Integrated Health, GBV and  Nutrition emergency life-saving response for Debark and Dabat  zone of  North Gondor International Medical Corps (IMC) is a US-registered independent affiliate organization of International Medical Corps UK (IMC UK), with which IMC UK shares the same name and charitable objectives and mission. IMC UK and IMC work together to deliver assistance programs in an accountable and effective manner to pursue their commonly held charitable objectives. IMC UK will engage IMC to implement its programs in the field, with IMC UK oversight, according to the terms and conditions of the agreement that results from this proposal and the terms of the parties’ administrative service agreement. Together with IMC Croatia, IMC provides administrative and operational support to IMC UK and the programs on the ground, including but not limited to financial management, banking and cash management, procurement management/international procurements, and logistics.
 
International Medical Corps aims to provide an immediate humanitarian response in the Debark and Dabat woredas, which host the newly displaced community. IMC interventions use a holistic approach, concentrating on emergency health, nutrition, and GBV assistance in the two woredas.
The goal of the health response is to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality through improved access to basic lifesaving PHC and referral services for vulnerable conflict-affected communities. This will be realized by establishing 2 MHNT in addition to the emergency health response coordinator.  The team will provide the basic free-of-charge PHC service for affected IDPs and closed host communities. And conducting awareness creation on prevention of major reportable diseases via community mobilization and health promotion, providing essential drugs, medical supplies, infection prevention supplies, and distributing IEC/BCC materials. MHPSS services like consultation, training of HWs on PFA, and regular mentorship and technical support will be provided. This project will complement and strengthen the IMC’s Government and other stakeholders' ongoing efforts on the ground and to contain the impact of health threats. 
The nutrition component will focus to integrate full CMAM programming with the major components regular screening of children under five and pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition, treatment of SAM without medical complications at HFs and MHNT targeting children 6-59 months, support the woreda stabilization centers (SC) for the treatment of SAM with medical complications among children under 5, Implement targeted supplementary feeding program (TSFP) for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) among children 6-59 months and PLW jointly with WFP after FLAs signed, provide infant and young child feeding in emergency  (IYCF-E) support to PLW and women with children under two through complementary feeding demonstration and nutrition counseling and sensitize health development agents (HDS) on IYCF-E key messages.  The support will be provided for 56,812 beneficiaries through MHNT and existing HFs to IDPs and conflict-affected host communities. 
Moreover, under the GBV intervention, the effort will be made to provide psychosocial support and strengthen GBV response and referral services. In addition, the IMC will renovate existing WGSS/ construct temporary WGFs and equip them to provide psychosocial support services to women, girls, and children through trained GBV WGSS facilitators. The project also aims to strengthen the capacity of BoWCYA to support GBV survivors and at-risk women and girls. Capacity building training will be conducted on GBV case management, GBV basic concept, PSEA, and Gender Mainstreaming to BoWCYA, health, legal and Disaster, DRMC staff. Furthermore, a dignity kit for women and girls at target Woredas will be provided. To reach the most vulnerable women and girls, IMC will coordinate with BoWCYA and DRMC starting from the selection of beneficiaries, distribution of materials to post distribution of assets