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Emergency Child Protection support to boys and girls affected by the CAR Refugee crisis The main objective is to ensure boys and girls residing in refugee sites and host communities affected by the refugee crisis are provided with protection services.  UNICEF will use CERF funds to 1) rehabilite new CFS in host communities and establish 2 new CFS in Ngam, 2) identify unaccompanied and separated boys and girls in refugee sites and host communities and refer them to Family Tracing and Reunification services  3) establish and support monitoring and reporting mechanisms on violations against children in refugees site and host villages, ensure proper referrals of children to other services, and sensitize families/communities on the risks and prevention of sexual/physical violence.  23,000 refugees in the Adamawa and East regions will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Provision of Shelter and CRIs Assistance to Returning IDPs in the Central African Republic The project 14-RR-HCR-007 will provide shelter/NFI support to 15,900 conflict affected people in Bouca – Batangafo – Kabo (Ouham prefecture). 

Project objective:

Through this project, UNHCR seeks to contribute to the attainment of the 2014 Shelter/NFIs Cluster strategic objective of providing adequate dwellings to IDPs and returning IDPs and an increased access to non-food domestic items, in view of guaranteeing an improved life of security and dignity in IDPs areas of displacement and return. In this regard, this project seeks to respond to the following specific objectives:
•	Encourage the return of IDPs through the provision of NFIs and shelter reconstruction kits, 
•	Create conditions of peaceful cohabitation between returning communities by encouraging them to return in the same communities and providing them with training and assistance, so that they re-build their houses together helping each other,
•	Contribute to the humanitarian response to Core Relief Items (CRIs) needs for IDPs in CAR by sourcing and transporting CRIs by the most secure and direct way possible and providing them to IDPs in need
Emergency Assistance to Populations Affected by the Al-Anbar Crisis Food distributions started immediately after the outbreak of violence and initial displacements to provide life-saving support. On 12 January, WFP started the distribution of family food parcels to the displaced population through an Immediate Response Emergency Operation (IR-EMOP). The monthly ration distributed to households with five family members includes 25 kgs of wheat flour, 15 kgs of rice and a 25 kg box of mixed commodities of pasta, bulgur, lentils, canned beans, vegetable oil, sugar and salt.  This household ration provides each family member with about1,700 kcal per person per day or about 80 percent of their daily kcal requirements (based on a 2,100 kcal diet).

The objective of WFP’s project (14-RR-WFP-003) is to protect lives while enabling safe access to food and nutrition for women and men, girls and boys.  In particular, WFP and partners will procure and distribute one-month food rations to some 11,200 households in the affected areas.
WASH Emergency Response for refugees and host community in Khost and Paktika, including GulanGamp, Afghanistan The joint UNICEF/UNHCR WASH project aims to improve access to clean water and sanitation facilities for nearly 58,000 refugees and 58,000 host community members in Khost and Paktika.  In particular, UNHCR will provide drinking water to refugees in Gulan Camp through water tanking and the drilling of three boreholes.  UNICEF and partners will support the construction of latrines, rehabilitate water points, provide hygiene kits and water purification tablets, and conduct hygiene awareness campaigns.  All activities should be completed within six months.
Food assistance for the flood affected population in Nepal Food assistance for the flood affected population in Nepal
Access to timely and quality health care and referral services with a focus on maternal and child health for the newly displaced people in North, South and Central Darfur states. The joint WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA project aims to provide life-saving health care to some 180,000 newly displaced people in 9 prioritized localities in North, South and Central Darfur.  In particular, WHO will support primary health care at health facilities in camps and referral hospitals through the provision of essential drugs and supplies, disease surveillance and outbreak response, and community health campaigns.  UNICEF will provide medicines, including vaccines, and supplies to health facilities, support social mobilization campaigns on maternal and child health, and carry out emergency refresher training for health workers in the 9 locations.  UNFPA will provide emergency reproductive health kits to health clinics in the camps and delivery room equipment for referral hospitals.  Project activities will be implemented over a six-month period.
Protection and Assistance for South Sudanese Refugees in White Nile State and South Kordofan UNICEF will provide emergency child protection response through the establishment and strengthening of border monitoring, reception, registration and referral facilities in White Nile and South Kordofan. Family tracing and reunification is critical for people with specific needs, particularly for unaccompanied and separated children.  UNICEF will also provide some 3,000 children with safe areas and emergency psychosocial support through the establishment of 10 child friendly places.  In addition UNICEF will monitor and report on child rights violations and launch mine risk awareness campaigns. 
Requested: US$507,824
Assistance to severely food insecure drought affected population in Sri Lanka. With CERF funds, WFP will provide emergency general food or cash distribution to 189,300 severely food insecure people over a one-month period.  In areas where food stocks are unavailable or inaccessible, WFP will provide a one-month food ration.  In areas where food is available in markets, WFP will provide a cash transfer.  The target beneficiaries are the most food insecure households in 15 drought-affected districts.
Child Protection in Emergency for returnees in Moyen Chari region in Maïngama site and Gaoui Site in Tchad Project Summary
By creating two (2) Children Friendly Spaces (CFS) UNICEF and its partners will offer access to psychosocial services and recreation activities to a total of 6000 returnee children in Maigama/Doyaba and Gaoui camps. This will include P care and support to 700 vulnerable boys and girls  (UAM, SC, young mothers and survivors of VBG and other forms of violence).

Total project budget: US$ 2,516,400
Total funds received to date: US$ 599,179
Amount requested from the CERF: US$ 100,000

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 a part of the broader regional strategy to use US$ 40 million CERF rapid response funds to address the ongoing humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Republic of Congo (ROC), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon due to the crisis in the Central African Republic.

It is estimated 150,000 people (twice the number expected) have entered Chad from CAR since the beginning of 2014. The majority are Chadian returnees, who have lived in CAR for two or three generations and have no family ties in Chad. According to the latest IOM data, more than 60 000 returnees are still living in temporary or transit. More than 30,000 people are living in host communities along the border with CAR. While the border between Chad and CAR is closed as of May 12, local sporadic arrival of people from CAR is still reported. New arrivals since September 2014 have averaged 3000 per month (compared to 90,000 persons/month in early January). A total amount of 4,998,266 US$ is requested from CERF to provide rapid lifesaving response to returnees and host communities and focusing on health, protection, and food security and the Kobiteye and Mandoul regions as prioritised by the HCT.
Nutrition Support for Children and Women (PRRO200532) DPRK underfunded submission and review process
Total envelope: USD 6.5 million (round I allocation: USD 95.5 million for 11 countries) 
Grant package received: 21 Feb 2014 
Total # of projects submitted: 7 

Overall project description 14-UF-WFP-012 (Food Security):

The project’s objective are to:
1. Reduce hunger and undernutrition among children, pregnant women and nursing mothers by providing nutrition support to improve dietary diversity through school and preschool meals as well as targeted nutrition support 
2. Address the impact of under-nutrition and ensure children’s access to vitamins and micronutrients necessary for their development through provision of Super Cereals and biscuits fortified with minerals and vitamins.
3. Provide treatment to Moderate Acute Malnourished (MAM) children and women in Kangwon Province.  

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 1,647,000.  

With CERF funds, the agency will: 
1. Procure a total of 5,000 mt of wheat and 1,281mt of maize. The wheat and maize will be used to produce Super Cereals and nutritious biscuits – (fortified with minerals and vitamins) to be distributed to 1,647,000 children and women in 87 counties in DPR Korea.  
2. Support the local production (LFP) of fortified foods through overall management of the programme, as well as through the provision of raw materials and funding for equipment, packaging materials  vitamin/mineral premix.

Total project requirements:    			USD 199,896,631
Current funding level:     			USD 25,581,062
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 3,247,124 

The CERF Secretariat recommends this project for approval.
Conducting key protection activities for IDP populations in Northern and Southern Yemen Overall project description 14-UFE-HCR-010 (Protection):
The project’s objective is to gather reliable data on the needs of IDPs in northern and southern Yemen, to identify the main protection challenges and challenges to achieving durable solutions for IDPs and to develop comprehensive, inter-agency responses to address the unmet needs of IDPs and host communities in northern and southern Yemen. 


The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 207,536.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
-Hire an IDP profiling consultant to technically guide the exercise, recruit field staff and identify a qualified partner;
-Design questionnaire, prioritizing methodology allowing for sex- and age-disaggregation;
-Recruit and appoint monitoring teams including staff from the Executive Unit and members of the task force; 
-Provide an induction to data collection and monitoring teams;
-Pilot the IDP profiling tools;
-Finalize the data collection instruments;
-Conduct meetings at the provincial and district levels to identify communities of displaced persons and the fieldwork to prepare for assessment; 
-Process and analyze the data and draft a report on the results, which will then be disseminated

Total project requirements:    			USD 1,352,527
Current funding level:     			USD 0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 666,664

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Assistance d’urgence aux populations du Hodh Echarghi en insécurité alimentaire sévère This project is part of a joint project to improve food security (and provide related assistance and protection) for almost more than 29,000 people. The joint project is in line with the SRP for Mauritania and the strategic objectives developed for this CERF allocation round for underfunded emergencies. The rate of food insecurity has increased from 29% to 36% in Hodh el Chargui, the area targeted by this project. FAO, IOM, OHCHR, UNDP, and WFP participate in the joint project.

As part of the joint project, IOM will help 325 female-headed households (about 1,700 people) to increase their agricultural productivity by distributing agricultural kits and rehabilitating 6.5 hectares of land. IOM will also rehabilitate four wells for about 1,300 people, using a cash-for-work approach.
Supporting life-saving Primary Health Care/Emergency Medical Services and reducing morbidity and mortality in high-risk governorates affected by conflict, population displacement and high disease burden Overall project description 14-UFE-WHO-013 (Health):
The project’s objective is to save lives through improving access to essential health care, including primary health care; communicable disease and VPD surveillance, outbreak prevention and management; emergency medical service-provision; and mass casualty management in target governorates; and strengthen the weak health system through enhancing referral mechanisms and revitalization/equipment of health facilities.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 2,750,329.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
-Coordinate with the MoPHP and health partners; 
-Provide primary health care Services to IDPs, returnees, host communities, and affected/vulnerable population.  This project includes supporting the nationwide Polio immunization campaign recommended by the UNICEF-WHO Joint Strategic Action Plan for the Polio Outbreak Response in the Horn of Africa.  The campaign is planned for the beginning of 2014 as an emergency response to disease outbreaks among vulnerable groups, focusing on high-risk areas, including IDP and refugee camps and transit points for incoming migrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen;
-Upgrade health care service delivery in target governorates and communicable disease control/management

Total project requirements:    			USD 21,797,771
Current funding level:     			USD 3,500,000
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  	USD 1,797,300

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Provision of life-saving health services in Libya WHO aims to provide life-saving health services to conflict affected peoplulations.  WHO will procure and distribute life saving medicines for 100,000 beneficiaries through 8 health facilities.  Standard medical kits that include essential medicines and medicines for non-communicable diseases will be provided in areas where health authorities are overwhelmed with IDP influx.  CERF supported activities will continue for 6 months.
Emergency health response to basic health needs of population affected by the Nigerian crisis in the Diffa region With 21 health centres affected by the influx, WHO will supply emergency health kits including diarrheal disease kits, trauma kits and malaria treatment kits to health facilities providing medical care to refugees, returnees and host populations affected by the crisis.  In addition, with a confirmation of an outbreak of cholera and measles in the areas of Nigeria where the displaced are coming from, rapid diagnostic kits will be supplied.  WHO will also ensure the continuity of treatment for chronic patients who discontinued their previous treatment.  This is a joint health project between WHO and UNFPA supporting 30,000 affected people.
Emergency response to floods in Burundi IOM’s  project will target 10,000 people affected by the floods, 4,660 of whom are taking refuge in established temporary sites.  In close coordination with UNHCR and other humanitarian partners, IOM will provide the following services:  Registration and profiling the displaced population and affected population to share with the HCT to ensure humanitarian services; procurement and distribution of emergency shelter kits; transport of the most vulnerable population to facilitate relocation from hazardous flood prone sites to established safe sites.
Reinforcing access of CAR refugees and affected host communities to lifesaving nutrition interventions in the East and Adamawa regions of Cameroon The main objective is to address the nutrition needs for severe acute malnourished children infants and women in the areas affected by CAR refugees crisis and refugees’ sites.  UNICEF will use CERF funds to 1) deliver essential nutrition inputs including Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), therapeutic milk (F75-F100) and essentials drugs and 2) train health staff, community and social workers in Infant Feeding (IFE).  3,000 refugees in the Adamawa and East regions will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Provision of shelter and NFI assistance to vulnerable returnees of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Overall project description 14-UFE-IOM-014 (NFI/Shelter):

The project’s objective is to provide dignified and lifesaving shelter support through the provision of shelter/NFI assistance for the extremely vulnerable; shelter and toolkits to the vulnerable returnees in order to prevent exposure to extreme climatic conditions of the returnees and encourage them to quickly transit to the recovery stage while finding durable solutions.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 134,610.  

With CERF funds, the agency will: 
1. Provide shelter repair kits and/or shelter materials which will include roof repair kits and tool kits (potentially including shovels, pickaxe, pans, hammer and wheelbarrow) for rubble removal to 500 vulnerable displaced families. 
2. Distribute shelter repair kits keeping in view the existing gaps in provision of support to vulnerable affected families returning to their places of origin; contents of kits may be adjusted according to needs highlighted in the process. 
3. Gather and disseminate information regarding planned and completed distributions. 

Total project requirements:    			USD 400,000  
Current funding level:     			USD 0
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  		USD 399,872

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Unit believes the projects adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.
Support the national contingency plan to eliminate cholera by improving rapid response activities to reduce the number of suspected cholera cases and to cut the transmission Overall project description 14-UF-CEF-014 (WASH)
The project’s objective is to provide timely and adequate WASH and medical cholera response activities in the affected areas and where alerts are detected to reduce cholera-associated mortality and morbidity. In addition, to provide intense sensitization campaigns to change hygiene behaviour and therefore contribute to cutting the transmission.

The total number of people targeted with CERF funding is 45,000.

With CERF funds, the agency will:
1. Reinforce cholera coordination at the departmental level; increase of rapid response and prevention activities by partnering NGO’s (including provision of WASH supplies) to cut the transmission of cholera.
2. Improve surveillance by ensuring means of communication of CTC’s, departmental health directorates and DELR to report cholera related data and to provide supplies and logistics to diagnose cholera at the National Laboratory
3. Provide medical supplies to improve quality treatment of suspected cholera patients in cholera treatment centers) 

Total project requirements: USD $26,809,000
Current funding level:	         USD $2,000,000 (loan from UNICEF HQ)
Recommended to the ERC for approval:  USD $2,002,614

The CERF Secretariat recommends this project for approval.
Protection and Assistance for South Sudanese Refugees in Khartoum State, White Nile State and South Kordofan The main objective is to enhance protection and assistance for South Sudanese refugees in Khartoum State, White Nile State and South Kordofan.  UNFPA will use CERF funds to 1) provide trainings on GBV issues and case identification and management, 2) strengthen existing community protection networks, 3) establish and support GBV referral mechanisms, 4) procure and distribute hygiene kits to 2,950 women and girls and 5) establishment 1 women’s space per site.  About 118,000 refugees will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Emergency Health Care to conflict affected population in Transit Centres in Chad. This joint UNICEF and WHO project will provide emergency health care to 40,000 provided by the CAR conflict at the transit centers. The project will target Ndjamena, Goré, Doba, Sahr, Bessao, Bitoye and Sido in Chad.

Project objective: 

The objective of this joint 14-RR-CEF-009 and 14-RR-WHO-006 project is to reduce Morbidity (Malaria, Diarrhea, and Acute Respiratory Infections) and Mortality Rates among affected population specifically for children and women. 

Specially, the project will: 
- improve case management for malaria, Diarrhea, Infections through the supply of essential drugs, medical equipment,  and the support for the deployment of additional health workers.
- screen and refer patients to health centers and hospitals.
- supply drugs and medical equipment to health facilities in affected area
- implement measles immunization campaign targeting children 6months to 14 year

Total project requirement: US$2,816,706
Received funds: US$0 
Total requested from CERF: US$499,584 (US$299,600 for UNICEF and US$199,984 for WHO)
Protect Girls, Boys and Women affected by Crises in Chad against abuses and violence. This UNICEF project will provide protection assistance to 22,500 girls, women and boys in Chad who have been affected by the CAR conflict.

Project objective: 

The objectives of project 14-RR-CEF-007 are to:
- Ensure all returnee migrant separated and unaccompanied children from CAR have access to family tracing and reunification services. 
- Provide psychosocial support to boys and girls affected by the CAR emergency

Total project requirement: US$849,900 
Received funds: US$0 
Total requested from CERF: US$349,355

The CERF secretariat has reviewed this project in line with the CERF life-saving criteria and recommends ERC approval.
Monitoring, protection and redress related to violations of human rights in conflict areas and areas of displacement OHCHR, UNHCR and UNICEF submitted a joint protection proposal to the CERF to enhance the overall protection environment in conflict-affected areas of Ukraine.  The CERF funds would enable the agencies to continue to expand protection monitoring and reporting, registration and profiling, and family tracing activities.  In particular, OHCHR will monitor, document and repot on the most egregious violations of human rights and humanitarian laws through a mobile team and will refer victims to life-saving legal and medical services.  UNHCR and partners will conduct humanitarian situation monitoring through the deployment of mobile protection monitoring units in 80 rayons (districts) to ensure identification, registration and profiling of vulnerable people.  Lastly, UNICEF will complement ICRC and government efforts on family tracing and reunification of unaccompanied children.
Prevention of excess mortality due to acute malnutrition and associated morbidities in children under five The joint WFP and UNICEF project will support the emergency nutrition response in the 16 regions currently affected by food insecurity. The objective is to prevent excess malnutrition-related mortality and morbidity of 29,821 children under five (13,300 SAM cases, 12,077 MAM cases and 4,444 children under the age of three) in Somalia by responding in a timely manner to humanitarian needs through effective, efficient and integrated management of children with Acute Malnutrition.

Total joint project budget: US$63,032,670
Total funds received to date: US$ 34,212,537.01 
Joint amount requested from the CERF:  $3,000,000
WFP amount requested from the CERF: US$ 1,162,500