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Provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Sittwe Township in Rakhine State The project, Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Rakhine State, aims to contribute to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity by expanding access to sexual and reproductive health care as set out by the Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan 2017. 
Key Objectives of project are to: 
1. Improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for displaced persons and host communities. 
2. To reduce unmet need for contraception and unplanned births by increasing access to contraception.
3. To empower women, families and communities to claim and exercise their right to access sexual and reproductive health services.

Prior to the most recent wave of events in Rakhine State from August 25th, access to health facilities and skilled health workers was already extremely low. According to the 2015-2016 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Rakhine State was the state/region with the highest percentage of women to not receive any ante-natal care and where less than one in five women give birth at health facilities. Inter-communal conflicts and armed conflict in Rakhine State have further exacerbated tension contributing to fear and mistrust which affect service-seeking behavior, while also prompting the closure of some facilities and suspensions in the delivery of health services, thereby further limiting access to quality sexual and reproductive health services. Delivering a minimum initial package of sexual and reproductive health services including provision of post-rape care, and meeting unmet need for family planning will contribute toward ensuring that the 15% of currently pregnant women who experience complications each month are more easily able to access care, and to preventing unwanted pregnancies, among other outcomes. UNFPA in collaboration with Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) will work closely with key stakeholders to strengthen the delivery, coordination, and management of SRH services in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the health system. The programme will deliver a minimum package of SRH services to 30 Rakhine villages, 2 Rakhine camps and 5 Muslim camps in Sittwe. The villages and camps were selected in coordination with other health implementing agencies in Sittwe (IRC, Mercy Malaysia and MHAA etc) providing primary health care services to avoid duplication and ensure the broadest coverage of services in Sittwe township.
Emergency education response for children affected by violence in Minbya, Sittwe and Pauktaw townships in Rakhine State, Myanmar The project will support the continued operation of temporary learning spaces (TLS) for primary school-age children and Non-Formal (Primary) Education - NF(P)E centers for adolescents. Thirteen TLS in Sittwe, and 11 TLS,20 NFE centers and 3 Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) in Minbya Township will be supported by Plan international and 31 TLS in Sittwe and Pauktaw, one Basic Education Primary School (BEPS), and 14 NFPE centres will be supported by SCI (a total of 55 TLS,34 NFE centres, 1 BEPS and 3 CFS). Two types of interventions are proposed:

(1) Primary Education (Grades Kindergarten-4) for children aged 5-10 years in existing TLS, using the government curriculum for 2017-2018 academic year. Activities in TLS will be conducted with strong cooperation with the government and the opportunity will be provided for children in TLS to sit for the government-administered primary final year examination. A small pre-primary component will also be supported in Minbya township through 3 CFS. 

(2) Post-Primary Education for adolescents aged 10-17, using NFPE centers (10-14 years) and NFE centres (10-17 years). In NFE centres supported by Plan, students are provided with literacy and numeracy training, and life skills training in which they develop safe behaviors and prepare for adult roles. Students in NFPE centres supported by SCI (and potentially centres supported by Plan), will receive the Non Formal Primary Education (NFPE) curriculum (accelerated learning programme for out of school children not completed primary education to facilitate return to middle schools). 

The project implemented by SCI and Plan International will emphasise increasing community participation and engagement in education strategy through support to Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), government bodies and community initiatives. The project seeks to address the differing needs had by women and girls, and differently-abled people from the education system, to ensure that no group is excluded from the project’s benefits.
Emergency rapid response for women, men, boys and girls affected by conflicts induced displacements and natural disasters in Kachin State In response to the growing humanitarian needs in Kachin State, occasioned by the distinct increase in conflict-induced internally displaced populations since November 2016, SI proposes to extend its existing rapid response mechanism and provide immediate assistance to people affected by conflict and natural disasters. This response shall reach a minimum of 5,750 individuals in Kachin State State (2,056 women, 1,682 men, 2,012 girls and boys, 115 disabled persons), with an expanded package of emergency WASH, and NFI Emergency Shelter interventions. SI will keep its capacity to meet basic needs in Government Controlled and Non-Controlled Areas (GCA/NGCA), being flexible in the modality of assistance (in-kind or cash).

The project includes three main components:

1.	Rapid Response Mechanism
 Emergency access to safe water via a wide range of technical options, along with constant water quality monitoring.
 Provision of sanitation facilities in emergency.
 Provision of hygiene kits with a focus on providing messaging on risks related to acute watery diarrhea.
 Provision of emergency shelter and NFIs to ensure improved quality of life of beneficiaries.
 Unconditional limited cash distribution to address the most urgent needs not covered by standardized assistance.

2.	Fill highest priority gaps in protracted crisis situation 
The project aims to rapidly cover basic WASH gaps prioritizing the provision of safe water and construction/rehabilitation of semi-permanent sanitation infrastructures. High priority locations cited by the WASH cluster will be targeted.

3.	Capacity building of local NGOs
SI will duplicate emergency response trainings that will remain open to humanitarian agencies staff as well as to local authorities (RDD, DRD, DRSW...). The courses are focused on MIRA and design of emergency response in a various range of sectors.  

Gender is taken into consideration throughout the proposed project design by prioritizing the most vulnerable, i.e women-headed households, the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill an accountability mechanism will especially make sure that the voices of these categories of beneficiaries are heard.	

SI will rely on its rapid response team to coordinate interventions, designed to reach the remote areas in order to deliver response in a timely manner. The team will initiate multi-sector rapid assessment and response for any emergency declared: IDP displacement, natural disasters, influx of returnees, etc. SI will also rely on local partners and networks when there is a need to facilitate access to NGCA. Because of the random nature of emergency, SI will set up ad-hoc partnerships for specific interventions where required.
Provision of Life Saving Basic Medical and Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services to conflicted affected Displaced and Local Population in Hard-to Reach Areas of 3 townships in Kachin The project improving humanitarian health access to conflict affected communities in Kachin aims to contribute to reducing maternal mortality. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to reducing maternal morbidity in Kachin states and improving accessibility of reproductive health care as set out by Myanmar human response plan 2017. 
Key Objectives of project are to:
1. Improve access to health care services including for those women, men, boys and girls, including the most vulnerable and marginalized people, newly affected by disaster and other emergencies 
2. To reduce unmet need for contraception, unplanned births in the access to and use of contraception.
3. To develop human resource capacity to satisfy unmet reproductive health needs and expertise.
Access to health facilities and skilled health workers is lowest in difficult-to-reach border areas. Inter-communal conflicts in and armed conflict in Kachin have exacerbated the difficulty these populations face in accessing basic health services, including maternal child health and family planning services. 
This conflict has particularly impacted on women, girls and children who have witnessed violence, experienced interruption to education and poor health care services, including reproductive health. Conflict affected people have minimal resources and required safe drinking water, food, non-food items, shelter, and health care. Both men and women have a lack of awareness about reproductive health and there is poor support for lactating women and newborn babies. There are insufficient RH facilities and further RH support is required within targeted areas. 
UNFPA in collaboration with MMA will work closely with key stakeholders to strengthen the coordination, mobilization and management of RH services in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the health system. The programme will support humanitarian action assistance 44 IDP camps and 40 hard to reach villages within 3 Townships in Kachin state (14,953 Camp population and 54,628 from Host communities).
Emergency response to address malnutrition through improved nutrition, mental health and care practices, and water, hygiene and sanitation in Maungdaw District, Rakhine State The protracted acute humanitarian crisis in Maungdaw District, Rakhine State continues to worsen since communal violence erupted in June 2012. After decades of restriction on movements, compounded by ongoing inter-communal tensions in the area and limited access to basic services and livelihoods, the vulnerability to nutrition insecurity remains extremely high among the population. The gap in essential services coverage is particularly severe. Life-saving interventions are continuously needed as noted in the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan. 

The violence that took place in Maungdaw District last October has resulted in further worsening of the humanitarian situation with additional IDPs and, a significant increase of children and women in need of appropriate treatment of acute malnutrition, healthcare and access to WASH essential commodities. The poor physical and mental health among both Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) and other caretakers directly contributes to worsening maternal and child care, affecting nutrition status and morbidity rates.
 
To address this situation, ACF’s proposed intervention is twofold:
- Using a holistic approach to malnutrition through treatment, detection and prevention in Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTPs) and Stabilization Centres (SCs inpatient), including follow-up of SAM children and acutely malnourished PLWs, with an integrated Mental Health and Care Practices (MHCP) component to strengthen positive care practices, such as Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices, and provide beneficiaries with a safer hygiene environment. At community level, ACF will foster resilience and improve collaboration with authorities, the Ministry of Health and community health care leaders by working to incorporate nutrition specific interventions in their regular activities, through trainings on screening/referrals and a community mobilization strategy.
- Targeted, integrated WASH intervention, including hygiene promotion in OTPs, SCs and at community level, coupled with distributions of Caretaker and child WASH kits.
Shelter construction for the newly Displaced Persons in Myitkyina and Waingmaw Townships. The on-going Kachin conflict that restarted in 2011 has resulted in large scale displacement of people.  Most of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) have sought shelter in camps and camp-like settings across the area.  As a first line of response providers, many of the religious facilities such as churches and monasteries were used to provide temporary shelters for the IDPs.  About 1/3rd of shelter support to IDPS was provided by local faith based organizations.  Five years since these shelters were constructed in 2011-12, many of these structures are in various degrees of dilapidation making them less than suitable for habitation.  Anticipating that the conflict will end soon, the shelters were designed to last for about two years.  However, as the conflict continues it would therefore seem like the majority of those displaced will continue to be so for some time yet and the shelters they are occupying are deteriorating further. 

Heavy fighting since late December,2016 has reportedly resulted in the displacement of almost 7,000 people, including three camps in non-government areas (Zai Awng/Mung Ga Zup, Hkau Shau and Maga Yang), as well as additional displacement in Mansi and Shwegu townships. While people from the three camps were initially displaced to temporary locations within non-government areas, an increasing number of people had also started to arrive in government areas in very early February, 2017

As of 25 January, approximately 1,000 people displaced from non-government areas have arrived in Sadung, Myitkyina and Waingmaw Township, according to information from the Government, JST and partners in Myitkyina. New IDP displaced from Zai Aung and Maga Yang camps arriving in Myitkyina and Waimaw are being accommodated in the existing 5 camps, where they are receiving humanitarian assistance through existing camps structures.  

The proposed shelter project focusing on the shelter component of MHF is seeking support to improve the shelter conditions for the newly IDPs from NGCA to arriving the exiting IDP camps in Waimaw and Myitkyina Township. 
Area of Intervention	Focus of Shelter Project	# of Camps and Location	# of Families benefiting
Mytkyina	Focus is to meet the shelter needs of the newly displaced families arriving from Zai Awng and Maga Yang camps in NGCA.  Renewed fighting has displaced new communities to new locations and this project will try to meet the shelter needs of families who do not have appropriate shelter to stay in the existing camps of Waimaw and Myitkyina Township.
Post-Cyclone Mora WASH Infrastructure Rehabilitation This project seeks to ensure access to equitable and safe sanitation facilities in 3 IDP camps in Sittwe township and 1 in Myebon, all of which suffered significant latrine damages from Cyclone Mora on 30 May 2017. DRC, CDN and RI will repair and upgrade 470 latrines to a more cyclone resistant design which will be shared and endorsed by the Rakhine WASH Cluster, thereby mitigating risks of groundwater contamination, further cyclone impact on latrines and public health outbreaks for 20,258 IDPs. 

To ensure equitable access for different groups, certain latrines will be modified to accommodate Persons with (a) Disability/ies (PWD) and the elderly through peer groups and focus group discussions, and child-friendly latrine designs will be developed by working with a peer group of children. Tech briefs will be developed documenting the design processes and the result for sharing with the WASH Cluster. Women and girls are disproportionately burdened by lack of safe sanitation facilities: they are at high risk of gender-based violence when they seek alternative sanitation practices, and are unable to practice safe menstrual hygiene. Based on consultation with women, it has been decided to distribute torches to increase safe access to latrines for women and children at night, locks are included in latrine designs for privacy, dignity and safety, and gender segregated latrines will be restored.  

To further enhance the positive environmental impact of sanitation facilities, this project will also repair 2 waste incinerators in 2 IDP camps.
Shelter reconstruction and repair in selected IDP camps of Kachin and Shan States The on-going Kachin conflict that restarted in 2011 has resulted in large scale displacement of people. Most of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) have sought shelter in camps and camp-like settings across the area.  As a first line of response providers, many of the Religious facilities such as Churches and Monasteries were used to provide temporary shelters for the IDPs. 

Since many shelters built in 2011/2012 have already reached the end of their lifespan or did not meet the minimum standards in terms of size, structural safety and durability, a priority activity in 2017 remain the perpetual cycle of replacing sub-standard/ no longer habitable temporary shelters to ensure that minimum standards are met and protection risks associated with overcrowding and lack of privacy such as a gender-based violence are mitigated.

The proposed project focusing on the shelter component of MHF is seeking support to improve the shelter conditions of IDPs in selected camps in Bhamo in Kachin and Lashio in Shan states.  The diversity of shelter situation would require different type of shelter support in these two areas of KMSS operations. Support will be provided for reconstruction and repairing the existing shelters as the conditions is such that the shelter life can be extended by appropriate repairs. The proposed plan of shelter will not directly  address to specific needs on women’s participation, gender equal-society, women’s humanitarian needs but it will contributes towards more gender participation, decision in shelter design in term of privacy for young girls and boys with the parents in the camps.

Overall KMSS plans to construct and repair at least 148 units of shelter to support for 148 IDP households will be benefited from this shelter assistance. 103 women headed households out of 148 household are benefited including 17 disable households, 28 the most vulnerable households. The direct beneficiaries will be about 606 (117 Men, 168 Women, 153 Boys, 168 Girls)  from the construction and repair of 148 units in 4 targeted camps. 

The shelter design is adapted from the shelter cluster in Kachin and Shan. According to the community discussion, the IDP requests new constructed shelter will be stronger than existing jungle wood and bamboo structure. After conducting market prices assessment, both local materials (wood and bamboo) cost are significantly high. So, the IDPs and KMSS decided to use steel structure to be more strengthened and longer life. On the other hand, these structural and material can be used if the relocation or returned is possible in the future.  All these shelter materials have to be procured from China, and China often controlled all exports so the price are much getting higher. We can only access to China market.
Mine Risk Education, Victim Assistance, First Aid, and Psychosocial Support Capacity-Building in Northern Shan State The proposed project is a humanitarian intervention to mitigate the dangers posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) faced by conflict-affected communities in Northern Shan State (NSS). It builds upon MHF-funded interventions implemented by DanChurchAid (DCA), The HALO Trust, and partners between 2015 and July 2017, during which Mine Risk Education (MRE) was delivered to 95,000 individuals. However there continue to be frequent armed clashes in NSS, resulting in significant displacements and mine/ERW contamination in previously unaffected areas. According to data collected by UNICEF, mine/ERW accidents across Myanmar have resulted in more than 90 casualties in the first half of 2017 56 % of these were in NSS.  There is an urgent need for the delivery of additional MRE and the provision of Victim Assistance (VA) and Psychosocial Support (PSS) to survivors to conflict-affected communities.

This project, developed by DCA and HALO with partner organizations Ta’ang Students and Youth Union (TSYU), Shan State Youth Network Committee (SSYNC) and Never End Tomorrow (NET, previously Kachin Youth Organization), will be implemented in 11 townships including the four prioritized by the MHF. The project’s objectives will be two-fold: 1) Women, girls, boys and men are better aware of the dangers of mines/ERW and adopt safer behavior, and 2) At-risk communities are better equipped to deal with an accident.

 This will be achieved through the following: 
	continuing to use a Training of Trainers (ToT) approach to build partners’ capacity to deliver MRE, including through MRE tailoring to address the different vulnerabilities of women, girls, men and boys
	delivering MRE, including emergency MRE, to conflict-affected communities
	First Aid training and provision of supplies to Community Implementers
	contingency-based casualty evacuation and emergency cash grants
	supporting partners to mainstream PSS into MRE delivery and
	data collection through victim interviews.
Provision of essential Protection and Shelter services to the most vulnerable people affected by displacements and conflicts in Kachin and Northern Shan The DRC-led consortium presents a multisector/multiagency proposal aiming at addressing increased needs of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Kachin and Northern Shan States, by tailoring and targeting protection and shelter services to specific needs in both governmental and non-governmental controlled areas in the two states. It consists of components which combine to present a comprehensive and complementary approach targeting 9 townships, benefitting more than 9,000 people, with an expected 50/50 distribution between male and female.
The three components are:
A) Provision of essential Shelter in Kachin and Humanitarian Mine Action and Protection in Northern Shan and Kachin (implemented by DRC) aims at ensuring provision of essential protection and shelter services to particularly vulnerable people including persons with disabilities and elderly, by addressing serious gaps within general protection monitoring, Individual Protection Assistance, Case Management, Mine Risk Education (MRE) and shelter to more than 9,000 people in 8 townships.
B) Improved living conditions and protection services for persons with disabilities in Kachin State (implemented by HI amp KDG) aims at improving data collection and the provision of services to persons with disabilities affected by displacements and conflicts in Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships, benefitting 1,640 beneficiaries mainly IDPs in the targeted townships, in around 10 IDPs camps in the two townships.
C) Interventions to Support Psychosocial Resilience: community-based responses to GBV in Kachin State (implemented by Trócaire amp KMSS) aims to ensure available and accessible gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention services, benefitting IDPs in 9 camps in Chiphwi, Hpakant, Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships. 
Further details of each component are described in annexes A, B and C respectively.