Enhance protection for the conflict affected communities of Chilga 1, Chilga 2,  Aykel Lay Armeacho in Central Gonder and Woldiya town, Kobo town,  Habru woreda in North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. This proposal is developed in response to the humanitarian crises in the central Gondor and North Wollo zones of the Amhara region that resulted due to conflict along the Amhara-Tigray regional border. The conflict is worsening, with an estimated 200,000 displaced people in volatile and conflict-prone areas in North Gondar, Central Gondar, South, Wag Hemra, North Wello, and in various places across the region. According to estimates from the regional Government, the newly displaced population requires at least 15,000 Metric tons of ration food monthly. Still, only limited assistance is being given by the federal and regional governments so far. The scale and magnitude of the crisis is not yet fully understood as war is still active in many of these places. As of first week of August, the regional authorities in the Amhara region reported more than 1.3M IDPs that need urgent humanitarian support. The numbers are likely to increase due to ongoing conflicts, sudden-floods and failed belg rain. For instance, on 10 August, the Zonal Food Security and DRM office reported a significant increase in the number of IDPs in South Gondar, from 34,000 to 43,000, due to the fighting in N. Wello: Kobo, Woldiya and the surroundings. The areas  can’t be accessed now for any independent assessment of the situation (OCHA humanitarian Bulleting  16 Aug,2021).

In response to the existing humanitarian crises related to conflict induced displacement of people in Amhara region, World Vision Ethiopia intends to implement an integrated project that strengthens the protection, resilience and improve access to appropriate services for children and women affected by the conflict in the six target areas  which include: Chilga 1,Chilga 2 amp Ayikel LayArmacho in Central Gonder and Kobo town, Woldiya town and Habru Woreda in North Wollo Zone.

The goal of the proposed project is to contribute to the improvement of quality of life of crisis-affected children and women in the selected Woredas of Central Gonder (Chilga 1, Chilga 2 and AyikelLay Armacho) and North Wollo zone (Woldiya town,Kobo town, amp Habru).  Towards this end, World Vision Ethiopia will implement a comprehensive project which focuses on strengthening the case management system to identify, refer and support children at risk, GBV survivors, and vulnerable children, ensure the coordination of services through establishing functional referral pathways in all target woredas, facilitating family tracing and reunification of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), expedite alternative care arrangement and strengthening the capacity of service providers through organizing capacity building trainings, and creating access to safe channels to report sexual exploitation and abuse, etc. Moreover, WVE is planning to integrate COVID_19 activities in the project implementation to prevent infection and curb the possible spread of the virus through conducting awareness raising activities that address COVID-related issues in line with the national guidance of social distancing and avoiding large group activities etc. 

The proposed project will take place in 6 woredas of Central Gonder and North Wollo of Amhara Region for a period of 9 months with a total budget of $ 520,000. The proposed project will prioritize the most vulnerable section of the population and will reach a total of 66,122 internally displaced people through these integrated protection interventions. With the intention of expanding protection assistance to the most vulnerable children amp women and to reach out the large number of women amp children in need of protection services, WVE is planning to extend its integrated CP/GBV intervention to the central Gonder and North Wollo  through EHF 2020 2nd  round EHF fund.