Expanding multisectoral humanitarian  assistance to address the most urgent needs of conflict affected people in Magway, Northwest. ltpgtThe Northwest (NW) region of Myanmar continues to deteriorate, with the escalation of armed conflict, stagnated recovery from Cyclone MOCHA and fluid IDP movement involving several rounds of displacement and return for many. The number of displaced people remains at more than 1 million (1,058,107) in the Northwest as of 13 November. The military have continued the use of shelling, mortar attacks, and airstrikes. Magway has reported higher security checks and restricted access posing risk to the humanitarian organizations to respond to planned locations. Increase of check points disrupted transportation of goods causing delays and later on suspension of procurement from the designated locations. The current project response design is informed by the latest consortium experiences and evolving context in the region. The response is planned for 1 year targeting 3 townships in 1 state Magway (Saw, Gangaw, Pakkoku) of Northwest. It will respond to the most urgent and unmet humanitarian needs of total 7298 (2300 men, 2788 women, 970 boys and 12240 girls conflict-affected people-IDPs and host communities. This response design is built on the continuation and expansion of MHF consortium projects led by PIN tilted MM-22/DDA-3415/RA2/E-SNFI-WASH-P/INGO/23092 (closed recently),  the), the ongoing  CBPF-MM-23-R-INGO-25310 and CBPF-MM-23-INGO-25454 under implementation. The proposed action will be a complementary and expansive response to fill the gaps in the same geography but different villages and additional township in Magway. At the outset, the response directly expands and compliments PIN’s programming, funded by ECW, LHAMP and in pipeline LIFT interventions and will utilize the already existing human resources and humanitarian access pathways to deliver immediate assistance to the vulnerable communities. This project will respond to the needs of Protection,,Shelter and WASH– mostly to the 1st level of priorities under the call with a focus on people with specific vulnerabilities, including those linked to age, gender, disabilities or other characteristics of marginalization. The project location targets only townships identified under MHF standard allocation call. The project will be implemented through a consortium of PIN network partner national NGO. The project consortium is led by PIN with the implementing partner –SOAL. The project sectors have been modified and aligned with the MHF discussion and limitation of the funding. Its also aligned with the existing capacities and experience of the consortium partners. This response has also harnessed learning from the ongoing conflict triggeredltbrgtcontext and other MHF projects designing contingency fund to meet unforeseen needs arising due to inherent displacement caused by multidirectional conflict and immediate response for life saving needs to the displaced. Lack of cash with households is a common phenomenon asserted by MSNA findings. The current project is designed with one IP due to limitation of resources but there are capacity building initiatives built in for other MHF implementing partners too to complement and augment capacities of the local organizations ltbrgtlt/pgt