Providing Child Protection and GBV Services in Northwest Syria to the Most Vulnerable Populations, including Persons with Disabilities. ltpgtltbrgtRelief International (RI), in partnership with SENED proposes a project that focuses on ensuring protection for the most vulnerable population groups through both Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection (CP) interventions, while also prioritizing the inclusion of persons with disabilities. The project aims to address the needs of both internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the host community, particularly those affected by the earthquake and the newly displaced due to recent hostilities that unfolded in NWS in September and continued into October 2023. ltbrgtRI will support the existing WGSS and two GBV outreach teams in Darkoush to provide comprehensive GBV response, prevention and empowerment services, including GBV case management, referrals, Psychological First Aid, emergency funds under the GBV case management framework, and focused psychosocial support (PSS). Additionally, the project will conduct GBV information sessions and structured awareness-raising activities involving women and girls within the WGSS or through outreach activities. Men and adolescent boys will also be targeted through the outreach activities - awareness raising and PSS services - to enhance their engagement in GBV programming. RI will enforce comprehensive risk mitigation measures, prioritizing survivor confidentiality and avoiding stigmatization. The WGSS will be serving as social hub for women and girls to access services with trained staff ensuring a survivor-centered approach. RI will support the continuation of existing CP activities integrated within the WGSS and through two CP outreach teams. The CP activities will include CP case management for children under 12, CP interactive sessions, structured PSS for children under 12 and parenting skills, while CP emergency case funds will also be provided under the CP case management framework. RI will leverage WGSS to deliver the CP services tailored for children under 12 years, however, due to the limited space, children aged 12 years and above with CP concerns will be referred by the CP outreach team to external CP actors in the targeted area.ltbrgtTo strengthen support for children with disabilities and their caregivers, RI will partner with SENED to implement a focused PSS for them through a comprehensive special needs rehabilitation (SNR) program. SENED will deliver specialized services for children with disabilities, which seeks to improve their well-being whilst promoting inclusion within their communities and mitigating CP concerns in the future. Children with disabilities will be included in joint PSS sessions with their peers in the facility to enhance inclusion. Additionally, SENED will provide parenting skills to families with children with disabilities, aiding them in supporting their children, and enhance inclusion by training project staff to identify and refer children with disabilities to specialized services. Both SENED and RI will build community capacity by engaging frontline workers, particularly in health, protection and education, to improve awareness of CP and GBV concepts. RI will build capacity to address GBV and CP concerns safely, while SENED will complement this by training on inclusion.ltbrgtRI will establish community committees under the GBV components and CP to enhance community-based protection mechanisms. The GBV committees will be established under this project or identified as women-led organizations and will receive technical and financial support to carry out advocacy and activities dedicated to women and girls in their communities. ltbrgtThe same approach applies to CP committees, which will operate as community focal points advocating for CP concepts, child rights, and will identify and refer CP cases to available services.ltbrgtRI and SENED will prioritize staff support for both organizations, ensuring compliance with donor standards, monitoring and evaluation, financial support, and technical guidance for effective program oversight and implementation.ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtlt/pgt