Provision of multisector emergency assistance (WASH and Food Security) to internally displaced people and returnees in Dhubab district and Al Mokha districts, Ta'izz governorate [priority 1] As reported in the 2021 HRP, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for another year. The conflict keeps escalating and the economic and political crisis continues to worsen the living conditions of the population, especially Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It is estimated that more than 4 million Yemenis were displaced at the end of September 2021, with over 1900 families fleeing the conflict frontline in Durayhimi and Tuhayta in November 2021.
These displaced people are in dire living conditions and require an urgent and integrated humanitarian response. 
The proposed intervention aims to address the immediate needs of conflict-affected populations at risk of hunger and food insecurity and/or affected by water and sanitation-related diseases and communicable diseases (AWD/Cholera and COVID-19). It focuses on the provision of multi-sectoral emergency responses (WASH, FSL), for newly displaced people and for the most vulnerable returnees in five underserved IDP sites in two OCHA priority sub-districts in Al Mokha and Dhubab districts (Az Zahari and Bani Al Hakam).  SI decided to prioritize Dhubab and Mokha districts because of the significant service gaps identified in these locations with barely any partners intervening, and, in the case of Dhubab, real time ongoing displacement. Al Zahari and Al Mokha are classified by the WASH Cluster as underserved, whereas Bani Alhakam in Dhubab are newly emerging sites with no coverage. They are classified by OCHA as hard to reach. 
The total number of people targeted by this project is 3,850, (900 men, 855 women, 1,078 boys and 1,017girls) including 2,450 IDPs and 1,400 returnees. This also represents 550 households

The proposed project is in line with the proposed interventions of other humanitarian actors (IMC and FHF – Health/Nutrition, NRC and SDHG – Education, INTERSOS/Khair Foundation – Protection, GWQ – CCCM) in order to increase the impact of the action and allow for an integrated response (please refer to the "complementarity" section for more details).

In order to respond to these most urgent needs, SI will focus its intervention on 3 axes:
1/To improve food security and reducing negative coping strategies through the distribution of unconditional cash transfers (cash-for-food) 
2/ To deliver quality humanitarian assistance respecting the dignity of the affected populations through consultation with various beneficiary groups on the development of the project, full transparency towards the target population, promotion of the complaints mechanism and its follow-up, awareness raising on PSEA.
3/To contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity and diseases related to water, sanitation and hygiene through water trucking, water system rehabilitation, installation of safe sanitation and provision of hygiene kits and hygiene promotion.

The project will therefore provide integrated water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) and food security assistance to the most vulnerable IDPs and returnees at the household and community level, in order to restore access to basic services that have been lost or damaged due to protracted crises and thus reduce the risk and/or incidence of morbidity and mortality associated with outbreaks of disease, displacement and hazardous living conditions.