Protection Emergency Response for Newly Coming IDPs in Jebel Semaan and Harim Districts Responding to the influx of newly arrived IDPs displaced from SE Idleb, and based on the 3rd Reserved Allocation Strategy Paper, IRD in coordination with protection cluster and sub-clusters along with protection actors in target areas aims to support new IDPs by providing integrated protection activities. Since IRD is the protection emergency response focal point in Jebel Semaan district, and have access to Harim district through implementation of emergency response projects, IRD through 6 protection mobile teams will provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people including referrals and IPA as follow:
-Update the service mapping of humanitarian services in the target subdistricts.
-Identification of most vulnerable cases according to Protection, child protection, GBV concerns including PWDs, women, and elderlies by the team, each case will be discussed by a committee from the team leader, field officer, project manager.
-Referrals to the service providers based on the service mapping and conduct follow-up interview for each case, with a total of 450 cases 50 M, 75 W, 150 B 175 G
- IPA will be delivered to fill the gap of referrals in case of lack in services or constrains against the cases to reach the service (access, documentation, disability), after cases Identification IRD provides in-kind support according to the concern (protection, CP, GBV) and the support will mitigate risks or response to concern through (SNFI, Shelter WASH, FSL, Health) aid in average of 100$ for each case, in a total of 50 M, 170 W, 105 B, 175 G (Annex B)
The total number of cases (450 referrals, 500 IPA) is based on the capacity of 12 social workers during 3 months, each caseworker will Identify 15 cases for IPA and 12 cases for referrals per month.
IRD will provide the emergency response package in coordination with protection cluster including:
-Psychological First Aid (PFA) for new IDPs during the first 48 hours in total of 1500 M, 1200 W, 1100 B, 1100 G
-Recreational PSS sessions for children using recreational kits to be purchased by IRD in a total of 2500 B, 2000 G
-Outreach CP concerns awareness-raising sessions targeting 375M, 1100 W, 900 B, 1150 G
-Outreach GBV awareness-raising sessions targeting 260 M,1250 W, 1100 G
-Outreach risk education sessions targeting children and their caregivers along with distribution of IEC materials to 1100 M, 1200 W, 1000 B, 1200 G
All sessions are supported by distributing IEC materials related to the delivered message.
Since displaced people numbers arrived to the project location reached 88,296 IDPs and increasing, the project will focus on response to the protection emergency needs especially most vulnerable categories of gender (children, women, elderlies, PWDs), thus, IRD will distribute protection materials to IDPs as following:
-PSS kits for children (5-14) age group in a total of 19700 kits 9850 B, 9850 G, these kits will be delivered to enhance children's resilience after displacement and including supportive materials Annex G
-Hand bracelets will be distributed to children during the emergency to help avoid separation during displacement, total bracelets are 80000 PCs 40000 B, 40000 G
-Dignity kits for women and girls, as IRD is dignity kits stock focal point in coordination with UNFPA, the project teams will distribute a total of 4000 kit to newly displaced females.
-Recreational kits will be purchased to be used in the recreational PSS sessions during the project, with a total of 200 kits, each kit covers delivering PSS recreational session for 90 child, 50 kit will be used by IRD teams to cover 4500 BNFs and 150 kits to be distributed to protection actors in target districts after CPSC approval and matching the criteria from the requester NGO.
- PSS kits, bracelets, and dignity kits will be delivered to protection actors in target districts to expand the covered locations after an official request and official approval according to criteria AnnexD