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Emergency Shelter response to conflict-induced displacement for disaster affected IDPs in Kachin State. The project focuses on shelter construction and care and maintenance in  7 camps  with a total population of 1,950 situated in Kachin and Shan State where IDP have been staying for at least 5 years. Based on the current political process and frequent skirmishes between KIO and Government military, it is expected that IDPs will be remaining in the camps for another year or more. It is impossible to return to the villages if there is no ceasefire agreement, landmine clearing and withdrawing the military posts from villages and public areas. The project will mainly focus on providing new shelter construction, replacement and maintenance of existing shelters. The focus is due to the fact that in the earlier shelter constructions were intended for a lifespan of two years. However, the current dynamic of ongoing conflict has resulted IDPs remaining in camps within the shelters for up to five years. So many shelters are in urgent need of replacement, repairs and care and maintenance in order to meet minimum standard and facilitate dignified living conditions of IDPs. 
The shelter interventions will address the highest priority needs within Kachin and Shan based on the shelter/NFI/CCCM cluster prioritization. Using a participatory approach, the camp management committee of each camp will be consulted to ensure the interventions meet the differential needs of men, women, boys, girls of different ages and disparities. In addition, partitions are included in shelter designs to increase the privacy within each family unit and mitigate protection risks associated with a lack of privacy.
Provision of Primary Health Care Services to Internally Displaced Persons in Kachin State The project will target on 10187 beneficiaries (40 % to adults, 30% to under 5 years old children and 30% to pregnant women) in Kachin State. The project will work in (9) camps which are Lung Sut, Hpare, Salang Yang, Ndup Yang, Maina (KBC), Mai Hkawng, Mansi, Loije (lisu) and Seng Ja in Kachin state. The project will be delivered by KBC Healing Ministry Department and Doctors and Nurses at the IDPs camps..  The beneficiaries are men, women, girls, boys, pregnant women and under 5 years old children and will provided general health care services. We will provide emergency referral support for those targeted groups if necessary. Project implementation will emphasize on IDP participation and the establishment of strong accountability mechanisms in all targeted IDP camps. The delivery of assistance supported by the project will be coordinated with other humanitarian actors working in the area i.e, Metta, KMSS, Shalom, WPN, RANIR and HPA to reduce the gaps. The delivery of assistance supported by the project will be coordinated with other humanitarian actors working in the area i.e, Metta, KMSS, Shalom, WPN, RANIR and HPA to reduce the gaps. Mostly we will coordinate with KBC Development department and Emergency Relief Committee who are implement WASH program and Nutrition Promotion and food supply for the IDPs of targeted areas. KBC staffs also attend the Health Cluster Meeting at State Public Health Department monthly and coordinate with other organizations who attend the meeting.
Mine Risk Education, Victim Assistance and Capacity Building in Northern Shan State This proposed project builds upon a UNOCHA-funded intervention implemented in Northern Shan and Kachin States in 2015. Through local partner organizations, the project delivered life-saving Mine Risk Education (MRE) to more than 41,000 individuals in conflict-affected communities. However, there continue to be frequent armed clashes in Northern Shan State between the Myanmar Army and various ethnic armed groups, resulting in significant displacements and Landmine/Explosive Remnant of War (LM/ERW) contamination. According to data collected by UNICEF, accidents caused by these weapons are increasing and have resulted in 96 casualties reported in the first half of 2016 alone, as compared with 59 reported casualties in all of 2015. Sixty of these were in Shan State.  There is an urgent need for the delivery of additional MRE to populations in contaminated areas and the provision of Victim Assistance (VA) to survivors. 

This proposed project, developed with partner organization the Ta’ang Students and Youth Union (TSYU), will build upon lessons learned in 2015 and focus its interventions in seven conflict-affected townships and one sub-township in Northern Shan State. The project’s objectives will be two-fold: 1) Risks associated with LM/ERW are mitigated for the conflict-affected population and 2) Quality of life for LM/ERW victims and other persons with disabilities is improved. This will be achieved through the following: 
	building TSYU’s MRE delivery capacity by strengthening their implementation techniques, including those related to quality assurance, gender mainstreaming, and child-specific MRE methodologies
	delivering MRE to children and adults of displaced and host communities
	mapping local services and supporting access through an improved referral network and flexible funds for victims
	mainstreaming Psycho-Social Support (PSS) into MRE delivery so that TSYU is able to respond appropriately and professionally when confronted with individuals who have been traumatized
	building TSYU’s capacity to contribute to data collection through victim interviews.
Addressing Capacity Gaps of the Thet Kel Pyin Sub Rural Health Center in Providing Life-Saving Health Care Services The project aims to assist the State Health Department (SHD) in Rakhine in improving the overall services and expanding the operating hours at the Thet Kel Pyin Sub-Rural Health Center (TKP-SRHC) through: (a) the deployment of at least the minimum   (suggested number is 8) required doctors and health workers to augment existing SHD and NGO human resources (b) training of all   SRHC staff from SHD, MERCY Malaysia and IRC, both medical and non-medical, on Protection, Gender Based Violence, and Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, MHPSS and PFA*  and a Resilient Health Facility and (c) upgrade and/or repair and maintenance of the TKP-SRHC to meet the minimum standards in terms of physical facility  (including upgrading works to increase accessibility to the SRHC for PWDs), equipment and human resources including increasing the number of rotating shifts, improving the SRHC’s systems such as patient recording, health waste management, logistics, etc. The doctors and health workers to be deployed and trained under this project (all Myanmar nationals with technical assistance from MERCY health specialists) are envisaged to be eventually taken in by the SHD in the government’s effort to fill up all “sanctioned” positions and reduce the vacancies in the government’s health system. Due to Myanmar’s MOH health policies, only SHD appointed staff are allowed to do immunizations, however, they request for assistance from I/NGO’s working in the area to join in the programs. Because of this, trainings on immunization can also only be done by the SHD.

*Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Service and Psychological First Aid.
Mobilization for the rights and protection of children from IDPs and raising knowledge of gender equality in Myitkyina This project focuses on the most victimized sections of our society abandoned and stateless children living on the streets or in isolation and in a country infamous for genocide and torture Myanmar. A generation of this country’s children have been scarred by death, destruction, loss, and neglect at the hands of Myanmar’s military. For over four decades, the military government has forced children from their homes and villages, subjected them to extreme human rights violations, and largely left them to fend for their survival in displacement settings without access to basic provisions or humanitarian services.
      This initiative will set the foundations for vocational training center for at-risk youth (including all ethnic groups and in conflict affected regions). United we will offer advocacy of peace through creativity, child’s rights and women’s empowerment education.
     Achieving greater equity in access to services will require greater efforts to improve public sector service coverage both in hard to reach areas and in unreached areas and populations within townships. It will also require efforts to enhance rights and accountability in the health sector. Although there is a lack of gender-related health research on issues such as health seeking behavior and access to and quality of health care, generally women face more burden of productive, domestic and community tasks.
     The main stream of scope of work will focus on the problems that were stated in the strategic framework such as (1) Women are more disadvantaged than men in access to health services ability to adhere to advised treatment and consequences of ill health. (2) Some of the gender specific health needs of women and men are controversial and/or low priority (e.g., for women, provision of abortion through government health system is illegal and reform in this area appears to be low-priority for government for men, sterilization is illegal through government system although female sterilization is approved. Additionally, no national level reproductive health strategies or educational activities are targeted specifically at men despite their acknowledged influence over women’s reproductive health). (3) Poor education levels constrain women’s health choices and behavior. (4) Women have limited/ weak ability to influence formal decision making in health sector and (5) Men are not commonly involved in reproductive health (RH) decisions. Thus the following scope of work will somehow support for the development of a more appropriate and sustainable intervention related to gender and health in particular.
Emergency food ration provision and response to meet urgent needs of IDPs in Kachin and Shan States According to 2016 UN Myanmar Humanitarian Needs Overview report, in Kachin and Shan there are 142,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance, of which about 96,000 are IDPs from armed conflict in Kachin and Shan States.  The IDPs are currently hosted in more than 150 camps or with host families spread across Kachin and Shan States.  It is predicted that the humanitarian context will remain unchanged in the short to medium term with outbreaks of localised armed violence causing additional displacement from time to time.  In light of the protracted displacement, lifesaving food assistance for food insecure IDP households will continue to be needed due to access constraints and limited income opportunities.  Most of the displaced are unable to restore their livelihoods and reduce dependency on aid.  

As the conflict stagnates, the proposed project aims to fill the food ration gap of two months for 16,644 IDPs living in 12 camps (9 Non Government Controlled Area (NGCA) IDP camps and 3 Government Controlled Area (GCA) IDP camps) in Mytkyina, Banmaw and Lashio.  In addition, it is aimed to respond the needs of 2000 people who may be affected by the unexpected acute emergency amidst the protracted conflict.

Every year, while designing the Dfid funded program, there used to be a gap of 2-3 month humanitarian support. KMSS and Trocaire could cover it through Caritas member interim support and also through Trocaire other financial resources respectively in the past 4 years but for the year 2016-2017, this seems impossible due to financial constraint. This proposal is to seek support from MHF to fill this humanitarian gap especially the food gap.

A 2015 IDP needs assessment carried out by Joint Strategy Team (JST) indicates that after 5 years of displacement and with funds declining, unmet humanitarian needs are increasing - Food rations are declining unconditional cash grants are less available distribution of hygiene kits has been reduced.  A majority of these consulted for the JST study is still heavily dependent on external support. IDPs with no access to land for farming, no income source and who depend only on external support (38% of respondents), everyday life is getting harder, more so with the prospect –real and announced–of further cuts in food assistance.  In fact, a significant quarter or respondents say they do not eat protein on a regular basis.  These specific vulnerable people are the targets for this proposed project.

The Dfid funded project has a Community Based Targeting (CBT) process in which the community groups the IDPs into most vulnerable and less vulnerable that is in line with WFP process.  KMSS will continue to use this process to improve its targeting, accountability and transparency, and keep the IDPs better informed.  By putting IDPs at the centre of the response and strengthening CCCM, this project seeks to support and mobilise IDPs to take a leading role in shaping and directing the humanitarian response, particularly in relation to their food security.
WASH for IDPs and Schools in isolated camps in Kyauk Phyu and Ramree Townships Since 2013 Oxfam has been providing WASH services to IDPs in three camps on Kyauk Pyu island – Ramree, Kyauk Ta Lone and Ka Nyin Taw – most recently with financial support from UNICEF. This project is designed with the updated context in mind and with a view to transitioning WASH service delivery in the remaining camps to IDPs and local agencies over the duration of the project. This is possible because key relationships have been formed with township authorities through joint and participatory needs assessments and joint analysis - our assessments indicate that local stakeholders are motivated and eager to work with Oxfam to develop capacities for WASH services. Through this project Oxfam aims to further support and strengthen local capacities for WASH delivery, at the same time as continuing WASH service delivery for camp based populations.
Technical trainings 
WASH and DRR related technical trainings will be provided to different stakeholders such as township authorities, camp committees, IDPs and also at least one selected local partner.
Community led activities 
Most of the activities under this project will maintain the current WASH infrastructure and the community led hygiene promotion campaigns, including school based (teacher and student led) hygiene campaigns. Community ownership and commitment will be prioritized in this project. This is a continuation of training and support for Camp Management Committees, IDP volunteers and focal points.
Capacity Building and Transition
Through continuous informal consultation with local actors – Red Cross, CSOs, local government – we will seek to secure commitment from at least one local agency to take ownership of this project and continue to deliver WASH services into the future. We will work closely with this agency, supporting their capacity development and developing their ability to provide quality WASH services to people living in IDP camps. Oxfam will provide an intensive support to the partner to develop a comprehensive action plan including resource mobilization plan as part of existing strategy.
Strengthening community protection for IDPs and vulnerable persons in Namhkan, Namtu and Namhsan townships, Northern Shan State (NSS), and in Man Wein Gyi, Kachin State. DRC proposes a 9-months project to address the protection concerns of conflict-affected vulnerable girls, boys, women and men in Namtu, Namhsan and Namhkan townships in NSS, and Man Wein Gyi in Mansi township, Kachin. Based on a community approach, the project will identify and respond to needs of the most vulnerable IDPs that are living outside of camps and build the community-based response to special needs. The project will create 2 mobile protection units with the ability to assess protection needs and rapidly provide response to vulnerable and underserved communities. These mobile teams will complement protection services provided in camps, enabling DRC to reach a greater number of conflict-affected beneficiaries where DRC already has a presence. The target area and beneficiaries selected encompasses an area where very few generic humanitarian and protection specific services are available.

This project aims at building and strengthening the protection awareness of communities and to support them to respond to some of the identified vulnerabilities and protection issues The need to build community awareness and response around the issue of landmines is a dire need in NSS, hence the proposal includes a community approach to mine risk education. The mobile protection units will provide basic community psychosocial support (PSS) activities, awareness raising sessions to increase beneficiary knowledge of services available and procedures for accessing them, as well as other topics based on an assessment of needs that will be conducted at the start of the project. Individuals who need specialized assistance, such as medical assistance, will be referred to other service providers. Other vulnerable households facing serious protection needs and severe limitations to cope with displacement and meet basic needs will be selected for individual protection assistance to help them meet their needs, with particular attention paid to households in need of psychosocial support.
Shelter repair for internally displaced persons in Rakhine State Temporary shelters for internally displaced person (IDPs) in several camps in Rakhine State have reached the end of their natural lifespan of 2-3 years and have further deteriorated due to cyclone Komen and the subsequent flooding in July/August 2015. To ensure that IDPs are able to live in dignity and safety, based on minimal international standards defined by the Global Shelter Cluster respecting the Sphere Standards and adapted to the local context, urgent shelter repair works are needed. In a needs assessment conducted in spring 2016, UNHCR as the inter-agency shelter cluster lead and in close cooperation with the Rakhine State Government and Cluster partners have identified the scope of the shelter repair needs. Urgent shelter needs in some of the camps in Sittwe, Pauktaw and Myebon townships are currently being addressed by the Rakhine State Government, UNHCR and INGOs using the same shelter repair/rehabilitation approach as proposed in this project. Notwithstanding, critical gaps remain in several camps in Sittwe township. 
Through this proposal, UNHCR submits a request for a grant from the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF) of one million US dollar to address the shelter improvements in a timely manner, preferably before the monsoon rains will start to reduce the remaining shelter repair/rehabilitation gap identified in the assessment. The amount available by MHF for the shelter repair in Rakhine however is not enough to cover the entire gap identified and therefore a prioritization of location had to be made.
UNHCR will partner with Lutheran World Federation for minor and major repair or full rehabilitation of approximately 3,761 shelter units in Ohn Taw Gyi North and South in Sittwe Township. It is estimated that at least 20,000 IDPs will benefit from this intervention. While UNHCR will implement the shelter repair works in the slightly larger Ohn Taw Gyi North camp, LWF will focus on the implementation in the Ohn Taw Gyi South camp. 

The impact of the shelter repair interventions will minimize the exposure of IDPs to the elements and ensure enhanced dignity, well-being and greater protection (e.g. through privacy), as well as provide safety for IDPs with special needs. As in previous year, the WASH cluster will be a close working partner to ensure adequate water and sanitary facilities are available and maintained.
The implementation will be done in accordance with CCCM guidance on working with camp management committees.
Responding to WASH needs through a coordinated township approach in Myebon This project will deliver life-saving WASH infrastructure and hygiene promotion benefitting 2,701 IDPs and 6,816 community members in Myebon township in Rakhine over a six-month period.  Activities will focus on urgent and un-met WASH needs, including infrastructure to ensure access to clean drinking water maintenance and repair of latrines, washing facilities and drainage channels and an extensive programme of hygiene promotion.  Activities have been designed based on recent needs assessments and vulnerability surveys carried out by RI (February 2016) with camp and community members and take into consideration gender, age and disability-specific needs.  Activities will take place both in the camp and community to continue the successful balanced approach that has allowed urgent humanitarian support to reach IDPs.  The activities in the community will focus on access to clean drinking water, maintenance and repair of existing latrines, and hygiene promotion. These activities will continue in areas where RI is currently active, through WASH and other programming. The hygiene promotion proposed in this project will be complemented with WASH infrastructure implemented through other projects.

While the Rakhine IDP population have been relocated to individual homes in April 2015, the Muslim population of Taung Paw camp remain inside the camp. Serious needs will remain in WASH as long as the camp exists, with minimal government-provided services that can compensate. Myebon communities as well have urgent needs in WASH provision, especially hygiene knowledge.

With previous resources from UNICEF and RI's own contributions, RI has been able to cover WASH services for activities in the IDP camps and Township communities, however current funding is coming to an end in June 2016 and no other donor looks likely to support on the scale required. Water shortages are occurring across Rakhine ahead of the rainy season. Good quality water storage with rehabilitated ponds and protection from contaminants (such as animal waste) is a priority.  

In the event of a cyclone or flooding, RI will maintain response flexibility to improve communities’ access to clean drinking water, reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, and improve personal hygiene and dignity. 

In all activities, RI will utilize its expertise in community-based participatory solutions and sustainability by building upon the resourcefulness of the communities. RI will identify within the community the relevant expertise, particularly amongst vulnerable populations, for involvement and will ensure high levels of consultation and inclusion with the beneficiaries.  

Project activities will be conducted in close coordination with the GOM, UNOCHA, cluster agencies and other actors and will be in accordance with Sphere standards