Improve living conditions by provision of NFIs, Emergency Shelter, Rental Subsidies for the most vulnerable people in Hamdan  Bani Hushaysh of Sana'a governorate. YGUSSWP is proposing to implement a 12-month project that aims at ensuring that the most IDPs living in hosting sites and hosting community in Hamdan and Bani Hushaysh districts in Sana'a governorate involving have equal access to standard and decent shelter. The proposed intervention will contribute to promote IDPs dignity and improve living conditions of affected targeted people to meet commonly acceptable humanitarian principles, it will participate to reduce Shelter/NFI gaps amp needs in IDP collective sites and areas hosting a large number of IDP at Hamdan and Banihushaysh districts of Sana’a governorate. The intervention will provide basic kits and support to newly displaced people and highly vulnerable families by distributing household and emergency shelter kits. In addition, rental subsidies amp winterization cash grants will be provided for most vulnerable families. The intervention will also help the in need IDPs HHs to upgrade living conditions for families living in shelter arrangements by providing shelter upgrades at their identified locations. The project will also meet the urgent shelter needs of the host community hosting IDPs by 30% of the total beneficiaries. This will minimize disagreements and hostility between the host community and the IDPs.

The proposed intervention will meet shelter/ NIFs needs for (#4065 households / 28487 persons ) , 
(Men7703,women7417,Boys 6848,girls 6519), with (#19941 IDPs ,host communities #8546).


NFIs will be distributed to (#2200 households /15400 Persons) , in targeted IDP sites locations at Hamdan and banihushysh , ESKs will be distributed to (# 340 households / 2380 persons ) , winterization kits will be distributed for (#923 /6493persons ) from IDP HHs living in hosting sites or areas with a large number of IDPs, #402 HHs /2814 persons ) will be supported to upgrade their shelters to improve the living conditions In Hamdan district, and (200 families /1400persons ) living in rented houses and they are unable to meet the rental charges will be supported with rental subsidies for a period of 6 months.
A total of #1407 households in Banihushsh will be provided by ( 1000HHs NFIs,278Winterization ,80ESKs, 49 Shelter upgrades ) at selected targted IDPs according to need assessment , while in Hamdan district (total of #2658 households will be provided by assistance as follows ( 1200 HHs NFIs,#645 HHs Winterization ,260 HHs ESKs, 353 HHs Shelter upgrades ) at selected targeted IDPs according to need assessment.

The planned intervention is designed to provide shelter assistance in two modalities, as the household items, ESKs and shelter upgrades will be distributed in kind modality. As for the winterization kits and rental subsidies will be distributed in cash modality.

The verification teams will be established composing male and female member from the local community who have excellent local access to the affected areas. They will conduct the verification for the beneficiaries lists according to the set guidelines of shelter cluster for vulnerability criteria. Furthermore, three post-distribution monitoring activities will be conducted, during each PDM, beneficiary feedback on the project, particularly on the quality and quantity of items/cash distributed will be collected. Feedback of beneficiaries of in-kind items/cash grants distributed will also be collected during the PDM activities. The PDM will serve as a post-assessment to collect the final feedback and gauge the level of satisfaction.

In addition, YGUSSWP has very good access and coordination with local authorities at intervention locations, along with enough experience in cash transfer programs and In-kind distribution of NFIs amp ESKs .