Pillar 1 (96%), Pillar 2 (4%) Food and Protection Assistance to 3,595 most vulnerable host and refugee populations (719 households) in Tripoli, North Lebanon (Abou Samra, Bab El Ramel, Trablous Et Tabbaneh, Trablous Ez Zeitoun, and Trablous El Zahrieh) The “Food and Protection Assistance to 3,595 Vulnerable Host and Refugee Populations in Tripoli” project will provide life-saving assistance to 719 vulnerable households, totaling 3,595 women, men, boys and girls through an integrated approach of food assistance and protection. It will target Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian refugees, and other nationalities from most marginalized communities in Abou Samra, Bab El Ramel, Trablous Et Tabbaneh, Trablous Ez Zeitoun, and Trablous El Zahrieh in Tripoli, North Lebanon.
 
CARE will prioritize the most vulnerable individuals and households, including single female headed households, persons with disability, the elderly, chronically ill persons, LGBTIQ+ and minority groups. Beneficiaries will be identified through a mixture of internal and external referrals and door to door outreach. Identified individuals will have safe and inclusive access to a comprehensive package of food assistance through vouchers, general case management, emergency cash assistance, in addition to PSS and referrals to other service providers as their needs require. 

Vulnerable households facing food insecurity will receive vouchers that they can redeem for food for their households based on their needs and preferences. Protection activities will complement this essential food assistance in order to address the heightened exposure to protection risks that vulnerable people experience during crisis periods. Individuals receiving food assistance that are also experiencing protection risks will be supported with case management (CM) and psychosocial support (PSS). Individuals identified during case management that are facing a specific protection threat and have limited coping capacities are eligible to receive emergency cash assistance (ECA) and recurrent protection cash assistance (RPCA) to mitigate their exposure. Through this integrated, needs-based life-saving intervention, CARE will contribute to enhancing resilience and alleviating suffering of highly affected communities and increase their access to priority needs.
 
To strengthen the protection environment, CARE as a member of the core group of the PSEA Network in Lebanon, will develop innovative community-based approaches to raising awareness on the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation (PSEA). CARE will develop the capacity of community members to disseminate PSEA information and key messages to their respective communities on rights and reporting mechanisms with innovative methods such as drawings, short videos, role play during community activities and events.
 
Furthermore, CARE will strengthen its local partners’ capacity to undertake humanitarian response as they impact local vulnerable communities during times of crisis as well as enhance their longer term strategies to achieve sustainable solutions to development challenges. Following collaborative development of a capacity building plan, partners will receive training, mentoring and coaching on PSEA, Financial Management, Human Resources, Project Management Cycle, Anti-Fraud, Procurement, Partnership, Gender, FSL, Grant Management and Project Management.
 
This project will be supported by a robust and improved monitoring and evaluation system which leverage’s learnings from CARE’s previous humanitarian response interventions in the North. CARE’s MEAL team will lead and strengthen the monitoring and accountability mechanisms and ensure partners are appropriately capacitated to ensure effective and systematic monitoring and follow up on all project activities.