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WASH, child protection and education response for newly displaced children in Rakhine State The project will provide an integrated response to the needs of children who have been displaced by conflict in Buthedaung, Rathedaung, Mrauk-U and Kyauktaw townships. Save the Children (SC) and Centre for Social Integrity (CSI) will work in a close partnership to deliver education, protection and WASH support to children in both IDP and host communities.  Education interventions will focus on building the capacities of 100 teachers and 1000 caregivers to respond to the psychosocial and learning / wellbing needs of children affected by disaster, and for self-care, thereby indirectly reaching students from approximately 50 schools.  Protection interventions will build capacities in communities to respond to child protection and psychosocial needs amongst disaster-affected children and provide direct psychosocial support to children through child-friendly spaces.  A limited WASH component is also included to meet urgent sanitation needs in schools affected by the displacements, and to facilitate the distribution of hygiene kits and hygiene promotion. The project will provide support across four townships in the most affected communities, both in terms of the level of IDP needs and the impact on the host community.   SC will provide technical support, training and mentoring to CSI staff and volunteers, and will manage the procurement for the project, whilst CSI will work with volunteers at the community level to respond directly to the needs of children affected by conflict using their considerable experience of working in communities in this region.  

Beneficiaries have been targeted based on displacement status of individuals in the MHF identified townships of intervention and ease of access. Beneficiaries will include IDP and host community students up to matriculation age at or near displacement sites as well as targeted schools in the regions of intervention, as they will benefit from construction and rehabilitation of school latrines. Beneficiaries will also include caregivers, both male and female, who will participate in hygiene awareness sessions that will complement hygiene kit distribution. CSI/ SC will ensure that the design of its programs is impartial and proportional to needs, taking all reasonable measures to lift barriers to participation specific to certain categories of people such as the elderly, the disabled, the chronically ill, women with small children and ethnically marginalized communities.
Provision of inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services to displaced and conflict affected population in Kachin State through mobile clinics The project aims to improve and expand the accessibility of sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) services to internally displaced people (IDP) and conflict affected vulnerable community in Kachin. GBV (gender based violence), and MHPSS (mental health psychosocial support) services will be integrated into the service package, as a continuation of efforts with Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) to meet the needs of the conflict-affected women, men, girls and boys in Kachin State. 

This project will build upon UNFPA’s current support to MMA (Myanmar Medical Association) to provide mobile SRHR services to IDP camps and host communities in 6 townships (Myitkyina, Waingmaw, Bhamo, Moemauk, Mansi, Shwegu) of Kachin through two mobile clinic teams with MHF funding. Given that MMA currently has MHF funding to operate the two mobile teams until the end of 2019, the current request is for additional funds to carry out capacity building from September through December 2019, and then to cover the full project including operation of the mobile teams from January until the 8th September 2020. Mobile services include a package of SRHR services as well as some basic primary health care services. The SRHR package includes ante-natal care, post-natal care, family planning, screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, referral support for emergency and life threatening cases, and integrates Gender-based Violence and MHPSS services and referrals. The project will also build the capacity of the health partners on MHPSS, GBV and inclusive service provision.

The proposal includes the recruitment and training of male and female SRHR promoters from the covered camp and villages according to the guidance from state health department to improve community participation and sustainable mobilization. 

UNFPA will continue to support the SRHR working group in Kachin to make sure that an effective coordination mechanism is in place for SRHR partners and contributes to adequate coordination around prevention and response to ensure timely delivery of SRHR services under the guidance of the Health Cluster with appropriate linkages to the Protection Sector and GBV Sub-Sector for MHPSS and GBV issues.
Shelter Assistance for Ah Nauk Ywe IDP Camp in Pauktaw Township, Rakhine State The proposed project addresses urgent Shelter/NFI/CCCM needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable groups in Pauktaw Township, Rakhine State. Implementation will take place in 1 IDP camp (Ah Nauk Ywe) through reconstruction of 40 long-legged design houses and targets 2,164 people (438 men, 504 women, 644 boys and 578 girls ). The selected IDP camp is among the most affected camps, in terms of new arrivals of IDPs with substantial needs. This burden is on top of the ongoing development, human rights and security crisis in Rakhine State. This project aims to contribute to the reduction of the immediate and life-threatening suffering of IDPs in Ah Nauk Ywe (ANY) Camp. It is well aligned with the Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster Strategic Response Plan and the priorities of this call. 

A balanced approach will be followed towards the inclusion of vulnerable people in the ANY Camp. Specific vulnerable groups among the IDP population, such as female headed households and people with special needs, will be prioritized according to relevant Cluster guidelines. The project will consider women’s specific needs. Gender balanced staff will be recruited where possible, women will be separately engaged in all consultations/training and gender disaggregated data will be collected. 

MA-UK is well positioned to implement this project as it has ample experience in the Shelter/NFI and WASH sector in Sittwe and Kyauktaw Townships. In Sittwe, MA-UK has already completed the construction of 234 units of long houses in Maw Thi Nyar, Baw Du Pa (2) Say Thar Ma Gyi and Dar Paing camps, and has ensured adherence with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) recommended by the Shelter/NFI Cluster. Swanyee Development Foundation (SDF), a national NGO, will partner with MA-UK in the implementation of this project. SDF has a strong team with technical engineers and has worked in Pauktaw as a UNDP partner in implementing community infrastructure projects on roads and drainage. No other organisations are active in the selected IDP camp in shelter construction. Thus, working with SDF as a local partner, utilising their experience related to access and implementation of similar projects, whilst drawing on the experience of MA-UK specifically related to shelter reconstruction, is a logical approach. Both MA-UK and SDF have a good reputation and competent staff with the capacity to manage allocated funds. Furthermore, MA-UK will impart its knowledge and technical expertise in shelter and other operational support functions to its partner through capacity building trainings, on the job coaching and mentoring approaches. 

MA-UK is well aware of the safety and security situation in the target area and has relevant mechanisms in place to safely operate in that context. MA-UK’s Senior Safety Officer will support MA-UK and SDF on the safety and security of persons and assets
Improved accessibility of basic primary health care services for Internally Displaced Populations and host communities in conflict-affected areas of Kachin State The project will work in 6 IDPs camps and 13 host communities in NGCAs in Chiphwe, Hpa Kant, Shwe Gu, Tanai and Sumpra Bum Townships in Kachin State by supporting primary healthcare services for a total of 6,947 beneficiaries (Men:2204, Women: 2682, Boy: 1064, Girl: 997). Building on current HPA’s capacities in the areas, a more comprehensive package of primary health care services will be combined into camp clinic and mobile outreach services activities including sexual and reproductive health with support for menstrual hygiene management and referral support. Working with existing structures of the local health departments and through community health volunteers, HPA will increase access to primary health care services for IDPs and host communities. HPA will provide technical assistance to the camp clinic and health staff from the EHOs to support improved primary health care services, while also advocating MOHS/WHO counterparts at national and state level to provide similar training for HPA health staff.
Community capacity building on rapid response mechanisms and contingency kits will be provided to enable them to better prepare and respond in the event of an emergency in the project intervention. Complaints and feedback mechanism will be developed with the community and beneficiaries will be encouraged to provide feedback. A community-based monitoring system will be strengthened to monitor health risks and the potential negative impact due to the program intervention through the complaints and feedback system.
Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for IDPs and conflict-affected communities (EHAI) in Kayin State CPI will lead a consortium with long-standing partners including Back Pack Health Workers Team (BPHWT), Karen Ethnic Health Organization Consortium (KEHOC) and Women Organizations Network (WON) - Kayin in Kayin State. The main objective of the project is to reduce vulnerability, improve living condition and promote food security, and increase access to adequate clean water, hygiene and sanitation, and advance health and nutritional status of internally displace people and conflict affected population in Kayin State.
Through this strong partnership, we will utilize a multi-sectoral holistic approach to provide health, nutrition, livelihood, WASH, Social Protection, Shelter, and EiE services and interventions across three townships in Kayin State. Most interventions are emergency response in nature such as distribution of basic food and non-food items, distribution of emergency medicines and hygiene kits, provision of learning and teaching aids, student and teacher kits, re-building or renovation of shelters in camps, and provision of referral support for emergencies. Other regular activities include awareness raising sessions on land mine, awareness raising session on child protection, health education sessions, growth monitoring, and hygiene promotion. Distribution of items will begin immediately after the initiation of EHAI project, however, construction, renovation and installing of shelter and WASH facilities will be done after the Rapid Rural Appraisal assessment in conflict affected areas and camps. This strategy can effectively fill the gaps and avoid unnecessary investment in Shelter and WASH facilities. It will benefit and provide emergency relief and assistance for 13,584 IDP and conflict affected community live in Hlaing Bwe, Hpa-pun and Kyaukkhyi Township. Among them, boys and girls are 2271 and 2609, and men and women are 4255 and 4449 respectively. BPHWT will work mainly in Hpapun Township covering 5644 IDP and conflict affected community with 26% men (1470 people), 27% (1542 people) women, 21.6 % and 25.3% boys and girls respectively. BPHWT will work on Health, Nutrition, EiE, WASH, Protection, Food security and Shelter in collaboration with camp management committees.  KEHOC will focus on 5600 beneficiaries in Hlaing Bwe and 2340 in Kyaukkyi Township respectively. WON-Kayin is responsible for providing technical support and training for a cross-cutting issue, protection mainstreaming. In Myainggyingu, KEHOC will work on health, nutrition, EiE, protection, and food security in collaboration with WON. In Kyaukkyi, KEHOC will focus on health, nutrition, EiE, protection, food security, WASH and Shelter. WON also provide technical support to BPHWT for Hpa-pun area specifically on protection and GBV. They all will report directly to CPI. CPI is also responsible for capacity building, advocacy, monitoring and reporting and fund management. Detail partner profiles are attached in the Annex 2.
Access to Basic Essential Health Care Services for vulnerable population in Sittwe, Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Pauktaw Townships in Rakhine State Access to basic services is historically low in Rakhine both for the Muslim and Rakhine Population over the past years. In recent years access has further diminished in Central and Northern Rakhine with Muslim populationsfacing a number of barriers in accessing health care.While access has been low in Northern Rakhine, this was further exacerbated with the August 2017 security incident that resulted in the fleeing of 800,000 persons across the border of Bangladesh and this was followed by series of attacks between Arakan Army and Myanmar Military forces since November 2018. The provision of health throughout the state is complex and multifaceted resulting in services being provided in an inconsistent and patchwork manner. Although the referral pathway has improved, there are inconsistencies in the way that medical authorities apply established protocols which contributes to inequitable access and services. The primary aim of the proposed project is increased availability of and accessibility to essential health care services of communities living in conflict affected and hard to reach areas. The proposed activities have been developed to ensure flexibility to respond to humanitarian needs as the situation in Rakhine State evolves and also to contribute towards the fulfilment of the recommendations on the final report of the Rakhine Advisory Commission (RAC) and the MoHS National Plan.
Improving and promoting equity access to comprehensive Health  Nutrition services in Kachin State Health: The project will improve access to health care services in IDP Camps of Kachin State by supporting primary healthcare services to 35,549 beneficiaries from 16 IDPs Camps in NGCA (Waingmaw, Moemauk and Mansi Townships). They are men, women, girls, boys, pregnant women and under 5 years old children. Primary health care services will be provided by existing fixed clinics. KBC will support medical supplies for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) activities. Seriously ill patients and pregnant women including children with severe acute malnutrition will be referred to nearest hospital to receive timely health management. Trained camp clinic staff and health workers will receive on-job-training to ensure effective health services provision. Also, KBC will provide clinic renovation as the existing clinic are old and damaged and not convenient to provide health services. KBC health teams will provide emergency health response for any emergency, either natural disaster or armed-conflict, within Kachin State. 
Nutrition: The intervention will focus in 16 IDPs in NGCA with gaps to prevent malnutrition and to complement nutrition activities with other actors . The activities will include supporting the pregnant and lactating women to increase their knowledge and to change the attitude and behavior, training to camp volunteers to provide nutrition activities effectively, screening nutrition status and supports for malnourished children.

KBC already has a strong and well-trained MHPSS team which is trained by JHU and has more than 3 years’ experience. For those who needs psychological or mental health support from the existing IDP camps and for emergency cases within coverage areas, MHPSS team is always ready to give psychosocial support services. These PHCD team, Nutrition team and MHPSS team will coordinate during the implementation of the project. KBC Nutrition Team is trained by (1) State Health Nutrition Team and (2) External consultant (Clinical Nutritionist).

KBC will regularly participate in meetings with Health Cluster, Nutrition Sector, State Health Department and KIO Health Department to implement the project successfully. KBC will closely collaborate with WHO and UNICEF to complement health and nutrition services. 

KBC has been implementing an emergency health and protection project since March 2019, in collaboration with IRC. Also, in this project, KBC has discussed with IRC and will continue taking capacity-building and technical support from IRC to make sure the services are more effective and efficient.
Emergency protection, health and nutrition response for IDPs and crisis-affected communities in Kachin and Northern Shan State In partnership with Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), Karuna Myanmar Social Solidarity-Lashio (KMSS), and Women LEAD (WL, formally NSSWON), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) will implement a 9-month project to provide life-saving protection, healthcare and nutrition services to IDPs and conflict-affected host communities across 17 townships in Kachin and northern Shan state (NSS). Overall, 51,073 men, women girls and boys will be directly reaching, including 2,352 persons with disabilities (PWD). 

The IRC has implemented a Women’s Protection and Empowerment program across 10 townships in NSS and Southern Kachin state since January 2016 (in partnership with WL and KMSS) and, expanded WPE programming in 2019 to 3 additional townships in Kachin (in partnership with KBC). Under this proposal, IRC and its partners will leverage existing resources to widen the coverage of case management, psychosocial support, referrals, and emergency assistance to women and girls experiencing GBV and exposed to protection risks. In order to enhance the mental well-being, physical and legal safety of vulnerable women and girls, the consortium will also conduct safety audits and community mapping life-skills building and girl empowerment activities GBV, trafficking and positive parenting education and other risk mitigation actions. The specific geographies targeted for these activities - Hseni, Hsipaw, Kutkai, Lashio, Manton, Muse, Namkhan, and Namtu in NSS and Chipwi, Waingmaw and Sumpraburn in Kachin - align directly with the Allocation Strategy Paper and reflect locations where IRC and its partners have existing programming and access. 

The project also aims to improve the health and nutritional status of IDPs and conflict-affected communities through primary and reproductive health care, specialised mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), cash assistance for emergency referrals (including malnutrition), nutrition screening and treatment services, and community engagement activities to improve health behaviours, particularly for IYCF and sexual and reproductive health. Operational in targeted locations since 2014, IRC and KMSS will increase the depth and reach of its existing health and nutrition activities across 38 camps and 15 host villages in Namhkan and Kutaki in NSS, and Mansi, Waingmaw, Myitkyina, Bhamo and Momauk in Kachin. 

IRC has implemented a comprehensive emergency health and protection project in Kachin since March 2019, in collaboration with KBC. Under this proposal, IRC has coordinated its planning with KBC’s proposed multi-sector project to ensure emergency essential health care coverage is maximised across GCAs and NGCAs in sites prioritised by the health cluster. As part of this collaboration, IRC will extend its capacity-building and technical support to KBC’s health activities under MHF, formalised through a MOU.
Reconstruction of temporary shelter for IDPs in Sittwe township According to the 2019 HRP, 128,141 IDPs are still confined in 23 camps and other displacement sites since inter-communal conflict and violence in central Rakhine in 2012. There are 51% of women, 53% of children, and 4% of elderly individuals. In total, women and children make up 78% of this population. Movement restrictions and lack of appropriate access to healthcare, livelihoods and education have created deplorable living conditions over the past six years. Temporary shelters with a short life span have significantly deteriorated, and there is an ongoing need for maintenance, repair, and reconstruction to appropriate standards. External support for this is critical, as IDPs face restrictions on working and travelling which impedes them from accessing building and repair material. 

In coordination with the Shelter/NFI cluster Christian Aid (CA) and the Organization for Building a Better Society (BBS) identified 38 shelters in urgent need of reconstruction in the Ohne Taw Gyi North displacement sites in Sittwe Township. In view of the deteriorating conditions of shelters in these sites, and the protracted nature of this humanitarian crisis, CA in partnership with BBS proposes to address the immediate needs around shelter reconstruction for vulnerable IDP households. The proposed intervention will support 1530 individuals in 304 households within the timeframe of 6 months to live in more dignified and safer conditions, notably reducing health and hazard risks with regards to fire and the upcoming winter. The project will reconstruct 38 shelters to the 2019 design standards. This new BoQ was trialed in CA’s previous MHF shelter intervention, and proved highly successful with targeted beneficiaries largely appreciating the added timber flooring which had a beneficial impact on the safety, privacy and dignity of those living there (c.f. attached case studies of this intervention in annexes). The overall project follows the Shelter/NFI/CCCM cluster steps for shelter construction set out in 2019, and is fully coordinated with the cluster. In particular it will follow the coordination timeline and requirements with the cluster, the RSG, the CMC and the Camp Management Agency (DRC), and requirements on community consultations, accountability, as well as ensuring that old shelter materials stay with the IDPs. 
  
This project builds on the CA-BBS partnership which has been strategically developed over the past years under the peace and humanitarian program we have been implementing in Rakhine. This has included shelter interventions with reconstruction of 20 shelters in Baw Du Pha camp in close coordination with CMCs, Rakhine State Government and UNHCR., as well as an ongoing social cohesion and dialogue project focusing on inter- and intra- communal relations in Sittwe township.