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Projet d’assistance alimentaire d’urgence en faveur des personnes affectées par l’épidémie EBOLA et particulièrement vulnérables à l’insécurité alimentaire en Guinée. Consequences of Ebola virus include restricted movement and reduced access to food under a backdrop of increasing prices and disrupted livelihoods.  WFP is responding to the crisis in Guinea through food support to families of victims as well as to those in the living in areas heavily affected by the virus.  WFP aims to enhance food access and ensure food and nutrition security to approximately 52,000 beneficiaries.  WFP will procure and distribute 2,574mt of assorted food commodities for a period of three months.
Support for provision of emergency critical lifesaving WASH interventions for South Sudanese refugees UNICEF Sudan will provide emergency access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services for 22,143 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan.  This will include trucking water for 2 months as new water facilities are installed, construction of emergency latrines and dissemination of hygiene message in two relocation sites in the White Nile State.
Prise en charge de 8,046 enfants malnutris aigus sévères sans complications parmi les populations maliennes réfugiées dans la région du sahel et les populations des régions du Sud-Ouest, du Nord, de l’Est et du Centre Ouest au Burkina Faso Project Summary
This project aims to reduce mortality due to severe acute malnutrition by providing theraputic feeding to 7,766 severly malnourished children among the Malian refugee population in the Sahel region and the populations of the South-West, North, East and Central East of Burkina Faso. (Children targetted are not suffering complications due to severe acute malnutrition; those suffering complications will be targetted by the WHO intervention included in Burkina Faso’s UFE submission).

Total project budget: US$12,657,600
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$700,108

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.

Background:
Burkina Faso is affected by chronic food insecurity and malnutrition, affecting over one million people each year, and hosts over 32,350 Malian refugees.
The humanitarian Strategic Response Plan (SRP) requirement is USD $ 109,281,921. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the SRP was only 19 per cent funded.
On 7 July 2014, Burkina Faso was selected to receive $4 million from the 18th round of the CERF’s Underfunded window. The submission focuses on food assistance, agriculture in emergencies, and health and multi sector response to refugees.
This UFE CERF application targets a total of 4.462.758 people in five regions (Sahel, Centre, Hauts Bassins, Sud-Ouest, Nord, Est et Centre-Ouest), and 24 health districts (Dori, Djibo, Gorom-gorom, Sebba, Batié, Dano, Gaoua, Diébougou, Ouahigouya, Gourcy, Séguénéga, Yako, Titao, Fada, Mani, Bogandé, Gayéri, Pama, Diapaga, Sapouy, Léo, Réo, koudougou et Nanoro). These regions and districts represent those hosting Malian refugees and those most affected by malnutrition and food insecurity. 

Burkina Faso underfunded submission
Total envelope: USD 4 million (round I allocation: USD 75 million for 11 countries)
Grant package received: 25 August 2014
Total # of projects submitted: 5
Protection and Assistance for South Sudanese Refugees in Khartoum State, White Nile State and South Kordofan The main objective is to enhance protection and assistance for South Sudanese refugees in Khartoum, White Nile and South Kordofan.  UNICEF will use CERF funds to 1) identify, document and support in-country family tracing and reunification of children, 2) train partners on FTR networks guiding principles on UAC/SC, 3) raising awareness on the danger of family separation during population movement, 4) support establishment of Child Friendly Spaces and child protection networks, 5) disseminate child friendly IEC and communication materials on mine risks, 6) conduct mine risk education awareness/safety briefing campaigns, and  7) conduct Tea-Time-Talk meetings on MRE.  About 118,000 refugees will benefit from this support for 6 months.
WASH Emergency Response for IDPs of North Waziristan Agency The joint UNICEF/UN-HABITAT/WHO water cluster proposal aims to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene services to more than 250,000 people.  In particular, UN-HABITAT will support water trucking; deliver water tanks; upgrade water systems such as communal handpumps; install latrines; and carry out hygiene promotion activities.  UN-HABITAT’s project will focus on 8 off-camp locations with 50 spontaneous settlements.  In parallel, UNICEF will carry out similar activities in 23 locations where their partners are present and WHO will focus on water quality monitoring and testing.
Reduction of maternal death through intervention in Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs), and nutritional support provided to children living with HIV The project’s objective is to reduce the maternal mortality, neonatal morbidity/mortality and child mortality due to low nutritional levels, communicable diseases and risks associated with pregnancy/delivery in remote rural communities.  The key expected output is: an increased number of fully functional maternity waiting homes. The project will target 15,800 pregnant mothers and accompanying family members in the Gash-Barka, Northern Red Sea and Maekel administrative regions.  

Total project budget: US$10,300,000
Total funds received to date: US$33,450
Amount requested from the CERF: US$ US$350,078
Provision of Essential WASH Support to South Sudanese in White Nile and South Kordofan The main objective is to reduce the vulnerability of South Sudanese refugees in South Kordofan and While Nile States in Sudan through the provision of essential WASH services. IOM will use CERF funds to 1) provide increased access to clean water, 2) provide sanitation services including latrines and 3) hygiene promotion interventions.  About 65,000 refugees in South Kordofan and White Nile will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Appui à l’intégration dans le système formel de 2 000 filles et garçons non scolarisés et déscolarisés du fait du conflit dans les régions de Gao, Tombouctou et Kidal Overall project description 14-UF-CEF-043 (education)
The project’s objective is to:

Provide emergency education support for 2,000 conflict-affected girls and boys to reintegrate them into the formal school system in the regions of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu 

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 2,000.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
- Establish formal agreement with the educational authorities for the education programme
- Review and validate the accelerated learning program 
- Identify and train 40 teachers and education personnel 
- Install 40 temporary learning spaces with essential equipment and supplies
- Distribute 2,000 school kits and textbooks for 2,000 students, and teaching materials for 40 teachers 
- Train 150 members of school management committees on their roles and responsibilities and the protection of children 
- Monitor and supervise the implementation of the program 

Total project requirements:			USD 9,665,293 
Current funding level:				USD 0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:		USD 427,351 

The CERF Secretariat recommends this project for approval.
Appui à la reconstitution des stocks céréaliers en faveur des ménages de la Bande Sahélienne affectés par la mauvaise campagne agricole 2013/2014 Project objective:

The overall objective of this project is to support the recovery of food grain stocks and populations of the Sahel most affected by food insecurity directly linked to poor harvests in the crop year 2013/2014, for the provision of productive agricultural kits for rainfed campaign that will span the month from May to November 2014 and for the vegetable September campaign à April 2015

The project will support 96 600 beneficiaries.

Key activities:

• The selection of households 
• The distribution of seed rain and light tools and organization of fairs 
• Advice, support and technical supervision during the campaign
Emergency life-saving assistance to migrants having fled the Central African Republic to Chad With CERF funds, IOM will scale up registration and screening activities at transit sites in southern Chad through mobile teams and field database management.  IOM will also contract emergency transportation for some 12,000 people currently in under-served, below standard transit sites towards longer-term sites being established.  In addition, IOM will set up Moundou transit sites for new arrivals from Chad and provide basic shelter assistance and infrastructure at the site.  Some 18,000 people will benefit from IOM’s project over a three-month period.
Provision of life saving psychosocial assistance and reinforcement of community-based protection based mechanisms targeting returnees from Libya, Soudan and Nigeria Provision of life saving psychosocial assistance and reinforcement of community-based protection based mechanisms targeting returnees from Libya, Soudan and Nigeria
Support medical care for the Central African refugees and the host population in the  East and Adamaoua regions  in Cameroon The main objective is to improve access to care for CAR refugees and the populations hosts in the East and Adamaoua regions.  WHO will use CERF funds to 1) vaccinate new refugees at the border, 2) support curative activities through mobile private clinics, in the health structures and on the sites, 3) provide drugs, medical supplies and equipment to sites and functioning health facilities and 3) organize two KAP surveys.  Nearly 140,000 refugees and host people will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Emergency health response to basic health needs of population affected by the Nigerian crisis in the Diffa region UNFPA will provide emergency reproductive health services to the people fleeing violence from Nigeria and the host communities in Diffa Niger.  UNFPA will support the implementation of the minimum initial service package including obstetric and neonatal care and for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Reproductive health kits will be provided to 11 health facilities and 3 hospitals for the hygienic normal and complicated deliveries.  Information will be disseminated on reproductive health to the affected communities. Clinical management for victims of gender-based violence will also be provided by UNFPA.  This is a joint health project between WHO and UNFPA supporting 30,000 affected people.
Increasing temporary shelter capacities to protect vulnerable conflict affected IDPs in selected areas of Colombia Overall project description 14-UFE-IOM-024 (Shelter)
The project’s objective is to provide essential support to selected communities affected by the conflict in Colombia by meeting basic shelter and NFI needs and the development of effective and efficient coordination of sector response based on reliable and accessible information, regular inter-agency assessments, integrated planning and comprehensively monitored assistance to the affected  population.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 2,226.

With these CERF funds, the agency will conduct the following activities:
-Prioritization of target collective centres and IDP beneficiaries 
-Procure, transport, and distribute emergency shelter materials
-Procure, transport, and distribute NFIs aimed at meeting immediate humanitarian needs, adopting a gender-based approach
-Construction or repair of multifamily shelters in the selected areas and in consultation with communities and local authorities   
-Establish coordination and information sharing mechanisms to ensure comprehensive and timely humanitarian assistance delivery in shelter intervention 
-Train governmental partners and local communities in Collective Centre as well as Camp Management and Coordination (CCCM)
-Participate in coordination, assessment and monitoring mechanisms
-Prioritization and execution of livelihood strategies projects with beneficiary families according to the needs expressed by both women and men.

Total project requirements:    			USD 14,000,000
Current funding level:     			USD 2,000,000
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 369,668

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Improving the protection environment among IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Somalia This joint project between UNFPA, UNHCR and UNICEF seeks to improve the protection environment among IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Somalia.  More than 74,500 IDPs, host community and other affected people will be targeted. UNHCR will support Protection and Return Monitoring Network for displaced population; while UNFPA will respond to sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence; and UNICEF will ensure child protection in emergency.

Total joint project budget: $12,364,230
Total funds received to date: $0
Joint amount requested from the CERF: $ 998,874
Amount UNHCR requested from the CERF:  $200,090

UNHCR $200,090
UNFPA $248,775
UNICEF $550,009
Interventions immédiates/multisectorielles de prise en charge de la malnutrition aigüe chez les enfants de 0-5 ans, les femmes enceintes et allaitantes dans trois wilayas vulnérables en Mauritanie This project is part of a joint project to assist 10,500 malnourished people in three areas of Mauritania. The joint project is in line with the SRP for Mauritania and the strategic objectives developed for this CERF allocation round for underfunded emergencies. UNICEF, WHO, and UNFPA participate in the joint project. As part of the joint project, UNFPA will provide medicines and micro-nutrients to malnourished women, and organize mobile teams to screen for malnutrition.
Promouvoir des comportements de prévention et de lutte contre la  fièvre hémorragique virale  Ebola dans les districts sanitaires de Guéckedou, Macenta, Kissidougou et Conakry Promouvoir des comportements de prévention et de lutte contre la  fièvre hémorragique virale  Ebola dans les districts sanitaires de Guéckedou, Macenta, Kissidougou et Conakry
Sauver des vies, préserver les moyens d’existence et renforcer la résilience des populations exposées à la vulnérabilité chronique (PRRO 200583) WFP will be treating children 6 to 59 months and pregnant and lactating mothers who are moderately malnourished through nutrition programmes in Niger.  This will be combined with messaging on best nutrition practices at community level.  In total, using CERF funds, WFP will procure 124mt commodities to support 16,840 beneficiaries.
Improving the protection environment among IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Somalia This joint project between UNFPA, UNHCR and UNICEF seeks to improve the protection environment among IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Somalia.  More than 74,500 IDPs, host community and other affected people will be targeted. UNHCR will support Protection and Return Monitoring Network for displaced population; while UNFPA will respond to sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence; and UNICEF will ensure child protection in emergency.

Total joint project budget: $12,364,230
Total funds received to date: $0
Joint amount requested from the CERF: $ 998,874
Amount UNFPA requested from the CERF:  $248,775

UNHCR $200,090
UNFPA $248,775
UNICEF $550,009
Emergency health response to refugees from South Sudan Emergency health response to refugees from South Sudan
Maternal and Child Health Services to vulnerable population in the Sahel Belt of Chad and Southern Chad a)	Objectives 
General objective: Reduce Under 5 and Maternal mortality

Specific objectives:
•	Reactive Measles and OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) vaccination campaigns;
•	Improve the coverage of maternal care: Ante natal Care (ANC) and assisted deliveries;
•	Ensure quality management of childhood disease and Community Integrated Management of Child Illness (IMCI);
•	Emergency Secondary Reproductive and paediatric health Care


The project will provide emergency health assistance to 130,000 people in the Region of SILA, District of Tissi 

 b) Activities 

?	At community level: support to the training/refreshment of community health workers and provision of medical supplies enabling to manage common childhood diseases for the benefit of 25,000 children under five years.
•	Diarrhoea using ORS (Oral Rehydration Salt)/Zinc;
•	Malaria (using antimalarial drugs);
•	Acute respiratory Infection management; and
•	Referral of severe cases to health facilities. 
?	Outreach Interventions
•	Organization of multi-antigen reactive Immunization campaigns for the benefit of approximately 10,000 children under 5;
•	Antenatal consultation campaigns including Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccination and HIV/AIDS screening Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT)
?	Facility-based Activities: Procurement and provision of essentials &amp;amp;amp; medical supplies to health facilities enabling them to provide:
•	Inpatient care for referral cases
•	Assisted delivery care as well as New-born care
•	Malaria care and distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) for the benefit of 10,000 children and pregnant women (during Expanded Programme on Immunization and Ante Natal Care services).
Shelter and Non-food items assistance for South Sudanese refugees The main objective is to ensure timely procurement and provision of life-saving emergency shelter and non food items to 3,900 newly arrived refugees from South Sudan to White Nile State. UNHCR will use CERF funds to procure and distribute Emergency Shelter and NOn-Food Items including shelter construction material, plastic sheets, jerry cans, blankets, sleeping mats, mosquito nets and kitchen sets. About 3,900 refugees in White Nile will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Increase access of conflict-affected communities to lifesaving emergency response to ensure basic health care services in Arauca, Cauca, Caquetá, Chocó and Nariño Overall project description 14-UFE-WHO-027 (Health):
The project’s objective is to ensure life-saving services in conflict-affected areas

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 5,537.

With these CERF funds, the agency will conduct the following activities:
-Support to mobile health teams in providing rapid and lifesaving health care assistance 
-Support to the provision of psychosocial interventions including the delivery of supplies to Education Centres in critical territories in order to support psychosocial care and mobile health teams supported in providing psychosocial care 
-Promotion of Primary Life-saving health care among children 
-Promotion of Primary Life-saving health care among childbearing age and pregnant women.
-Implementation of prevention and control measures for vector-borne diseases (action aimed at general population)
-Delivery of Basic supplies to support the provision of lifesaving health care either to health posts or to communities (action aimed at general population)

Total project requirements:    			USD 1,088,640
Current funding level:     			USD 512,266
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 387,087

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Emergency water, sanitation and hygiene intervention for Central African returnees and host communities in Southern Chad With CERF funds, UNICEF and partners will expand much-needed WASH facilities and services in the Danamadja and Maigama camps in southern Chad.  In particular, UNICEF will construct 20 new boreholes for the two camps, construct 350 family latrines and 350 showers in the camps, rehabilitate 40 hand pumps in surrounding host communities, and provide WASH supplies such as soap and chlorine to camp residents.  In addition, UNICEF and partners will carry out hygiene and sanitation promotion activities in the camps.  Some 40,000 people will benefit from the project over a four-month period.
Emergency Nutrition Response to the South Sudanese Refugee Crisis The main objective is to prevent mortality and morbidity associated with acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and pregnant or lactating women. UNICEF will use CERF funds to 1) treat 2,100 boys and girls under 5 suffering from SAM, 2) train 180 community workers and health workers on CMAM and 3) form IYCF support groups in the camps. Refugees in Khartoum, South Kordofan and White Nile will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Emergency Food assistance for people affected by Food Insecurity in the Southern Region of Honduras According to an emergency food security assessment conducted by WFP and the ministry of Health in September 2014, almost 27% of the population in Honduras is facing food insecurity as a direct result of the worst drought experienced in ten years.  Using CERF funds, WFP will assist over 20,000 of the most food insecure people with cash transfers over a three month period.  WFP will continue to raise resources to address the needs of almost 200,000.  To increase impact of the nutrition sector response, this activity will include households of malnourished children.
Health and nutrition for emergency The project’s objective is to improve suffering of the most vulnerable children, mothers, and others by addressing humanitarian needs related to health and nutrition.  The key expected outputs are: unimmunized children in remote and hard to reach areas and nomadic population and women of reproductive age are vaccinated; disease outbreaks investigated and managed and vulnerable children treated for parasitic infestations and malnutrition; morbidity/mortality due to risks associated with pregnancy, delivery and childhood illnesses reduced.  The project will target 204,800 people in the Northern Red Sea, Southern Red Sea, Gashbarka, Ansaba and Debub regions.

Total project budget: US$2,000,000
Total funds received to date: US$1,400,000
Amount requested from the CERF: US$449,823
Emergency WASH assistance for new IDPs in al Jawf and conflict-affected underserved communities in Abyan Overall project description: 14-UF-IOM-012 (WASH)
The project’s objective is to prevent the dramatic increase of morbidity and mortality of IDP and host communities in Al Jawf governorate, as well as conflict-affected and underserved communities of Abyan governorate. This will be done by enhancing access to safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation, as well as water storage and water resources management.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 11,400.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
•Improve water storage capacities;
•Rehabilitate drinking water sites;
•Establish Water Management Committees;
•Conduct hygiene and water control awareness campaigns; and
•Rehabilitate WASH structures in health facilities.

Total project requirements:	USD $2,700,000
Current funding level:		USD $0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  USD $600,000

The CERF Secretariat recommends this project for approval.