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Emergency Household-Level Sanitation Assistance to Burundian Refugees in Uganda With CERF funding, IOM will ensure access to household-level latrines and hand-washing facilities for Burundian refugees in Nakivale and Oruchinga settlementa in Uganda. The intervention will benefit approximately 13,565 refugees (7,802 women and 5,763 men) or 3,363 households. Of these households, approximately 235 are considered extremely vulnerable who will be prioritized for targeted assistance.  In addition, IOM will support community hygiene promotion activities for four months.
Security Support for Humanitarian Operations This project aims to jump-start dedicated security support, needed to scale up lifesaving humanitarian operations in Sa’ada, Taizz, Sana’a, Aden and Al Hodeida. Specifically, over 30 SRAs will be conducted and equal number of analytical reports and advisories issued. Over 50 briefings will provided to delegations, visitors, donors and others, and more than 125 daily Situation Reports (SITREPs) and more than 25 weekly security reports to be issued. Alerts will be issued as and when required.
Saving lives of under five children, pregnant and lactating women through implementation of nutrition-specific interventions in the drought affected provinces of DPR Korea With CERF funds, WFP and UNICEF aim to reduce mortality among acutely malnourished children under five and pregnant and lactating women in the most drought affected counties of DPRK.  UNICEF will provide therapeutic supplies and related medicines for treatment of severe acute malnutrition for about 12,000 children.  WFP will provide treatment for some 39,000 moderately malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women as well as provide at risk vulnerable children with fortiefied foods through blanket supplementary feeding.  The support through CERF funds will extend for 5 months.
Life-saving primary health care services and vital public health interventions for 30,000 newly arrived South Sudanese refugees in Sudan UNFPA, together with UNICEF and WHO in this joint project, aim to ensure access to life-saving Primary Health Care and referral services with a focus on reproductive basic and emergency reproductive and obstetrical care for 30,000 new refugees in six camps in White Nile State.  UNFPA, in particular, will ensure timely access for the South Sudanese refugees to life- saving  reproductive health  care services.
Offre de services de santé de la reproduction en situation de crise dans les îles du Lac Tchad à Diffa UNFPA and partners in the health sector aim to reduce maternal morbidity through provide a packet of reproductive health services including assisted deliveries for an estimated 11,000 pregnant women.  UNFPA will also provide medical and psychological care for adolescent women and youth who suffered psychological and physical trauma including sexual violence.  Services will be through either mobile clinics or through district hospitals.   Approximately 80,000 will benefit from the four-month CERF funded support.
Emergency Nutrition Response for the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition in boys and girls under-five in 21 municipalities of the Dry Corridor Area of Honduras In this joint nutrition project, UNICEF and WFP plan to support the emergency nutrition response for the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition in boys and girls under-five in 21 municipalities.  WFP will procure and distribute 103 MT of Super cereal Plus to children under 5 and promote key family practices for healthy children.  UNICEF will provide ready-to-eat theraputic food and related training to health centers to help them provide therapeutic feeding services and supplies to 600 under-5 children with acute malnutrition.  CERF funds will support the initial 6 months of the response and will benefit nearly 6,000 children.
Cholera outbreak response - Tete Province With CERF funds, UNICEF will provide immediate and life-saving assistance to nearly 42,000 people in the highest risk areas of Tete Province through strengthening case management in Cholera Treatment Centers (CTC), providing emergency water trucking operations, distributing water treatment products at household level and strengthening social mobilization activities at community level.  In particular, UNICEF will procure tents, basic equipment and essential medicines for two CTCs, cover operating costs of water trucking for three months, and carry out cholera awareness sessions for some 50,000 people.
Bridging The Gap For Saving Mother’s And Newborn Lives Around The Time Of Birth The main objective is to support the Maternal, New born and Child Health (MNCH) and nutrition services in targeted areas.  WHO will use CERF funds to 1) train 24 female host-community/camp volunteers on skills including the promotion of Antenatal Care, safe and clean delivery, 2) train Auxiliary Midwives and Transitional Birth Attendants and 3) deliver one TOT on technical skills using mammanatalie, neonatalie and low birth weight babies.  4,732 IDPs and people in host communities in Waingmaw Township (9 camps and 15 host communities) in Government Controlled Areas of Kachin State  will benefit from this support for 9 months.
Integrated Management of severe acute malnutrition in OTP and TFC within 10 moughataas affected by the nutritional crisis The objective of this joint nutrition projectis to provide life-saving aid in the 10 districts most affected by malnutrition in southern Mauritania for four months. This includes therapeutic food and drinking water to treat 9,794 SAM children (UNICEF and WHO); supplementary feeding for 2,664 MAM children and supplementary feeding for 23,562 people (WFP); drinking water for 9,000 people in the most affected villages (UNICEF); psycho-social for 500 SAM children (UNICEF and WHO); and micronutrients and enriched food for 2,000 malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women (UNFPA).
Drought emergency food assistance for food insecure people in the Southern Region of Honduras. WFP plans to stabilize and improve the food consumption of drought-affected people in 21 targeted municipalities of the dry corridor.  WFP and implementing partners will provide food assistance through cash-based transfers and conduct post-distribution monitoring.  CERF funds will support the initial 6 months of the response and will benefit 23,717 people (4,743 households).
Cash assistance for food, NFIs and shelter to conflict-affected Palestine refugees in Syria This project will respond to the food, shelter and NFI needs of vulnerable and conflict-affected Palestine refugees in Syria. Through the provision of cash assitance, 54,391 Palestine refugees will be better able to meet their most immediate food and household needs for two months. 

Total project budget: US$192,245,322
Total funds received to date: US$24,759,245
Amount requested from the CERF: US$3,750,001
Implementation of Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health for IDP returnees in Kurram and South Waziristan Agency, FATA The project objective is to provide access to life-saving reproductive health services in order to prevent excess maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity across selected under-served areas of South Waziristan and Kurram Agencies in FATA where mass IDP returns have taken place. This includes provision of basic reproductive health services including prevention and management of STIs, HIV and clinical management of rape services (GBV) to male and female population; Basic Emergency Obstetric Care services; establishing a referral system for Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care services; and procure and distribute clean delivery kits, new-born baby kits and basic medical and non-medical supplies to selected health facilities.

Total project budget:  $700,000
Total funds received to date:  $0
Amount requested from CERF: $396,234
Shelter and Non-food items assistance for refugees UNHCR aims to ensure timely procurement and provision of  appropriate life saving emergency shelter and non food items to newly arrived refugees from South Sudan to White Nile State.  This CERF contribution will allow UNHCR to cover the cost of procurement of shelter material for the construction of individual family shelters for the remaining  1,425 households in Al Kashafa, Al Alagaya and Redis II, together with a package of NFIs. Additionally the contribution will be utilized to procure material and construct 15 communal shelters used as registration centers while also providing  health screening, wet feeding, and allow a space for lactating mothers.
Primary and Secondary Health interventions for Syrian refugees the North and Bekaa Valley of Lebanon The main objective is to address the urgent health needs through comprehensive primary health care and life-saving emergency secondary health care to Syrian refugees.  UNHCR will use CERF funds to provide PHC consultations and services through supported Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) and Mobile Medical Units (MMU).  98,996 people in Tripoli, Akkar and Bekaa  people will benefit from this support for 9 months.
Increasing access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for earthquake affected population in Nepal CERF funds will support immediate WASH needs of some 235,000 people affected by the earthquake.  In particular, UNICEF will provide safe water through water tanking, emergency rehabilitation of springs, and distribution of water tanks.  In addition, UNICEF will construct some 4,700 temporary latrines and bathing spaces and distribute 47,000 hygiene kits.  The activities will be completed within three months.
Providing quality and timely Reproductive Health and SGBV life-saving services through national systems The main objective is to respond to the identified needs of women and girls from both Syrian refugees and Lebanese hosting communities through primary and secondary health care as well as woman safe spaces.  UNFPA will use CERF funds to 1) procure and distribute RH kits, 2) provide a mobile clinic with RH services for Wadi Khaled health center, 3) train 300 service providers in 30 health facilities (primary and secondary and in targeted areas) on CMR and 4) conduct safe motherhood campaigns among other activities.  15,000 people in Bekaa (Baalbek, El Merj) and Akkar (Wadi Khaled, Halba) will benefit from this support for 9 months.
To facilitate access to quality education and psychosocial support in a safe, peaceful and protective learning environment for all boys and girls aged 6 to 11 affected by conflict in North Kivu and Katanga Project Summary
This project aims to: improve the learning conditions of 24,500 children in North Kivu and Katanga Provinces; this in 80 primary schools and remedial classes, through school supplies and educational materials; individual capacity building for 445 teachers through trainings on the national programme and peace building, also for adolescent peer educators on the life skills for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, hygiene, sexual violence and peace education. 

Total project budget: US$0
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$2,660,470

Recommendation:  The CERF Programme Section believes the project adheres to the CERF Life-Saving Criteria and recommends it for funding.

Application Summary
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has long been affected by multiple acute crises. Multiple crises related to violence and armed conflict account for the vast majority of needs – approximately 67%. An estimated 7 million people are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.

The Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requirement is US$ 692,000,000. At the time of the CERF UFE application, the HRP was only 9% funded ($50,455,755).

DRC Underfunded submission:
Total envelope: $9 million (round I allocation: $100 million for 12 countries)
Grant package received: 24 February 2015
Total # of projects submitted: 4
Security from Violence and Exploitation: Strengthening protection of children and reducing risk of SGBV and improving quality of response to SGBV among refugees This project objective is to strengthen protection of children and reducing risk of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) and improving quality of response.  Some 8,000 children will be targeted as the interventions will focuson the implementation of the best interest of the child procedure and the re-inforcement of pro-active identification and screening of children at risk in the area especially unaccompanied and separated children in Dar Es Salam camp. Funds will also be used to address problems of SGBV among refugees as the majority of Nigerian refugees have experienced several types of violence including sexual gender based violence during flight and with host communities.

Total project budget:  $460,781
Total funds received to date:  $0
Amount requested from CERF:$100,096
Improve access to emergency health services in high risk provinces The UNFPA project (part of a joint project) focuses on the provision of emergency health services for displaced populations and returnees, and trauma care enhanced in areas affected by disasters with special focus on the needs of women and children. UNFPA activities are necessary to address the immediate reproductive health needs of people affected by conflicts and natural disasters and IDPs through provision of reproductive health service as a Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP).  It also ensures that health care services are provided to the population living in the un-served rural and mountainous areas.  Services will delivered by the mobile health team.
Ensuring life-saving reproductive health services and basic medical care to populations in Cameroon’s Far North region where health infrastructure has been destroyed by Boko Haram The main objective is to ensure life-saving reproductive health services and basic medical care to conflict-affected people.  UNFPA will use CERF funds to 1) provide reproductive health (RH) kits, 2) deploy midwifes to deploy RH services, 3) provide free delivery, caesarean and dignity kits to pregnant women and 4) provide other RH services.  14,592 conflict-affected people in six health district in the Far North region will benefit from this support for 6 months.
Measles outbreak response vaccination campaign and proper case management to reduce avoidable child morbidity and mortality in 22 high risk localities of Central, West, East and North Darfur The joint UNICEF-WHO health proposal aims to provide measles vaccinations to 1,849,656 children and improve case management and treatment in 22 priority localities of Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur and South Darfur states.  In particular, UNICEF will procure and deliver vaccines and immunization supplies and strengthen community messaging and outreach regarding the vaccination campaign.  WHO will deliver treatment medicines; train vaccinators, team leaders and other personnel directly responsible for immunization activities; and support a portion of the MoH's operational costs of the campaign.  Activities should be completed by the end of September 2015.
UNDSS Security Support for Humanitarian Operations UNDSS, through CERF funds aims to increase humanitarian access to areas where lifesaving interventions are required by agencies that are responding. The additional UNDSS presence will develop security awareness, identify security threats, analyze such threats in a timely manner, recommend security measures and procedures, and provide operational security support; all towards supporting effective decision making. 8 Security Risk assessments will be conducted and 40 briefings provided to Security Management Teams.
Enhancing access to NFIs for vulnerable IDP and other conflict-affected communities in war-torn Yemen Through this project, IOM will provide NFIs to 44,800 IDPs and other conflict-affected individuals in Yemen (Al Dhal’e and Taizz governorates).
Emergency WASH response and strengthening of resilience of internally displaced (IDPs), refugees and host communities in the Diffa region. Contribute to covering the specific needs of men, women, boys and girls within host communities and in spontaneous and temporary sites (hosting IDPs, refugees and returnees), for drinking water, hygiene and sanitation, as part of a multi-sectoral and interagency approach. Outputs include: 90,000 people affected by population movement receive a minimum Water-Hygiene and Sanitation package in accordance with international standards; the capacity of water and hygiene committees in affected communities in the management of water and sanitation infrastructures is strengthened. Expected number of beneficiaries: 90,000
Protection and life-saving assistance for 10,000 newly arrived refugees in Ajuong Thok camp UNHCR and UNOPS are seeking the CERF funding to assist 10,000 (about 2,500 households) of these refugees in Ajuong Thok who have fled the intensified conflict in South Kordofan since December 2014. The CERF funding will target the most urgent needs: expansion of the camp, provision of emergency shelters and NFIs as well as expansion of medical services as further descried below.  In particular, UNHCR will provide core relief items, emergency shelters and primary health care to refugees while UNOPS works to expand the existing camp including road and site clearance and plot preparation.  Activities will be completed within six months.
Emergency Shelter & NFI Assistance for affected populations in North East Nigeria Through this CERF funding, IOM and its implementing partners will distribute 5,135 NFI kits as well as 3,635 emergency shelter (ES) kits to IDP households.  Eligible households might receive either both kits or only one of the two depending on needs. Approximately 40,000 IDPs will benefit and will be targeted in Adamawa Yobe, Gombe and Borno. CERF funded support will continue for 4 months.
Targeted Supplementary Food Programme WFP proposes to use CERF funding to purchase 3,850MT of corn-soya blend and 394MT of vegetable oil, which will cover half of the shortfall for the period October 2015 to February 2016. With the amount of food to be purchased, WFP will address the needs of 112,933 children and 92,400 pregnant and lactating women in the highest priority districts (woredas) of the Amhara, Oromia, and Afar regions of Ethiopia. In these regions, the number of children with severe acute malnutrition who are admitted into nutrition programmes has increased from 2014 to 2015 by more than the national average increase of 9 per cent.
Emergency Food Assistance to Flood Affected People This project aims to provide lifesaving food assistance to flood affected people who are in need of immediate food assistance in Chin, Magway, Rakhine and Sagaing. 2,688.75 MT of food commodities distributed to 150,000 targeted people during the first 30 days in sufficient quantity and quality.
Core Relief Items (CRIs) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Syria This project aims to support the displaced population in Syria living without adequate materials with core relief items (CRIs).  Over 96,600 displaced persons in seven governorates (Aleppo, Rural Damascus, Homs, Idleb, Hassakeh, Dara’s, and Damascus) will be provided with CRIs supporting their health and welfare, and preserving their dignity. CRI kits consist of mattresses, blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, diapers etc., for an approximate value of US$ 241.80 each. 

Total project budget: US$36,345,000
Total funds received to date: US$13,926
Amount requested from the CERF: US$5,000,139
Nutritional recovery of children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition between 0-9 years old The project objective is to provide life-saving nutrition assistance to 15,000 children below 9 years of age, affected by SAM or MAM / or whose nutrition condition is in rapid decline due to the losses of household food reserves and livelihoods caused by the drought. The project will cover 14 prioritized municipalities in the three most affected departments of San Miguel, Morazán and Usulután, where UNICEF will strengthen the capacity of the health services at local level. The objective will be achieved through active search of malnourished children at risk to fall in acute and severe malnutrition and providing them with one-month treatment consisting in RUTF (Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food) and Oral Rehydration Solution (ReSoMal) to treat SAM (or MAM) and prevent deterioration in their nutritional status.

Total project budget: US$360,000
Total funds received to date: US$0
Amount requested from the CERF: US$160,000
Critical Health Support for Conflict-affected Palestine Refugees from Syria in Lebanon The main objective is to ensure the basic primary and life-saving secondary healthcare needs of conflict-affected Palestine Refugees from Syria (PRS) residing in Lebanon are met.  UNRWA will use CERF funds to 1) provide 11,370 free primary health care visits to conflict-affected PRS, 2) provide critical and lifesaving hospitalization coverage for 1,000 PRS cases and 3) procure and provide medication and medical supplies.  44,000 PRS in Lebanon will benefit from this support for 9 months.
Support resumption of education services in areas of return in FATA The project objective is to ensure access to gender sensitive, safe and protective educational services for 10,000 children of  (age group 4-12 years) in areas of return.  Violence in and around learning spaces/schools will be addressed including safety of children on the way to school, with focus on adolescent girls.  Teachers and students will also be provided with appropriate psychosocial support activities in areas of return

Total requirement:  $800,000
Funding to date:  $90,000
CERF requested: $500,071
Responding to the acute needs of the cholera epidemic in Juba and Bor south Counties of South Sudan With CERF funding, UNICEF and WHO will reach 260,500 beneficiaries in the cholera affected states of Central Equatoria and Jonglei.  The key activities are improving quality of case management at facility and community level, conducting outbreak investigations, treatment of safe water and hygiene promotion, procurement of cholera kits for CTU’s, and supporting management of waste.  The project duration is four months.
Providing life-saving support to households in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger directly affected by insecurity in northern Nigeria (EMOP 200777) The project objective is to provide lifesaving assistance to 40,500 displaced populations (refugees, returnees, IDPs) and host populations in the Diffa region affected by insecurity in northern Nigeria. The project aims to save the lives of the most vulnerable populations affected by the crisis by providing unconditional food assistance (food distributions to the target population) to those affected by the growing violence and the continued influx of populations; and avoid deterioration of the nutritional situation of children affected by the crisis through distributions of nutritional supplements.

Total project budget:  $23,083,700
Total funds received to date:  $0
Amount requested from CERF:$2,500,000
Immediate UNICEF WASH and Health responses for Cholera Outbreak In this project UNICEF is addressing both WASH and Health needs simultaneously to prevent the spread of the recent cholera outbreak in Iraq.  In WASH, UNICEFaims to provide a minimum, basic package  of interventions including provision of and access to water and safe waste disposal through de-sludge waste water,  and provision of basic hygiene kits.  On the health side, UNICEF will support the Ministry of Health through health care service provision through management of cholera patients through oral rehydration treatments.  CERF funds will assist approximately 150,000 beneficiaries through a 6 month response.