Support extremely vulnerable people through effective and sustainable, Health, Nutrition, FSL, WASH and Protection services in North Darfur. (Consortium) This project will ensure provision of effective and sustainable, Health, Nutrition, FSL and WASH services targeting 173,237 people  in need (32,654 men, 38,306 women, 48,552 boys amp 53,725 girls) living in Um barou locality of North Darfur. This action objective will be achieved through an area based multi-sector integrated consortium approach with three complementing INGOs/NGO. The consortium members are COOPI, GOAL and BWPVO who have long year of experience and operational presence supporting protracted conflict affected people in the project target location. The consortium has been established taking in to consideration area of expertise and potential synergy of each member organization. COOPI is leading the whole consortium and directly implementing FSL and WASH sectors whereas GOAL will implement Health and Nutrition components, BWPVO will work on the protection sector mainstreaming its activities in all four sectors of intervention. COOPI, GOAL and BPWVO will ensure a comprehensive response/holistic solution to the needs of the most vulnerable population towards more resilient communities. Complementing three ongoing projects implemented by COOPI and GOAL in the targeted localities, this project will reach a total of 173,237 (Health:171,857, FSL: 27,276, WASH: 21,220, protection 14,400, amp Nutrition: 3,070) direct beneficiaries out of which over 80% are women and children.
Food insecure farmers and agro-pastoralists families (IPC phases 3 and 4), women headed households, PLWs, SAM and MAM children (lt 5 years and 0-59 months) will be targeted in more than 60 villages of Um Barou. The project results will be sustained by a joint targeting of beneficiaries with high rates of food insecurity and malnutrition in areas with extremely poor service delivery in health and lack of functional water sources and sanitation facilities. 
Livelihood means will be protected and self-reliance fostered for 27,276 individuals targeted by FSL activities while 21,220 individuals will be reached though WASH related activities: water supply, hygiene and sanitation services improvement both at community and public facilities, provision of basic hygiene kits together with specific risk messaging towards COVID-19 health emergency response. In addressing the most needed health services in the target locality the project shall work on providing the critical, primary curative and preventative health care and nutrition services to 173,237 women, children under 5, PWD and people with sickness. Umbaro is in a very remote and previously conflict-affected area of North Darfur, and the State and Locality Health Authorities lack the infrastructure and staffing to fully manage the health system. GOAL is in the start-up phase of a Health System Strengthening project there to invest in health facility and management capacity, but there remain significant gaps in COVID-19 response, as well as immediately needed nutrition and RH supplies. There is a lack of clinical staffing and limited space in health facilities to provide primary health care services. Due to low dietary intake, high morbidity of the most vulnerable individuals within the communities and the malnutrition rates are high in the targeted locality.  This will be address through community-based prevention and treatment of acute childhood malnutrition. GOAL nutrition activities will focus on the treatment of severe cases of children aged 6-59 months with and without medical complication and moderately malnourished cases. This will be combined with strengthening prevention, mainly IYCF, emphasizing behavior change communication, strengthen the health and nutrition system for better integration and referrals. The consortium will integrate protection supports which will be implemented directly by BWPVO aligning across all the other four  sectors (Health, WASH, Nutrition, amp FSL). Through the protection sector the consortium intend to reach a total 14,400 individual as direct beneficiary of the action