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Syria Crisis

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Highlights • In Syria, despite continuation of the widespread conflict and the generalized

insecurity, so far in 2016, UNICEF has reached 1.4 million people in Hard to

Reach areas with integrated interventions and supplies.

• In Jordan, at the eastern Syrian border, the population of Syrian asylum-

seekers gathered in Rukban and Hadalat has increased to over 40,000 persons.

In February, UNICEF provided life-saving assistance, such as malnutrition

screening of pregnant women and infants/young children and access to

appropriate WASH services to over 20,000 people.

• In Iraq, UNICEF has reached more than 67,000 Syrian refugees, including

around 40 % children, with improved access to safe water.

• In Lebanon, UNICEF, in partnership with MEHE, launched a homework

support program through 123 schools across the country targeting 20,000

Syrian children at risk of dropping out of school.

• In Turkey, the number of Syrian boys and girls in schools increased significantly

in February, with almost 325,000 children enrolled in formal education – a

nearly 50% increase over the end of the school year in July 2015. • In Egypt, over 2,200 Syrian refugee children under the age of five received

primary healthcare consultations and immunization and growth monitoring

services through UNICEF-supported Primary Health Care units.

In Syria

6,000,000 # of children affected

13,500, 000 # of people affected

(HNO, 2015)

Outside Syria

2,405,357

# of registered refugee children and

children awaiting registration

4,570,664

# of registered refugees and persons

awaiting registration

(UNHCR, 4 February 2016)

Syria Appeal 2016

US$ 316.7 million

Regional Appeal 2016

US$ 847 million

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Syria

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: Since the cessation of

hostilities agreement came into effect on the 27th February, following the unanimous

adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 2268, there has been a considerable

reduction in military confrontations across Syria. Local sources and observers have

reported that areas across the country were quiet “for the first time in years”, with

children being able to attend school for more hours. The cessation of hostilities has

improved humanitarian access to many communities in Rural Damascus and the

north-western Governorates, particularly those besieged, with more than 150,000

people reached over the past month with humanitarian assistance by inter-agency

convoys. Some of the besieged locations, such as Kafr Batna, had not been reached

with humanitarian assistance for the past two years. Reports from the recent

missions in several besieged areas paint a very dire humanitarian situation, with grave protection concerns related to restriction of

movements, family separation, access to food, education and health services, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

However, some breaches to the cessation of hostilities agreement have been reported, including outbreaks of armed conflict resulting in

deaths and injuries in Aleppo, Idleb, Dara’a, Damascus and Homs. While the pace of population displacement has slowed compared to

early 2016, needs remain high. Of the 130,000 people displaced since the 1st of February, most are in Aleppo Governorate (over 63,0001),

followed by Dara’a (over 53,000) and Idleb (over 12,000). These numbers add to the already estimated 2.2 million IDPs in Aleppo and

Idleb Governorates.

In Aleppo Governorate, fighting along the Khanasir Road and the Castello Road - the one remaining supply route into Eastern Aleppo City

- has had a negative impact on the delivery of humanitarian assistance due to intermittent road closures. Humanitarian consignments

and civilian cars have come under fire. Further north, in Azaz district, IDPs are enclosed and unable to move between Afrin and GoS-held

territories around Tel Refaat town. Frontlines along the Azaz corridor, and the closure of the Bab al-Salam border crossing to civilian traffic

have hindered the movement of displaced families fleeing from the fighting. Recent closures of checkpoints controlled by armed groups

between Afrin and Azaz have also restricted humanitarian access to IDPs in Afrin district. Due to the influx of the displaced populations,

some camps have been overwhelmed, with two or three families occupying tents intended for one, or living in communal tents. The rapid

influx into the existing camps and the creation of new camps has also stretched the capacity of partners to provide services, with

communities reporting challenges in accessing WASH, medical and mental health services, including reproductive health. There has been

an increased number of cases of diarrhea attributed to contaminated drinking water in IDP camps.

The water network serving Eastern Aleppo City was not operational since the 16th of January. UNICEF-supported repairs and rehabilitation

to the Ain Al Bayda pumping station, contributed to the re-starting of the Al Khafsa treatment plan the 3rd of March, allowing for the

resumption of water provision to 300,000 people. Through the HPF, the WASH sector was able to secure over 3 million USD to meet water

needs in Aleppo, Rural Damascus and Hasakeh Governorates, through the provision of safe drinking water by three international

organizations. In spite of this positive achievement, the WASH sector funding status remains at 1% as of the end of February 2016, with

no adequate resources to address the magnitude of the response needed.

Through the Humanitarian Pooled Fund (HPF), the Nutrition sector was able to secure funding for the emergency nutrition response

targeting vulnerable women and children in the besieged and hard-to-reach areas of the Governorates of Rural Damascus, Deir-Ez-Zor

and Hasakeh. Within the Gazientep Hub, UNICEF is procuring nutrition supplies for 13 sector partners also recipients of HPF funding.

With the ongoing conflict and the resulting displacements, partners have underlined protection risks related to restriction of movements,

civilians stranded at the Turkish border, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Critical child protection concerns are related to the

recruitment into armed groups and family separation. The deteriorating security situation and lack of basic needs are the main causes of

the increased risk of recruitment. Due to the large IDP inflow, partners reported increased tensions between host communities and IDPs.

In Dara’ a, the number of new IDPs reached 53,000 by the end of February and limited partial returns were witnessed. Key needs remained

shelter, but also sanitation, family reunifications and provision of alternative learning opportunities.

UNICEF’s Response to Hard to Reach Locations: In February 2016, UNICEF reached at least 247,5782 people in 23 hard to reach

locations with WASH, education, health and nutrition and child protection services and materials. Since the Munich Agreement of the

11th-12th February, UNICEF has delivered supplies to over 80,000 beneficiaries in 5 besieged areas out of 18.

1 All figures in this paragraph are from UNHCR Syria Flash Update 7/03/16. 2 This number takes in consideration the widest coverage to avoid double counting of beneficiaries. In some cases the same beneficiaries would be reached with multiple

interventions. This number is from the latest SG Report.

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Humanitarian Leadership and Coordination: UNICEF is leading within the Whole of Syria approach WASH, Education, Nutrition

and Child Protection (subsector).

The Nutrition sector actively participated in Inter-agency convoys in the six besieged areas prioritized in the Munich Agreement. The

sector mobilized essential nutrition supplies provided by the three key UN partners (WFP, WHO, UNICEF) for the prevention of

undernutrition and the treatment of acute malnutrition. Inter-agency nutrition teams and the sector coordinator accompanied some of

the convoys, carrying out assessments and rapid capacity building activities in besieged areas, to ensure the provision of emergency

nutrition services. Access remains a major challenge for the sector; the unprecedented removal of some essential nutrition items from

convoys is raising concerns. The sector is working closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the analysis of the SMART nutrition survey

carried out by the Ministry from the end of December 2015 to mid-January 2016.

The Child Protection (CP) subsector participated in Inter-agency convoys to Kafr Batna and Moadamiyeh, in Rural Damascus, with the aim

of setting up tailored emergency protection services in these locations. The CP subsector is strengthening the coordination with key

partners and institutional counterparts to expand its work on Risk Education in schools, and to consolidate assessments on the risks

children are exposed to in areas where partners have a consistent reach.

In February 2016, at least 8,000 vulnerable children in Nubul, Zahra (Aleppo Governorate) and the hard to reach area of Al Waer (Homs

Governorate) have resumed access to education, thanks to UNICEF convoys. The roll-out of the orientation plan on the INEE3 Minimum

Standards for Education, aimed at improving Education partners’ emergency preparedness and response capacity in Syria, was endorsed

by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Through the HPF, the Education sector was able to secure 1.6 million USD to scale up access to

education for 21,100 vulnerable children in priority locations - including hard to reach areas - in the Governorates of Rural Damascus,

Aleppo, Hama, Homs, and Tartous.

Humanitarian Strategy: UNICEF is focusing on reaching the most vulnerable, especially those living in hard-to-reach and besieged

locations, and leveraging its strong field presence inside the Syrian Arab Republic by operating out of five field hubs and through cross-

border programmes. UNICEF WASH efforts will continue to focus on providing life-saving water trucking and quick repairs to critical water

sources, while developing alternative water sources and rehabilitating and maintaining water infrastructure. In health and nutrition, the

focus will be on reactivating and strengthening routine immunization services, including through cross-border efforts and expanding

access to primary and maternal care. UNICEF will strengthen capacities to address malnutrition amidst increasing economic deprivation

and scarcity. Education, Child Protection and Adolescent Development programmes are framed under the No Lost Generation Initiative.

UNICEF will focus on increasing school enrolment; facilitating alternative, life-skills-based and remedial education opportunities; and

providing psychosocial support, vocational training, recreational activities and risk education on the dangers of unexploded remnants of

war. UNICEF will also launch a cash transfer programme in 2016 to provide economic relief to the most vulnerable families. The Non Food

Items response includes in kind support such as seasonal clothes, blankets and school heaters, as well as vouchers.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

WASH: During the month of February, around 400,000 people were reached by UNICEF with water and sanitation services through

repair, rehabilitation and augmentation of water and sanitation systems across Syria. Nearly 75,600 people benefitted from UNICEF-

supported life-saving interventions, including water supply through trucking, installation of tanks, operation and maintenance of WASH

facilities in IDP shelters. Over 105,000 people in besieged and Hard to Reach areas were reached with essential WASH supplies through

intra-agency convoys, including at least 1,000 people were reached in the besieged area of Deir ez-Zor.

In Aleppo Governorate, the UNICEF-supported rehabilitation of the Ain al Bayda water pumping station, which benefits approximately

300,000 residents in North Eastern Aleppo, was a major breakthrough for the resumption of operations of the Al Khafsa treatment plant,

which happened at the beginning of March. During the deliberate shutdown of the water facility, which was ongoing since the 16th of

January, UNICEF scaled up its water trucking operation in Western Aleppo to 8 million liters per day, currently reaching over 500,000

people daily. Since the beginning of the water crisis in early August 2015, UNICEF has been providing nearly 1.5 billion liters of drinking

water. UNICEF continues also to provide the fuel necessary to operate the groundwater wells in Western Aleppo, which is currently the

only source of water in the area. Furthermore, 30,000 people in Eastern Aleppo are being supported by a new water trucking operation,

providing 500,000 liters of water every day. Over 50,000 residents in the previously besieged areas of Nobol and Zahra, in North Rural

Aleppo, are being supported by water trucking operations providing 800,000 liters per day.

At least 236,000 people in 10 hard to reach locations were reached through the rehabilitation of water networks, repair of pumping

stations, provision of hygiene supplies and hygiene promotion activities. In three besieged areas, UNICEF dispatched WASH supplies for

at least 65,000 people.

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UNICEF continues to provide critical drinking water disinfectant across Syria, benefiting over 12 million people.

As part of UNICEF’s WASH in Schools programme, over 27,000 school children benefitted from the development and rehabilitation of

WASH facilities and hygiene promotion in 53 schools.

Through cross border missions in northern Syria, working with two implementing partners, UNICEF responded to the massive

displacements that occurred after the escalation of hostilities in Aleppo. Hygiene kits, jerry cans and water purification tablets were

provided to approximately 18,000 families (including 90,000 IDPs). Water trucking provided clean water to 6,500 people for one month

at an IDP camp in north Aleppo.

Education: In February over 34,000 children received basic education supplies, including school bags, self-learning and other education

materials, through programming implemented in five Governorates of Al-Hasakeh, As-Sweida, Homs, Idleb and Rural Damascus. This

intervention helps children to catch up with their learning. In the besieged and hard to reach areas of Foah, Kifraya, Madaya and al Waer,

UNICEF delivered basic education materials for over 24,000 children. Remedial classes provided through school clubs, focusing on

reaching IDPs and low-achievers, gave access to over 2,100 additional children in Aleppo, Damascus, and Rural Damascus.

Over 3,300 children in Aleppo, Sweida, Damascus, Lattakia, Quneitra, Rural Damascus and Tartous benefited from the implementation of

the ‘Curriculum B’ programme - which aims at supporting children who have been out of school for more than one year, and at re-

integrating them into the learning system. 112 teachers were trained on the application of ‘Curriculum B’ in the Governorates of Damascus,

Dara’a, Quneitra, Rural Damascus and Tartous.

In cooperation with the MoE, 29 prefabricated classrooms were installed in February in schools in Hama, Homs and Rural Damascus,

providing access to a quality learning environment to over 1,800 children; 702 classrooms were rehabilitated across Damascus, Rural

Damascus, Homs, Hama and Tartous Governorates.

Health: During the reporting period, over 158,000 children and women accessed maternal and child health care services by UNICEF-

supported mobile teams and fixed centers, run by 20 local NGOs. Over 254,000 children and women have accessed such services since

the beginning of the year in 11 Governorates of Aleppo, Hasakeh, Damascus, Rural Damascus, Dara'a, Sweida, Quneitra, Homs, Hama,

Lattakia and Tartous.

UNICEF distributed medical items for over 422,000 beneficiaries in Aleppo, Hasakeh and Homs Governorates. Medical items were also

distributed through Inter-agency convoys in the besieged areas of Moadamiyeh and Kafr Batna, in Rural Damascus for an estimated

31,000 beneficiaries. At least 12,700 children and mothers in seven hard to reach locations had access to primary health care and essential

medical supplies, however essential items from the health and midwifery kits were removed from the convoys, thus affecting the usage

of the kits

Through cross border programmes, UNICEF delivered SEDSL kits to meet the needs of 180,000 people for three months, 30 midwifery kits

and 31 obstetric kits to manage 6,100 deliveries, including 775 caesarean procedures and 25 cholera kits. Communication materials for a

measles campaign scheduled to take place in March 2016 were distributed in northern Syria.

Nutrition: In February, UNICEF’s nutrition programme continued its efforts to respond to the urgent nutritional needs of vulnerable

children and mothers through regular programme, as well as through location-specific convoys. More than 106,000 Syrian children under

5 (U5) and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) were screened through established nutritional centers and community outreach teams

across 11 governorates and over 1,100 of them were admitted in nutrition treatment facilities. In an effort to prevent micronutrient

deficiencies, around 27,000 children and 5,800 mothers received multiple micronutrients. Over 24,300 mothers benefitted from UNICEF-

supported individual and group counselling services on proper feeding practices during emergencies: mothers are counselled on the

importance of exclusive breastfeeding and proper complementary feeding for young children. Furthermore, over 50,000 children U5 were

reached in February with High Energy Biscuits (HEB) and Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS).

Over 6,700 children and mothers were reached with nutritional services, including malnutrition screening, multi-micro nutrients (MMN)

supplements and acute malnutrition treatments in the hard to reach areas of Raju, Eastern Aleppo (Aleppo Governorate), Ter Mala,

Ghanto, Waer (Homs Governorate), al-Tal, Yalda and Qudsaya (Rural Damascus Governorate).

Nutrition supplies for more than 12,000 beneficiaries were dispatched by UNICEF through Inter-agency convoys to the besieged areas of

Madaya, Moadamiyeh, Kafr Batna (Rural Damascus) and Foah (Idleb). Some nutrition supplies aimed at supporting the establishment of

nutritional stabilization centres were rejected by the Government of Syria before being loaded.

Nutrition supplies were delivered to meet the needs of 226,386 children and pregnant and lactating women in northern Syria. Through

the Humanitarian Pooled Fund (HPF), the Nutrition sector was able to secure funding for the emergency nutrition response targeting

vulnerable women and children in the besieged and hard-to-reach areas of the Governorates of Rural Damascus, Deir-Ez-Zor and Hasakeh.

Within the Gazientep Hub, UNICEF is procuring nutrition supplies for 13 sector partners also recipients of HPF funding.

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Child Protection: Since January 2016, over 2,800 children have been receiving Risk Education (RE) awareness in Aleppo. Over 1,000

teachers have also been trained on RE in preparation to the roll-out of awareness sessions in schools during the next months. 16,156

children (50% girls) and 1,193 care-givers (96% women) benefitted from UNICEF-supported structured and sustained psychosocial support

(PSS) through fixed and mobile child-friendly spaces (CFSs), across 10 Governorates. UNICEF also reached 7,440 children (50% girls) with

awareness raising initiatives on CP issues. Psycho-social support was provided to at least 4,600 children in eight different hard to reach

locations. UNICEF continues to support the capacity development of CP service providers, with a total of 436 NGO staff and volunteers

trained in the Governorates of Aleppo and Hama.

In southern Syria through cross border programmes, UNICEF was able to reach over 7,000 children with structured and sustained CP

services, including psychosocial support services during the reporting period. Over 4,000 individuals were reached with awareness raising

and social mobilization initiatives on child protection issues. Out of the nine communities where services are being delivered, six are in

hard-to-reach locations and five of these are in the UN watch list for besiegement. In northern Syria through cross border programmes,

UNICEF child protection NGO partners provided structured psychosocial support (PPS) activities for 807 children (432 girls and 375 boys)

in child friendly spaces in Sarmada (Idleb) and Daret Ezzeh (Aleppo). Activities included indoor and outdoor games, arts, cultural role-

plays, and developing literacy and numeracy skills. UNICEF provided recreation kits to support PPS activities.

Adolescent Development and Participation: UNICEF continues to implement adolescent participation activities across the

country, including in hard to reach areas. In February, 28,440 adolescents and young people (10-24 years old) engaged in UNICEF-

supported activities, including life and vocational skills building, and psycho social support services. 145 adolescents benefitted from

opportunities for civic engagement in the hard to reach areas of Al-Waer (Homs) and Babella (Rural Damascus). 180 youth volunteers

were involved in a Training of Trainers on Adolescent Development and Participation concepts, for their future engagements as facilitators.

Basic Services: The 2015/2016 distribution of winter kits and blankets for children is in its final phase. In February, 42,713 winter

clothes and blankets were distributed to vulnerable households by UNICEF and partners in the Governorates of Aleppo, Al-Hasakeh,

Damascus, Hama, Homs and Rural Damascus. More than 9,400 children were reached with winter kits and blankets in five hard to reach

location, while 8,000 winter kits were dispatched in Inter-agency convoys to the besieged area of Moadamiyeh (Rural Damascus). Since

January, over 152,000 children have received age-appropriate winter kits, out of which 44,000 are hard to reach areas (29%).

According to the February post-distribution monitoring report, the winter materials most preferred by parents for their children were

jackets (89%) and winter boots (92%). The two items were also perceived by the parents to be of the highest quality.

Through cross border programmes, northern Syria, UNICEF provided 18,000 winter kits and almost 33,000 blankets to 90,000 individuals

in Aleppo Governorate. In Southern Syria, UNICEF provided 14,500 winter kits in Dara’a and Quneitra Governorates.

In February, UNICEF launched the pilot phase of the e-voucher programme in Homs. The use of e-vouchers allows beneficiaries to choose

appropriate items to buy for their children; it also supports the revitalization of the local economy by engaging local retailers. As per initial

monitoring, the e-voucher programme has been well-received by both beneficiaries and partners.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January – February 2016)

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Sector Sector Sector Sector

TargetTargetTargetTarget Sector Sector Sector Sector

ResultsResultsResultsResults

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HEALTHHEALTHHEALTHHEALTH (Need: 11.5 million people) # children under five vaccinated through

polio campaigns1

2,900,000 39,769 39,769

# children under 1 reached with routine

vaccination2 520,000 0 0

# Primary Health Care outpatient

consultations supported3 1,500,000 254,860 158,746

# beneficiaries (est.) reached with health

supplies4 2,362,000 432,807 403,861

# beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard to

reach areas served with essential health

supplies through convoys

n/a 270,000 270,000

NUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITION # children & pregnant and lactating

women receiving micro-nutrients1 3,162,340 1,048,433 n/a n/a 1,048,433 283,449 259,258

# children & pregnant and lactating

women screened for acute malnutrition2 3,162,340 n/a n/a n/a 1,180,000 154,439 106,610

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# children treated for acute malnutrition

(SAM and MAM) 89,298 12,772 n/a n/a 8,000 1,415 1,116

# pregnant and lactating women

counselled on appropriate IYCF 1,331,841 n/a n/a n/a 375,000 34,294 24,353


reach areas served with essential

nutrition supplies through convoys

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 26,998 26,998

WASH WASH WASH WASH (Need: 12.1 million people) # population served by support to repair/

rehabilitation/ augmentation of water and

sanitation systems1

13,203,506 n/a n/a 4,608,600 768,500 400,000

# population served by support to

operation and maintenance of water and

sanitation systems2

14,754,693 n/a n/a 13,004,000 12,516,856 0

# individuals supported with access to

essential WASH NFIs3 4,460,553 n/a n/a 1,061,000 322,397 179,691

# individuals benefitting from access to

improved lifesaving/ emergency WASH

facilities and services4

5828,288 n/a n/a 1,540,000 542,255 82,074


reach areas served with essential WASH

supplies through convoys

n/a n/a n/a n/a 105,300 105,300

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION # children (5-17) in formal education

supported with Back to Learning supplies1 5,400,000 3,837,091 n/a n/a 3,133,500 46,535 29,610

# children accessing non-formal education

opportunities2 2,757,244 n/a n/a n/a 682,500 24,154 5,092

# teachers & education facilitators

benefitting from professional

development

272,000 34,722 n/a n/a 20,700 292 214

# children benefitting from Life skills

programmes3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 300,500 5,502 3,310


reach areas served with essential

education supplies through convoys

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 22,380 22,380

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION # individuals reached with Mine/

Explosive Rremnants of War Risk

Education activities

n/a n/a n/a n/a 2,092,500 6,505 2,842

# children and adults participating in

structured and sustained child protection

and psychosocial support programmes,

including parenting programmes

5,900,000 910,374 n/a n/a 453,600 66,226 30,235

# individuals reached with awareness

raising initiatives on child protection

issues

5,900,000 1,933,855 n/a n/a 842,600 57,837 20,709

# children who are survivors or at risk

receiving specialist child protection

services

300,000 22,196 n/a n/a 1,100 0 0

# frontline child protection workers and

volunteers trained n/a 6,425 n/a n/a 4,480 772 718

NonNonNonNon----Food ItemsFood ItemsFood ItemsFood Items (Need: 5.3 million people) # children that have received emergency

NFI assistance1

1,070,000 368,094 140,713


reach areas served with essential NFIs

through convoys

n/a 44,634 44,634

EARLY RECOVERY AND LIVELIHOODS (ERL)EARLY RECOVERY AND LIVELIHOODS (ERL)EARLY RECOVERY AND LIVELIHOODS (ERL)EARLY RECOVERY AND LIVELIHOODS (ERL) (Need: 9.4 million people) # vulnerable families receiving regular

cash/in kind transfers1

14,000 0 0

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# affected people receiving livelihoods

support (loans, grants, assets)2 1,500 0 0

FOOTNOTESFOOTNOTESFOOTNOTESFOOTNOTES

NEED:NEED:NEED:NEED: 1) All needs figures from Syria HRP 2016, Objectives, Indicators and Targets matrices

HEALTHHEALTHHEALTHHEALTH: 1) ) The first nation-wide polio campaign in Syria for 2016 will be conducted in March. Therefore the results for Jan-Feb are still very low.

HEALTHHEALTHHEALTHHEALTH: 2) Data for this indicator are only reported by partners on a quarterly basis, hence the results are still reflected as zero.

HEALTHHEALTHHEALTHHEALTH: 3) Children and women of child bearing age supported with a package including salaries, training, routine immunization and supplies.

HEALTH: HEALTH: HEALTH: HEALTH: 4) For Damascus includes supplies distributed without monitoring/partner reporting, excluding convoys.

NUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITION: 1) Need: 1,830,499 children (6-49 months) & 1,331,841 Pregnant and Lactating Women

NUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITION: 2) Results still limited because of some delay in receiving supplies due to new national administrative procedures.

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 1) Indicator includes Water (Equipment; New Construction/ Augmentation; Repair; Staff Support); Wastewater (Consumables; Spare Parts;

Equipment; New Construction/ Augmentation; Staff Support); and Solid Waste (Consumables; Spare Parts; Equipment; New construction/

augmentation; Repairs; Staff Support)

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 2) Water including provision of consumables such as water treatment supplies and spare parts. This is a recurring intervention that requires

continuous support to reach vulnerable populations on an ongoing basis. A large proportion of the population are reached continuously through

support to systems including supplies such as for water treatment that improves people’s access to safe water.

WASH:WASH:WASH:WASH: 3) Includes distribution of NFIs, community mobilisation, hygiene promotion, and provision of household water treatment/ storage solutions

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 4) Includes water trucking, WASH in schools/ IDP settlements/ health facilities/ public spaces, construction/ repair of sanitary facilities and

handwashing facilities, emergency repair of water supply, sanitation and sewage systems, and emergency collection of solid waste.

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 1) Data for this indicator is usually reported by partners with an average delay of 2-3 months. Therefore the number is still very low.

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 2) Non-formal education includes ECE, Self-Learning, Curriculum B, Accelerated Learning, Remedial Education, Literacy and Numeracy

and Vocational Education

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 3) Life skills includes all age categories; programmes in formal and non-formal education; citizenship education.

NONNONNONNON----FOOD ITEMS:FOOD ITEMS:FOOD ITEMS:FOOD ITEMS: 1) Winter clothing kits and blankets through vouchers

ERLERLERLERL: 1) Not yet started

ERLERLERLERL: 2) Seed funding for youth in teams of 3-5, to implement social and business entrepreneurship initiatives.

Jordan

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: Many refugee

families have depleted their savings and are becoming increasingly

vulnerable over time. Syrian refugees in Jordan are highly reliant

on international assistance and those with additional

vulnerabilities (e.g. children with disabilities, families hosting

unaccompanied or separated minors) require additional support.

The Government of Jordan announced it would take steps to

permit up to 200,000 Syrians to legally access work, an extremely promising step to reduce refugee families’ vulnerability.

Children who have dropped out of school due to displacement, lack of classroom space, or financial difficulty face dim prospects for the

future. After three years out of school, children are no longer eligible to re-enrol in Jordanian schools. While 145,000 Syrian children

(among 230,000 total) are accessing education at Jordanian schools in camps and in host communities, an estimated 85,000 Syrian

children in Jordan remain out of school. The Ministry of Education recently announced plans to double-shift an additional 100 schools to

accommodate potentially up to 50,000 out-of-school children by September 2016.

The population of Syrian asylum-seekers gathered at the border in the remote locations near Rukban and Hadalat has increased to over

40,000 persons. In February, UNICEF provided life-saving assistance, such as malnutrition screening of pregnant women and infants/young

children, counselling on infant and child feeding, vaccination against preventable diseases, excavation of pits to manage solid waste, and

distribution of WASH items, children’s clothing and other life-saving materials.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination: The need to continue providing Syrian refugees in Jordan, and other vulnerable children

(including Jordanians) with increased learning opportunities has become acute. Under the No Lost Generation Initiative, UNICEF

developed the Makani (“My Space”) model, seeking to expand opportunities available to out-of-school and other vulnerable children.

The Makani model offers cost effective multi-sectoral services (alternative education, child protection services, and life skills training) to

girls, boys, young people and women in an environment that helps improve their safety, health and well-being. UNICEF continued to scale

up the integrated Makani approach to offer learning opportunities to vulnerable and out-of-school children at over 200 locations as of

February. The transition of WASH services in camps from emergency operations to longer-term infrastructure and sustainable operations

continued with the completion of Phase I of the Za’atari water network, as well as the operation of the Azraq wastewater treatment plant.

Humanitarian Strategy: With the humanitarian crisis transitioning to a protracted emergency, greater emphasis is being placed on

promoting cost efficiency and sustainability of quality programme interventions, while also increasingly utilising innovative solutions to

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further strengthen the resilience of host communities in the country. One example is the child cash grant programme, which supports

families of extremely and highly vulnerable children with an unconditional monthly grant.

In Jordan, UNICEF continues to adopt a “vulnerability approach” to the identification of children in need of support, including analyzing

the situation of vulnerable Jordanian children, as well as children of various nationalities. Building on the success of large-scale

humanitarian assistance, support will be provided to strengthen the resilience of communities, services and individuals – enabling all

children, regardless of status, to realize their rights. Inclusive approaches also enable programme initiatives to promote social cohesion

between children from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, which continues to be a key priority for UNICEF’s work in the country.

UNICEF focuses on increasing capacity of local partners to deliver quality services, particularly in host communities, to meet the needs of

both refugee and Jordanian community members. A key example of this is UNICEF’s integrated Makani approach. This approach will

increase sustainability of UNICEF operations to assist vulnerable children. UNICEF is also seeking to strengthen national social protection

systems, expanding from the existing humanitarian cash transfer programming. To mitigate against the impact of the concentration of

asylum seekers at the border on the challenging water situation in the north-eastern area, alternative water sources are being investigated

in other locations through rehabilitation of abandoned boreholes, or technologies to improve the efficiency of the current system.


Makani: UNICEF’s Makani network now operates in over 200 locations nationwide. As of the end of February, UNICEF partners (including

Makani centres) provided structured psychosocial support 55,152 children (27,962 girls and 27,190 boys) at locations in camps and host

communities. UNICEF anticipates reaching a total of 218,284 children with psychosocial support in 2016.

UNICEF partners began implementing mobile Makani-plus services in some 40 vulnerable communities across Jordan. These Makani-plus

locations will receive education, child protection and youth components, with the addition of hygiene promotion and household WASH

support. In host communities, two Ministry of Social Development-run centers completed renovations of Makani centers in Om Nuvara

and Ramtha making them accessible for children with disabilities and renovating the space where psychosocial support services (PSS), life

skills training and informal education will be offered to some 1,000 children in the coming 6 months.

WASH: Jordan is among the world’s most water-scarce nations, which impedes its ability to absorb prolonged and increasing refugee

influxes. With technical support from UNICEF, the Government of Jordan released a National Water Strategy for 2016 – 2025 which

examines options in light of Jordan’s extreme water vulnerability. To complement such sectoral support, a Feasibility Study is underway

to assess the potential to augment the water supply of Central and Northern Jordan using deep aquifers. Once the characteristics of the

deep aquifers are better understood, technical specification to drill boreholes in such aquifers will be developed.

In February, essential WASH services were provided to over 113,000 people, including an estimated 63,347, living in Za’atari, Azraq, King

Abdullah Park and Cyber City camps. Phase I of the Za’atari water network was completed and marks a key step in the transition from

emergency WASH services to longer term, sustainable solutions. Phase I constituted shifting from an external to an internal water source

in Za’atari camp through borehole production within the camp has reduced water-tanker cost by 30% (from the initial USD 5.3 per cubic

meter). By mid-2016, when the piped water system is completed, costs will be further reduced by 55%. The start-up of the Za’atari

wastewater treatment plant in April 2015 has reduced cost of transportation and treatment by 20% (down from USD 3.73 per cubic meter

of wastewater transported to the remote plant). When completed, the cost cutting for wastewater management will be 60%. Plans for

Phase II of the water network have been finalized and include approximately 421 km of water distribution pipes and eight pumping

stations. The work involved in Phase II has been divided into two packages to ensure a shorter period of implementation (projected to be

16.5 months). The construction plan has been designed to facilitate partial operation once work is completed in certain areas, facilitating

gradual transitioning away from water trucking. Regarding the Za’atari wastewater network, 779 interceptor tanks have been installed to

date in six districts (districts 3, 4, 5, 7, 11 and 12, equating to 48%) with 208 connections completed in three districts (District 3, 11 and

12) and 56 toilets constructed in four districts (Districts 3, 8, 11 and 9).

In Azraq camp, multiple WASH improvements took place in February, including sanitation activities in the newly opened market area,

installation of access ramps at selected WASH facilities and the introduction of a number of vandal-proof designs, to minimise the

operational costs and ensure the continued provision of WASH services. Samples from the Azraq wastewater treatment plant were

collected to assess whether the water can be discharged. A preliminary design for the Azraq pipeline and network expansion has been

developed.

At the northeastern desert border areas near Rukban and Hadalat, solid waste was collected and an assessment of options for vector

control was carried out. The pipeline was laid for the water network and preparations are underway for the construction of the water

tower. Family hygiene kits (supplemented by soap bars) were distributed to 601 households in Hadalat and 519 households in Rukban.

Education: In February, over 145,000 Syrian students accessed formal education in schools in camp and host community settings.

Children in camps continued to receive education in 32 schools (24 in Za’atari, 4 in Emirati-Jordanian Camp and 4 in Azraq). To meet the

needs of the remaining 80,000 out of school children, UNICEF and the Ministry of Education (MOE) have been scaling up efforts to expand

access to formal education by 50,000 seats by the start of the new academic year in September. As part of improving MOE institutional

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capacity, UNICEF continued to support MOE staff in training such as English language instruction and school leadership. Through these

actions children will benefit from improved physical learning spaces and quality of instruction within the classrooms. In terms of

alternative education, more than 8,000 children benefitted from information education delivery in UNICEF-supported Makani centres,

while two smaller non-formal education programmes (Dropout and Adult Literacy) enrolled 230 new students in 2016.

Child Protection: In February, UNICEF partners successfully formalized the care arrangements for 20 unaccompanied and separated

girls and boys living in camps and host communities. Formalization of care arrangements occurs through Sharia courts or juvenile courts

and aims to ensure sustainable care solutions in the best interest of the child for children deprived of parental care. So far in 2016, 321

unaccompanied and separated children (128 girls) have been identified and are receiving case management services.

Health& Nutrition: UNICEF and iMMAP teams are supervising the current phase of the Mobile Data Collection (MDC) project, which

aims to develop a routine immunization data management system using mobile technology. The current trial period in camps and host

communities tests the registration and tracking of immunized beneficiaries by health facilities. In February, UNICEF also transferred over

100 ice-line refrigerators and four working cold rooms to the Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen Governorate and District level cold

chain for the routine immunization programme.

In February, over 6,400 pregnant and lactating mothers and caregivers accessed infant and young child feeding (IYCF) education and

counselling on breastfeeding and early initiation of breastfeeding through IYCF centers and outreach activities in the camps and

community-based organization centers in host communities. A total of 121 Children under five years old and 101 pregnant and lactating

women (PLW) benefited from the supplementary feeding programme. In addition, UNICEF's IYCF programme in the Northeast border

areas reached 896 new lactating women with children below 2 years old, and 603 mothers of young children in February with IYCF

counselling and support. In total, 2,114 children (6-59m) and 630 PLW were screened for malnutrition among them 1 case of Severely

Malnourished Child (SAM) case, 11 MAM cases as well as 15 additional PLWs below normal nutrition status. The child identified as a SAM

case was evacuated and allowed entry into Jordan, and all MAM cases are receiving treatment and daily follow up.

Basic Needs: In February, UNICEF transferred a monthly unconditional Child Cash Grant (CCG) instalment to the most vulnerable

registered Syrian refugee families benefitting 58,656 children (28,782 girls and 29,874 boys). UNICEF Jordan’s CCG programme was

initiated in February 2015 to assist the most vulnerable registered Syrian refugee families living in host communities. UNICEF transfers JD

20 (USD 28) per child per month to eligible families, providing means to meet children’s basic needs and prevent vulnerable families from

resorting to negative coping strategies for instance reducing children’s food intake, pulling children out of school, or early marriage.

UNICEF released A Window of Hope: Post-Distribution Monitoring Report 2015 for UNICEF’s Child Grant (CCG) programme in Jordan as

well as an online interactive data visualization permitting the reader to navigate data. The key findings of the report determined that

overall, 95% of families consistently reported being able to pay for child-related expenses that were not covered before receiving the

UNICEF child grant, and this increased over time. Moreover, families were able to increase spending on basic needs for children. Education

expenses including transportation, children’s clothes and shoes, children’s medicine and fresh foods are the biggest expenses related to

children. For families with four children or more, more money is spent on education, fresh foods and medicine. Despite deteriorating

circumstances in general, 97% families reported that they were able to increase spending on basic needs for children and therefore

improve children’s wellbeing and living conditions.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January - February 2016)

JORDAN Sector

Target1

Sector

Result

Change

since last

Report

UNICEF

Target

UNICEF

Result

Change

since last

Report

EDUCATION (Need: 258,000 school-aged children and 80,000 youth and adolescent)3

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in formal

education1 156,000 145,458 0 156,000 145,458 0

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in non-

formal education2 n/a 607 434 7,5004 230 88

# teachers, facilitators and school staff trained

(male/female) 7,452 778 95 4,000 286 95

# children, youth and adolescents benefitting from life

skills based education5 80,000 14,881 1,692 40,500 12,870 -292

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in

Informal education6 83,000 6,535 -719 41,500 5,771 -1,347

CHILD PROTECTION1 (Need: 478,450 boys and girls including 321,300 Syrian refugee boys and girls)

# children (sex disaggregated) participating in

structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial

support programmes2

335,953 64,949 37,934 218,284 55,152 31,387

# children (disaggregated by sex) who are receiving

specialized child protection services 19,500 2,027 1,174 10,260 1,502 649

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# adults participating in PSS or parenting education

programmes 284,928 90,625 70,790 130,000 49,524 46,975

# individuals trained on child protection (sex

disaggregated) 3,650 906 724 3,000 552 487

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (Need: 1.3 million people, including 630,000 registered refugees)4

# target beneficiaries with access to an adequate

quantity of safe water (temporary provision) 172,100 113,127 2,332 155,000 113,127 2,332

# target beneficiaries with access to an adequate

quantity of safe water (sustainable provision)1 1,300,000 63,360 0 660,000 63,360 0

# target beneficiaries with access to appropriate

sanitation facilities and services2 893,700 151,035 21,240 573,000 151,035 21,240

# target beneficiaries who have experienced a hygiene

promotion session 190,000 23,075 75 143,000 23,075 75

# target children with access to improved WASH

facilities in schools (including cleaning and maintenance) 135,000 18,020 20 120,0003 18,020 20

HEALTH (Need: 1 million U5 children, 60,450 child bearing aged women)

# children (0-59 months) vaccinated for measles

n/a

34,000 2,256 1,210

# children (0-59 months) vaccinated for polio 1,000,000 1,823 998

# children under 5 years fully covered with routine

Immunization antigens 34,000 620 368

# emergency affected people vaccinated for measles

(campaigns and routine) 212,698 3,302 1,522

# child bearing aged women (15-49) received more than

two doses of tetanus toxoid 28,800 2,256 476

NUTRITION (Need: 49,120 U5 children, 154,000 caregivers and mothers)

# children U5 screened for malnutrition1 14,500 n/a n/a 17,000 14,384 13,508

# caregivers/ mothers reached with Infant and Young

Child Feeding services1 153,600 n/a n/a 40,720 3,905 -2,522

BASIC ASSISTANCE (Need: 32,000 families and 115,000 children)

# vulnerable families receiving monthly cash assistance n/a 47,500 58,656 5,035

FOOTNOTE EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 1) From JRP, Annex p21

EDUCATION: EDUCATION: EDUCATION: EDUCATION: 2) From JRP, Annex p2

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 3) 33,750 = 7,500/ 2 years.

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 4) 228,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children, and 30,000 Jordanian out of school children

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 5) 15+ years possibly up to 35. UNICEF result revised based upon partner reporting verification.

EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION: 6) UNICEF result revised based upon partner reporting verification.

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 1) Not all UNICEF partners have reported their activities for January

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 2) The PSS targets displayed are only for children, total targets (including adults) are 513,020 for sector and 265,774 for UNICEF

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 3) Includes 11,556 girls and 12,209 boys

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 4) Not all sector partners have reported their activities for January

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 5) Includes 341 girls and 512 boys

CHILD CHILD CHILD CHILD PROTECTIONPROTECTIONPROTECTIONPROTECTION: 6) Includes 1,825 women and 724 men

CHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTIONCHILD PROTECTION: 7) Includes 30 women and 35 men.

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 1) Sector target includes 666,000 for resilience

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 2) Sector target includes 151,700 for resilience

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 3) Schools, makanis, clinics

WASHWASHWASHWASH: 4) 666K Jordanians in host communities / resilience, and 630K registered refugees.

NUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITIONNUTRITION: 1) Sector result pending partners reports in ActivityInfo. UNICEF results revised based upon verification of partner reporting.

BASIC ASSISTANCEBASIC ASSISTANCEBASIC ASSISTANCEBASIC ASSISTANCE: 1) 26,272 girls and 27,349 boys

Iraq

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: The majority of Syrian

refugees in Iraq (around 97 percent) are hosted in the three northern

governorates of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The protracted and

overlapping humanitarian crises and prevailing security situation in the

country have severely affected the economic situation, in particular in the

KRI, where public services are strained and financial resources of the

government, host communities and refugees are diminishing. It has been reported in February that the lists of Syrian refugee families

wishing to enter refugee camps are growing; more detailed data is being gathered from camp management groups. If correct, this is an

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indication that Syrian refugee families are seeking additional support as costs of living in rented accommodation and in host communities

becomes increasingly difficult to meet. Similarly, reports of continuing migration of working-age males to other countries raises protection

concerns. The increase in female-only and female-headed households in camps, also with young children or elderly persons, if

corroborated by assessments, could result in increased need for additional support, including for a strengthened protection framework.

As of February 2016, UNICEF’s WASH response for Syrian refugees remains 71% underfunded, while UNICEF’s health response for Syrian

refugees remains 100% unfunded. For these sectors, UNICEF is relying on remaining funds received in 2015 to ensure continued support

to basic services for refugee children in 2016. Without additional funding for these sectors, UNICEF will have to prioritise the most critical

of services for Syrians for WASH and Health, potentially impacting on the sustainability and quality of support for Syrian refugees, for

example at least 4,600 Syrian children will not receive cash support to meet daily household needs.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination: Within the humanitarian response to Syrian refugee children in Iraq, UNICEF and UNHCR

co-lead the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector and the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) and UNICEF co-leads Education

with Save the Children International. In its role as WASH Sector co-lead, UNICEF also coordinates with health actors, including with the

WHO-led Disease Surveillance System. National ownership and sustainable service delivery of safe water services has been encouraged

through work with relevant line ministries, including the Directorate of Surrounding Water, the Board of Relief and Humanitarian Affairs

(BRHA), and the Erbil Refugee Council.

Humanitarian Strategy: UNICEF works in collaboration with partners and the Government of Iraq (GoI) to protect Syrian refugee

children in Iraq through an integrated package of services and capacity-building initiatives focusing on improved access to education and

appropriate, safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene, continued access to basic health care including vaccination, pre- and post-natal

care, nutrition services; and increased access to psychosocial support and to safe spaces for recreation. In 2016, support to resilience will

continue through capacity building of local actors and communities in child protection and WASH practices that host Syrian refugees,

aiming to enhance their ability to withstand economic and social shocks. In 2016, UNICEF’s humanitarian response for Syrian refugees in

Iraq is in line with the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (‘3RP’).


WASH: Water trucking represents a significant financial investment to provide continuing water supply. As the move towards more

sustainable and cost-efficient WASH interventions continues, the completion of water treatment units and water networks in Basirma

and Kawergosk refugee camps means that supplementary water trucking is no longer needed in any of the four Erbil camps (Qushtapa

camp’s water supply network was completed in January 2016; Darashakran’s was completed in 2015) with substantially reduced costs.

Despite continuing overall improvements to the sustainability of water supply networks serving Syrian refugees in camps, the water supply

in Domiz, the largest refugee camp in Iraq, remains an ongoing challenge, as the existing water network does not deliver water at sufficient

pressure to certain areas of the camp and subsequently continued water trucking is still required in those areas. A technical assessment

of the network is ongoing to ascertain the causes of poor pressure. Findings from this assessment and technical guidance for improvement

are expected by mid-2016. Likewise, factors affecting water pumping are the shortages in electricity supply in the KRI, which continued

to affect the availability of water in refugee camps in February.

Efficient use and conservation of household water remains an area which needs strong community advocacy, not just in refugee camps

but in many host communities of Iraq, especially as lack of electricity affects pumping rates. In Erbil Governorate, UNICEF water and

hygiene promotion services reached over 31,000 refugees in all four refugee camps (Qushtapa, Basirma, Kawergosk and Darashakran.

Education: Education, as of February 2016, is the highest funded refugee response sector in Iraq, at 52% funded. Key areas of work

include teacher and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) training and capacity-building sessions; also supply of teaching and learning

materials. Teacher training in collaboration with the Kurdistan Regional Government Directorate of Education is due to commence in

March. In January and February, UNICEF identified and managed a range of bottlenecks including lack of available space for running large-

group training; the need to fit training around the school holidays; and the ongoing lack of teacher salary payment, which is reportedly

effecting the motivation of some teachers to commit to training.

Since autumn 2015, UNICEF provided temporary incentives for approximately 300 Syrian refugee teachers in the KRI, and 50 educational

support staff. Incentives are not intended to be a replacement for salaries; the amount is lower than salaries and is not provided on a

regular basis, as per agreement with the Kurdistan Directorate of Education. Reports of corporal punishment in schools were a concern

for Protection and Education actors in February, as UNICEF field staff noted issues relating to two refugee schools in Erbil where reports

of corporal punishment were submitted this month. These incidents had reportedly caused several children dropping out from schools.

UNICEF field staff engage on a regular basis with school principals, teachers, and families to ensure that any reports of corporal

punishment are brought to the attention of school management and to Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) for discussion and resolution

UNICEF is supporting ongoing work at a policy level to review a national strategy to mainstream ‘life skills’ education, which combines

elements of conflict resolution, peace education, and positive discipline. In cases of non-attendance to school or identified drop out,

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education actors engage with families, teachers and school principals to discuss the factors in hand and attempt to resolve them; this

month, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) this month the PTA in Darashakran refugee camp, Erbil, intervened to return 15 students to

school.

Health and Nutrition: Risks of public health outbreak remain high, particularly in non-camp settings where health services may not

manage regular outreach. As part of UNICEF’s global mandate to reduce child mortality, neonatal monitoring and healthcare advice

reached the parents of over 800 new-born children, through more than 6,600 tent-to-tent visits in refugee camps.

UNICEF supported ‘Baby Huts’ are safe places that provide services to pregnant women, new mothers and young children offering growth

monitoring/nutrition screening and counselling sessions on infant and young child feeding. Of the 3,626 children assessed this month,

350 presented signs of malnourishment, which were treated on site through supplementary feeding and therapeutic nutrition. In the

reporting period services reached 1,539 pregnant and lactating women, 544 counselling sessions through informational videos and talks.

Services are offered in Arabic and Kurdish language.

UNICEF supports the Extended Programme of Immunization (EPI) in Iraq. In February, 1,511 children under 5 received the oral polio

vaccine as part of ongoing prevention activities to eradicate the polio virus, and 320 children under 5 received vitamin A supplementation

as part of support to routine immunization programmes. To help prevent movement of vaccine-preventable disease across international

borders, UNICEF supports polio and measles vaccination for children crossing into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border in Dahuk Governorate,

which connects Syria and Iraq.

Child Protection: In February, UNICEF provided psychosocial services (PSS) to 210 registered children (girls; 122 and boys; 88), for a

total of 792 (girls; 395 and boys; 397) newly-registered children reached by PSS in 2016, while 357 newly registered children (girls; 159

and boys; 198) received specialized services from frontline workers. Cases included children with emotional distress, non-attendance of

school, child labor, Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC), early marriage, gender-based violence and disability.

To encourage and facilitate community-level engagement on child protection issues, UNICEF is leading an initiative to build capacity of

local social workers to engage local communities in issues relevant to child rights and child protection. In February, social workers from

Syrian refugee camps in Erbil, alongside other social workers based in IDP camps, participated in community-based psychosocial support

training. In Waar City, Dahuk Governorate and in Shaqlawa, Erbil Governorate, psychosocial support services opened for children, through

mobile Child-Friendly Spaces. With 60 percent of Syrian refugees living outside camps, non-camp areas host high numbers of Syrian

refugee children, and services have been much in demand. In non-camp locations, mobile CFS serve all children regardless of nationality;

Iraqi displaced and Kurdish host community children also have access to services.

Basic Needs: UNICEF has provided cash assistance to identified vulnerable populations in Iraq since December 2014 in close cooperation

with the regional authorities, with whom accountability and monitoring systems were set up to ensure that distribution and beneficiary

selection is according to standard and agreed criteria. Cash Transfers of approximately US$250 to $300 per household, based on severity

of vulnerability, support vulnerable families to meet their own needs in a dignified manner, and help to provide access to food and shelter.

As of February 2016, UNICEF cash assistance targeting Syrian refugee families has reached 2,023 households with Multipurpose Cash

Assistance. In 2016, UNICEF aims to reach approximately 14,600 households with child-focused cash transfer.


Iraq Sector

targets

Sector

Results

Change

since last

Report

UNICEF

targets

UNICEF

Results

Change

since last

Report

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) - 2016 Needs: 558,000 people, including 250,000 Syrian refugees

# of individuals benefiting from improved access to

adequate quantity of safe water in camps 100,000 76,180 40,384 55,928 67,220 54,476

# of individuals with access to adequate quantity of safe

water 260,288 81,360 81,360 87,279 72,400 31,768

# of target beneficiaries with access to appropriate

sanitation facilities and services4 221,190 0 0 55,928 0 0

# of beneficiaries who have experienced a hygiene

promotion session 197,600 30,422 3,719 87,929 26,939 3,719

# of camp residents with access to solid waste collection

and disposal services at least 3 times per week 100,000 46,293 39,593 55,928 0 0

EDUCATION – 2016 Needs: 231,000 children including 124,300 Syrian refugee children

# of boys and girls in formal primary education (age 6-14) 37,726 32,709 2,208 37,726 30,501 0

“# of boys and girls receiving educational supplies and / or

teaching learning material 52,694 10,932 10,932 50,000 0 0

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“# of teachers and education personnel receiving training on

EiE and / or PSS and / or Pedagogy 2,600 32 32 1,600 0 0

# of PTA members trained 1,275 0 0 910 0 0

CHILD PROTECTION – 2016 Needs: 550,900 children including 104,300 Syrian refugee children

Children receiving specialized child protection services

(reunification, alternative or specialized care and services) 5,488 540 446 3,300 493 399

Children participating in structured, sustained, resilience or

psychosocial support programmes 45,500 908 292 36,400 792 210

HEALTH - 2016 Needs: 1.3 million people, including 250,000 Syrian refugees

# children under 1 immunized against measles

n/a

6,150 762 320

# newborn babies of conflict-affected families benefitting

from newborn home services 4,000 1,591 808

# children 0-59 months vaccinated for Polio 37,500 3,374 1,511

# health facilities in impacted communities supported 120 79 79

NUTRITION

# children under 5 provided with access to Nutrition Services

(growth monitoring, nutrition screening) n/a 37,500 6,327 3,626

# of targeted mothers of children 0-23 months with access to

IYCF counselling for appropriate feeding n/a 13,000 2,942 1,539

SOCIAL PROTECTION

# of HH receiving Multipurpose Cash Assistance 4,663 2,023 1,226

FOOTNOTES

WASH 1) Sanitation reporting with government and NGO partners being reviewed in ActivityInfo

Lebanon Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: Evictions or

threats of eviction continue to impact Syrian refugees

throughout Lebanon. Since the beginning of 2015,

approximately 18,000 refugees have been evicted and some

10,500 are at risk of eviction across the North, Bekaa, and

South. Relocation is often a difficult and stressful process

particularly given the refugees’ limited financial resources and

the increasing rental rates observed in Lebanon over the past few

months. Overall households (HHs) expenditures dropped by 35% compared to 2014. However, Syrian refugee HHs were more likely to possess

basic assets such as gas stoves, blankets, mattresses and winter clothing. Only 52% of primary school aged children (6-14) attended school

in 2014-2015.

The most vulnerable Syrian refugees arriving in Lebanon from Syria have gone for extended periods – some several months, and others

up to four years – without access to primary health care. As a result, children are at risk of contracting preventable illnesses and the

country is at risk of outbreaks of communicable diseases, which would affect entire populations. The most frequent health concerns seen

in primary healthcare centres (PHCs) are acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases and skin infections, all of which can thrive under

crowded living conditions, such as those seen in the informal settlements and traditionally underserved areas where refugees have largely

taken up residence. The prevalence of diarrhoeal diseases in Syrian refugee populated informal settlements has been attributed to a

combination of poor hygiene conditions, poor food handling practices and in some cases, poor water quality.

The influx of Syrian refugees has exacerbated Lebanon’s already stretched water, wastewater and solid waste management systems and

services, which were underfunded and underperforming even before the crisis. There has been an estimated 10 per cent increase in total

water demand, 16 per cent more solid waste generated, and 11 per cent more wastewater produced5. Expanded coverage of essential

water and sanitation services to populations well beyond existing (and already failing) infrastructure (1,600 temporary settlements that

all need water and sanitation) add a further burden.

Internal instability and insecurity affect the daily lives of boys, girls, young people and their caregivers in Lebanon, exposing them

increasingly to situations of violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. Tensions between refugees and host communities are exacerbated

by increased demand for services and resources. The deteriorating socio-economic situation of many refugees and vulnerable Lebanese,

coupled with limited livelihood opportunities, have contributed to families turning to negative coping mechanisms, such as child labour

5 Lebanon Environmental Assessment of the Syrian Conflict and Priority Interventions, September 2014.

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(also causing increasing drop-out rates from school), worst forms of child labour (including street-based work or association of children

with armed violence) and child marriage.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination: The Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) 2016 is a one-year plan that was launched as

a transitional phase to a 4-year strategic framework covering 2017-2020. The LCRP 2016 partners the Government of Lebanon (GoL) and

assistance organizations to deliver humanitarian and stabilization programmes that are integrated and mutually reinforcing while 1)

Ensuring humanitarian assistance and protection for the most vulnerable displaced Syrians, poorest Lebanese and other highly vulnerable

communities; 2) Strengthening the capacity of national and local service delivery systems to expand access to and quality of basic public

services; and 3) Reinforcing Lebanon’s economic, institutional, environmental and social stability.

Recognizing the leadership of the government, UNHCR and UNICEF have agreed that within the UN system, UNICEF will coordinate the

Child Protection sub-sector, the Education and the Energy & Water (E&W) sectors. UNHCR will coordinate the Sexual and Gender-Based

Violence (SGBV) sub-sector. UNHCR will provide support to the Education and E&W sector by providing a UNHCR staff member to support

the coordination in Education and E&W, as well as capacity support to the field when needed. With the signing of the Letter of

Understanding (LoU) in December, UNICEF took the responsibility to coordinate the three sectors and in January UNICEF commenced

with the transition to this leadership role at the national and field level. At national level this transition is complete, while it is under way

in the field.

Humanitarian Strategy: UNICEF’s work in Lebanon is guided by the organization’s Core Commitments to Children in humanitarian

action in close partnership with the Government of Lebanon. The humanitarian response is coordinated under the sixth Regional

Response Plan, which details UNICEF’s commitments to all children in need, including Syrian refugees, Lebanese returnees, Palestinian

refugees from Syria and vulnerable Lebanese. UNICEF equally participates in resilience, recovery and development work under the World

Bank Stabilization Framework and the Reaching All Children with Education proposal. Planning and implementation of the response is

done through active participation and leadership in sector working groups. The No Lost Generation, championed in country by UNICEF,

UNHCR, Save the Children and World Vision brings together humanitarian and development responses in the areas of education, child

protection and adolescent opportunities in order to avert a lost generation.


Child Protection: In February 2016, UNICEF and its partner KAFA, trained 75 social workers from the Ministry of Social Affairs on the

Law 293 to protect women and other family members from family violence. At the end of a series of 5-day trainings, 20 volunteer social

workers were selected by MOSA and received an additional in-depth 4 day training. These social workers are now a part of an official

list of social workers appointed by MOSA to support survivors of family violence who request protection orders from the judiciary.

In addition, staff of one medical facility were trained in south Lebanon to provide quality care for survivors of sexual assault according to

international standards. Staff from the medical facility were also trained on the GBV referral pathway developed by the GBV actors in the

area.

UNICEF Lebanon and its government counterparts (Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC) and Ballamand University) participated in the

19th annual mine action meeting of national directors and UN advisers at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 16-19 February., LMAC

shared their experience during a UNICEF chaired session on mine risk education and behavior change. UNICEF continues to support mine

risk education in Lebanon where during the February, under the supervision of LMAC, 10,933 boys and girls and 11,043 community

members attended mine risk education sessions provided by the community based organisations such as the Boy Scouts and Youth

associations.

WASH: In close collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water UNICEF assessed the potential of aquifer recharge (replenishment

of groundwater with surface water) to address water scarcity in Lebanon. The study assessed 22 sites nominated by the Government of

Lebanon, and the results suggest that all but 4 sites are not feasible either due to the potential impact from poor water quality or lack of

available recharge. These four sites are currently under further investigation for their feasibility to pilot aquifer recharge.

Education: In February, the preparations for a new round of the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) for out-of-school-children, who

missed two years or more of schooling, were completed. A total of 3,505 children took the placement test and started attending classes

on the 22nd of February. This round of ALP will be finalized by the end of May. Due to an increase in demand in the number of children

eligible for the ALP, the Ministry Of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) decided to organize another round of placement tests in

March to allow more children to enroll in the current ALP.

UNICEF, in partnership with MEHE, launched a homework support program through 123 schools across the country targeting 20,000 girls

and boys at risk of drop-out, both Lebanese and Non-Lebanese. In the same period, UNICEF in partnership with Center for Education

Research and Development (CERD), the British Council, and local NGO Ana Aqra Association, began the process of assembling a unified

approach to remedial support focusing on Arabic language and literacy, foreign language, parent engagement and structured play.

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Through a unified system of child-level monitoring UNICEF and MEHE will collect and analyze data on the profile of the at-risk children,

and record any immediate effect of their participation in these programs.

UNICEF supported MEHE to launch the process of developing a unified Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme through holding a

national ECE inception workshop on the 10th of February with the MEHE departments, NGOs and the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA).

Health and Nutrition: In February 2016, during the sub-national polio campaign implemented in fixed centres and through house-to-

house vaccination team, 149,363 children under five were vaccinated out of the 156,372 children targeted (96%).

To prepare for the global switch from trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), in February, UNICEF

provided 350,000 doses of bOPV to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to be able to use them from the National Switch Day on April

20th, 2016. In order to increase the community awareness on routine immunization, in February, UNICEF supported MoPH to develop a

four-page flyer containing key messages on routine immunization and printed 500,000 copies of it for country-wide distribution.

Furthermore, UNICEF printed 200,000 revised routine immunization cards, to include PCV13 vaccine.

In order to support the PHC services, in February, UNICEF provided 39,750 bottles of 1% Permethrin shampoo (100 ml) and 500,000 Lice

and Scabies information leaflets to MOSA.

Basic Assistance: In February 2016, UNICEF in collaboration with the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP), the Ministry of Social

Affairs, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 21,449 ATM cards and PINs

to the most vulnerable Lebanese families. The distributed cards for the month of February will allow the provision of a one-off payment

of 40 USD to 64,020 boys and girls from 0 to 15 years old. The cards will be loaded and activated once the final process of verification is

completed. In February UNICEF completed the second round of fuel distribution to 73 public schools at altitudes of 500 meters and above

(in total 620 schools have already been assisted by UNICEF during the winter period).


LEBANON SECTOR

Target

SECTOR

Result

Change since

last Report

UNICEF

Target

UNICEF

Result

Change since

last Report

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2016 Needs for Energy and Water sector: 2.42 million people)

# individuals with sufficient safe water supply at an

adequate level of service at temporary locations 337,172 45,878 45,878 125,590 44,372 10,591

# individuals with sufficient safe water supply at an

adequate level of service at permanent locations 1,005,965 n/a n/a 939,563 36,439 14,386

# individuals with access to solid waste services 2,084,494 n/a n/a 470,358 74,812 41,698

# individuals who have experienced an behaviour change

session/activities 863,296 n/a n/a 229,993 31,148 14,787

EDUCATION (School year 2015-2016) (2016 Needs: 983,000 people, including 477,000 Syrian refugees )1

# targeted children (under 5 years) enrolled in Early

Childhood Education n/a n/a n/a 59,847 0 0

# targeted children (5-17 years) enrolled in formal

education (primary or secondary)4 n/a n/a n/a 235,949 n/a n/a

# targeted children (5-17 years) enrolled in non-formal or

informal education and/ or life skills2 n/a n/a n/a 32,714 4,952 4,952

# girls and boys (aged 03 to 18) enrolled in formal and non-

formal education programmes provided with adequate

learning materials

n/a n/a n/a 450,847 229,382 229,382

# public schools rehabilitated to meet MEHE's safety,

accessibility, and WASH standards; including minimum

standards applicable to children with disabilities

n/a n/a n/a 124 0 0

# of personnel whose capacity has been strengthened3 n/a n/a n/a 3,275 41 -90

CHILD PROTECTION

# children benefitting from structured community-based

PSS, early childhood program and child protection 180,364 21,342 21,342 125,000 30,202 13,866

# girls and boys referred to and provided with specialized

services n/a n/a n/a 2,500 390 201

# Community based groups trained and supported to

address CP/PSS/GBV, including child marriage and WFCL1 4,500 81 81 325 103 98

# people sensitized on CP/ PSS/ GBV2 n/a n/a n/a 430,000 73,293 51,376

# individuals accessing safe spaces3 120,000 5,848 5,848 60,000 9,404 3,780

HEALTH AND NUTRITION (2016 Health Needs: 2.5 million people, including 840,000 Syrian refugees )

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# Primary Health Care consultations1 3,204,000 111,858 111,858 660,443 171,626 147,067

# children Under 5 (U5) screened for malnutrition n/a n/a n/a 111,998 27,276 8,926

# children U5 and PLW receiving micro-nutrient

supplements n/a n/a n/a 196,001 28,139 12,380

# children U5 receiving routine vaccination 572,500 n/a n/a 572,500 1,870 643

# children U5 reached in campaigns in 2 planned Polio

campaigns (30% national target)2 579,000 n/a n/a 179,971 149,363 149,363

# women receiving IYCF and breastfeeding awareness n/a n/a n/a 92,771 2,372 1,195

ADOLESCENTS

# girls and boys benefiting from entrepreneurship and

skills based training n/a n/a n/a 45,000 0 0

# girls, boys enrolled in Vtechnical and agriculture schools n/a n/a n/a 13,000 0 0

# adolescents (m/f) aged 10 to 18 years enrolled in life

skills program (AI) n/a n/a n/a 20,800 2,718 513

# youth reached through the S4D programme (AI) n/a n/a 15,000 0 0

BASIC ASSISTANCE (2016 Needs: 1.5 million people, including 1 million Syrian refugees )

# children and their families vulnerable to seasonal

weather and influx assisted with one off cash1 630,000 474,252 474,252 175,000 1,547,372 1,547,372

# children & their families prone to be vulnerable to

emergencies provided in-kind emergency support1 136,500 105,027 105,027 40,000 30,876 30,876

COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

# individuals trained on communication for social and behaviour

change 720

FOOTNOTES

EDUCATION: 1) Sector target will not be defined prior to approval by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education

EDUCATION: 2) ALP figure, subject to confirmation from MEHE.

EDUCATION: 3) Number decreased due to correction in partner reporting.

EDUCATION: 4) As per REC meeting on January 26, 2016, total enrolment numbers are: 196,952 for Lebanese and 149,565 for non-Lebanese. Of these

enrolment numbers, UNICEF partly or fully covers the enrolment fees of 209,253 children. These are preliminary figures that are subject to change upon

receipt of the final report from MEHE.

CHILD PROTECTION: 1) These figures include boys, girls, and adults sensitized on CP/PSS/GBV

CHILD PROTECTION: 2) Sector Target and Results include only trained on GBV.

HEALTH & NUTRITION: 1) 46,203 reported in MMU / 125,423 Reported by MOPH

HEALTH & NUTRITION: 2) 89,928 reported in IS / Reported by MOPH: Round1 143,784 and Round2 149,363.

BASIC ASSISTANCE: 1) The sector target for the indicator ‘children and their families vulnerable to seasonal weather and influx assisted with one off

cash’ is 210,000 households and the sector result is 158,084 households, to make it comparable to UNICEF targets, it was converted to an estimated

number of children (3) per household. The sector target for the indicator ‘children and their families prone to be vulnerable to emergencies provided with

in-kind emergency support’ is 45,500 households and the sector result is 35,009, to make it comparable to UNICEF targets, it was converted to an

estimated number of children (3) per household.

BASIC ASSISTANCE: 2) These figures don’t include number of Palestinians

Turkey Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: As the Syria

Crisis enters its sixth year, 2.7 million Syrians are under temporary

protection, and over half of them – 1.4 million – are children.6

Turkey is currently hosting the largest number of refugees in the

world. Around 10% of Syrian refugees in Turkey live in 25 camps

along the Syrian border, while the remaining 90% reside in

communities in the southeast, but also increasingly in Istanbul,

Izmir, Ankara and other large cities in the north and west. Many Syrian families have been in Turkey for several years, their savings

depleted and becoming increasingly dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Despite significant gains, such as the sharp increase

in enrolment of Syrian children in formal education, UNICEF and partners, the scale of this crisis is putting enormous strain on the Turkey’s

infrastructure and basic services, particularly in host communities.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination: The Government of Turkey (GoT) leads the overall response to the crisis, and remains

the largest provider of aid to Syrian refugees. The UNCT supports the government’s efforts within the framework of the 3RP (2016-2017).

6 As of 3 March 2016 (Source: UNHCR Inter-Agency Information Sharing Portal)

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Coordination at Ankara level takes place through the Syria Response Group with participation of all relevant heads of agencies, while the

Syria Task Force provides overall direction at the technical level. UNICEF participates actively in both, and provides co-leadership of the

Education Working Group. In December 2015, UNICEF and UNHCR established a Child Protection Sub-Working Group to engage the

government and humanitarian organizations on the ground on a few key priorities, such as unaccompanied/separated children and child

labour. Decentralized coordination mechanisms also play an increasingly significant role in the humanitarian response in Turkey. Together

with CARE International, UNICEF also co-chairs the WASH Working Group, with meetings held alternately in Gaziantep and Şanliurfa.

UNICEF also participates actively in coordination meetings chaired by UNHCR in Gaziantep, and leads the Southeast Turkey Education

Working Group, comprised primarily of NGOs working on the provision of non-formal education.

Humanitarian Strategy: Under the framework of the 3RP (2016-2017) as well as the “No Lost Generation” strategy, UNICEF focuses on

the twin priority areas of Education and Child Protection to reach Syrian children in camps and host communities, as well as vulnerable

Turkish children affected by the crisis. In 2016, the rapid scale-up of services and strengthening of existing national systems will remain a

top priority, with an increasing focus on a resilience and policy approach to reflect the protracted nature of the crisis. In Education, UNICEF

aims to increase children’s access and improve quality and inclusiveness, with a special focus on host communities via the implementation

of Provincial Action Plans. In Child Protection, priority is given to increasing safe and protective environments that caters to the myriad

needs of children, adolescents and young people (through the expansion of child- and adolescent-friendly spaces and child protection

support centres), with greater emphasis on identification and referral of children at-risk or in need of specialized services. In both areas,

UNICEF works with a wide range of civil society partners to scale up social cohesion and non-formal educational opportunities. Child rights

violations continue to be monitored and documented with findings strengthening advocacy and programming.


Education: The number of Syrian children with access to formal education increased significantly in February, with almost 325,000

children enrolled in school – a nearly 50% increase since the end of the school year in July 2015. Nevertheless, due to the continuous

increase of refugees registered in Turkey, the number of out of school children remains significant. Meanwhile, UNICEF provided monthly

incentives to nearly 10,000 Syrian volunteer teachers in February – 91% of all those working in Turkey – and is on track to exceed our

target for 2016 by next month. Unfortunately, serious challenges persist in the area of non-formal education. UNICEF is working with

existing partners to strengthen their capacity to reach more children, but the larger problem continues to be the limited number of

qualified local or international NGOs on the ground and challenges in tapping in to additional potential stakeholder, such as universities

and semi-governmental entities. To address this gap, UNICEF has begun a comprehensive mapping exercise to identify potential partners

with the necessary expertise, capacity and reach to scale up programming and is reaching out to new governmental partners, such as the

Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Child Protection: UNICEF is working to scale up the capacity of child protection mechanisms in central and southern Turkey. Three Child

Protection Support Centres (CPSCs) opened in Izmir, Ankara, and Adana, and a Child Protection Hub in Kayseri were opened in February.

Each CPSC serves as a “one-stop shop” for a package of child-centred services, including psycho-social support, case management and

legal counselling for at-risk children, nutritional services, and awareness raising. Meanwhile in Gaziantep, UNICEF embarked on a two-

year initiative with the metropolitan municipality to combat child marriage. The initiative offers a comprehensive strategy to prevent and

respond to this growing trend in Turkey, including the establishment of standard operating procedures and referral pathways to respond

to children at risk and children who are already married; customised training packages for frontline service providers; and strengthened

advocacy at the national level.

Basic Needs: Since November 2015, UNICEF has been working with four local and international NGOs – Danish Refugee Council (DRC),

Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRCS), Welthungerhilfe and ASAM – to distribute unconditional cash voucher or in-kind assistance to almost

19,000 vulnerable Syrian households in 10 provinces across Turkey. In February, UNICEF reached just over 10,000 households or an

estimated 30,000 children. Under this programme, each eligible household receives a voucher or cash payment (valued at between USD

$150-$200 based on a vulnerability assessment) from which they can purchase much-needed winter supplies and warm clothing in pre-

determined shops – enabling them to spend their resources on other essential expenses, such as rent and food. Families who live in rural

areas without sufficient market access receive an equivalent value of essential winter items including heaters, blankets, carpets and warm

clothing.


TURKEY Sector

Target

Sector

Results

Change since

last Report

UNICEF

Target

UNICEF

Results

Change since

last Report

EDUCATION (2016 Needs: 1.3 million Syrian refugees, including 977,000 Syrian refugee children)

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in

formal education 400,000 323,596 13,596 400,000 225,159 25,477

# of children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in

non-formal education n/a n/a n/a 40,000 627 461

# of children (3-17 years, boys/girls) receiving school

supplies 400,000 n/a n/a 400,000 0 0

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# of schools constructed, renovated or refurbished1 180 n/a n/a 95 12 2

# of schools supported with maintenance and

operational costs 180 n/a n/a 180 0 0

# of teachers, facilitators and school staff trained

(male/female) n/a n/a n/a 11,450 0 0

# of teachers and facilitators receiving incentives2 10,000 n/a n/a 10,000 9,993 443

CHILD PROTECTION (2016 Needs: 1.49 million Syrian refugee children)

# of children (sex disaggregated) participating in

structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial

support programmes

90,000 n/a n/a 80,000 15,082 8,441

# of children (disaggregated by sex) who are receiving

specialized child protection services 1,100 n/a n/a 1,000 357 77

# of individuals trained on child protection

(disaggregated by sex) 1,225 n/a n/a 400 236 137

# of children (sex disaggregated) with increased

access to SGBV services, including information 164,000 n/a n/a 30,000 300 25

BASIC NEEDS

# of persons receiving emergency, cash or cash-

voucher assistance 150,000 68,615 50,315

YOUTH

# of Syrian and Turkish adolescents and youth in

impacted communities with access to social cohesion

activities, through peer support, youth mobilization

and advocacy

16,000 n/a n/a 10,000 1,743 1,536

FOOTNOTES

EDUCATION: 1) Please note that the effective date of this target, as outlined in the 2016 3RP for Turkey, is October 2015. However, results from

October-December 2015 are not included in UNICEF’s total results for 2016.

EDUCATION: 2) Incentives are to be paid to the whole target group each month.

Egypt Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs: Over 75,000 refugees in

Egypt are children (or around 40% of the overall refugee population):

around 54,000 Syrians and 21,000 from other countries. The Syrian

communities are distributed in more than 10 governorates nation-wide.

Some of these communities are hard to reach either because of the

remoteness of the geographical areas or the socio-economic status of the

target population.

According to the latest UNHCR’s Socio-Economic Assessment, about 60% of the refugees assessed through a vulnerability analysis, were

classified as “severe” (i.e. living under the poverty line), and an addition 25% was classified as ‘high’ vulnerability (close to the national

poverty line). At the end of 2015, the number of registered refugee children in Egypt living in households classified as severely vulnerable

was around 45,000, while the highly vulnerable were around 18,000. The latest UNHCR data also shows that among registered refugees

classified as severely vulnerable there are 355 unaccompanied or separated Syrian children and 1,429 Syrian children are categorized as

‘at risk’. This number include children at risk of not attending school, children involved in child labor, child marriage and children with

special education needs. An increasing number of Syrian refugees in Egypt are trying to reach Europe by sea, through smuggling and

trafficking in hopes of finding better socio-economic conditions.

The Government of Egypt (GoE) grants full access to education and primary health services for Syrian children. Absorbing the number of

Syrian students in public schools is placing significant pressure on the existing education system due to high class density and low teacher

to student ratio. The most common constraints which limit Syrian refugee enrolment rates are lack of required documentation and

overcrowding and lack of enforced safety standards in classrooms. UNICEF Egypt continues to facilitate access to primary education

through supporting the Ministry of Education (MoE) through teacher and middle management training and also by creating increased

community-based education opportunities to address the problem of high class density and drop-outs.

Humanitarian leadership and coordination: In 2015, UNHCR and UNICEF agreed on one reporting system with data collected from

the Ministry of Health and Planning and the WHO to create a national database. UNICEF Egypt is currently coordinating the intra-agency

approach in defining indicators, targets and budgets for the 2016 3RP in education, child protection and health sectors. UNICEF Egypt

continues to co-lead with UNHCR the Education Working Group (EWG) to ensure coordination mechanisms are in place for assessing

specific needs of Syrian children and developing joint interventions to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions targeting

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out of school Syrian children. UNICEF provided technical support to the MOHP in reviewing the needs assessment study that was

conducted for Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Cairo and Alex governorates in 2015. In 2016, the needs assessment study will

help replace and update the medical equipment required for three NICUs in Cairo and Alex governorates to improve service provision to

Syrian refugee communities. UNICEF Egypt continues to ensure that the needs of Syrian children who have been detained by the Egyptian

authorities are met both during and after detention as well as increasing targeted interventions for children with disabilities.

Humanitarian Strategy: UNICEF is driving forward the revision of programmatic priorities and the development of a capacity building

strategy for the child protection sector for 2016 with Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) member agencies. The strategy will aim at

improving knowledge and align capacities of organizations working on child protection programming in the country and at strengthening

the capacity of national stakeholders, such as child protection committees, family bureaus and safe homes. UNICEF Egypt and Health

Working Group partners are streamlining coordinated programming, as a priority strategy, to reach to all Syrian women and children with

quality primary health care, in addition to an active review of targeted Public Health Units and needs in 2016. In support of the 3RP, in

2015, UNICEF Egypt had child protection programming which includes a small cash assistance program to support vulnerable families with

children benefiting from the child protection interventions, to cover unexpected, high health expenses. In addition, UNICEF Egypt

continued to increase education and adolescent-targeted programming.

Summary Analysis of Program Response

Education: As of January 2016, 118,512 Syrian refugees were registered in Egypt. The government of Egypt grants access to education

for Syrian children. Absorbing the number of Syrian students in public schools is a constraint due to high class density and limited

number of teachers relative to students.

The Egyptian government continues to receive children in public schools under the same rules and regulations that apply for Egyptian

nationals. Syrian families are facing s obstacles when applying for their children to be enrolled. The most common is the required

documentation, overcrowding and safety measures inside and outside classrooms, and the lack of quality education in public schools

which limit Syrian children enrolment rate.

UNICEF continues to facilitate access to primary education through supporting Ministry of Education through teachers and middle

management training. It also establishes community-based education opportunities to solve the problem of high class density and drop-

outs.

Child protection: Egypt continues to host refugees and asylum-seekers mainly from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Ethiopia, South Sudan

and Eritrea. As of 31 January 2016, a total of 178,723 asylum-seekers and refugees were registered with UNHCR Egypt; the majority

located in three urbans areas including Greater Cairo (60%), Alexandria (18%) and Damietta (6%). Syrian refugees registered with the

UNHCR amount to 118,512 Syrians including 50,762 children. The total number of refugees and asylum-seekers mainly from Sub-Saharan

Africa and Iraq is growing steadily and increased by 2,772 individuals registered with Office amounting to a total of 60,211 persons of

concern who have fled their homes mainly from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea. The number of refugee children from

these countries has reached 21, 136, 40% of which are aged between 5-11, 4131 of which are girls. Reported arrests and detention upon

attempting to depart Egypt in an irregular manner by land and by sea remains a high protection concern. By 31 January, 24 Syrian children

had been identified to be in detention, including 14 unaccompanied children.

Health: Partners in the health working groups work together to review and update their health activities and target population size and

needs currently to be able to fulfil the community served especially with IDP movement within the country.

Continuous coordination meetings among different partners are conducted through the last period to review the situation and identify

roles and responsibilities for quality provision of the health services with the ministry team. Updating the M&E framework, tools for data

collection, indicators and target numbers of Syrian and Egyptian population as well as CHWs are the main tasks that partners are working

to finalize currently before the end of the 1st quarter of 2016.


Egypt Sector Sector Sector Sector


Sector Sector Sector Sector


Change

since last

Report





Change

since last

Report

EDUCATION (2016 Needs: 261,000 people, including 49,000 Syrian refugee children)

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in formal

and non-formal education (3 -5 years) n/a n/a n/a 15,000 13,181 0

# children (under 5 years, boys/girls) enrolled in ECCE n/a n/a n/a 3,000 1,318 750

# children (3-17 years, boys/girls) receiving textbooks,

teaching and learning materials, and school supplies n/a n/a n/a 13,000 0 0

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# educational facilities and learning spaces constructed,

rehabilitated or established1 n/a n/a n/a 50 15 0

# teachers, facilitators and school staff trained n/a n/a n/a 400 29 29

# education actors reached through training initiatives

related to policy, planning and sector coordination n/a n/a n/a 400 0 0

# children, adolescents and parents who have access to

coexistence programs and psychosocial support services

in Schools participating in coexistence programmes

around4

65,0002 n/a n/a 13,5003 0 0

# public and community based schools supported with

child safe guarding mechanisms to prevent and respond

to violence

50 n/a n/a 15 0 0

CHILD PROTECTION (2016 Needs: 69,380 children, including 49,000 Syrian refugee children)

# girls, boys, women and men participating in structured,

sustained child protection or psychosocial support

programmes (including parenting programmes)

30,000 n/a n/a 25,0001 934 549

# children (disaggregated) by sex who are receiving

specialized child protection services 8,200 n/a n/a 7,000 915 599

# individuals trained on child protection2 650 n/a n/a 500 0 0

# vulnerable families receiving sustained monthly cash

assistance 30,000 n/a n/a 30,000 0 0

HEALTH (2016 Needs: 5.5 million people, including 107,000 Syrian refugees2)

# Egyptian and Syrian children (0-59 months) vaccinated

for polio

15,000,0001 15,000,000

# children under five Syrian Children receiving routine

vaccination and Growth Monitoring services 13,000 2,238 1,109

# primary health consultations supported (# of ANC and

post-natal visits) 5,000 0 0

# of medical team members trained 1,820 0 0

# Primary Health Units (PHU) receiving medical supplies

and equipment in the Integrated Child Survival and ANC

models in the targeted PHUs

102 0 0

# of Neonatal care provision in NICUS (Syrian children) 20 0 0

FOOTNOTES

EDUCATION: 1) Public schools rehabilitation targeting 6000 Syrian and Egyptian children

EDUCATION: 2) Includes parents, students both children and adolescents

EDUCATION: 3) Includes all groups including children and adolescents students reached

EDUCATION: 4) Target includes (7500 children & 6000 parents-half Syrians and half Egyptians

CHILD PROTECTION: 1) 20,000 Children, adolescents and 5000 parents

CHILD PROTECTION: 2) Disaggregated by sex

HEALTH: 1) Result to be validated from the ministry by end of March 2016. 15,000,000for both target and result

HEALTH: 2) Polio vaccination campaigns have a broader target group to ensure community immunity

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Required 8.36 19.06 6.30 4.27 2.00 39.98

Funded 2.45 2.25 11.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.71

Required 92.47 12.62 3.25 4.00 112.34

Funded 1.49 1.80 0.20 0.00 57.55 61.04

Required 6.16 7.53 3.35 17.03

Funded 0.00 0.00 0.91 0.00 0.00 1.39 2.30

Required 6.00 6.00

Funded 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.17 0.00 5.17

Required 176.87 433.86 109.50 53.44 51.65 0 6.00 16.00 0.00 847.33

Funded 39.44 114.23 41.13 17.29 2.95 0.00 5.17 24.69 58.94 303.86

% Funded 22% 26% 38% 32% 6% 86% 154% 36%

Funding Gap ($) 137.43 319.63 68.37 36.15 48.70 0.00 0.83 0.00 543.47

Funding Gap (%) 78% 74% 62% 68% 94% 14% 0% 64%

Required 249.26 523.75 134.78 126.94 84.49 15.62 13.22 16.00 0.00 1164.05

Funded 43.97 130.27 42.03 17.94 3.37 0.23 5.28 24.69 61.35 329.14

% Funded 18% 25% 31% 14% 4% 2% 40% 154% 28%

Funding Gap $ 205.28 393.47 92.75 109.00 81.12 15.38 7.94 0.00 834.91

Funding Gap (%) 82% 75% 69% 86% 96% 98% 60% 0% 72%

**** $US 43.1 M counted in 2015 and 2016 as a result of adjusting multi-year donation

***Funds received does not include $US 251.3 M carried forward from previous appeals.

Total 3RP

Funding Status

In millions of US Dollars

Sy

ria

Syria* 7%

36%

Total 28%

3R

P

Jordan 18%

Lebanon 39%

Iraq* 39%

Turkey 54%

Egypt 13%

MENA 86%

Who to

contact for

further

information:

Genevieve Boutin

Syria Crisis Coordinator

UNICEF MENA Regional Office

Mobile: +962 (0) 79 683 5058

[email protected]

Juliette Touma

Regional Spokesperson on Syria Crisis

UNICEF MENA Regional Office

Mobile: + 962 (0) 79 867 4628

Email: [email protected]

Documents

unity of Syria Crisis - UNICEF · organizations. In spite of this positive achievement, the WASH sector funding status remains at 1% as of the end of February 2016, with no adequate