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Netherlands Funded INGO's North-Iraq Joint Humanitarian Appeal Phase 2 Netherlands Funded INGO’s North-Iraq Joint Humanitarian Appeal Phase 2 Netherlands Funded INGO’s, North-Iraq Joint Humanitarian Appeal (NIJR2) Version 09.07.2015 To be completed by each Organisation considering the Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan 2015. Please complete in Calibri 10. 1. Info NGO a. Name NGO: ZOA b. Contact person (for this proposal): Mr. Kees-Jan Hooglander c. Contact details (tel. email and skype): Telephone ZOA Apeldoorn: +31 55 3663 339 Email: [email protected] - Skype: kees-janh 2. Capacity, expertise and track record in the country (Maximum 1/2 page) a) Previous experience in the country: ZOA became operational in North Iraq in October 2014, after a joint assessment mission on behalf of 5 Dutch NGOs (Dorcas, Red een Kind, TEAR, Woord en Daad and ZOA). Since then, WASH and Winterisation projects were implemented in the governorates of Dohuk (Semel district), Ninewa (Tilkaif district, Alqosh sub-district) and Erbil (Erbil city, Rawanduz district and Khalifan sub-district). The focus of these projects was on supporting non-camp IDPs. The core of ZOA’s programming in 2014/15 took place in the Dohuk and Ninewa governorates. In May 2015 ZOA started a Food Security and Livelihoods project in Ninewa (Tilkaif, Alqosh) which involves support to both host- and IDP communities. The project aims to not only improve food security and livelihoods but enhance social cohesion as well. ZOA implements its projects through local partners, which have thorough understanding of local customs, culture and beliefs, as well as many years of experience in providing aid to people in need living in Iraq. Operational capacity (offices, staff, etc.) and technical expertise, related to your proposed sectors of intervention: ZOA’s country office is located in Erbil, and the organisation has a field office in Dohuk. ZOA employs 2 expats (in Erbil and Dohuk) and has recruited 5 local staff. ZOA expat staff are experienced fieldworkers who get support from technical advisors in Apeldoorn, who are specialists in the fields of Food Security and Livelihoods (Agriculture), WASH, Peacebuilding and (humanitarian) Programme Advising. The general management for the Iraq programme is directed from ZOA’s Middle East Region office in Amman. The NFI/Shelter and Food Security & Livelihood projects are implemented through local partners. ZOA works with well-established local partners CAPNI and ETTC, and is currently negotiating a new partnership with another local partner. Previous projects were implemented by MedEast and SALT. 3. Justification of the programme (Maximum 1/2 page) b) How your programme fits the needs amongst population and gaps in the humanitarian aid overall intervention. Please refer to the HRP 2015 for Iraq with OCHA objectives, gaps, sectors and areas of intervention. The HRP 2015 describes the despair of millions of Iraqis as an indirect result of continuous violence. One of the problems it mentions is the food insecurity. The HRP states that at least 4.4 million people are now food insecure, of whom 2.5 million are targeted by the HRP.1 Families across the country, most particularly in the KR-I, where the population has increased by 30%, have been unable to cover basic needs and are relying on negative strategies to cope. Part of the reason for this food insecurity is that key agricultural areas remain under ISIL control, which may result in widespread shortages. In the months after the capture of Mosul in June 2014, most of the host population in Tilkaif (Ninewa) fled the area, fearing ISIL attacks. When these did not materialise, the community returned, but faced considerable losses. They had lost their harvest, the primary source of income, when they fled. Others missed out on opportunities to sell their harvest to the government, and hence suffered huge loss of income. On top of that, the subsidies on fertilisers were lifted, and both the loss of income and the most expensive fertilisers left many small farmers households in debt. The needs of these farmers will be addressed in this food security & livelihoods project through the provision of farmer supplies, such as fertilisers, seeds and pesticides, and their ability to produce food will increase the food availability for all beneficiaries. Another reason for the food insecurity is the limited 1 Humanitarian Response Plan page 7 Netherlands Funded INGO’s North-Iraq Joint Humanitarian Appeal Phase 2 functioning of the PDS (Public Distribution System) in Ninewa, which used to be managed in Mosul. In some places in Ninewa, the PDS is taken over by Dohuk, but the Kurdistan Region Government depends on the Baghdad government to get the rations, and financial restrictions have caused irregular distributions. In the proposed project, assistance to improve food security through temporary unconditional cash and food production will contribute to OCHA’s strategic objective of providing essential life-saving assistance. The HRP also mentions immense unemployment rates, among the host communities (75%), but even more so among IDPs (97%).2 This results in a lack of income and inability to provide for basic needs. This need, too, will be addressed in this project, through the creation of cash-for-work opportunities. The HRP 2015 also indicates a continuous need of 2.9 million people for NFI/Shelter to prevent deterioration and unnecessary fall back of IDPs into the most vulnerable categories. 3 This project will therefore include NFI assistance to those most in need in the targeted area. The HRP 2015 anticipates counter-offensive movements along the Mosul and Anbar Corridors, which would generate an additional caseload of 1.7 million IDPs before the end of 2015.4 Specifically the hundreds of thousands expected to flee from Mosul when fighting will increase are likely to move into Tilkaif. 5 The design of this project aims at helping communities to prepare for such an influx of IDPs as well as possible. 4. Proposed humanitarian project (Maximum 1/2 page + ALSO TABLE 1) c) Which thematic areas (sectors) to be covered in line with the HRP Iraq; Annex Table 1 Food Security & Livelihoods The proposed food security and livelihoods project is twofold. On the one hand, its goal is to increase the availability of food, on the other it aims at improving to food and improved livelihoods. This project will increase food availability by distributing farmer supplies, such as fertilisers, seeds and pesticides/herbicides to vulnerable farmers, with the purpose of boosting the next harvest. This will reinforce the agricultural livelihoods of the beneficiaries. At the start of the project, small village committees, consisting of male and female participants representing the IDPs, returnees and local authorities of the host community, will be established in collaboration with Dorcas. They will be instrumental in the selection of beneficiaries (of both ZOA and Dorcas projects) and play a significant role in the project implementation and monitoring. In the long term, these villages could also be instrumental in the establishment of community centres, where people would be encouraged to care for each other, and trainings can be organised on protection and cohesion issues. However, establishment of village committees in this proposed project, will only lay the foundation for such villages centres. Cooperation between different groups is stimulated through these committees, aiming to build trust and understanding, and will thus strengthen social cohesion amongst host and IDP families. This joint programming will enhance widely supported social structures, which would increase the resilience of the host and IDP communities in preparation for more IDPs from Mosul. To improve the access to food and other livelihood items, ZOA will create cash-for-work opportunities for the targeted beneficiaries who are able to conduct casual labour. The money will allow them to have better access to food and other necessary items for basic livelihoods. The selection for cash-for-work beneficiaries will be done by the village committees. The cash-for-work activities will focus on work on farms, but could also include garbage collection, help during distributions or other community based activities. For those vulnerable IDPs unable to participate in cash-for-work activities, such as female headed households, families with disabled persons and elderly people, the provision of unconditional cash assistance will be a significant part of this project, unless the Public Distribution System (PDS) starts functioning sufficiently again. This unconditional cash gives the crises affected households the opportunity to choose and decide how they want to address their immediate needs, improving access to food and other survival items. NFIs ZOA understands the need for Food Security, but also wants to include the distribution of NFIs, considering how this could be lifesaving for the IDPs. NFI assistance will be offered to non-camp IDPs to help them survive. Cluster meetings have already indicated great need for winter, summer and hygiene items. In this project, ZOA will distribute NFI packages, which would include heaters, kerosene and clothing for the winter. For summer, air coolers and fans will be distributed. However, the exact content of the NFI packages will be 2 Humanitarian Response Plan 2015, page 8 3 Humanitarian Response Plan 2015, page 46 4 Humanitarian Response Plan 2015, page 10 5 Inter Agency Contingency Plan Dohuk, February 2015, page 2 Netherlands Funded INGO’s North-Iraq Joint Humanitarian Appeal Phase 2 decided upon once the NFI cluster has published the standard NFI package list, which will be guiding for ZOA. In addition, distribution of hygiene kits to ensure health, hygiene and general sense of well-being is part of the project. d) Specific location per sector of intervention; Annex Table 1 The food security & livelihoods and NFI projects as described above will take place in Tilkaif and other newly liberated areas in Ninewa governorate. In many ways this is a unique and strategic location to implement the project: the host community, once IDPs themselves, are trying to recover while assisting new IDPs.
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