Supporting the Humanitarian Intervention in Northwestern Emergency (SHINE) In line with the Protection Cluster priority areas, Global Communities (GC) will provide critically needed Protection services to an estimated 53,506 vulnerable people in Harem district, Idlib, Northwest Syria with a focus on Dana sub-district. 

Global Communities implements integrated protection services to prevent, mitigate, and respond to harm, exploitation, and abuse for the most vulnerable boys, girls, men and women in northern Syria. Currently, we provide protection services in Idleb Governorate, Harem District, including through 7 Mobile Teams and 1 Community Center with THF funding under the HELP program. In addition, we have 11 static facilities and 8 mobile teams funded by OFDA in the north of Dana sub-district in Harem District. We also serve as the Emergency Focal Point for Harem District. 

Given the critical, life-saving nature of these interventions, GC is urgently seeking Syria Cross Border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF) support to continue and expand the services established under the THF HELP program and expand in Dana sub-district where increasing numbers of IDPs requires additional response. This will cover the existing specialized and non-specialized protection services through static and mobile teams, continuation of the Emergency Focal Point role of GC in Harem District, and adding new mobile teams in Dana sub-district. 

Under the SHINE project, we will extend the essential protection services in Harem District to provide:
-Specialized and non-specialized protection services through static facilities and mobile teams, including PFA, PSS, awareness raising activities, referrals, direct support through protection funds, and case management
-Distribution of in-kind protection materials in coordination with UNFPA, including Dignity Kits, and others where possible
-Community-based protection initiatives, such as Women’s Committees and Child Protection Networks
-Refresher training for protection staff as necessary to ensure services continue to be of high quality and include best practices and lessons learned
-Protection needs assessments in coordination with the Protection Cluster initiatives, such as Protection Monitoring and Child Protection Monitoring
-Coordination with protection and non-protection actors, serving as the district level emergency response focal point for Harem District

These activities will be implemented through 10 Mobile Teams and 1 Community Center. From the 10 Mobile Teams, 7 are existing teams from the previous THF funding and 3 will be established based on additional identified need. The 3 new teams will be in Dana sub-district according to updated needs assessments to be completed prior to the start of the project. While we will maintain our existing essential services for the already high number of vulnerable IDPs in the district, our teams will also be able to absorb additional beneficiaries if there is an acute emergency and activities need to be diverted to large numbers of new IDPs. This proposal therefore presents a comprehensive protection, MA, CP and GBV program accessible to the more than 900,000 people in Harem District, Idleb, northwest Syria. Global Communities will implement this project directly, drawing on our existing operational presence, relationships with camp management and local authorities, and capable staff in Harem District.