Provision of safe and inclusive emergency life-saving assistance, under priority 2 and 3, to the most acutely vulnerable and hard to reach IDPs and host communities most at risk due to recent displacements and conflict in AlQanawis and Abs districts of Hodeidah and Hajjah governorates CARE proposes a lifesaving emergency project targeting the most vulnerable acutely food insecure Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in two districts across Hajjah governorate (in Abs district) and Al Hodeidah governorate (in Al Qanawis district). The project targets a total of 33,057 (men: 7461, women 7,854, boys: 9,084 and girls: 8,658) IDPs and Host Community (4,500 HHs) for a period of 12 months. Out of the 33,057 total beneficiaries, 12,222 are from Abs district and the remaining 20,835 are from Al-Qanawis district. In line with FSAC and WASH guidelines, CARE will provide unconditional cash or value vouchers equivalent to (50, 000 YER) per household of 2334 HHs for six consecutive months, and also provide WASH services (WASH Emergency, IDPs and Cholera/AWD preparedness) to 3500 HHs mainly IDPs and host HHs in Al Qanawis district – Hodeidah under priority 3. CARE will ensure to tailor the response to the specific needs of the most vulnerable including acutely vulnerable IDPs and host communities most at risk due to recent displacements and conflict. The most vulnerable and food insecure host communities and IDPs households will be targeted according to the FSAC vulnerability and targeting criteria that include - Severely food insecure households (based on evidence of food security indicators ex. FCS, CSI, Livelihood change, HHS, HDDS etc, Vulnerable IDP households, Vulnerable Households with no productive assets, or functional means of income/ reliable source of income, Vulnerable Elderly headed households, Vulnerable Households headed by chronically ill members, Vulnerable Households headed by physically challenged heads, Vulnerable marginalized communities e.g. Muhamasheen, Vulnerable Households not receiving adequate assistance from other sources, HHs with very limited income or no formal employment, no land and productive assets and high dependency ratio and Households meeting other vulnerability criteria as identified by the communities . The selection will prioritize the most vulnerable households (households headed by elderly heads, widowed or divorced females, households with SAM/MAM, IDPs, marginalized populations etc.). 
Regarding the WASH response, CARE will focus its intervention on rehabilitation of 3 water schemes, water quality surveillance, waste collection amp disposal (through cleaning campaigns), construction of 120 family latrines, training of 22 CHPVs and 44 water committee members for the 3 schemes, and distribution CHKs amp BHKs to most vulenrable HH in AlQanawis district of Hodeida, governorate.
Considering the context and gender gap in Yemen, women and girls needs will be prioritized based on context-appropriateness engagement to avoid do-no-harm. This project is in line with the YHF First Standard Allocation 2021 objective of transitioning from an approach focusing mostly on emergency gap-filling to a more comprehensive response where CARE will concentrate its response in hard-to-reach, frontline and under-served areas with the highest severity of needs. CARE will catalyze its comparative advantage of multi-sectorial programming to deliver an integrated response through WASH and Food Security and Livelihood sectors.