Delivering Child Protection and GBV Services in Hard to Reach and Besieged Areas with Service Gaps The proposed program aims to increase access to PSS assistance to conflict affected populations in besieged and hard to reach areas in Syria. The program entails both child protection and GBV programming, and looks to build upon and enhance current programming conducted by Ihsan for Relief and Development, in cooperation with AiBi. In this project proposal, Ihsan looks to continue support to the already established child friendly spaces that are currently providing both structured and recreational activities for an additional 9 months, add case management activities,  as well as scale up GBV service provision that are already on-going.  As the majority of the project is the expansion and continuation of operational support, the first three months of the project will focus on the training of new staff, particularly the case management staff, conducting case management activities, the training of the  GBV staff and the beginning of conducting community awareness activities for GBV issues. The proposed areas of intervention include Rural Homs (Ar-Rastan), Homs City and Rural Damascus (Kafr Batna). Through the implementation of the on-going CP and GBV activities, Ihsan has been able to fill a critical gap in technically sound programming in areas where such services are alarmingly lacking.

The first specific objective of the program is to strengthen community based child protection services. The main activities that will be conducted include the provision operational support to already established child friendly spaces delivering recreational and structured PSS assistance and continue to support mobile outreach teams that will deliver recreational PSS services and increase awareness on child protection issues. Additionally, Ihsan will be conducting case management activities thereby strengthening on-going child protection service provision. The second specific objective of this program is to strengthen the capacity to respond to child protection concerns. As the staff has already been trained on CPMS, CPiE, Communication Skills, PFA, PSS, PSS Advanced and first Aid, Ihsan will focus on building the capacity of the case management staff in the three child friendly spaces. The third specific objective of this program is to prevent and mitigate GBV risks in the most vulnerable women and girls. The main activities include expanding the provision of PSS assistance to women and girls already on-going. Additionally, Ihsan looks to enhance the GBV programming by including the community awareness and outreach activities.

The specific project outputs include:

-3 CFS providing structured and sustained PSS sessions 
-150 children reached through case management services (100 boys, 50 girls)
-9 people trained on case management supervision (6 M, 3 W)
-3600 children reached with structured and sustained PSS programs (1800 boys, 1800 girls)
-300 adults reached with structured and sustained parenting skills programs (40 men,260 women)
-25,800 children reached with recreational PSS activities and awareness messages (12,900 boys, 12,900 girls)
-4,500 MW reached with child protection awareness messages (1300M, 3200W)
-3 women safe spaces conducting PSS sessions
-6 frontline workers trained (6W)
-450 women and girls reached through PSS and Life Skills structured sessions (350W, 100G)
-4000 MWGB reached through awareness raising and recreational activities (1000M,1500W,750,750G)


The outcomes of the proposed program include:

-Improved protection of children from violence, abuse and exploitation
-Improved community awareness on child protection concerns
-Improved capacity of frontline workers on ability to respond to child protection concerns in Syria (specifically conducting case management services)
-Women and girls have increased access to women safe spaces in Syria 
-Increased awareness of local community on GBV concerns