Integrated Education, WASH, and Shelter response for conflict-affected people in Taiz, Al Dalea, and Amran governorates. The proposed integrated interventions are in line with YHF First Standard Allocation Strategy covering priority gaps in Taizz under Parameter 1 for hard to reach areas, and prioritized gaps of the Education in Amran and,  As Slilw, Al Dhale’e under the IDP response “parameter 2”. The action is planned to reach 90,701 individual. The intervention will provide immediate access to quality basic education to conflict affected children in 3 districts Amran, Al Mukha and Qa’atabah. Children will receive equitable access to safe, child friendly learning environments and alternative learning opportunities in 10 targeted schools. The target districts are selected based on the Education Cluster locations’ prioritized for this allocation and cover schools with the highest levels of IDPs and vulnerabilities affecting access to education. 11,030 school children 5515 boys and 5515 girls will be supported. Access to education will be improved taking into account the impacts of COVID-19. A comprehensive approach will be adopted to address structural and economic barriers to education. In four districts NRC will provide classrooms construct and furnish TLSs to address overcrowding. Volunteer teachers will be provided with incentives to ensure schools are staffed. Teaching and learning materials, recreational, and hygiene materials will be provided. Dis-functional and dilapidated schools or classrooms will be rehabilitated. WASH facilities in schools will be constructed and/or rehabilitated, providing gender-segregated latrines. The capacity of schools will be strengthened by training existing and newly established school structures such as PTAs, and school clubs through providing lifesaving information and messages on COVID-19 prevention, hygiene and sanitation. As identified in the YHF strategy, an integrated first-line lifesaving and IDP response focusing on Shelter and WASH interventions will be provided and will incorporate protection mainstreaming in line with the clusters’ strategies. The proposed interventions under parameter 1 will cover high priority gaps for those in the most acute need, in the hardest of the hard to reach areas in As Silw and Al Mukha districts in Taizz governorate. The targeted population will include IDPs, vulnerable host community and returnees and support provided to improve their living conditions, mitigate the impact of COVID-19, and to address the impacts of other infectious diseases. Through the shelter interventions, 30,800 vulnerable people comprising of 6,160 men, 7,700 women, 8,624 boys and 8,316 girls will be provided with the following assistance: provision of the core NFIs kits and bedding kits for 9,800 people in As Silw provision of enhanced emergency shelter kits, core NFI kits, bedding kits and flood mitigation solutions to mitigate the impact of flooding for 21,000 people in communities living in flood prone areas in Al Mukah district.
The assistance will be provided in line with the Shelter/NFI cluster guidelines and recommendations.
The WASH intervention will improve vulnerable peoples access to adequate and safe water, sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion and address gaps and critical needs in Al Mukha and Al Ma’afer districts. NRC aims to reach 64379 including 14,145 men, 14,787women, 17,403 boys and 18,044 girls. 18771 are IDPs. Activities include basic hygiene services through rehabilitating and upgrading existing water supply and sanitation to solar systems, construction of latrines, cleaning campaigns training of CHVs on hygiene messages, HP / community mobilization, providing consumable and basic hygiene kits (provided by UNICEF). 
The proposed intervention under Education, WASH and Shelter are integrated on the districts level providing a holistic set of services to the targeted population. In addition, the action complements NRC’s other funded projects by ECHO, NMFA, Sida, FCDO and French MFA.