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Protection and community reintegration of children affected by armed conflict in Sudan Overall project description 14-UFE-CEF-053 (Protection):

The project’s objective is to reduce the impact of conflict and displacement on children and ensure children affected by armed conflict in Sudan fully realize their right to protection from abuse, exploitation and violence.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 146,460 .  

With CERF funds, the agency will: 
1. Establish 100 Community- Based Child Protection Networks (CBCPNs) and train their members to strengthen their capacities to identify;
2. Advocate for the release of 200 children associated with armed groups and support community based reintegration activities to 6,500 vulnerable boys and girls through social follow-up or provision to income generating activities, basic skills training and formal;
3. Provide technical assistance to NCCW and CSO in the implementation of a campaign to prevent culture related child recruitment in SD, BN and ND;
4. Train the task force members on monitoring and reporting on the Security Council resolutions 1612 and 1960 to strengthen their capacities to monitor report and respond to the grave child right violations;
5. Address psychosocial impacts of displacement and experience of war through the establishment and strengthening of the functionality of 150 Child Friendly Spaces;
6. Extend Mine Risk Education (MRE), in areas affected by UXO and ERW, to children attending CFS activities;
7. Strengthen the capacity of Family and Child Protection units (FCPU) 
 
Total project requirements:    			USD 2,307,283  
Current funding level:     			USD 0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  		USD 491,827      

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Emergency Food Assistance for Internally-Displaced Persons and Returnees in Pakistan’s North-West Overall project description 14-UFE-WFP-017 (Food Security):

The project’s objective is to ensure meeting basic emergency food needs amongst conflict-affected populations, through the conduct of general food distributions.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 978,000.  

With CERF funds, the agency will support the provision of life-saving relief food assistance amongst affected families in the north-west of Pakistan, including those that remain displaced and those that have returned to their areas of origin. 
    
Total project requirements:    			USD 180,000,000
Current funding level:     			USD 76,139,534
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  		USD 2,799,675        

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Food Assistance to Vulnerable Populations Affected by Conflict and Natural Disasters WFP Sudan is responding to the emergency food needs of South Sudanese refugees arriving to the White Nile and South Kordofan States.  CERF funds will be used to procure 1,660MT of food to provide assistance through General Food Distributions to 32,100 beneficiaries for a period of 3 months.  WFP is also building a new food distribution center, and rehabilitating existing ones which require reinforcement.
Emergency health assistance to mothers, newborns and children displaced from North Waziristan Agency of FATA Emergency health assistance to mothers, newborns and children displaced from North Waziristan Agency of FATA
Emergency response to the influx of new CAR refugees in Cameroon With CERF funds, UNHCR and partners will provide multi-sectoral assistance to about 45,000 new refugees from CAR.  In particular, UNHCR will carry out registration and profiling; develop five refugee sites; construct reception/transit centers; provide hot meals at transit centers; drill boreholds and construct latrines at sites; and distribute essential shelter and NFIs.
Assistance Multisectorielle des Refugies Centrafricains Project Summary
The multi-sectoral assistance project will meet the urgent needs to save the lives of new refugees from the Central African Republic. UNHCR and partners will conduct registration and provide shelter and WASH services to 3,157 newly arrived refugees in Ikpengbele and Likouala, prevent SGBV, and provide basic medical care by provision of basic medical supplies. Basic education services (distribution of materials) will be provided to 832 refugee children.

Total project budget: US$ 8,422,628
Total funds received to date: US$ 2,184,548
Amount requested from the CERF: US$ 670,772

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Section believes the project adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.

Application Summary
This submission is a part of the broader regional strategy to use US$ 40 million CERF rapid response funds to address the ongoing humanitarian situation of CAR refugees in the CAR, ROC, DRC and Cameroon.

Since the outbreak of the crisis in the Central African Republic , the neighboring countries of the Central African welcome in their territories hundreds of thousands of refugees with more than 19,055 registered in the Republic of Congo on 30 September 2014. The participatory evaluation in October 2014 identified the need to prioritize response related to needs of refugee protection, shelter, non-food, water and sanitation, health/nutrition, education, livelihoods and support to third countries affected by the movement, targetting  3,157 newly arrived refugees.
Saving lives and protecting livelihoods in the Central African Republic: blanket and targeted supplementary feeding WFP and partners will provide nutritional assistance to 20,122 pregnant and lactating women with 539,509 tons of nutritious food.  The blanket supplementary feeding and targeted supplementary feeding will be carried out in the prefectures of Kemo, Nana Gribizi, Ouaka, Ouham and Ouham Pende over the course of five months.  The CERF contribution will cover roughly one-third of expected caseloads in the targeted prefectures between the current and new EMOPs.  BSF and TSF for children under-five will be supported with other resources.
Girls, boys and women have protected and reliable access to sufficient, safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities With CERF funds, UNICEF and partners will target 70,000 people in Lugansk City with emergency WASH activities.  In particular, UNICEF will contract water trucking to benefit some 30,000 people, provide emergency WASH supplies to 9,000 people and construct latrines for 4,000 people.  In addition, UNICEF will procure water purification supplies and water pumps and tanks to the government.  Lastly, UNICEF partners will carry out hygiene promotion activities in 30 schools in Lugansk.
Improving conditions in Bentiu PoC through site development and expansion and upgrading of humanitarian hubs IOM proposes to use CERF funds to urgently expand and improve the Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites which is heavily congested and has been repeatedly been flooded.  Site expansion work, as a priority activity is receiving a large share of CERF funds and will benefit almost 50,000 IDPs. IOM will also improve humanitarian hubs in Bentinu mainly through expanding and constructing additional office space as partners have lost their office spaces.  IOM with DRC will also use some funds to provide day to day essential camp services in Bentinu.  Construction work must start soon to coincide with the end of the rainy season and is expected to be completed in 6 months.
Increase and sustain access to critical lifesaving WASH services for conflict affected populations and new IDPs in Darfur region and eastern states Overall project description 14-UFE-WHO-024 (WASH):
The project’s objective is to increase and maintain access to basic lifesaving improved water, sanitation and hygiene outreach services conflict affected and new IDPs, in the most vulnerable locations and IDP camps in Darfurs(east, central, west, north and south) and eastern states (Kassala, Gedaraf and Red sea) of Sudan within a period of nine months.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 125,130.

With CERF funds, the agency will: 
-Ensure water quality monitoring at source and household levels and support chlorination of water sources and at household level for 100,000 persons. Collecting/compiling data, share reports with sector partners and ensure action is taken where contamination is found as part of the water safety plan in Darfur states.
-Provide the necessary consumables and reagents for the water quality laboratory in East Darfur.
-Provide reagents for the portable water testing kits to be used for the investigation of outbreak alerts and other emergency situations.
-Conduct water quality monitoring and surveillance (quarterly) of the water sources in targeted camps and localities, produce reports and recommendation and disseminated them.
-Support water borne diseases outbreak alert investigation with water sources and environmental assessment.
-Training (directly related to project implementation) of 20 health workers and 15 water sources owners on water sources monitoring (quality testing) and their maintenance.

Total project requirements:    			USD $1,944,652
Current funding level:     			USD $155,572
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD $82,790

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
WASH Life Saving Response for IDPs in North East The overall objective of the project is to deliver coordinated and integrated life-saving assistance to people affected by emergencies.  The main outcome will be 5,000 households affected by conflict in the northeast region of Nigeria will have improved access to life-saving water and sanitation services. The life-saving activities proposed include: rehabilitation of 100 water sources; promotion of hygiene practices among affected population and school children; and construction of household and public sanitary latrines.


Total project budget: US$19,400,790
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF:  $1,300,000
Support nutrition related life-saving interventions for the most vulnerable population in the four north–eastern provinces of the DPR Korea Overall project description 14-UFE-CEF-060 (Nutrition):

The project’s objective are to:
1. Improve quality of care by rendering availability of life-saving supplies and expands service delivery sites to address the needs of the most vulnerable population (U5 children, pregnant and lactating women). 
2. Address under-nutrition during the 1000 days ‘window of opportunity’ and to achieve sustainable impact on prevention and treatment of under-nutrition among U5 children, pregnant and lactating women living in the four North-Eastern provinces.
  
The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 44,050.  

With CERF funds, the agency will:
1. Enroll 4,050 U5 children boys and girls in the management of severe acute undernutrition programme in the four Northern and Eastern provinces (29 counties). 
2. Provide multi-micronutrient powder to 20,000 boys and girls aged 6-23 months for home fortification of semi-solid complementary foods.
3. Provide multi-micronutrient tablets to 20,000 pregnant and/ or lactating women in the targeted provinces/ 29 counties. 

Total project requirements:    			USD 8,474,400
Current funding level:     			USD 200,000
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 300,269 

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Protection des Personnes Déplacées Internes (PDIs) en mouvement à travers le Mali a ) Objective ( s)

Vulnerable people moving across the country have access to an effective system of protection (identification, referencing the specialized agencies and / or direct care at the point of departure , transit and arrival of Mali )

The project will assist 1,000 people

( b ) Activities

Activity 1 : Maintaining protection teams to the main points of departure, transit and arrival across the country for immediate identification of vulnerable people moving across the country

Activity 2: Refer protection cases requiring care to specialized agencies and provide guidance to IDPs in the relevant structures for support

Activity 3: Support emergency in the absence of relevant partners or saturation partner services
Strengthening preparedness and emergency response to epidemic prone diseases through early warning systems among IDPs and host communities in north east Nigeria The overall objective of the project is to improve surveillance and response to disease epidemics in IDP camps and host communities through an early warning system.  The project will strengthen the routine surveillance systems through provision of early warning in conflict areas to alert responders of impending outbreaks, improve the capacity of health workers to promptly respond to disease outbreaks in a humanitarian emergency settings effectively. Medical supplies such as antibiotics, intravenous fluids, test kits and consumables will be made available in adequate quantities for control of epidemics. More than 250,000 IDPs and host community will be targeted to reduce morbidity and mortality resulting from disease epidemics.

Total project budget: US$1,205,000
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF:  $237,268
Restoration of Safe Access to Education for Emergency Affected Children in Sudan Overall project description 14-UFE-CEF-047 (Education):

The project’s objective is to ensure access to education in emergencies by providing learning spaces, learning and recreation materials, WASH facilities and hygiene promotion in learning spaces to benefit 30,000 children.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 30,000.  

With CERF funds, the agency will: 
1. Provide 30,000 children with emergency education and recreational materials
2. Provide 30 semi-permanent learning spaces to benefit 1,500 children 
3. Provide 100 sanitation facilities (each latrine unit consists of 6 drop holes) in schools/semi-permanent learning spaces 
 
Total project requirements:    			USD 5,330,188 
Current funding level:     			USD 0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  		USD 1,095,851      

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Assistance to vulnerable households in Northern Red Sea Region affected by drought and locust outbreak to restore their food security status through restocking of small ruminants The project’s objective is to assist vulnerable drought and locust outbreak affected households in the northern Red Sea Region.  The key expected outputs are: 345 selected vulnerable beneficiaries receive on the spot training on small ruminant management; 345 vulnerable households receive 5 small ruminants each. The project will target pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, and subsistence dry land farmers and women-headed households in the Northern Red Sea Region mainly Sub-regions Ghidae, Massawa, Foro and Gelaelo.   

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 2,200. 

Total project budget: US$7,500,000
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$300,217

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Section believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Reinforcement of the response to cholera outbreaks in all Departments mainly in those considered high priority and support to the national coordination for cholera response in the Ministry of Health Overall project description 14-UF-OPS-001 (Health); this is a joint project with 14-UF-WHO-008 and 14-UF-IOM-006

The project’s objective is to ensure a timely and effective multisectorial response to cholera outbreaks to contribute to the reduction of the cholera-associated mortality and morbidity in all departments mainly in those considered as priorities.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 45,000.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
-Ensure the timely detection of new outbreaks, the identification of gaps and needs, and the dispatch of the response based on needs
-Form and deploy 15 multi-sectorial mobiles teams to ensure quick response to cholera alerts in Northeast, Northwest, North, Center, West, Southeast, Nippes, South and Grande Anse departments.
-Ensure the collection of epidemiological data on new cholera cases detected in the response of alerts and the verification of those cases using rapid tests 
-Cooperate with MSPP in the establishment of early warning and response system at central and department level
-Provide logistical support and essential medicines, health and WASH supplies to medical mobile teams for the first response
-Train new health staff on data collection, cholera treatment protocols, corpse management and management of medical supplies
-Include sensitisation campaigns at community level as part of the response to alerts

Total project requirements: USD $ 841,000
Current funding level:	         USD $0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  USD $500,129

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Monitoring de protection, suivi des retours, profilage des zones de retour et assistance juridique et judiciaire dans les régions de Gao, Tombouctou et Kidal (a ) Objective ( s)

  Ensure the collection of information on incidents of protection , tracking and advocacy with the authorities and structures to give the answer ;
   Assessing needs and the protection situation in areas of return ;
  Ensure access of returnees and IDPs returned to their rights without discrimination;
   Support activities to voluntary return in safety and dignity;
  Strengthen state and community protection mechanisms ;
- Provide essential protection services to IDPs and returnees returned ;
 Ensure registration of returnees arrived in Mali
- Support access to justice for people in need

( b ) Activities

1.Monitoring protection : collection, analysis and sharing of data protection and report on individual cases; mechanism for precise and dynamic monitoring; Incident Tracking Protection ; etc. .
2 . Establish and revitalize MECHANISMS community protection in the regions of Gao , Kidal and Timbuktu
3 . Make the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of returns: registration of returnees, border monitoring , monitoring of returnees and IDPs returned ; verify the conditions of return and particularly the voluntary nature of return and safety conditions .
4.Save all returnees and have a base of data regulieremet update
6 . Share this information with refugees and IDPs to facilitate thoughtful and informed decision about their return to areas of origin
8 . Ensure that the returned IDPs and returnees and their children have access to identity documents, birth certificates and other vital documents
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9.S ensure that returnees recover their property left during flight ( house , land, plot) and have access to their rights and basic social services ;
10 . Ensure that IDPs and returnees returned , especially women are not victims of discrimination in the areas of return.
11 . Save all returnees and regularly update the database.
12.Etablir mobile legal clinics to provide free legal / judicial assistance to displaced returnees , returnees and other vulnerable populations with special access for women and girls
13 . Form and reinvigorate women paralegals in public return of IDPs and refugees to provide advice and guidance and facilitate the access to justice
Reinforcement of the response to cholera outbreaks in all Departments mainly in those considered high priority and support to the national coordination for cholera response in the Ministry of Health Overall project description 14-UF-WHO-008 (Health); this is a joint project with 14-UF-IOM-006 and 14-UF-OPS-001

The project’s objective is to ensure a timely and effective multisectorial response to cholera outbreaks to contribute to the reduction of the cholera-associated mortality and morbidity in all departments mainly in those considered as priorities.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 45,000.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
-Ensure the timely detection of new outbreaks, the identification of gaps and needs, and the dispatch of the response based on needs
-Form and deploy 15 multi-sectorial mobiles teams to ensure quick response to cholera alerts in Northeast, Northwest, North, Center, West, Southeast, Nippes, South and Grande Anse departments.
-Ensure the collection of epidemiological data on new cholera cases detected in the response of alerts and the verification of those cases using rapid tests 
-Cooperate with MSPP in the establishment of early warning and response system at central and department level
-Provide logistical support and essential medicines, health and WASH supplies to medical mobile teams for the first response
-Train new health staff on data collection, cholera treatment protocols, corpse management and management of medical supplies
-Include sensitisation campaigns at community level as part of the response to alerts

Total project requirements: USD $782,445
Current funding level:	         USD $0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  USD $1,604,979
Notably, the total Health Cluster requirement for response to cholera is $6.1 million.  The majority of CERF funds going to WHO will be transferred to NGOs ; 87% of $1,604,979.

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Provision of Emergency NFIs and Shelter to IDPs, returnees, and host communities in South Sudan IOM and shelter partners will use CERF funds to provide emergency shelter assistance to 1500 households benefiting 7,500 individuals in Bentiu PoC. Specifically, this project will provide emergency shelter materials to repair flood  damaged or dilapidated emergency shelters in the PoC, prioritizing the most vulnerable households in the site including female and child headed households. Concern will provide technical support to IDPs in constructing their shelters as well as labour assistance to the most vulnerable households who are not able to construct themselves.
General Food Assistance to CAR refugees in the DRC Project Summary
This project aims to assure acceptable food consumption levels and provide lifesaving food assistance to 39,055 refugees in camp settings through general food distributions (with a cash and voucher based modality) for three months. Vouchers will be distributed to 11,113 beneficiay households, reaching 40,000 total individuals.

Total project budget: US$ 9,750,000
Total funds received to date: US$ 2,700,000
Amount requested from the CERF: US$ 3,000,924

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Section believes the project adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.

Application Summary
This submission is a part of the broader regional strategy to use US$ 40 million CERF rapid response funds to address the ongoing humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Republic of Congo (ROC), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon due to the crisis in the Central African Republic.
In the DRC 82,433 refugees (22,214 new refugees since December 2013) and 17, 134 persons of host population are affected by the crisis in CAR. In meetings to assess strategic priorities, the HCT found food security to be a key issue. It is estimated that 42% of all households are food insecure, with about 56% having an inadequate food consumption score (poor and / or borderline). Accordingly, the HCT decided to focus on the following interventions: food Security for new refugees outside settlements and host population (FAO) (targeting 43,378 individuals); livelihoods for new refugees in the settlements (UNHCR) (22,214); and General Food Assistance to CAR refugees in the camps (WFP) (39,055).

On 3 November 2014, the HCT of the DRC submission a submission to the CERF requesting $4 million.  The CERF responded with requests for additional information the following day.