The Emergency and  Life Sustained  WASH and Health  Response to the highly vulnerable IDPs, host communities and returnees  in  Al Maafer, Jabal Habashi  and Mawza districts, Taiz governorate. The project will be prioritized to support Health and WASH Clusters First and Second line responses priority activities in HRP-2019 to address the most critical lifesaving activities in 3 target districts in Taizz. IYCY is proposing to implement 12-month that aims at ensuring that the most vulnerable affected of IDPs, hosting community and returnees have equal access to integrated Health and WASH services targeting the catchment areas of 4 target HFs of Alkhiami HC in Al Ma'afer district (in the areas of Al Sawa'a Sub-district with a catchment population 36,401 people ), Alhajafah HU in Mawza district (in the areas of Mawza Sub-district with a catchment population 14,536 people ), Alatimh HU in Mawza district ( in the areas of Al-Aytumh Sub-district with a catchment population  3,449 people) and Al-Mukhtar HC in Jabal Habashy district ( in the areas of Blad Alwafi Sub-district with a catchment population   21,507 people).  IYCY through this project and within its capacity and experiences has proposed an integrated response with comprehensive package of Health and WASH services to the vulnerable affected people of IDPs, hosting community and returnees including women and children. This Emergency and Life Sustained Health and WASH project aim respond and target 65,674 people highly vulnerable of 15,582 Men, 17,788 women, 15,914 boys and 16,390 girls.

- From the side of health: This project will response to improve access to essential lifesaving primary health services, including maternal, reproductive, neonatal, child health care and immunization services through operationalize 4 heath facilities surrounding the IDPs sites and returnees through the provision of medical supplies, basic lab and appliances and equipment supplies, rehabilitation and support the health workers with incentive as well as the WASH essential support in order to deliver the primary health care and RH services of highly vulnerable people of IDPs, hosting community and returnees in the most conflict affected 3 districts. Additionally, the health program will treat communicable diseases and improve surveillance and control mechanisms by emergency training, operational support and incentives for health staff. To ensure the highly vulnerable people are receiving the health services, the project will educate the outreach volunteers to raise awareness around common childhood diseases, maternal and reproductive health concerns and distribution of safe delivery kits . Along with that, IYCY will work collaboratively with WHO to constantly supply the HFs with the essential drugs. Along with that, IYCY will work collaboratively with WHO to constantly supply the HFs with the essential drugs.

- Concerning the WASH response, the project will Improve access to safe drinking water, safe Sanitation and clean amp hygienic environment of highly vulnerable people of IDPs, hosting community and returnees, through rehabilitate, repair, augmentation of Water Supply Systems (WSS) nearby IDPs sites in Mawza and Al Maafe, water Quality Testing amp Water Quality Monitoring, water source, provision water filters, capacity building and support for WASH community committees including WMC members in operation and maintenance of rehabilitated water schemes in Mawza and Al Maafe and construction of emergency HH shared latrine for IDPs and local affected population in Jabal Habashi and Mawza. Additionally the project will improved access to clean amp hygienic environment through improved collection and disposal of wastewater and solid waste in target districts by provision of basic hygiene kits, capacity building training to Community WASH Volunteers (CWVs) on public Health Promotion, community mobilization, hygiene message, campaigns and distribute IEC materials as well as organize and execute environment cleaning campaigns, Solid and liquid waste management, and WASH emergency preparedness and response and Support cleaning fund for solid waste disposal in the 3 districts.