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Addressing the urgent needs of people with disabilities living in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon The living conditions in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, always difficult, have become even more precarious since the influx of new refugees from Syria. The camps have become more overcrowded, UNRWA’s limited services are even more stretched and underfunded, and paid employment has become even harder to find. The recent funding cuts to UNRWA are expected to have additional negative impact and repercussions.

Children and youth face particular risks, especially those demonstrating specific vulnerabilities, such as chronic disabilities, children who have witnessed traumatic incidents or children with weak academic performance.

The Palestinian refugees living in the camps (both Palestinian refugees in Lebanon - PRL and Palestinian refugees from Syria - PRS) demonstrate high rates of disabilities, chronic conditions, and acute illness. 

In order to avoid overlapping, ensure complementarity with other actions, and identify the most urgent needs for people with disabilities, Welfare Association - Lebanon branch (WA) held consultative meetings with the proposed partners for this action, UNRWA, UNHCR’s Health WG Coordinator and Humanity and Inclusion (formerly known as Handicap International). The below presented project is based on the most urgent needs identified by all of the consulted stakeholders.

Through this project WA, in collaboration with four local partners, will target 650 people with disabilities (with physical and/or hearing disability) living in Nahr El Bared, Beddawi, Mar Elias, Ein El Hilweh, and El Buss Palestinian refugee camps (and surrounding camps and gatherings). The local partners’ centres (located in the aforementioned camps) are easily accessible and people in need of support from other camps (in the area) know their location and can visit them and benefit from the services provided. Therefore, effectively, this project will cover almost all areas in Lebanon. 

From the targeted 650 people with disabilities, WA and the local partners will prioritise children with disabilities (CwDs). For example, children with disabilities in need of assistive devices will be the first ones to receive them, and they will be prioritized for the therapy sessions. Therefore, from the targeted 650 beneficiaries, WA expects that 400 of them (62%) will be children with disabilities.

The proposed project will directly contribute to the protection and health concerns outlined in the LCRP 2018. More specifically, by assisting people with disabilities (and children with disabilities as a prioritized group) it will alleviate the risk of further exclusion, reduce the risk of violence and abuse, and reduce the risk of neglect (as outlined in the “Protection” operational plan of LCRP 2018). Regarding the “Health” operational plan, the project will contribute to improving the overall health condition of the beneficiaries.

Therefore, this project is in line with the requirements of this call for proposals.
Comprehensive Protection and Health Services for vulnerable elderly in North Lebanon Seven years into the Syrian conflict, Lebanon remains at the forefront of one of the worst humanitarian crises. The current level of humanitarian assistance is not sufficient to ensure equitable provision of health and specific services, notably for elderlies.
The project aims to provide needed protection and health services to vulnerable elderlies. Case management, protection and health services provided through this project will target elderly as follows: 60% Syrian refugees, 30% host communities, and 10% PRS and PRL (aged over 60) living in North Lebanon and Akkar, during the period 01 February 2019 - 31 January 2020. 
Activities include:
Under protection: 
1.	Identification of elderlies with specific needs, 
2.	Vulnerability assessment through household visits
3.	Basic counselling and case management
4.	Referral and coordination of specialized services including health services
5.	Emergency One-Off Assistance Cash 
6.	 Protection Cash 
7.	Specialized Services for Older Persons including PWD (including home visits and accompaniment to older people who live alone at least once every two weeks, psycho-social support and help with housekeeping and other chores. Besides, physiotherapy sessions, medical devices (hearing aid, eye glasses, wheelchair, etc) will be delivered whenever necessary
Under health
1.	Primary health: Provision of subsidized medical consultations (including psychiatry and psychology), diagnostic exams, and acute medicines
2.	Secondary health: Provision of financial subsidies to access hospital care (including for mental health issues)   and advanced/specialized diagnostic services
Comprehensive Protection Services to GBV survivors in upper Aley district In this project, Tabitha will focus its effort to provide comprehensive protection services for 60 GBV survivors in the existing community center in upper Aley. This project will fill the remaining gap of service provision for GBV survivors as it includes services to 100 GBV cases. Activities in this project include case management and referral to specialized services such as legal counsel and representation in court, provision of emergency cash for rent and cash for protection.
Assistance and Protection Services for Vulnerable Elderly Persons The elderly remain some of the poorest and most neglected in Lebanon. Due to discrimination, isolation or neglect, they are overlooked in humanitarian and protection interventions and are at risk of face multiple deprivations with limited access to services. ADRA’s proposed intervention will use a community based approach to identify and respond to protection risks for the elderly through linking them to humanitarian services disseminating information about available services and support  promoting and protecting their rights and dignity providing assistance to mitigate social and economic deterioration and supporting their care-givers to develop strategies and mitigate risks for the the elderly in their care. Project activities are aimed at reducing isolation, dependency, neglect and deprivation. Activities are targeted at the most vulnerable elderly from displaced Syrian households and the host community in the locations of Dekweneh, Fanar, Nabaa and Boucherieh, areas which have been identified as vulnerable localities. Persons targeted are those above the age of 60 years old falling under the following criteria: living with disabilities,  isolated, lacking  access to information, economically deprived, heads of household and those at risk of violence, abuse and exploitation. Beneficiaries will be selected using household assessments and a set vulnerability criteria. Project activities are planned for 12 months for 200 direct beneficiaries, both male and female.
Addressing protection concerns of people with specific needs affected by the Syria crisis in Akkar district. The proposed project aims at promoting protection and access to services for PwSN namely displaced Syrian and Lebanese older men and women and adults with physical disabilities living in Akkar Distrrict, North Lebanon . 

This will be achieved through 1) Capacity building of humanitarian actors, care providers and community volunteers to identify and address protection needs of PwSN and refer protection cases to appropriate structures 2) Making 3 existing  centres age and disability friendly community safe spaces where PwSN receive psycho-social and peer support activities, awareness raising and information related to health and protection 3) Provision of assistive devices, physiotherapy care and home based care services to older displaced Syrian and Lebanese host community men and women with restricted mobility and to adults with physical disabilities 4) Awareness raising and information to community members on available health and protection services for older men and women and adults with physical disabilities and 5) Establishment of reporting mechanism and referral system.
Strengthening Child Protection Systems Towards a more Protective and Child-friendly Environment in Lebanon The project aims at ensuring that vulnerable children in Tripoli (Beddawi, Nahr El Bared), Bekaa (Wavel), Beirut (Mar Elias, Borj al Barajneh, Chatila) and Tyre (Al Bass, Borj El Chamali and Rashidye) benefit from strengthened and sustainable child protection systems. TDHL will sustain a better protective environment for boys and girls, mitigate the risks they face and respond to their urgent needs. This will be carried out by: Enhancing child protection systems by sustaining existing Child Protection Networks (CPN) Case management and capacity building of local partners. In alignment with the Child protection minimum standards, this project will prioritize local ownership of Child Protection (CP) interventions and contribute to preventing and responding to CP concerns, including SGBV, juvenile justice, disability and social cohesion erosion in order to foster individuals’ and communities’ resilience.

The CPNs were first established in 2014 in Palestinian camps in the South and are now in nine camps across Lebanon. CPNs are core groups of duty bearers including Community and Popular Committees, NGOs, UNWRA and key individuals, such as Sheikhs. They allow CP to be elevated as a common topic for strategic discussion and concern for stakeholders. They act as a platform for advocacy initiatives and ensure a centralization of information regarding CP projects and services, and increased coordination in camps. They also act as a mechanism to monitor and respond to CP concerns. This intervention will focus on empowering CPNs and enhancing their organizational and technical capacity.
CPNs will also be trained on safe identification and safe referral of children. On this basis, as well as through outreach, TDHL will directly manage 350 medium/high risk cases and  two local NGOs (CBRA and PWHO) will manage 220 low and medium risk cases and progressively manage 50 higher risk cases. TDHL will be providing them with subgrants as well as capacity building to sustain their case management intervention. The partners were selected based on previous experiences of collaboration, accessibility to target areas and a capacity assessment. They will benefit from regular organizational and technical capacity building along the project.
Ayounkon: enhancing the access to ophthalmologic services in the Bekaa Valley. The main aim of this project is to provide eye surgeries and diagnostic ophthalmologic services, as well as visual medical appliances to vulnerable population of Lebanese and displaced people in the disadvantaged areas of Mashgharah, Kamed el Loz and Arsal in the Western Bekaa Valley, thus improving their life conditions as a consequence of their access to high quality health care and materials. The project implementation will be ensured by ARCS and Amel International staff. The latter is already operational with a mobile unit and three Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCC) in the above-mentioned areas, where there is a reduced access to hospital services and lack of medical care. Amel operates in the targeted locations as one of the main healthcare services providers and already have available ophthalmological units which will be conducting 1200 ophthalmological screenings among the population. Starting with an outreach campaign to inform the population about the initiative, 1200 people will undergo eye screening while 600 will correct their identified visual defects by receiving adequate spectacles according to their needs. Moreover, 125 people in need of eye surgery (80 cataract – 5 cornea transplants and 40 pediatric ophthalmic surgeries) will be identified and a priority list will be created for people who need to undergo eye surgery in Beirut Eye amp ENT Specialist Hospital (BESH).
After the successful completion of the surgery in day-hospital, the patients will receive a follow up in Amel PHC centers, thus ensuring the positive outcome of the surgery and update the database. In order to guarantee maximum efficiency ARCS will provide a Liaison officer who will ensure direct linkage between the BESH, Amel, patients and their families who can benefit from transportation and board from the Bekaa to the hospital. Furthermore, ARCS will be in charge of the general management of the initiative supervising the overall implementation of the project through a Project manager based in Beirut who will take care to monitor activities and ensure access to the BESH, with whom ARCS is experiencing successful partnership since 2017 in the context of an ongoing similar project. ARCS will be, moreover, in charge for the effective coordination with the sector working group, as well as with other national and international NGOs operative in the areas of intervention.
Improving Access to Life-saving Hospital and Advanced Referral Care for Palestinian Refugees from Syria Refugees affected by acute or chronic life-threatening conditions requiring advanced referral care are amongst the most vulnerable individuals affected by the Syria crisis. The very high cost of specialized health services in Lebanon is a major barrier to accessing life-saving treatment for many the inability to timely access the care required can lead to permanent loss of functioning, disability and death for many of these patients. For refugee families, the need to privately fundraise for healthcare costs often activates a spiral of poverty, debt, increased vulnerability to human rights abuses, acute psychosocial distress and its somatic and mental health sequelae - leading to extreme vulnerability being transmitted across generations.

With this project, we aim to improve access to life-saving hospitalizations, medications, and advanced/ specialized diagnostic services for Palestinian Refugees affected by life-threatening conditions requiring advanced care. The majority of PRS and PRL are assisted by UNRWA, and therefore benefit from free universal access to PHC services, and nearly full coverage of secondary care hospitalization costs however, patients in need of advanced care hospitalization, specialized diagnostic services, or medications for catastrophic ailments, only benefit from partial coverage, and often need to contribute very large sums in order to get access to the medical care that they need to survive. MAP, in close collaboration with UNRWA, identified the interventions bellow to address the aforementioned needs. With the support of the LHF we propose to provide:

1. Partial coverage of advanced care inpatient hospitalization cost for Palestinian refugees from Syria affected by life-threatening conditions, additional to the one provided by UNRWA, up to a ceiling of $2,100 per procedure- paid directly to the hospitals. Total estimated cost of this component for 12 months: $101,442. Estimated number of beneficiaries: 140 30% of them are elderly patients. Some of these patients might undergo multiple procedures if needed.

2. Partial coverage of advanced referral care services (on outpatient basis) for Palestinian refugees from Syria, additional to the one provided by UNRWA. Total estimated cost of this component for 12 months: $21,252. Estimated number of beneficiaries: 517. 

The project duration is one year starting February 2019, and it will be implemented all over Lebanon. The majority of Palestinian refugees from Syria and Lebanon (the target population of this project) reside in 12 Palestinian camps and many gatherings across Lebanon (mainly South, North, Akkar, Mount Lebanon, and Baalbeck el Hermel Governates). 

The project will be implemented in collaboration with UNRWA, with whom MAP has a Memorandum of Understanding. UNRWA will forward to MAP the documentation of patients eligible for the project’s support. Patients documentation and bills will be, later on, processed and audited by MAP and paid directly to advanced care facilities.
Mali - Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project The Project Development Objective is to improve and sustain road access of farming communities to markets and basic services in theproject area, and, in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to it.
ML- Governance and Budget Decentralization Technical Assistance Project The development objective of the Governance and Budget Decentralization TA Project (TA) is to strengthen capacity for public financial management at decentralized level for improved budgetary decision-making and enhanced transparency and oversight.
Mali Energy Support Project The objective is to improve the access and efficiency of electricity services in  Bamako and in other targeted areas in the country.
Mali Sustainable Energy and Improved Service Delivery for Increased Stability Development Policy Financing Delivering a more financially sustainable electricity sector, more targeted and efficient agricultural subsidies and supporting pro-poor decentralized service provision
Mali Deployment of State Resources for Better Service Delivery & COVID-19 Response The project will improve the availability and timeliness of resources from the central government to Local Governments (LGs), and service centers, as well as the management and accountability of these resources by LGs and service centers.
Second Transport Sector Project The project's development objective is to provide better access and transport services to rural and urban communities especially by improving key rural infrastructure in Mali and urban transport infrastructure in Bamako. 

Its specific objectives are to: (i) improve rural access in order to promote growth-supporting rural and agro-industrial business activities in cotton-growing areas;  (ii) facilitate minibus traffic by creating a bus-only lane on Bamako's Boulevard du Peuple (People's Boulevard) and reconstructing a dedicated circular road in downtown Bamako, and (iii) strengthen the capacity of ministries and entities involved in the sector.
MALI- GROWTH SUPPORT PROJECT Create the conditions for increased private sector investment through investment climate reforms, improved financial services, and the provision of non-financial services to private enterprises.
Mali-Fostering Agricultural Productivity The Project Development Objective is to increase the productivity of smallholder agricultural and agribusiness producers in the targeted production systems and project areas.
Emergency Safety Nets project (Jigis m jiri) The objectives of the project are to increase access to targeted cash transfers for poor and vulnerable households and build an adaptive national safety net system in Recipient's territory .
Improving Mali's Statistical System To strengthen the capacity of the National Statistical System (NSS) to produce and publicly disseminate statistics through support to institutional development and data production.
Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversification Project The project aims at fostering improvements in the performances of supply chains for a range of agricultural and livestock products, for which Mali has strong comparative advantage The proposed investment is expected to reinforce the competitiveness of both traditional (cotton, rice) and non-traditional (fruit, horticulture products, oil seeds, arabic gum, cashews, etc.) agricultural crops through targeted investment to remove critical constraints, improve productivity and efficiency and build organizational and institutional capacities, both private and public, along the supply chains. In the long run, the project should contribute to increasing and diversifying rural household incomes and economic opportunities. It supports the development of a vibrant and diversified commercial agriculture as a means to move away from subsistence agriculture, which is often synonymous to poverty for a majority of rural households.
Urban Water Supply Project The objective of the Project is to increase access to sustainable water services in selected urban areas within the Recipient's territory.
Bamako Urban Resilience Project Improve access to urban waste, sanitation and water services, increase resilience to floods in selected vulnerable areas of the District of Bamako and targeted neighboring communes, and strengthen urban management capacity.
Mali Landscape Restoration Project To increase adoption of climate smart landscape restoration practices and access to income earning opportunities
Promote Access to Finance, Entrepreneurship and Employment in Mali To improve access to finance, entrepreneurship and income generating activities for vulnerable segments in Mali.
Mali - Economic & Environmental Rehabilitation of the Niger River The objectives of the Project are to demonstrate the effectiveness of navigation and port service improvement measures, and demonstrate the feasibility of environmental restoration and livelihood improvement activities at targeted sites in the Niger Inner Delta (NID), and, in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, improve the Recipient's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to such Eligible Crisis or Emergency.
ML-Strengthening Reproductive Health The PDO is to improve access to and use of quality reproductive health services by women of reproductive age, in selected regions of Mali.
Mali Drylands Development Project To improve agricultural productivity and strengthen resilience of rural  households living in the targeted dryland areas
MALI COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECT The objective of the Project is to strengthen the capacity of the Recipient to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 pandemic
Mali - Poverty DPO The proposed operation would support authorities efforts to increase financing and effectiveness of pro-poor interventions (microfinance, agriculture, education, social protection, decentralisation) and strenghten the monitoring and evalution of such interventions
Mali Reconstruction and Economic Recovery The objective of the proposed project is to rehabilitate basic infrastructure and restore productive activities of communities impacted by the crisis in Mali.
Mali Support to Agroindustrial Competitiveness Project The objective of the project is to increase the processing of agricultural products for targeted value chains in the selected geographic area.

"Processing" is defined as the conversion of harvested agricultural products into valuable, marketable products. "Targeted value chains" refer to mango and animal feed. The "geographic area" is the agricultural production basin of Sikasso-Bamako-Koulikoro in southern Mali.
Mali Governance of Mining Sector The objective is to strengthen the capacity of the mining sector to contribute to Mali's medium-term growth and sustainable development objectives.
Strengthening Climate Resilience in Mali Project The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the provision of and the access to the country's hydro-meteorological, early warning and emergency response services
Mali - Accelerating Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage The objective of the project is to improve the utilization and quality of reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, adolescent health and nutrition services, especially among the poorest households, in targeted areas.
Rural Community  Development Project To improve the living conditions of project-supported rural communities in terms of access to basic social services and sustainable income increase.
MALI - Skills Development and Youth Employment Project The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support education and training for employability and private-sector led job opportunities for youth in Mali.
Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System Project The objective of the Project is to expand access to modern energy services in rural areas of the Recipient and to increase renewable energy generation in target areas.
Mali Improving Education Quality and Results for All Project (MIQRA) The Project Development Objective is to increase learning outcomes in early primary education in targeted areas, to promote girls' access to lower and upper secondary education in underserved areas, and to enhance the governance of the education system.