Responding to women and children’s needs in emergencies in terms of Scaling up IYCF-E practices in the most severity areas at NW Syria. Reaching the infants and young children with IYCF-E interventions in order to protect, promote and support the optimal feeding practices, which contribute to the prevention of the children mortality and morbidity.

This initiative will help consolidating and provision of life-saving and sustaining basic services – emphasizing equitable access and quality of the response It will also support the scaling up optimal infant feeding and caring practices in Emergency and maternal nutrition among vulnerable population in NWS and including newly displaced population and overburdened communities.

PAC is focusing in preserving the nutrition status for children and mothers in emergencies, which will led to decrease the mortality and morbidity among infant and Young Children, PLWs and Adolescents mothers.

Mother amp Baby Areas "MBAs" are models to ensure life-saving nutrition curative and preventive interventions to support pregnant, lactating women and their children in emergency.
The nutrition activities linked to Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF-E) strategy and objective through interrelated sets of interventions: 
1.	Scaling up mothers one to one counselling on optimal infant feeding and caring practices using mother and baby areas as entry points. 
2.	Scale up and promote optimal complementary feeding through proper counseling’s and micronutrient support.
3.	Support optimal maternal nutrition mainly through proper counseling’s
4.	Nutrition education to provide messages on hygiene promotion
5.	Dietary diversity.
6.	Provision of LNS and micro-nutrients.

The main structure of the project consist of three main levels:
A) Mother amp Baby Areas "MBAs”: 12 MBAs targeting PLWs and children lt24 months
B) Capacity building and supervision after training: four IYCF-E trainings targeting (GP-Midwives-Nurses-Nutritionists-CHWs) in the implementing area and activation the follow up mechanism after the trainings.
C) Referral system: the above facilities will coordinate with the local referral network.

The Scope of services in each level will include the followings: 
A) Motheramp Baby Areas "MBAs”: 
1. Assessment nutrition status for PLWs and children lt24 months. 
2. One to One counseling sessions. 
3. Provision of a safe recreational space that benefits women and infants
4. Prevent or reduce the negative effects of unsolicited and un-monitored distributions of breast milk substitutes. and distribution of BMS safe kits to ensure safe preparation for dependent children on BMS. 
5. Distribution of micronutrients MNPs, LNS,Iron and Folic acid tablets to prevent micronutrient deficiency and anemia.
6. Rising awareness in the targeted communities about the dangers of early marriages on the nutrition statues among adolescent’s mothers and their children.
7. Delivering messages related to support the maternal health, nutrition and birth spacing.
8. Support group sessions.
9. Promotion of good hygiene practices.

B) Capacity building and supervision after training: conducting four IYCF-E training. 

D) Referral system: MBAs will be destinations to receive cases referred by other partners and play key rules to do no harm in referring any cases need further interventions.

The three levels of services will delivered based on humanitarian principles from designing, implementation and finishing the project. Ensuing that the beneficiaries are providing dignity and respect his/her rights to access the said service, equal treatment for all beneficiaries, not supporting nor helping either side in a conflict

all the activities shall be implemented at the following areas  :
Daret Azza(2 MBAs)
Kafr Takharim(2 MBAs)
Salqin(3 MBAs)
Foah(1 MBAs)
Idleb(2 MBAs)
Darkosh(2 MBAs)

those areas are being selected due to the escalation happening now in southern of Idleb and northern of Hama,
and all of those teams have proper flexibility to response to any emergency or new displacement waves by turning in to rapid response teams.