Emergency Shelter/NFI Assistance  WASH Services to Vulnerable Populations in Salqin, Maaret Tamsrin, Sarmada, Deir Hassan, Harim and Kafr Yahmoul As per SCHF emergency allocation, large number of displacements is severely exacerbating shelter and accommodation shortages across NWS.
According to most recent data, most urgent need and challenge for newly IDPs is shelter. On that, Balad will provide critically needed NFI including tents for expansion of camps to an estimated 1,020 vulnerable households including newly displaced HHs in Idleb Governorate in NWS. BNFs will be selected in accordance to established vulnerability criteria of Shelter/NFI Cluster, including prioritization of female-headed households, families with disabled or elderly family members, families with more than 6 persons living in home, families with children below 6 years old, families with severely ill members, and households where majority of employment-age family members are unemployed.
Proposed targeted locations will be according to locations prioritized by Emergency Shelter/NFI Cluster in Maaret Tamsrin subdistrict – Idleb District and Salqin, Sarmada, Dana, Harim subdistricts – Harim District in Idleb Governorate. Locations were selected as part of coordination with the Shelter/NFI cluster across project cycle. Balad will also coordinate with the protection cluster for referral cases that may be identifies during implementation of activities.  
Project is designed to be 6 months, the plan is to cover the existing camps through set-up of tents and providing WASH services for the targeted population during the current emergency situation from March to September 2020. 
WASH services include distribution of safe water on daily basis for 5 months. Project will ensure water is safe by testing water samples in sources, trucks, conducting hygiene promotion sessions to raising awareness about personal hygiene and distributing hygiene kit for each family. HP will be done by trained team, Throughout session team will distribute materials printouts and stickers in public spaces in targeted camps, and also project will work on WASH facilities by construction of latrine and showers in accordance with standards of WASH cluster and sphere taking into consideration gender sensitive by building separate blocks, safe accessible, lighthouse and its doors provided with income locks, also taking into consideration persons with disabilities by building latrine and show that suit their needs, providing containers for solid waste, communal garbage bins and small garbage bins for each tent, also trucks will periodically collect garbage and transport it to designated places to be processed by sorting contents so as not to damage environment ampsurroundings.
Project is designed to be cost effective to OCHA, and leverages existing operations and program resources to maximize efficiency. We have included minimal support costs, and limited costs for administrative and operational support staff.
Balad will implement this project directly, drawing on our existing knowledge of and relationship with target communities. Moreover, Balad will take over the new camp extension management for the first  3 months, in parallel with training and preparing the existing camp management committee of previous camp to take over the management for the rest of the project duration. In addition to provide technical support. 
Balad Technical team will increase the capacity of existing camps utilities to be functional. In addition to that, Balad staff have a balance of skills and capacities, whether in protection, assistance, technical sectors, administration, IT, conflict management and information management. Women are adequately represented on the team, each member of camp management staff has clear terms of reference, job descriptions, roles and responsibilities.
Project is designed to have good impact on existing and newly established IDP sites and living conditions of targeted population, as it will eliminate the displacement and harsh weather impacts.