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Prioritised emergency health interventions for the most vulnerable segment of the population WHO proposes to provide health services in five drought-prone, hard-to-access regions of Eritrea. This will include vaccination against diarrhea, pneumonia, and measles of 170,100 children, vaccination against measles and tetanus of 55,213 adults. WHO will also support 50 health centers better to detect disease outbreaks and respond, to increase the proportion of an estimated 97,000 patients with diarrhea or dengue fever who are treated in health centers from currently 50% to 90%, among other indicators. Overall, improved health services should benefit a target population of about 550,000 people out of a population of 2.6 million in the five regions.
Emergency Winterization Assistance to Displaced and Affected Population in Syria This project aims to support to coping mechanisms of displaced and affected populations for the upcoming 2015-2016 cold winter through provision of non-food items (NFIs). At least 17,530 individuals will receive lifesaving winter-appropriate items including clothing, thermal blankets, mattresses, plastic mats and rechargeable lights when distributions begin in September.

Total project budget: US$53,624,938
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$839,287
Life-Saving Shelter/NFIs to returnee IDP families of FATA The project objective is to provide life-saving shelter and non-food item assistance to returnee IDP families in FATA.Assistance includes distribution of tents for those who have no means of shelter in the return areas; general NFI kits; winterization kits to help protect the vulnerable returnees from coming winter; and tool kits.  17,500 returnee families are targeted with this assistance.

Total requirement:  $94,420,200
Funding to date:  $5,100,000
CERF requested: $2,794,145
Strengthening Nutrition Security and Enhancing Resilience in Somalia The CERF resources will be used to provide all pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five years with a one month blanket supplementary response to reduce the risk of acute malnutrition of vulnerable individuals fleeing the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Beneficiaries will be provided with a one month entitlement of specially formulated nutritionally dense products, including Plumpy Doz, Supercereal and fortified oil, and/or Nutributter.
Food security and nutrition in Cox’s Bazar WFP proposes to improve the nutritional situation of 9,530 people among the Rohingya refugees living in Kutupalong makeshift site. This will include a targeted food distribution for 7,900 children, 1,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women, and 30 tuberculosis patients, as well as messaging and counseling on nutrition, infant and young child feeding, and maternal care for 24,750 people. WFP aims to reduce stunting among children between one and five years from 60.2% to below 60%, wasting from 18.5% to below 15%, and the share of children consuming an acceptable diet from 15% to above 30%.
Meeting urgent food security needs of vulnerable households in Lower Shabelle through unconditional cash transfers UNICEF and its implementing partner propose to provide monthly cash grants to 12,177 vulnerable people (2,000 households) in Lower Shabelle over a period of three months to improve their food security. This should improve the share of targeted people with an acceptable food consumption score from the current 11.8% to 25% or 500 households. An evaluation will be carried out eight weeks after the three-month implementation period.
Provision of lifesaving health services to the vulnerable returnees and refugees from Yemen, at the transit centers in Bossaso, Berbera and Mogadishu, in order to limit excess preventable mortality and diseases The overall objective of the intervention is to provide lifesaving health services for the 10,000 vulnerable returnees and refugees from Yemen, in the transit centers in Bossaso, Berbera and Mogadishu, in order to limit excess preventable mortality and diseases. UNFPA will ensure emergency referral services are available at the port of entry for 60 pregnant women in need and at the transit centers; and two emergency referral services are available at the port of entry (Berbera and Bossaso) and at the transit centres. 

Total project budget: $2,043,750
Funds received: $0
CERF requested: $219,157
Life-Saving Support to Households Affected by Insecurity in the Far North Region of Cameroon The main objective is to ensure the food needs of crisis affected people are met through food and cash modalities.  WFP will use CERF funds to 1) procure and deliver monthly general food distributions to 27,727 people and 2) provide unconditional cash transfers to 11,000 people.  11,000 IDPs and 26,727 people in host communities in the Far North region will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Management of Severe and Moderate Acute Malnutrition in 25 drought affected districts. There has been a sharp rise in nutrition programme admissions compared to the same period in 2014.  UNICEF and WFP aim to reduce acute malnutrition through treatment of about 29,000 children < 5.  WFP will procure 610mt of fortified blen for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition through its supplementary feeding programme.  UNICEF will procure various ready-to-use therapeutic foods for treatment of severe acute malnutrition.  CERF funds will provide treatment support for approximately 9,200 children under 5 acute and a further 2,000 pregnant and lactating women over six months.
Support for shelter for internally displaced persons, recently returned IDPs, and communities affected by Cyclone Komen in Rakhine State This project aims to support the shelter repair needs of up to 13,790 displaced persons with damaged shelters in IDP camps, host communities, and other affected areas, preventing exposure to weather conditions and thereby directly contributing towards decreased morbidity and mortality. 2,500 damaged shelter spaces will be repaired.
Supporting the reproductive health needs of Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan region of Iraq The main objective is to address urgent reproductive health needs of Syrian refugee women of reproductive age in camp and non-camp settings.  UNFPA will use CERF funds to 1) procure and distribute RH kits and 2) deploy 7 doctors and 7 midwives to clinics in the camps.  54,000 Syrian refugees in Duhok, Erbil and Suleymania will benefit from this support for 9 months.
Sectoral Prevention and Response to GBV survivors in North Darfur state The main objective is to strengthen the prevention of and response to gender-based violence as a life-saving humanitarian intervention for conflict-affected  
and displaced people. UNFPA will use CERF funds to 1) support community protection network committees, 2) support 5 Women Centres in IDP camps and remote areas 3) procure and distribute of 5,000 PHKs, 3) (a) build capacity of counterparts on gender mainstreaming and GBV guidelines; (b) awareness sessions for the religious and traditional leaders; (c) train police investigator and  FCPU staff on GBV referral. 11,600 IDPs and people in host communities in Dar El Salam (Shangal Tobaya), El Fasher (incl. Zam Zam), Kabkabiya, Mellit and Tawilla will benefit from this support for 9 months.
Provide emergency water quality and quantity access to vulnerable families affected by drought in El Salvador The project will provide life saving WASH assistance to approximately 30,000 people (6,000 families) located in three of the most affected departments, namely Usulután, Morazán and San Miguel. The main output will be to provide 6,000 affected families direct access to quality water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene (bathing/washing), through a participatory installation process. Through the project, each family will receive a 20-litre water recipient while 300 community water storage tanks (2,500 litre capacity) will be installed in 14 municipalities. One community storage tank will provide water for 20 families grouped into a community. During a three month period, twice a week, community water storage tanks will be filled with water by a tanker truck.

Total project budget: US$ 2,100,000
Total funds received to date: US$ 564,000
Amount requested from CERF: US$ 340,000
Protecting IDPs and other vulnerable communities in Somalia The objective of this joint project by UNFPA, IOM, UNICEF and UNHCR is to fill gaps in protection and provide services to 48,168 vulnerable people in South-Central Somalia, including 39,143 IDPs. This includes support for survivors of gender-based violence, support to people affected by human rights violations, and support to child rights. UNFPA and its partners will provide psychosocial support, access to justice mechanisms and a referral mechanism for GBV survivors, distribute 150 post-rape kits and 6,763 dignity kits, and provide training for community leaders on GBV prevention.
Emergency health response to refugees influx from Burundi With CERF funds, WHO and partners aim to strengthen disease surveillance, detection and treatment at both the community and facility levels through the provision of cholera kits, and the training and equipping of health facility and community health workers.  The activities will directly benefit some 13,565 refugees in Isingiro District of Uganda, as well as indirectly benefit host communities.
Support to the response for emergency WASH needs and WASH-related NFI needs of internally displaced persons and vulnerable populations including school children, children affected by severe and moderate malnutrition, and pregnant women in the Central Afri With CERF funding, UNICEF proposes to providing emergency WASH interventions to 25,000 IDPs and some 5,000 host community members.  Potable water at the acceptable minimum level of 15 liters per person per day will be provided.  UNICEF and partners will also construct some 300 latrines and also ensure that solid waste is collected and disposed on a regular basis at some 38 IDP sites.  UNICEF will also procure and distribute kits with basic supplies such as soap, buckets and water purification tablets.  CERF funds will support 5 months of implementation.
Prevention and Response to the protection needs of children affected by displacement as a result of armed conflict The overall aim of the project is to reduce the vulnerability of children affected by displacement as a result of armed conflict through prevention and response to their protection needs. Outputs include: Unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) are identified, documented, provided with temporary care and reunified with their families in line with interagency standards (target: 233 children including 125 girls); Children (displaced, returnees, refugees and from host communities) have access to socio recreational activities and psychosocial support if needed, in child friendly spaces/safe places for children and those with special protection needs are referred to competent  services (target: 17,500 children); Child protection risks are prevented and responded to through community-based Child protection mechanisms  (167 mechanisms targeting 29,578 children); Children /suspected of association with armed groups in detention receiving adequate care (psychosocial, socio recreational and NFI) and  reintegrated into their families/communities. Total number of expected beneficiaries: 48,028.

Total project budget:  $2,317,510
Total funds received to date:  $0
Amount requested from CERF:$999,915
Emergency assistance to Conflict-Afflicted Populations in Cameroon: Lifesaving NFI assistance to most vulnerable IDPs and returnees Project Summary
This project aims to contribute to ensuring an adequate response to the needs of IDPs and improvement in their living conditions in Cameroon as a result on the Nigerian crisis. Specificaly, 1050 of the Most vulnerable IDPs in receive life-saving assistance in host communities or displacement sites as identified by the first round DTM assessment and  in coordination with the Shelter/NFI sector.

Total project budget: US$1,800,000
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$200,796

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


Application Summary
This submission is part of the region-wide response addressing the needs of people fleeing from violence and insecurity in Nigeria stemming from Boko Haram.  This includes Nigerian refugees, Cameroonian IDPS, host communities and other vulnerable people affected by the violence in the far North of the country, which has seen massive population displacements and human rights violations.  $7 million in CERF funds will enable life-saving activities for 155,000 displaced people (90,000 IDPs and 65,000 refugees) and to 45,000 vulnerable host communities. The HCT has prioritised the following activities: multi-sector support to refugees, food distributions, treatment of SAM and MAM, improved access to water and sanitation, provide shelter and NFIs, conduct profiling and registration of displaced people, ensure education in emergency, provide essential health care, improve protection of the most vulnerable (incl. children, women at risk of SGBV).
Critical food aid and management of acute and chronic malnutrition under PRRO 200744: Food and Nutrition Assistance to Refugees and Returnees WFP will target 45,500 Congolese refugees and 5,000 Rwanandan expellees with food assistance for three months.  Using CERF funds WFP will procure and distribute approximately 800 metric tons of maize, beans, vegetable oil and salt to expellees living in drought affected areas.  Refugees will also receive US 10 per person per month.  CERF funds will support three months of food distributions and one month of cash distributions.
Provision of Emergency WASH services for Burundian refugees UNHCR and UNICEF will jointly address the urgent WASH needs of 40,000 Burundian refugees. In transit centers, emergency water tankering will take place  and  300 drop holes will be constructed.  2,952 individual family latrines will be constructed, and a water system will be constructed at the new camp.  Hygiene materials (soap and famine hygiene items) alongside hygiene promotion will also take place at the camps including messaging on cholera.
Scaling Up Provision of Life-saving Health Services in Ajuong Thok UNICEF will provide emergency health services to 4,900 newly arrived refugee women and children at Ajuong Thok camp in Unity State.  In particular, UNICEF will procure and deliver primary health care medicines and supplies to treat more than 1,100 children under five for malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia.  UNICEF will also provide vaccines for emergency immunization activities for 4,900 children and 400 pregnant women.  In addition, 400 pregnant women will be tested for HIV and receive antenatal care to reduce mother-to-child transmission.  Lastly, UNICEF will mobilize 50 community health volunteers.
Responding to the critical health needs of returning IDPs in return areas of South Waziristan, Kurram & Khyber Agencies in FATA The project objective is to reduce morbidity and mortality among the returning IDP population through enhanced and equitable access to emergency life-saving primary health care services including mother & child health (MnCH) and reproductive health services.  Outputs include improved access to comprehensive and inclusive primary health care services delivery including MnCH and RH, Essential medicines and medical technologies through filling the gaps and provision of essential medicines.

Total project budget:  $4,310,000 
Total funds received to date:  $0
Amount requested from CERF: $1,499,994
WASH emergency response for most affected people in Yemen This project will support fuel needs for water supply, waste water treatment plants and pumping of sewage, and for collection and disposal of solid waste. With the funds available under CERF, UNICEF would be able to continue the support to Taiz with fuel for water supply, and in two cities (Sada’a and Taiz) with fuel for solid waste collection. 385,000 people affected by the recent crisis will benefit for a period of 2 months.
Emergency livelihood response for flood-affected communities in Sagaing Region, Union of Myanmar This project aims at restoring food security, agricultural production, access and availability of food, through the emergency intervention based on the provision of livestock and agriculture based inputs in Sagaing State for 55,000 people affected by the floods..Sagaing is targeted because the district has been heavily affected by crop and livestock losses; and the region underserved with fewer actors, and also a lower government response. 

Total project budget:  $15,000,000
Total funds received to date:  $800,000
Amount requested from CERF: $1,500,000
Provision of emergency shelter and NFI assistance to the most vulnerable IDPs affected through floods, forced evictions and military operations IOM proposes to provide emergency or transitional shelters to 4,500 people (750 households) in Kismayo, Lower Juba, who have been affected by floods, forcibly evicted, or displaced by military operations. IOM will consult the targeted people on the exact composition of the shelter kit, set up a shelter committee consisting of local authorities, beneficiaries, and IOM to oversee the selection process identifying the most vulnerable people, and work with the local authority to identify suitable land with secure tenure. The transitional shelters are an emergency solution but can be upgraded later.
Humanitarian Aviation Services, Logistics Augmentation and Cluster Coordination in Response to Floods in Malawi WFP Malawi is providing ‘last resort’ transportation services to humanitarian actors in difficult to access flood affected areas. The CERF supported component aims at reinforcing the floods response by offering one helicopter to transport cargo and passengers to areas inaccessible by land, a fleet of specialized light and all terrain trucks for difficult but reachable areas and temporary storage facilities in sites that are in close proximity to the response.  Approximately 120 mt can be transported by air, 300mt by road for one month.
Emergency WASH – Zambezia Province The objective of the Emergency WASH project is to provide immediate and life-saving assistance to 50,000 displaced people in emergency water supply, emergency sanitation and emergency hygiene promotion, thus providing minimum safe conditions for reducing the risk to public health by water and sanitation-related diseases. Specifically, UNICEF and partners will provide basic water and sanitation services in accommodation centres and temporary settlement areas and emergency water supply in Mocuba town through emergency water treatment and emergency hygiene promotion for the proper use of sanitation facilities and hand washing with soap.
Provision of Cash Assistance to Vulnerable Urban Refugees The main objective is to address the critical financial needs of vulnerable refugees.  UNHCR will use CERF funds to provide cash grants to Syrian refugees for 3 months to give them greater access to basic needs including rent.  9,018 refugees in Amman, Irbid, Mafraq, and Zarqa governates will benefit from this support.
Emergency Assistance to Support Food Insecure Rural Communities whose Food Production Cycle was Severely Disrupted by Floods during the 2014 – 2015 Cropping Season in Nsanje, Phalombe and Chikwawa Districts in the southern region of Malawi FAO’s response to the people affected by the floods in Malawi targets the most vulnerable 88,000 beneficiaries who have lost crops and livestock in the floods.  The response includes provision of agricultural inputs – 6,000 households will receive 40kg of fertilizers, 2 kg of legumes and 3kg of early maturing maize seeds. Farmers need to replant legumes in February and maize by March.   In addition 10,000 households will be provided with goats for animal protein and dietary diversity targeting households with children and pregnant women.  In total 88,000 beneficiaries are targeted through the response.
Multi-sectoral assistance for new Burundian refugees in Lusenda camp UNHCR will support multi sectoral assistance for 10,000 Burundians who have settled in the new Lusenda.   Through CERF funding, all 10,000 refugees will benefit from registration services, including civil registration, shelter, food, NFI, health, nutrition and education within the camp setting within a secure and protective environment.  Services will be available for persons with specific needs.  Support with CERF funds will continue for four months.
Addressing health needs in the earthquake affected population The joint health cluster project aims to deliver essential medicines and supplies for emergency health response in Nepal in the first three months following the earthquake.  WHO will procure and deliver standard emergency health kits and water quality and waste management supplies to health facilities in 14 districts.  WHO will install 10 solar panels at rural health facilities where intermittent electricity is hindering emergency health care.  UNICEF will provide clean delivery and newborn kits and support mobile clinics to ensure that some 290,000 children under five have access to primary health care services. UNFPA will deliver emergency reproductive health kits and equipment to support 300,000 women and youth of reproductive age.
Improve and increase access to primary and secondary health services for new refugees and repatriated Congolese refugees from Burundi, IDPS and host population in 13 health centers in South Kivu Province WHO aims to ensure free access to basic health care for refugees, host population and vulnerable persons by providing a minimum package of primary health services and a minimum package of complementary secondary services to approximately 38 890 new refugees, repatriated Congolose as well as host community.  The implementation period is approximately four months – June to September 2015.
Emergency Food Assistance to People Displaced by Floods in Malawi WFP will respond to the food needs of 270,000 flood affected people in the thre worst affected districts of Malawi.  CERF funds will be used to procure 474 mt of pulses, 885mt of Supercereal and 271mt of vegetable oil to ensure that the beneficiaries receive a full basket.  This basket will be complemented with maize which has been donated by the Government of Malawi and is sufficient for 3 months of distributions.  CERF will also contribute towards twinning some 5,000mt of the in-kind donation which will go towards associated costs.
Upgrading supply of clean water to MoH and NGO Hospitals in Damascus and rural Damascus This project aims to ensure that hospitals experiencing a significant increase in the number of patients due to the conflict, have access to safe drinking water independently from the public water supply network. More than 60,000 daily patients will have full access to safe water supply in four MoH and one NGO located in Damascus and its suburbs (safe havens in Rural Damascus). Activities include drilling groundwater wells in the selected hospitals and installation of equipment and provision of materials as part of the improvements/upgrading water accessibility.

Total project budget: US$4,490,000
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$392,651
Ensuring timely and quality management of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia The objective of this UNICEF nutrition project is to ensure the recovery of 90,000 children under the age of five with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by providing nutrition supplies and technical support in Oromia and SNNPR region.  These two regions have a large population of under-five children currently affected, with significant increases in SAM admissions, particularly in areas affected a lack of rains in 2015. Nutrition supplies include 90,000 bottles of amoxicillin, 674 cartoons of F75, 675 cartons of F100 and 36,100 cartoons of RUTF. UNICEF proposes to conduct regular joint monitoring visits (at least one per quarter) and to support the nutrition information system in collecting and sharing monthly admission reports.