recovery and Livelihood sectors priorities, this intervention is designed to improve the access to income generating opportunities, following 1. a thorough labor market assessment, and through 2. the provision of technical and vocational trainings, 3. business and marketing skills workshops, 4. provision of start-up kits to foster self-employment 54. support to small/rural businesses and entrepreneurship, reaching out to a total of 330 individuals.
This intervention has been designed with SARC Livelihoods department, ERL working group and in coordination with NGOs and partners operating in the same areas of intervention, to ensure a safe and dignified access to services and opportunities in a collaborative manner – in line with COVID-19 preventive measures.
Rehabilitation of Affected Educational Facilities in the Eastern and Southern Aleppo Countryside - Phase 2 Project Summary:

The purpose of this project is to ensure a proper learning environment for girls, boys, and adolescents affected by the crisis by providing sustainable access to protective learning spaces through the rehabilitation of seven damaged public schools in the Eastern and Southern Aleppo countryside.

The school environment divided into teaching and non-teaching spaces, school facilities, and premises. The proposed project goes far beyond to ensure the safety and healthiness of the learning environment to make the school a desirable place for about (3620) direct beneficiaries through rehabilitation of:

a. Teaching Spaces: classrooms (71), computer rooms (2), and laboratories (2).
b. Non-Teaching Spaces: administration rooms (17), WASH facilities with sex-segregated for girls and boys (39), roofs, and corridors.
c. School Facilities and premises: Playground (7), Schoolyard (2), access ramps (7), and boundary fence.

Moreover, this project will work as an entry point for other program interventions as Early Childhood Programme to help pre-school age children to get prepared for school by acquiring basic knowledge. Therefore, (7) Early Childhood rooms will be fitted in line with MoE and EDU sector directions.

Fouadi will implement this education intervention directly in line with MoE standards and EDU sector criteria to address gaps in the educational needs of affected populations scattered in rural conflict-affected areas in the countryside of the Aleppo Governorate where educational needs have not fully met.
Improving COVID 19 preparedness and prevention through integrated WASH interventions in Rural Damascus Oxfam is proposing a six-month rapid public health response to reach 32,500 people affected by the crisis in Rural Damascus Governorates. In addition to this, approximately 500,000 individuals will be reached by hygiene promotion messages through a media campaign in the whole country. The proposed action aims to improve the affected communities' access to information on awareness in order to improve the prevention of COVID19 risks, and maintain key health and hygiene practices in the communities . A media campaign will be complimented by family hygiene kit distributions, cash for work activities relating to sterilizing high touch areas and message dissemination in the community, and improving access to solid waste management services. The project is aligned to the WASH Sector strategy for COVID Response it is a well defined response strategy suitable to the restricted movement situation and the existing security challenges (direct implementation through a competent media company, reliable and experienced volunteers and focal points). Oxfam will collaborate with relevant ministries, governorates amp directorates, the WASH sub-sectors and NGOs.
Institutional Feeding Support to in Quarantine Centres Under the COVID-19 UN response, WFP shall provide support to Government of Syria quarantine centres, via institutional feeding and will cover a maximum of 29,000 people. Support will be provided either through a WFP contracted wholesaler arrangement or through the provision of ready to eat rations.
Provide Primary and Secondary Health Care Services in The Govern orates of Aleppo and Hama This project will include equipping and operating seven medical centers distributed geographically in the governorates of Aleppo and Hama (four centers in Aleppo and three in Hama).
Four areas have been carefully selected in Aleppo Governorate in coordination with the Health Directorate in Aleppo Governorate.
These areas are: (Hreitan, Urem Al-Kubra, Atshaneh and Al-Shaar.
Three other sites were also selected in Hama Governorate, in coordination with the Health Directorate in Hama Governorate, for areas in need of medical assistance. Namely: Taibah Imam, Salhab, Morek).
Each medical center will be provided with the following services:
1. Primary health services through three clinics. Internal medicine, gynecology and children.
2. Childbirth services through the gynecology clinic with the outpatient referral service for obstetrics and nutrition.
3. Childcare clinic, which provides health services, including follow-up of child malnutrition. It will also provide preventive and curative nutritional supplements for children, with a referral service for acute malnutrition cases to hospitals.
4. Healthcare professionals will hold health education and awareness seminars, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. Free medicines through referrals at those centers.
6. Referrals for surgeries (life and death cases)
7. Provide audio, visual and kinetic secondary medical aids using the referral system.
8. Provide individual mental health care sessions with measures to prevent COVID-19, and will be provided specifically for individuals suffering from post-war trauma.
9. Regular awareness seminars about the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic in small groups, taking into account the means of preventing Covid 19
Each health care center will provide free primary and secondary health services to the residents of those areas and neighboring provinces, as most of the residents of these areas are IDPs, hosts or returnees.
All these centers are the private property of individuals from the local community who provided them free of charge to provide free medical services in them in the cooperation of a great deal of notables from the regions
Strengthen the provision primary and secondary of health care services and provision MHPss services to affected people and IDPs in Homs governorate In line with the priorities of the health sector of 2020 and the presence of cases of patients with Virus
Covid 19 there is a crucial need to support the provision of essential package of health care  and mental health services on a wide scale, therefore Shabab Alkhear Charity will strengthen the provision of the basic package of
health care and  health services  in the (Tel Zubaydah) eastern countryside of Homs through a medical point that includes three clinics (internal - gynecology - children) health services will support women - children - youth , people living with disability and the elderly.
The village is about 16 km away from the city of Homs. the population drink well water and there is no sanitation in the village so this creates the risk of disease spreading . In addition,there is no health center or Primary health care services. the population have to travel to Homs city when they need primary health services , This is difficult for pregnant women, especially because the village does not have a gynecological clinic and it is also difficult for children and the elderly because there is no pediatric clinic or internal medicine . There is only a dentist and a pharmacy in the village of Tal Zubaydah, and it needs to provide primary and secondary health services .The population of Tal Zubaydah is 2700, including 1150 displaced people, the medical point will support the village of Tel Zubaydah and the neighboring villages such as Al-Fahayla, which includes 3000 people - Jumailiya includes 3000 people - Tel Al-Sheeh includes 2000 people- Tel AL-Naqh includes 5000 people . The medical point will support  Primary health care services including medical consultations , Lab tests, X-ray, Echo and distribution of medicines. This point will support  secondary services (C.T Scan- M.R.I-ophthalmology surgeries-orthopaedic surgeries) . Trauma care services (fractures surgeries - minor emergency surgeries and treatment ) will be supported by this point basing on medical referral to one of the  hospitals in Homs city and support the assistive devices ( Medical glasses- Hearing aids ) will be supported by this point basing on medical referral to one of the  hospitals in Homs city  . 
The medical point  will operate for 6 hours daily under the project
The charity studied the health needs and communicated with the villagers during the sixth and seventh months of this year.
Provision of essential winter Clothing packages to Children 0-14 years old in prioritized communities in Rural Damascus The widespread poverty combined with high commodity prices and destruction of housing stock continue to leave many Syrians unable to provide for the basic needs of the children including adequate clothing, especially during the wintertime when the families endure even higher costs of living. This is
particularly true for families who have been displaced several times and continue to live in dire
conditions, either still as internally displaced or as returnees. Rural Damascus is one of the most affected
governorates in Syria with high levels of infrastructure destruction, high population movement, and high
cost of living where the cost of WFP Reference Food Basket was SYP 87,522, one of the highest in the country. Indeed, prices of food in Rural Damascus has jumped by 300% between June 2019 and June 2020. 
Prices of food are not the only thing the IDP and returnees are facing, but many other things. According to UN field
monitoring, many returnees live in partially or fully destroyed homes, while rebuilding efforts are
hampered by the lack of resources and high prices. Given the high price of fuel and its scarcity, particularly after the Lebanese economic crisis started, many families are suffering accessing the energy products that are key to feed and warm their homes and children, and this will be more visible once the winter comes, and is coming with higher prices of NFIs, in particular clothes that receive around 20% of the average family expenditures on NFIs.

Furthermore, the COVID-19 crisis adds further pressure on countries that are already facing humanitarian crises. The impact of COVID-19 on children’s living conditions are not distributed equally. As highlighted in the UN’s policy brief on the impact of the ongoing crisis on children, the COVID-19 pandemic is a fundamentally dis-equalizing event, with its effects being expected to be most damaging for children in the poorest households. This project seeks to address the immediate and pressing need for winter clothes for around 25000
children 0-14 years old from the IDP, returnee and host communities in the prioritized areas of Rural Damascus governorate. The main objective of this project is to protect the most vulnerable children, especially
those affected by the crisis and displacement from harsh weather conditions through the provision of a
full package of winter clothes during the winter 2020-2021.
UNICEF aims to reach a total number of 25000 children (0-14) in the southern region during the
winter 2019-2020.
Strengthen IPC measures in  vulnerable communities UNICEF will coordinate the WASH response in its capacity as sector lead while strengthening Infection Prevention and Control in health facilities, schools and learning spaces, youth centers and communities. This will be done through the drafting and implementation of IPC protocols, procurement and distribution of IPC supplies, and the promotion of hand washing with soap. 

This SHF funded project is embedded within this overall strategy and will focus primarily on three key aspects: Distribution of soap at community level for 3.5 million people (as part of the WFP food distributions), provision of hygiene kits to 13,500 families of children with severe disabilities, and provision of Infection , Prevention and Control supplies to 500 health facilities.
Provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers The project is designed to support health workers in health facilities run by  MOH, SARC, and local NGOs to protect themselves and their patients through the optimal use of  by use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) while providing care and transporting of suspected COVID-19 cases to the hospitals.
Providing Primary and Secondary Health Care and Medicines in Al-Hasaka Offering primary medical care and help in reproductive health and child health, through two medical points in Al-Hasaka and Al-Quamishli, and a mobile medical team in Al-Hole Camp, as well as offering medicines and medical needs for primary medical care through 3 clinics in every medical point (family doctor, gynecologist, pediatrician and a pharmacist) and 3 doctors in the mobile team. This project cares about psychological and mental health, through a team of specialists that offer individual and group sessions in psychological and social support. As well as sessions of spreading consciousness about GVB.
Empowering the vulnerable people in western and northern rural Hama. Due to the frequent displacement and return in the Soran district and the new return to Kafr Zita, the unemployment rate increased as well as regular income reduced, which led some families to resort to harmful coping mechanisms, such as child labor, to meet the expenses of their needs. 

Furthermore, the risks of the spread of the new Coronavirus in Syria have prompted measures aimed at limiting the movement of citizens to prevent the spread of the virus. Although, these measures aimed to reduce the spread of the virus, but at the same time it has created a humanitarian crisis for vulnerable families whose sources of financial income were suspended. 

According to the SCS latest assessments at the beginning of 2020, there are (5800 families) in Suran and (280 families) in Kafar Zita. Thereby, in this six-month-project, SCS proposes to meet the emergency needs of 500 returned, displaced and host beneficiaries in Soran and Kafr Zita districts in rural Hama. Women headed households will be given preferential treatment including youth and household heads with physical disability. 

To support beneficiaries, SCS will employ two programmes: (1) Vocational Training (VT) to support 500 beneficiaries and (2) Start-up Small Business Projects grants (SSBP) using in-kind assistance as a modality to support 38 households (190 individuals). Thus, the project will contribute to increase the level of self-reliance and reduce dependence on aid by developing the capabilities of vulnerable people.

Social Care Society is one of the leader NGOs in Hama that has practiced humanitarian work in providing Protection, WASH, Health, Education and Livelihoods  services since 2013. In 2017-2018, SCS implemented a multi-section projects, called Ataa project (in cooperation with UNICEF) and Helm project (in cooperation with UNHCR). These projects were able to emergency respond to the returnees to Northern Rural Hama. SCS was able overreached its target numbers to 6,000 community members in livelihoods  programs.