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Sierra Rutile 2 The project entails the expansion of Sierra Rutile Limited (SRL), a mineral sands mining operation with a 50-year history producing high quality rutile and smaller quantities of ilmenite and zircon. The expansion is expected to increase production from current levels of about 150,000 tons per annum up to 300,000 tons per annum and extend the life of SRLs operations by ~20 years. The expansion encompasses a staged approach to several projects, including expansions at the existing operations of Lanti Dry and Gangama (already underway, with commissioning planned in mid-2019), as well as a potential new mining development at the Sembehun group of deposits. The project is expected to generate positive balance of payments and fiscal effects by increasing Sierra Leone's foreign exchange earnings and generating significant revenue streams to the Government through royalties and corporate taxes over the life of mine. The project will also support indirect and induced jobs in the economy, while sustaining employment of ~2,700 people, 98% of whom are Sierra Leonean. The project also has positive impact on the local community, deriving from SRL's contribution to an Agriculture Development Fund that supports agricultural development in its catchment areas, and community development projects in infrastructure, education, health and agriculture supported under a Community Development Agreement. In addition, IFC will provide advisory services to assist the company in enhancing its community level impacts, through joint development of economic development programs and deepening supply chain linkages. Through IFC's E&S and advisory services, and Iluka's strong ESG practices, the project will also support international best practice in environmental and social impact management, and in community engagement.
PCS-Onion Farm The proposed IFC investment seeks to support Pee Cee Holding Ltd (the Company or PCH), a Sierra Leone-based consumer goods group to develop its subsidiary, Pee Cee Agriculture (PCA), an integrated onion farming business spanning 500 hectares (ha) in Lungi (the Project). The Project total cost is US$16 million and will be financed 25% by Sponsor equity (US$4 million) and the remaining by IFC and IDA PSW. The proposed investment entails a 7-year senior secured loan of up to US$12 million. The project is expected to be supported by IDA PSW, as described in the Blended Finance Section. The Project has an Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring (AIMM) rating of Excellent for the following reasons: 

Project-level impact: 
(i) Stakeholders  Customers: The project is expected to increase consumer access to safe, quality, and affordable vegetable products in the country, and therefore contribute to improving food security. The vegetable products have nutrition benefits to consumers, a source of protein, vitamins and minerals to combat the widespread malnourishment among vulnerable populations in a country whose hunger situation is serious according to the Global Hunger Index; and

(ii) Economy-wide effects: The Project, through import substitution efforts, is expected to increase domestic value addition and create more jobs (direct and indirect) through up- and downstream linkages in Sierra Leone, by expanding irrigated production and warehousing/storage of vegetable products such as onions. The Project is expected to bring a much-needed boost to the food processing sector and contribute to diversifying and strengthening the local economy; 

Market-level Impact:
IFC expects the Project to increase competitiveness of the market through increased investment in irrigated production and warehousing of food products to bolster food marketing and reduce reliance on food imports. The Project will demonstrate the potential to expand irrigated vegetable production and marketing in the country to increase supplies and ensure adoption of industry best post-harvest handling and storage practices.
Vitafoam SL Vitafoam Nigeria Plc (the Sponsor) is a foam and related products company established 48 years ago in Lagos Nigeria. Vitafoam Nigeria Plc services hotels, academic institutions and private entities with its varied products such as flexible reconstituted and rigid foam products and non flammable contact adhesive. The project involves the establishment of a subsidiary of Vitafoam Nigeria Plc known as Vitafoam Sierra Leone limited and involves the construction and operation of a foam manufacturing company in Hastings, Sierra Leone. Increased private sector development especially since there is no foam manufacturing plant in Sierra Leone.
Transfer of technology to a new market.
Reduction in Imports and increased local production.
Increased government revenue.
Job creation.
BOPACTB Project The proposed project is a senior loan of up to US$3 million (in local currency equivalent) to ACTB Savings and Loans Limited (ACTB or the MFI). The loan will have a tenor of up to 3-years with a grace period of 1-year and will enable ACTB to provide much needed local currency funding to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra. The project will be processed under IFCs COVID Base of Pyramid (BOP) Facility and will be supported by IDA Private Sector Window (PSW) Blended Finance Facility (BFF) and IDA-PSW Local Currency Facility (LCF). The project is expected to provide access to finance for MSMEs and SMEs to support economic activity and resilience in the context of a fragile economy. Beyond the project outcome, IFC anticipates that the project will support resilience amongst microfinance and BOP finance providers catalyzing investments in the sector by fostering confidence on the stability of BOP lenders in a context of continuing uncertainty. The project is expected to demonstrate to other investors the viability of supporting the growth of BOP portfolios among financial institution in Sierra Leone and attract longer-term financing for lenders in the market.
SL Flour Mill The proposed investment is an up to US$12 million loan to Sierra Leone Flour Mill Limited (SLFM or the Company) guaranteed by BSB International Limited (BSB or the Guarantor, together with SLFM referred to as the Group) to support SLFMs US$19.2 million project for the expansion of its (i) milling capacity from 150 metric tons (MT) of wheat per day to 450 MT and (ii)  storage capacity from 8,400 MT to 28,400 MT at its factory located in Cline Town, Freetown, Sierra Leone (the Project). The Project may be supported by the Canada-IFC Facility for Resilient Food Systems (Canada FRFS), subject to obtaining the necessary internal approvals, as described in the Blended Finance section. Project-level Impact:

Project Outcome: The Project will increase consumer access to (fortified) wheat products and therefore contribute to food security and nutrition in Sierra Leone where prevalence of undernutrition, stunting and wasting is high. Protein intake per capita and day is also low. IFC expects the Project will increase value addition and create direct and indirect jobs along the Projects supply chain. 

Market Outcome: The Project will increase resilience in the market by building capacity in the Companys supply chain to withstand shocks and stresses related the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and climatic change affecting cereals production. This is expected to have significant impact as the Company is a major player in food distribution in the country.
Strengthening Protection and Empowerment of Women and Girls through Comprehensive Community-Based Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response in Akkar With funding from OCHA, the IRC will continue its ongoing strategy of increasing access to life saving Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and response activities in the Akkar region. The funding will cover a significant funding gap in Akkar region where IRC has been providing Gender Based Violence (GBV) services since 2012.
The IRC will deliver life-saving services through two mobile teams and will support a partner, the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) to strengthen a mobile approach that has been established through ongoing work with the IRC. 

With a strong focus on capacity strengthening of local actors, the IRC will work with the Lebanese Red Cross to continue to support and strengthen one mobile team to continue providing services in hard to reach areas in Akkar governorate (including Wadi Khaled), where there a high need for Sexual and Gender Based Violence  services but a critical gap in services available for survivors. Lebanese Red Cross is well positioned to provide these services given the ongoing Sexual and Gender Based Violence response that they are implementing in coordination with IRC along with their extensive acceptance in communities across Lebanon, including access to areas where many other organizations are not permitted. 

The IRC will also continue to strengthen the capacities of Lebanese Red Cross to provide effective Gender Based Violence services and support Gender Based Violence mitigation measures.  Specifically, through this project, the IRC and the Lebanese Red Cross will achieve the following results:
1. Women and adolescent girls affected by or at risk of Sexual and Gender Based Violence  have access to critical response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile service delivery approaches
2. A protective environment for women and girls within their communities is created through community mobilization and women are empowered to identify and mitigate risks in their community and
3. Capacity of local actors and community members to provide quality comprehensive Sexual and Gender Based Violence  response and prevention services through safe spaces and mobile approaches is strengthened.
Integrated life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian Crisis This project will provide for the critical humanitarian needs of 10,795 targeted beneficiaries in the Bekaa Valley over an 8 month period from 1 September 2017 to 30 April 2018. The primary focus will be on meeting the basic and most urgent shelter and WASH needs of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees, with a specific focus on People with Specific Needs (PwSNs) and responding to emergencies, including but not limited to, floods, fires, evictions, tent collapse, and other emergencies. This project will address critical gaps in humanitarian funding and services for vulnerable communities. Medair will build upon the experience, expertise and relationships from 5 years working in the Bekaa Valley in order to provide integrated cross-sectoral shelter and WASH support to the most vulnerable households identified through Medair's community engagement and programming maintained through effective case management. Medair will provide shelter and emergency WASH support to 2,224 households. The Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) will contribute to part of these activities.
Filling gaps in Chronic medications for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese host communities The required fund is to procure generic medication for the treatment of Syrian refugees / displaced and poor Lebanese host community patients with chronic diseases. The procured medications are intended to fill the gap of the nationally operating Medical Program, managed by Young Men's Christian Association, on behalf of Ministry of Public Health, through which 64 kinds of Medication for chronic illnesses are provided. this Chronic medications program, operational since 1988, subsidized by the Ministry of Public Health ensures procurement, distribution, and monitoring of utilization of Chronic medications for Non-Communicable Diseases through a network of 421 Primary Health Care centers belonging to Non-Governmental Organization, Ministry of Social Affairs, and Ministry of Public Health across the country. 
 
The MOPH supports procurement of the chronic medications based on an approved Essential Chronic medication list (find it in the Documents upload section) that is updated every 3 years through a yearly agreement with YMCA for around 156,462 poor Lebanese patients. The YMCA project data analysis of previous year’s show a distribution of 58% of female beneficiaries against 42% of Male beneficiaries. It is to be noted that the main target beneficiaries are older women and men due to the nature of chronic diseases age categories of total beneficiaries, some 0.23 % are children.

With the suddenly increased number of Syrian refugees/ displaced, particularly concentrating in the poorest Lebanese communities, the need for Chronic medications to treat noncommunicable diseases patients (cardiovascular, diabetes, dyslipidemia, asthma,….) has increased tremendously in the most affected areas. The MOPH has increased its contribution to cater to increased demand, yet the needs are still far from being satisfied. The project proposes to ensure uninterrupted access to medications which will significantly reduce complications rate due to NCDs, and subsequently reduce the cost of health care as well as mortality and morbidity, for children and elderly in particular.
Emergency aid to Syrian refugees and Lebanese host community to improve mental health The proposed action is being prepared by FPSC in close cooperation with the National Mental Health Programme at the Ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization, in partnership with Médecins du Monde, and in consultation with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. It is in line with the national priorities of the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020 as well as with the priorities set by the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020, where it is noted that “the need for specialized mental health services including for survivors of sexual and gender based violence remains high and the waiting lists long. It is therefore important to expand access to mental health services". As it improves access to quality mental health care for vulnerable populations, the project will also act to strengthen governmental institutions and develop the systems, capacities and services of the Ministry of Public Health.

This project will continue the provision of multidisciplinary mental health services and psychotropic medication to the displaced Syrian population and Lebanese host community in the central Bekaa.

The project will ensure that: 1) adults and children from displaced and host communities in the Bekaa who suffer from severe, complex, or enduring mental or neurological illness are afforded the opportunity to access free clinical services and psychotropic medications on an uninterrupted basis 2) mental health stigma and discrimination is directly addressed in the relevant communities 3) area Primary Health Care Centers  that are staffed by Mental Health Gap Action Programme-trained primary care providers will continue to have access to locally-available mental health specialists who can provide advanced clinical support and oversight, invariably helping to consolidate their ability to successfully assess and treat mental health problems and 4) the Community Mental Health Clinic model is implemented, evaluated, and ready for replication elsewhere in Lebanon, one of the strategic goals of the National Mental Health Programme at the Ministry of Public Health.
Specialized Services for Refugee Children with Disabilities Most vulnerable Lebanese and  refugee children with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, sensory disabilities, autism, physical and multiple disabilities will be identified, assessed and receive a comprehensive service package including special education, physical therapy, psycho-social support, and mainstreaming into public education when possible. Children will be provided with transport to and from the center with adapted transportation 3 days per week over 10 months.
Life Saving Project in Tripoli's Conflict Zone Areas, North Lebanon The proposed project is a lifesaving gap filling humanitarian project that is conducted directly from the community members through the ongoing performed community mobilization done by LebRelief‘s team in Qobbeh, Jabal Mohsein, and Tabbaneh. These areas have witnessed 6 years of clashes due to difference in sectarian (Alawites and Sunnis) and political overviews (Pro Syrian Regime and opposition). 

The project aims to secure the right to live in a dignified community, decrease negative health implications due to unmanaged wastewater and improper water quality, increase the sense of security leading to a decrease of tension, and enhance and provide minimum living standards for children, women, disabled, youth, elderly, and men on an equal basis through:
- Supporting the community to ensure sufficient water quantity of appropriate water quality.
- Ensuring access to proper WASH facilities especially to the elderly, widows, disabled, and injured right holders affected during the clashes.

The implementation is to secure access to proper water and sanitation facilities by diminishing the clashes’ upshots from shelled water tanks to affected sanitation of buildings. The project is in coordination with WASH partners, NLWE, Fayhaa Union of Municipalities, and Tripoli’s municipality. It targets residents living in Tripoli’s poorest and most vulnerable region, Qobbe, Jabal Mohsein, and Tabbaneh.
Funding Emergency Kidney Dialysis Services in Lebanon The proposed project would secure funding for 25 dialysis patients in of Lebanon where hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have resettled. The project will prioritize refugees whose life-saving treatment has been suspended due to shortages in funding. 

SAMS currently supports the treatment of 14 dialysis patients in Lebanon through existing relationships with local clinics and hospitals. The treatment of 25 more patients will be executed through current functioning relationships with other healthcare providers in Lebanon as part of this program. Patients will receive treatment sessions that will include medications and lab tests.
Supporting older people in hard-to-reach areas of Bekaa and Sour The proposed project aims at increasing meaningful access to age-appropriate services for older Syrian refugees and host communities members affected by the Syria Crisis. It plans to do so, by making services more accessible and responsive to the needs of Older People (OP) through a combination of physical adaptations, information campaigns, outreach services and community-based care for older men and women with restricted mobility. At the same time, it works to promote better protection services for vulnerable older Syrians and Lebanese in their communities by strengthening their engagement in the community and fostering peer-support networks to reduce psycho-social distress, isolation and neglect.
Coverage of Dialysis and treatment for Syrian Refugees The MoPH quoted the 2015 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR), which estimated that 27% of households among the Syrian displaced population have at least one member with a specific need: a chronic disease (13%). And according to the latest report : from 75 to 90 percent of the hospital fees for life-saving and obstetric care is currently covered by UNHCR, leaving 10 to 25 percent of the hospital bill uncovered for an important number of hospitalizations. Health sector partners need resources to cover this gap as well as conditions not covered by the current scheme (including dialysis for chronic renal failure. (LEBANON CRISIS ,2017- 2020,RESPONSE PLAN, UNHCR/MoPH)
UNHCR 2017 statistics contend that renal failure for patients who need dialysis to preserve their life are estimated at 240 Syrians, out of which 50 patients were previously and graciously covered by the Ministry of Public Health, while the rest were covered by URDA. The MoPH issued a statement in January 2017 that its support will be suspended by the end of February ' for financial limitations'. (supporting document uploaded).
Based on the emergency and within lifesaving attempts, Qatar Red Crescent Society in collaboration with Kuwait Red Crescent Society intervened to take charge of 36 patients. The intervention expires in April 2017 which creates a funding gap at NGO level.
The request for allocation of this project aims to: Save the lives of 29 patients (total persons covered currently in addition to uncovered) by providing Dialysis treatment in Lebanese hospitals (North, Central and Western Bekaa, Mount Lebanon and South Lebanon).
The overall objective of the project is to : To strengthen healthcare institutions and enable them to withstand the pressure caused by the increased demand on services and the scarcity of resources, especially for displaced Syrians .
The project activities include: 1) identifying Dialysis patients according to the list that was provided by MoPH and UNHCR, 2) discussion with partner NGOs to to coordinate mechanisms, 3) contracting hospitals, receiving patients and providing Dialysis sessions.
Expected outcome: a) saving the lives of 29 patients who are at risk of dying if not attended to, b) offering 1,044 Dialysis sessions for the most vulnerable patients, c) enhancing coordination with partners to find sustainable solutions beyond the project duration.
THE PROPOSAL IS REQUESTING 3 MONTHS COVERAGE WHILE QRCS IS SEEKING FUNDING FROM DOHA.
Building emergency preparedness and responding to the impact of armed conflict in  Ein el Hilweh Palestine refugee camp The project is designed to develop contingency measures for Ein el Hilweh refugee camp and provide the residents and staff with added safety and security equipment as well as to enhance their quality of life.
Child protection support for refugees and Lebanese children in North Bekaa The aim of this project is to provide Child Protection (CP) support to those children and caregivers in Masharia Al Qaa (MAQ) and Aarsal who have been left without any support since end of October due to unforeseen termination of the CP activities implemented by TDH IT and funded by UNICEF. Based on the UNICEF communication, TDH IT has been forced suddenly to stop CP support services (Community based activities and PSS, structured/focus PSS and awareness)  starting from November 2017 in both Mount Lebanon and North Bekaa, including very vulnerable areas such as MAQ and Aarsal. 
To cope with this issue, THD IT proposes with this project to reactive crucial CP prevention and response  services to fill the gap left in terms of support to the most vulnerable children and parents from refugees and host communities living  in two hard-to-reach areas of North Bekaa. Activities will be carried out in MAQ and Aarsal for a period of 4 months and will reach a total of 1,124 boys and girls and 1,050 caregivers. In the first month, and for the all project duration,  Community Based Activities and PSS will be provided to support  project communities’ children and parents and to identify those children who will be supported at a second stage with a structured/focused PSS cycle (3 months) and with life saving Case Management for the medium and high risk cases. Moreover, this project will bridge the funding gap with possible new interventions in 2018 TDH IT is currently exploring to provide longer and more structured support to the communities and children of Aarsal and MAQ.