Securing food, wash and shelter assistance for the most vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian households in Halba, Wadi Khaled and Dreib area ltpgtlt/pgtltp id="docs-internal-guid-f6455cc4-7fff-6d6c-a315-d15ad210afb2" style="" dir="ltr" class=""gtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtThe constantly growing negative implications of the economic situation has raised an alarming concern over a food security crisis. Strict capital control measures and “hair cuts” applied by banks on individuals as well as businesses have made it difficult, if not impossible, for importers to pursue their activities and citizens to access their lifelong savings. Years of corruption and failed governance is forcing citizens to emigrate in search of job security, and leave whole communities unable to fend for themselves. The lack of reforms on the central level leads to a spiral of nearly constant depreciation of the Lebanese Pound against the US dollar, on which the Lebanese economy relies for most of its goods. Even the products made in Lebanon depend greatly on imported raw materials. This in turn leads to either food shortages, or the prices of basics, such as flour, meat, poultry, fruits, hygiene products etc. being unattainable even for the average Lebanese working-class citizen. These factors create a risk of famine for the already impoverished communities. The inflation, soaring prices and the competition on the already limited job market pushes vulnerable families to adopt coping mechanisms to survive, often limiting the food budget, which in the long term will have an impact on their health and well-being.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="line-height:1.38text-align: justifymargin-top:12ptmargin-bottom:12pt" dir="ltr"gtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtThe project is designed to respond to the growing food security needs in lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ffff00font-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtHalba and selected villages of Wadi Khaled (Amayer and Rajm Issa, Bani Sakher, Mqayble, Rajm Hussein, Rajm Khalaf, Al Rama) and Dreib Unions (Khirbet Daoud, Bire, Daousse Baghdadi) lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtlocated in Akkar, the area PCPM has been focusing its activities for the last 10 years in Lebanon. It also builds on gained experience from previous projects implemented to ensure dignified living conditions and security tenure for the most vulnerable households (especially PwSN, protection cases, persons evicted or at risk of homelessness). The project will assistlt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ffff00font-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ff00fffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gt550 vulnerablelt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ffff00font-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gt familieslt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gt with provision of food parcels for a period of lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ffff00font-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtsix lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtmonths, supplemented with fresh produce and WASH kits while prioritizing beneficiaries with children at risk, big families with 4 or more dependents, single female headed households or households headed by a single elderly, pregnant and lactating women, and persons with other vulnerabilities and special needs. In addition, complementary interventions will ensure access to water through solarization of a public well and shelter support provided to lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#ff00fffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gt150 lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtreferred cases by the Shelter Sector for cash for rent.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="line-height:1.38text-align: justifymargin-top:12ptmargin-bottom:12pt" dir="ltr"gtltspan style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Calibri,sans-serifcolor:#000000background-color:#fffffffont-weight:400font-style:normalfont-variant:normaltext-decoration:nonevertical-align:baselinewhite-space:prewhite-space:pre-wrap"gtThe activities adopt a multi-sectoral, community-driven response to the highest humanitarian priority in Lebanon through the provision of food assistance and hygiene kits which reduces the financial burden on families and enhances the safety and protection of women at risk and children whose rights are being violated as a result of the increasing poverty and vulnerability. The implementation will be facilitated thanks to the applied LHF recommendations from the monitoring visits during the previous cooperation as well as the currently implemented WFP and Polish Aid funded livelihoods and food security projects in the same area of intervention. PCPM’s experience in providing humanitarian aid in Akkar, as well as good cooperation with local authorities will contribute to achieving successful results. In addition, learning from the previous experience with PCPM’s sub-IP are put in practice to ensure a strong cooperation with the local partners.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

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