UNRWA/Opt/2006

UNRWA/oPt/2006

SAMPLE OF ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATING IN CONSOLIDATED APPEALS

AARREC CRS HT MDM TGH ACF CWS Humedica MEDAIR UMCOR ACTED Danchurchaid IA MENTOR UNAIDS ADRA DDG ILO MERLIN UNDP Africare Diakonie Emergency Aid IMC NCA UNDSS AMI-France DRC INTERMON NPA UNEP ARC EM-DH Internews NRC UNESCO ASB FAO INTERSOS OCHA UNFPA ASI FAR IOM OHCHR UN-HABITAT AVSI FHI IPHD OXFAM UNHCR CARE Finnchurchaid IR PA (formerly ITDG) UNICEF CARITAS French RC IRC PACT UNIFEM CEMIR INTERNATIONAL FSD IRD PAI UNJLC CESVI GAA IRIN Plan UNMAS CFA GOAL IRW PMU-I UNOPS CHF GTZ Islamic RW PU UNRWA CHFI GVC JOIN RC/Germany VIS CISV Handicap International JRS RCO WFP CMA HealthNet TPO LWF Samaritan's Purse WHO CONCERN HELP Malaria Consortium SECADEV World Concern Concern Universal HelpAge International Malteser Solidarités World Relief COOPI HKI Mercy Corps SUDO WV CORDAID Horn Relief MDA TEARFUND ZOA COSV

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... 1

TABLE I. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS, COMMITMENTS/CONTRIBUTIONS AND PLEDGES BY SECTOR...... 2 TABLE II. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS, COMMITMENTS/CONTRIBUTIONS AND PLEDGES BY APPEALING ORGANISATIONS ...... 3 TABLE III. LIST OF PROJECTS (GROUPED BY SECTOR) WITH FUNDING STATUS ...... 5

2. CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS ...... 21

2.1 THE CONTEXT...... 21 2.2 SUMMARY OF PRIORITY NEEDS ...... 23 2.3 SCENARIOS ...... 23 2.4 RESPONSE TO DATE...... 24 2.5 UPDATED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ...... 25

3. RESPONSE TO DATE PER CLUSTER AND UPDATED SECTOR RESPONSE PLANS ...... 26

3.1 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR...... 26 3.2 CHILD PROTECTION SECTOR...... 27 3.3 CORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES ...... 27 3.4 EDUCATION SECTOR...... 28 3.5 FOOD SECTOR...... 29 3.6 HEALTH SECTOR ...... 31 3.7 JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE SECTOR ...... 34 3.8 PROTECTION SECTOR...... 35 3.9 WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR ...... 35

4. FUNDING AND PROJECTS ...... 36

5. CONCLUSION...... 36

NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS ...... 38

AGRICULTURE ...... 38 CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL...... 47 COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES ...... 48 EDUCATION...... 49 FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY...... 50 HEALTH AND NUTRITION ...... 58 JOB CREATION/CASH ASSISTANCE ...... 64 PROTECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS/RULE OF LAW ...... 67 WATER AND SANITATION ...... 70

ANNEX I. ADDITIONAL FUNDING TABLES ...... 78

ANNEX II. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...... 83

Please note that appeals are revised regularly. The latest version of this document is available on http://www.humanitarianappeal.net

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OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During the first five months of 2008, the overall humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continued to deteriorate, notwithstanding slight improvements in some sectors.

The humanitarian situation is particularly desperate in the Gaza Strip, where the already fragile space for human rights and dignity is narrowing. Palestinians in Gaza are confronted with interference in their normal social and political lives and also daily degradations like reduced access to water, electricity, proper sanitation and garbage collection, and adequate health care. They face increased violence and casualties, extended closures of crossings, severe limitations on basic supplies, shortages of spare parts, raw materials, and other commercial and agricultural supplies, and an overall economic contraction. The private sector is virtually paralysed and the physical and administrative divisions between Gaza and the West Bank and East Jerusalem remain in place.

Severe shortages of fuel and electricity due to Israeli restrictions, compounded by militant attacks on crossings, have exacerbated an already grave situation. Over 70% of households continue to be reliant on aid. 1 There has also been a significant increase in Palestinian and Israeli casualties, including a major increase in child fatalities among Palestinians.2

In the West Bank, the humanitarian situation was affected by a slight deterioration in internal freedom of movement, which was reflected, inter alia, by the increasing number of closure obstacles and the continuing restriction for Palestinians using key roads. However, some progress was made in specific areas by the lifting of a few significant closures. Other factors affecting the situation in the West Bank are the drought and frost that occurred last winter, and the increase in house demolitions during the first quarter of the year.

The fact that food prices have increased significantly since the beginning of 2008 has also exacerbated the humanitarian situation both in Gaza and the West Bank, in particular amongst the most vulnerable populations.

Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks aiming at achieving a peace treaty on all core issues in 2008 continued, however, no breakthrough occurred. The Palestinian Authority kept up its reform and development efforts, receiving strong backing from the international community. Some measures were partially implemented to ease specific movement restrictions and to improve the economic situation of the Palestinians. However, this development is unlikely to have a significant impact on humanitarian needs in the short term.

For the review of the CAP 2008, humanitarian needs in all sectors have been reassessed. The main conclusion is that the priority needs identified by the end of 2007 remain unchanged. However, taking into account the factors outlined above, the Gaza Strip has been identified as an increasing priority in terms of delivery of humanitarian aid. This Mid-Year Review (MYR) has resulted in a reduction of the requested funding in six sectors and an increase in the Food Aid and Food Security, Child Protection, and Coordination and Support Services sectors. The inability to deliver materials into Gaza, due to closures, necessitated a shift away from job creation projects towards direct food aid.

The overall request is now US$3448,168,567, compared to the original requirement of $462,121,404, which is an approximate decrease of $14 million.

1 WFP, FAO and UNRWA, Rapid Food Security Survey in West Bank and Gaza Strip: Preliminary Findings, April 2008. 2 Note that at the time of writing, the negotiated truce between Israel and Hamas has not started yet. Its political, economic, security and humanitarian impact can not be assessed yet Figures and assessment provided in this report reflect the situation as it was on May 30th, without prejudice of any significant development that could occur after this date. 3 All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. Funding for this appeal should be reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS, [email protected]), which will display its requirements and funding on the CAP 2008 page.

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TABLE I. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS, COMMITMENTS/CONTRIBUTIONS AND PLEDGES BY SECTOR

Table I: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Requirements, Commitments/Contributions and Pledges - by Sector as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations Sector Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D AGRICULTURE 22,190,905 21,112,430 5,663,366 27% 15,449,064 -

CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL 17,014,559 18,309,446 2,521,976 14% 15,787,470 -

COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES 17,542,164 17,949,974 21,074,487 117% (3,124,513) -

EDUCATION 7,852,330 5,287,663 2,202,841 42% 3,084,822 -

FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY 156,827,698 200,251,348 99,901,554 50% 100,349,794 -

HEALTH AND NUTRITION 50,312,094 21,715,069 15,045,014 69% 6,670,055 -

JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE 158,042,141 138,444,574 54,920,075 40% 83,524,499 -

MULTI-SECTOR -780,308 777,362 100% 2,946 -

PROTECTION / HUMAN RIGHTS / RULE OF LAW 4,129,288 4,034,724 1,938,352 48% 2,096,372 -

SECTOR NOT YET SPECIFIED 2,000,000 2,000,000 12,272,778 614% (10,272,778) -

WATER AND SANITATION 26,210,225 18,283,031 2,795,081 15% 15,487,950 -

Grand Total 462,121,404 448,168,567 219,112,886 49% 229,055,681 -

NOTE: "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

Pledge: a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution or allocation by the donor. ("Uncommitted pledge" on these tables indicates the balance of original pledges not yet committed). Commitment: creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed. Contribution: the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.

The list of projects and the figures for their funding requirements in this document are a snapshot as of 25 June 2008. For continuously updated information on projects, funding requirements, and contributions to date, visit the Financial Tracking Service (www.reliefweb.int/fts).

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TABLE II. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS, COMMITMENTS/CONTRIBUTIONS AND PLEDGES BY APPEALING ORGANISATIONS

Table II: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Requirements, Commitments/Contributions and Pledges - by Appealing Organisation as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

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Appealing Organisation Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Values in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

ACF-E 4,757,677 5,918,799 1,346,224 23% 4,572,575 - ACPP 5,012,400 4,812,300 312,800 7% 4,499,500 - ACS 240,000 240,000 - 0% 240,000 - ACTED - 62,009 61,933 100% 76 - ADA (PARC) 3,523,140 3,523,140 1,182,167 34% 2,340,973 - AGAS 456,000 456,000 - 0% 456,000 - AMC 430,600 215,300 - 0% 215,300 - ARIJ 320,700 1,414,869 10,000 1% 1,404,869 - BADIL 909,200 909,200 - 0% 909,200 - CARE - 55,000 - 0% 55,000 - CHF 1,300,000 1,000,000 - 0% 1,000,000 - CISP 3,934,250 3,184,250 - 0% 3,184,250 - COOPI 3,151,899 2,641,119 3,003,200 100% (362,081) - CRIC - 139,100 - 0% 139,100 - CRS - 732,540 - 0% 732,540 - DPFA 151,000 151,000 - 0% 151,000 - FAO 7,335,000 5,996,000 1,901,402 32% 4,094,598 - GEO 361,000 280,800 - 0% 280,800 - IR 2,068,120 2,455,441 35,000 1% 2,420,441 - IRD 3,393,856 1,866,620 - 0% 1,866,620 - KAPCA 400,000 400,000 - 0% 400,000 - LRC - 551,923 - 0% 551,923 - Medico Intl. 215,373 215,373 215,373 100% - - MOVIMONDO 608,000 304,000 - 0% 304,000 - Near East Foundation - 180,188 177,318 98% 2,870 - OCHA 6,188,096 6,188,096 4,335,835 70% 1,852,261 - OHCHR 250,000 143,500 250,000 100% (106,500) - OXFAM GB 2,874,472 2,874,472 - 0% 2,874,472 - PCOA 1,710,600 1,710,600 - 0% 1,710,600 - PHG 328,860 361,746 - 0% 361,746 - PMRS 243,400 243,400 85,000 35% 158,400 - PU 1,705,880 1,534,397 48,517 3% 1,485,880 - RCSD - 199,804 199,804 100% - - SC 455,950 455,950 - 0% 455,950 - SC - UK - 230,560 - 0% 230,560 - SCC 1,570,000 1,570,000 1,903,226 100% (333,226) - SEAPPI 1,290,000 1,290,000 1,451,613 100% (161,613) - SHAMS - 199,804 199,804 100% - - SOS Kinderdorf 211,200 147,840 - 0% 147,840 - TCC 330,000 330,000 - 0% 330,000 -

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Table II: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Requirements, Commitments/Contributions and Pledges - by Appealing Organisation as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

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Appealing Organisation Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Values in US$ A B C C/B B-C D TT - 247,988 247,988 100% - - UAWC - 166,400 - 0% 166,400 - UCODEP 1,711,000 855,500 855,500 100% - - UNDP/PAPP 40,634,815 6,420,714 - 0% 6,420,714 - UNESCO 162,750 230,000 - 0% 230,000 - UNFPA 5,962,260 4,142,260 963,391 23% 3,178,869 - UN-HABITAT 14,768,000 8,902,000 - 0% 8,902,000 - UNICEF 20,578,980 17,007,810 7,939,934 47% 9,067,876 - UNIFEM 2,508,330 1,825,617 236,739 13% 1,588,878 - UNRWA 238,751,056 262,877,107 132,097,008 50% 130,780,099 - WFP 65,249,000 83,372,717 54,748,028 66% 28,624,689 - WHO 16,068,540 6,935,314 5,305,082 76% 1,630,232 - GRAND TOTAL 462,121,404 448,168,567 219,112,886 49% 229,055,681

NOTE: "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

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TABLE III. LIST OF PROJECTS (GROUPED BY SECTOR) WITH FUNDING STATUS

Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 1 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

AGRICULTURE oPt-08/A01 FAO Protection of farmers’ livelihoods in the Jordan Valley through emergency agricultural 1,200,000 1,200,000 - 0% 1,200,000 - interventions oPt-08/A02 FAO Emergency support to needy fishers in Gaza Strip to restore their fishing activities 1,500,000 465,000 - 0% 465,000 -

oPt-08/A03 FAO Emergency support to small ruminant (sheep and goats) farmers in the West Bank 1,398,000 1,398,000 903,790 65% 494,210 - and Gaza Strip to maintain the productivity of their flocks oPt-08/A04A UNIFEM Building the Capacity of Women Farmers in the Jordan Valley 112,320 56,160 - 0% 56,160 -

oPt-08/A04B FAO Building the Capacity of Women Farmers in the Jordan Valley 253,000 253,000 744,612 294% (491,612) -

oPt-08/A05 FAO Protecting agricultural production by vulnerable farmers in the WBGS during 1,000,000 1,000,000 - 0% 1,000,000 - emergencies using quick response plans oPt-08/A06 ACF-E Improve the economic and social conditions of 300 small livestock herders in the 1,022,286 1,022,286 - 0% 1,022,286 - north of the West Bank. oPt-08/A07 AGAS Improving the standard of living of vulnerable farmers in Rafah 456,000 456,000 - 0% 456,000 -

oPt-08/A08 DPFA From vulnerable farmer to needy family 151,000 151,000 - 0% 151,000 -

oPt-08/A09 PCOA Protecting agricultural livelihoods of vulnerable farmers and ensuring the food 855,300 855,300 - 0% 855,300 - security of poor households oPt-08/A10 ACF-E Emergency response to alleviate the hardship of sheepherding families in the rural 1,070,000 1,070,000 1,026,438 96% 43,562 - areas of Ar Ramadin cluster and Front Line and Eastern Villages (South West of Hebron Governorate – WB) oPt-08/A11 ACF-E Enhancing agricultural land productivity for the vulnerable population of the northern 922,882 461,441 229,800 50% 231,641 - West Bank through strengthening their economic and social self-sufficiency oPt-08/A12 AMC Improving livelihood of vulnerable people in Jenin area through job creation in 430,600 215,300 - 0% 215,300 - agriculture oPt-08/A13 CISP Supporting the livelihood of Bedouin communities in Jerusalem, Jericho and 2,434,250 2,434,250 - 0% 2,434,250 - Ramallah areas

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 2 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

AGRICULTURE (Continued) oPt-08/A14 IR Rehabilitation of damaged greenhouses 175,120 - - 0% - - oPt-08/A15 MOVIMONDO Strengthening food security levels in the Jenin governorate through the extension of 608,000 304,000 - 0% 304,000 - arable land and empowering of agricultural production oPt-08/A16 ACF-E Irrigation development and job creation through the construction of ponds for 984,147 984,147 - 0% 984,147 - agricultural water harvesting in the Gaza Strip. oPt-08/A17 ACS From poor farmers to poor families – Gaza Strip 240,000 240,000 - 0% 240,000 - oPt-08/A18 KAPCA Support agricultural production through the purchase of food products from 400,000 400,000 - 0% 400,000 - vulnerable farmers and distribution to poor families in Southern Gaza Strip. oPt-08/A19 PU Fresh food distribution in Jericho governorate and the enclaves in Jenin and Qalqilya. 264,000 264,000 - 0% 264,000 - oPt-08/A20 IR Supporting farmers through provision of healthy food for poor 418,000 418,000 - 0% 418,000 - oPt-08/A21 SCC Rehabilitation of Small Agricultural Infrastructure in the oPt 1,570,000 1,570,000 1,903,226 121% (333,226) - oPt-08/A22 UCODEP Supporting poor and vulnerable rural households through enhancing home gardening 985,000 492,500 492,500 100% - - activities in Nablus and Jenin governorates oPt-08/A23 FAO Emergency support and employment generation for female-headed households 800,000 800,000 - 0% 800,000 - through backyard farming and cottage industry in the West Bank and Gaza Strip oPt-08/A24 ACPP Emergency action for secure water access in Qalqilya and Tulkarm Districts 715,000 715,000 - 0% 715,000 - oPt-08/A25 UCODEP Emergency support to needy small ruminant keepers and Bedouin communities in 726,000 363,000 363,000 100% - - the West Bank oPt-08/A26 CISP Supporting the livelihood of Bedouin communities in Hebron and Bethlehem 1,500,000 750,000 - 0% 750,000 - oPt-08/A27 ACF-E Emergency response to alleviate the hardship of sheepherding families suffering - 900,000 - 0% 900,000 - from the impact of extreme winter cold and summer drought that hit the Tubas District

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 3 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

AGRICULTURE (Continued) oPt-08/A28A ARIJ Support vulnerable farmers to combat drought conditions (CDC) - 273,565 - 0% 273,565 - oPt-08/A28B CRS Support vulnerable farmers to combat drought conditions (CDC) - 71,935 - 0% 71,935 - oPt-08/A29 CRS Increasing basic food security in marginalised areas of the West Bank - 304,060 - 0% 304,060 - oPt-08/A30A CRS Green Lands : Increasing the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural - 356,545 - 0% 356,545 - activities oPt-08/A30B IR Green Lands : Increasing the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural - 356,150 - 0% 356,150 - activities oPt-08/A31 CRIC Emergency support to vulnerable ruminant breeders in the Gaza Strip to enhance the - 139,100 - 0% 139,100 - productivity of their flocks oPt-08/A32 IR Urgent assistance to vulnerable farmers affected by the closures and the regional - 206,291 - 0% 206,291 - drought oPt-08/A33 UAWC Emergency assistance to alleviate extreme socio-economic hardship in Seam Zone - 166,400 - 0% 166,400 - communities of Qalqiliya District, while advocating for the protection of their rights to land and water Subtotal for AGRICULTURE 22,190,905 21,112,430 5,663,366 27 % 15,449,064 -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 4 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL oPt-08/H01 UNICEF Provide Psycho-social support to Palestinian adolescents 335,700 335,700 50,000 15% 285,700 - oPt-08/H02 UNFPA Psychosocial Counselling for Palestinian Youth 126,260 126,260 126,260 100% - - oPt-08/H03 UNIFEM Supporting Access of Palestinian Women with Disabilities to Counselling and Health 172,800 172,800 - 0% 172,800 - Services oPt-08/H04 IR School Age Children Empowering in some areas of Gaza Strip 150,000 150,000 - 0% 150,000 - oPt-08/H05 UNFPA Psychosocial, legal and reproductive health services support to women in crisis 380,000 380,000 - 0% 380,000 - areas in Gaza and Hebron oPt-08/H06 UNICEF 14 psychosocial teams for family outreach & 5 existing and 2 new socio-legal 2,739,200 2,739,200 700,000 26% 2,039,200 - defence centres oPt-08/H07A UNIFEM Support and Protection of Women in the Gaza Strip under UN Resolution 1325 106,488 106,488 - 0% 106,488 - oPt-08/H07B UNFPA Support and Protection of Women in the Gaza Strip under UN Resolution 1325 110,160 110,160 - 0% 110,160 - oPt-08/H08 UNRWA Psycho-social Support (Gaza) 2,331,000 2,752,800 1,375,316 50% 1,377,484 - oPt-08/H09 UNFPA Psychosocial Support to Palestinian Women 235,400 235,400 235,400 100% - - oPt-08/MA01 UNICEF Mine Risk Education 234,330 234,330 - 0% 234,330 - oPt-08/MS01 UNRWA Emergency Support to Community Based Organisations 5,497,500 6,438,000 - 0% 6,438,000 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL01 SC Protecting and Providing for Displaced Children in the OPT 169,950 169,950 - 0% 169,950 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL02A UNIFEM Strengthening Female-Headed Households in the Gaza Strip and West Bank 765,504 530,891 - 0% 530,891 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL02B SOS Kinderdorf Strengthening Female-Headed Households in the Gaza Strip and West Bank 211,200 147,840 - 0% 147,840 -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 5 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL (Continued) oPt-08/P/HR/RL03 UNRWA Children and Youth Assistance Project 2,153,767 2,153,767 - 0% 2,153,767 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL04 IR Inclusion of children with special needs within community in the middle governorate 485,000 485,000 35,000 7% 450,000 - of Gaza Strip oPt-08/P/HR/RL05 SC Child Rights at the Centre - Enhancing National Capacities to Monitor, Document, 286,000 286,000 - 0% 286,000 - and Report on Child Rights Issues in the OPT oPt-08/P/HR/RL06 UNICEF Providing sports and recreational opportunities to children & adolescents in 40 safe 524,300 524,300 - 0% 524,300 - play areas oPt-08/P/HR/RL16 SC - UK Secure for the Future: Protecting children’s rights and meeting needs - 230,560 - 0% 230,560 -

Subtotal for CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL 17,014,559 18,309,446 2,521,976 14 % 15,787,470 -

COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES oPt-08/CSS01 UNRWA Operations Support Officer Programme 1,355,000 1,355,000 1,757,308 130% (402,308) - oPt-08/CSS02 UNRWA Operations Support Officer Programme (West Bank) 2,177,550 2,177,550 2,177,550 100% - - oPt-08/CSS03 UNRWA Co-ordination and Capacity Development 8,355,978 8,910,778 12,419,872 139% (3,509,094) - oPt-08/CSS04 FAO Agriculture sector coordination and food security monitoring 684,000 684,000 253,000 37% 431,000 - oPt-08/CSS05 UNFPA Monitoring Demographic Trends in the Emergency Situation 500,000 500,000 - 0% 500,000 - oPt-08/CSS06 OCHA Humanitarian coordination, information and advocacy 4,188,096 4,188,096 4,335,835 104% (147,739) - oPt-08/CSS07 WHO Strengthening Emergency Coordination in Health 281,540 134,550 130,922 97% 3,628 -

Subtotal for COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES 17,542,164 17,949,974 21,074,487 117 % (3,124,513) -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 6 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

EDUCATION oPt-08/E01 GEO Strengthening children’s’ and teachers’ resilience and prevent academic deterioration 361,000 280,800 - 0% 280,800 - (“For a Better Future “) oPt-08/E02 UNIFEM Support for Girls’ Education 554,580 435,704 - 0% 435,704 - oPt-08/E03 UNICEF Reaffirming children’s’ confidence in themselves and in the education system 5,160,000 3,424,701 1,735,299 51% 1,689,402 - oPt-08/E04 TCC Reducing the impact of violence on children during conflict time 330,000 330,000 - 0% 330,000 - oPt-08/E05 UNICEF Maintaining 40 adolescent-friendly learning spaces and empowering adolescents in 1,284,000 816,458 467,542 57% 348,916 - emergency oPt-08/E06 UNESCO Basic stress management training for teachers in intensive conflict areas within Gaza 162,750 - - 0% - - and the West Bank Subtotal for EDUCATION 7,852,330 5,287,663 2,202,841 42 % 3,084,822 -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 7 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY oPt-08/A34 ARIJ Restoration of agriculture, water and sanitation conditions in the southern parts of - 820,604 - 0% 820,604 - Hebron Governorate (RAWS) oPt-08/A35 LRC Rehabilitation of Land Resources to Foster Food Security at Arab ar Rashayida - 551,923 - 0% 551,923 - oPt-08/CSS08A WFP Food Security Assessments in 2008 249,000 191,000 154,561 81% 36,439 - oPt-08/CSS08B FAO Food Security Assessments in 2008 500,000 196,000 - 0% 196,000 - oPt-08/F01 ACPP Emergency action for access to nutritionally adequate and safe foods of the rural 1,522,000 1,522,000 - 0% 1,522,000 - population in the Jenin and Nablus Governorates, West Bank. oPt-08/F02 UNRWA Emergency Food Assistance in Gaza 66,760,744 83,361,000 33,744,829 40% 49,616,171 - oPt-08/F03 IRD Food Relief and Income Generation for Poor Palestinian Households 3,393,856 1,866,620 - 0% 1,866,620 - oPt-08/F04 WFP Protracted relief and recovery operations (PRRO) for non-refugee Palestinians 65,000,000 83,181,717 54,593,467 66% 28,588,250 - (PRRO 10378.1) oPt-08/F05 UNRWA Emergency Food Assistance (West Bank) 12,813,836 22,172,322 10,216,530 46% 11,955,792 - oPt-08/F06 ADA (PARC) Support the livelihoods and diversify food and income for poor and food insecure 1,975,470 1,975,470 1,182,167 60% 793,303 - households oPt-08/F07 ACPP Emergency project for access to a diversified and diversified diet for the population of 1,022,700 613,600 - 0% 613,600 - the Gaza Strip oPt-08/F08 ARIJ Food Security Information System for Tubas (in the North) and Hebron (in the South) 320,700 320,700 10,000 3% 310,700 - Governorates oPt-08/F09A ADA (PARC) Ensuring access to food to vulnerable households and protecting the livelihoods of 1,547,670 1,547,670 - 0% 1,547,670 - small scale farmers in Gaza oPt-08/F09B PCOA Ensuring access to food to vulnerable households and protecting the livelihoods of 855,300 855,300 - 0% 855,300 - small scale farmers in Gaza oPt-08/F09C OXFAM GB Ensuring access to food to vulnerable households and protecting the livelihoods of 866,422 866,422 - 0% 866,422 - small scale farmers in Gaza

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY (Continued) oPt-08/F10 ACPP Using Solar Energy for Poverty Reduction in Gaza Strip - 209,000 - 0% 209,000 -

Subtotal for FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY 156,827,698 200,251,348 99,901,554 50 % 100,349,794 -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 9 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

HEALTH AND NUTRITION oPt-08/H10 UNICEF Preventing maternal and childhood malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies 1,500,000 510,100 151,189 30% 358,911 - oPt-08/H11 WHO Strengthening the Ministry of Health Pharmaceuticals Storage Capacity in Gaza 3,100,000 - - 0% - - oPt-08/H12 UNRWA Emergency Health Programme 1,789,800 1,789,800 2,789,526 156% (999,726) - oPt-08/H13 IR Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Program for Disabled Children in 380,000 380,000 - 0% 380,000 - Marginalized Areas of Gaza Strip oPt-08/H14A UNFPA Monitoring Health Trends in Emergency 191,090 191,090 - 0% 191,090 - oPt-08/H14B UNICEF Monitoring Health Trends in Emergency 208,650 208,650 331,918 159% (123,268) - oPt-08/H14C WHO Monitoring Health Trends in Emergency 214,000 214,000 - 0% 214,000 - oPt-08/H15 WHO Building the Capacity of MoH in Health Emergency Response and Preparedness at 878,416 468,000 468,000 100% - - the district and central Levels oPt-08/H16 WHO Nutrition Surveillance System 225,984 225,984 225,984 100% - - oPt-08/H17 WHO Procurement of pharmaceutical products to the MoH and support to the MoH 9,300,000 4,519,680 4,341,691 96% 177,989 - pharmaceutical management oPt-08/H18 UNFPA Ensuring availability of RH commodities and strengthening drug management and 2,470,000 650,000 470,000 72% 180,000 - information system oPt-08/H19 UNICEF Prevention and control of childhood communicable diseases 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 100% - - oPt-08/H20 UNFPA Ensuring access to safe delivery in times of crises 120,000 120,000 120,000 100% - - oPt-08/H21 UNRWA Emergency Health Points (West Bank) 3,590,433 3,590,433 2,098,345 58% 1,492,088 - oPt-08/H22 WHO Strengthening the Community Mental Health services in Gaza Strip. 485,000 485,000 - 0% 485,000 -

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Table III: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Appeal Projects (grouped by sector), with funding status of each as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations. Page 10 of 16 Sector Appealing Project Title Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Project Code Organisation Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

HEALTH AND NUTRITION (Continued) oPt-08/H23 PMRS Ensure access to essential primary and emergency health care 243,400 243,400 85,000 35% 158,400 - oPt-08/H24 UNICEF Preventing maternal and newborn deaths and illnesses 2,300,000 1,921,571 - 0% 1,921,571 - oPt-08/H25 WHO Control of Non Communicable and Chronic Diseases in emergency 1,444,500 749,000 - 0% 749,000 - oPt-08/H26 UNFPA Strengthening RH within the Palestinian Healthcare System during Crisis Situation 1,485,000 1,485,000 - 0% 1,485,000 - oPt-08/H27 TT Advancement of the basic medical-supply - 247,988 247,988 100% - - oPt-08/H28 Medico Intl. Medical emergency aid to Gaza 215,373 215,373 215,373 100% - - oPt-08/WS01 UNDP/PAPP Employment Generation Through Providing Support to the Solid Waste Management 16,670,448 - - 0% - - Sector in Gaza Strip

Subtotal for HEALTH AND NUTRITION 50,312,094 21,715,069 15,045,014 69 % 6,670,055 -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE oPt-08/ER/I01 UNRWA Emergency Job Creation: Direct Hire (West Bank) 20,168,234 20,168,234 18,920,550 94% 1,247,684 - oPt-08/ER/I02 UNRWA Emergency Job Creation: Direct Hire (Gaza) 60,206,400 57,337,050 20,339,376 35% 36,997,674 - oPt-08/ER/I03 UNDP/PAPP Job Creation through Rehabilitation of Damaged Agricultural Facilities in the Gaza 11,219,472 2,845,800 - 0% 2,845,800 - Strip oPt-08/ER/I04 UNRWA Emergency Job creation: Indirect hire (West Bank) 1,280,048 1,000,000 300,000 30% 700,000 - oPt-08/ER/I05 UN-HABITAT Temporary job creation through improving shelter conditions of the poor in East 1,188,000 756,000 - 0% 756,000 - Jerusalem oPt-08/ER/I06 UN-HABITAT Temporary job creation programme through upgrading inadequate dwellings for 1,940,000 1,188,000 - 0% 1,188,000 - marginal urban poor and rural population in Bethlehem district (non-refugees) oPt-08/ER/I07 OXFAM GB Emergency employment creation for poor households in the Gaza Strip 1,152,050 1,152,050 - 0% 1,152,050 - oPt-08/ER/I08 PU Emergency Job Creation in Qalqilya and Salfeet districts through community or 910,000 910,000 - 0% 910,000 - private work oPt-08/ER/I09 COOPI Job Creation Project in the northern district of West Bank and in the north of Gaza 2,846,200 2,329,000 2,846,200 122% (517,200) - Strip oPt-08/ER/I10 PU Palestinian Women empowerment and Income generating activities in the occupied 531,880 311,880 - 0% 311,880 - Palestinian Territories (oPT) oPt-08/ER/I11 UNFPA Economic and Social Empowerment of Young Women in Crisis in Gaza 100,000 100,000 - 0% 100,000 - oPt-08/ER/I12 CHF Job-Link: building practical employment skills through paid apprenticeships for 800,000 500,000 - 0% 500,000 - women in five WBG communities. oPt-08/ER/I13 UNDP/PAPP Job creation in the education sector for new graduates 7,105,104 2,251,800 - 0% 2,251,800 - oPt-08/ER/I14 UNRWA Emergency Cash Assistance (West Bank) 23,634,753 22,634,760 7,559,511 33% 15,075,249 - oPt-08/ER/I15 UNRWA Emergency Cash Assistance (Gaza) 22,500,000 22,500,000 4,220,372 19% 18,279,628 -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE (Continued) oPt-08/ER/I16 UNRWA Temporary shelter and shelter repair 2,000,000 2,000,000 734,066 37% 1,265,934 - oPt-08/ER/I17 IR Job Creation and Vocational training for unemployed workers in Gaza Strip 460,000 460,000 - 0% 460,000 -

Subtotal for JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE 158,042,141 138,444,574 54,920,075 40 % 83,524,499 -

MULTI-SECTOR oPt-08/MS02A PU Emergency Heating, bedding and housing insulation to vulnerable communities - - 48,517 48,517 100% - - Qalqilia (H153-HRF/OPT/O355/0009) oPt-08/MS02B ACTED Emergency Heating and bedding to vulnerable communities - Qalqilia (H153- - 62,009 61,933 100% 76 - HRF/OPT/O355/0012) oPt-08/MS02C ACF-E Emergency Heating, bedding and housing insulation to vulnerable communities - - 89,986 89,986 100% - - Qalqilia (H153-HRF/OPT/O355/0007) oPt-08/MS02D Near East Emergency Heating, bedding and housing insulation to vulnerable communities - - 180,188 177,318 98% 2,870 - Foundation Qalqilia (H153-HRF/OPT/O355/0010) oPt-08/MS02E SHAMS Emergency Heating, bedding and housing insulation to vulnerable communities - - 199,804 199,804 100% - - Qalqilia (H153-HRF/OPT/O355/0011) oPt-08/MS02F RCSD Emergency Heating, bedding and housing insulation to vulnerable communities - - 199,804 199,804 100% - - Qalqilia (H153-HRF/OPT/O355/0008) Subtotal for MULTI-SECTOR - 780,308 777,362 100 % 2,946 -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

PROTECTION / HUMAN RIGHTS / RULE OF LAW oPt-08/P/HR/RL07 BADIL Putting Rights into Practice - Promoting Effective, Rights-based Responses to 909,200 909,200 - 0% 909,200 - Palestinian Displacement oPt-08/P/HR/RL08 WHO Advocacy for health as a basic human right 139,100 139,100 - 0% 139,100 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL09 CHF Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence 500,000 500,000 - 0% 500,000 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL10 SEAPPI Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel 1,290,000 1,290,000 1,451,613 113% (161,613) - oPt-08/P/HR/RL11 UNFPA Protection of Marginalized Palestinian Women through advocacy and networking with 89,200 89,200 - 0% 89,200 - NGOs (WISAL) in the Southern Gaza Strip oPt-08/P/HR/RL12 UNFPA Young Women in Crises 155,150 155,150 - 0% 155,150 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL13 UNIFEM Support legal and technical clinic to protect social and civil rights in Jerusalem 245,160 245,160 - 0% 245,160 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL14 UNIFEM Access to Help Lines and life-saving services for women and girls victims of violence 551,478 278,414 236,739 85% 41,675 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL15 OHCHR Residency and Family Reunification Rights for Palestinians in the oPt 250,000 143,500 250,000 174% (106,500) - oPt-08/P/HR/RL17 CARE Comprehensive report on internal displacement in the oPt - 55,000 - 0% 55,000 - oPt-08/P/HR/RL18 UNESCO Promotion of safety and protection of journalists and media professionals in Gaza - 230,000 - 0% 230,000 - and West Bank Subtotal for PROTECTION / HUMAN RIGHTS / RULE OF LAW 4,129,288 4,034,724 1,938,352 48 % 2,096,372 -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

SECTOR NOT YET SPECIFIED oPt-08/SNYS01 OCHA Humanitarian Response Fund/UN HC 2,000,000 2,000,000 - 0% 2,000,000 - oPt-08/UNFPA UNFPA to be allocated to specific sectors/projects - - 11,731 0% (11,731) - oPt-08/UNRWA UNRWA to be allocated to specific project/sector - - 12,122,562 0% (12,122,562) - oPt-08/WHO WHO to be allocated to specific sectors/projects - - 138,485 0% (138,485) -

Subtotal for SECTOR NOT YET SPECIFIED 2,000,000 2,000,000 12,272,778 614 % (10,272,778) -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

WATER AND SANITATION oPt-08/WS02 ACF-E Improvement of the economic and physical access to the basic water needs of 758,362 758,362 - 0% 758,362 - vulnerable families and rural communities of the Tubas, Jenin and Nablus districts in West Bank oPt-08/WS03 COOPI School Water and Sanitation improvement in water un-served villages of Jenin, 305,699 312,119 157,000 50% 155,119 - Nablus and Tulkarem districts oPt-08/WS04 PHG Improve Sanitation Conditions in Some Selected Rural Areas 328,860 361,746 - 0% 361,746 - oPt-08/WS05 UN-HABITAT Upgrading of Wastewater System in Gaza City (Tal El Hawa and Sheikh Ejleen 6,320,000 3,550,000 - 0% 3,550,000 - Areas) oPt-08/WS06 ACPP Emergency water supply for Palestinian communities in Bethlehem 955,400 955,400 312,800 33% 642,600 - oPt-08/WS07 ACPP Emergency water supply for Palestinian communities in Nablus 797,300 797,300 - 0% 797,300 - oPt-08/WS08 UN-HABITAT Emergency water supply for Palestinian communities in South West Bethlehem 3,100,000 1,863,000 - 0% 1,863,000 - Governorate Rural Areas oPt-08/WS09 UNICEF Improving Emergency Water Supplies In selected rural areas in Gaza Strip and West 1,647,800 1,647,800 544,936 33% 1,102,864 - Bank oPt-08/WS10 UNICEF Drinking water distribution and sanitation facilities improvement in public schools & 1,145,000 1,145,000 459,050 40% 685,950 - primary health care centers (PHC) oPt-08/WS11 UN-HABITAT Provision of safer water and safer sanitation in Gaza 400,000 500,000 - 0% 500,000 - oPt-08/WS12 OXFAM GB Strengthening Solid Waste Management Functioning in Gaza 325,000 325,000 - 0% 325,000 - oPt-08/WS13 OXFAM GB Appropriate Technology Options for Sewage Treatment Nablus Governorate 531,000 531,000 - 0% 531,000 - oPt-08/WS14 UNDP/PAPP Increase Access to Safe Water Supply Services 5,639,791 1,323,114 - 0% 1,323,114 - oPt-08/WS15 UNRWA Emergency Environmental Health Programme 1,110,000 1,509,600 1,321,295 88% 188,305 -

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Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

WATER AND SANITATION (Continued) oPt-08/WS16 UNRWA Emergency Environmental Health Programme (West Bank) 1,026,013 1,026,013 - 0% 1,026,013 - oPt-08/WS17 UN-HABITAT Construction of two new wells, a ground tank and a booster station in Moghraka, and 1,820,000 1,045,000 - 0% 1,045,000 - Construction of a ground tank and a booster station in Gaza City oPt-08/WS18 ACF-E Emergency response to alleviate the drought affected population and small - 360,000 - 0% 360,000 - ruminants in the southern Hebron and north eastern of West Bank. oPt-08/WS19 ACF-E Emergency response in order to reduce the sewage flooding in Khan Younis in the - 272,577 - 0% 272,577 - southern of Gaza Strip. Subtotal for WATER AND SANITATION 26,210,225 18,283,031 2,795,081 15 % 15,487,950 -

Grand Total 462,121,404 448,168,567 219,112,886 49 % 229,055,681 -

NOTE: "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over Pledge: a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution or allocation by the donor. ("Uncommitted pledge" on these tables indicates the balance of original pledges not yet committed). Commitment: creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed. Contribution: the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.

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2. CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

2.1 THE CONTEXT Political During the first five months of 2008, no progress was made in overcoming internal Palestinian divisions. Palestinian institutions in Gaza became more disconnected from the Palestinian Authority (PA). Despite Egyptian-led efforts to end militant attacks against Israel and Israel Defence Forces (IDF) attacks in Gaza, daily violence continued, and even intensified on several occasions.4

Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks aiming at achieving a peace treaty on all core issues continued in 2008, however, no breakthrough could be reported. Despite such talks, the Government of Israel (GoI) continued to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank, in particular in and around East Jerusalem, as well as settlements located between the Barrier and the Green Line.5

The PA government, led by Prime Minister Fayyad, began implementing its Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP) 2008-2010, which outlines a vision for the future Palestinian State’s institutions.6 A summary of this plan, which prioritises the strengthening of public institutions, local government, and the justice system, was presented at a donors’ conference in December 2007 in Paris. Over $7.7 billion was pledged during the conference, and over $250 million for nearly 200 government development projects had been initiated by the end of May 2008.

In May, the Quartet Representative Tony Blair announced a series of steps, coordinated with Israel and the PA, which included measures aimed at facilitating social and economic development, easing the freedom of movement of Palestinians, and improving the security capability and performance of the Palestinian security forces. Some measures have already been implemented. However, most of them are due to come into effect in the coming months, starting in the northern West Bank. The PA hosted the “Palestinian Investment Conference” in Bethlehem, which aimed at encouraging foreign businesses to invest in the oPt. $1.4 billion in new investments in business projects targeting both the West Bank and Gaza were secured during the three days of the conference.

Increasing violence and lack of protection for civilians IDF military operations, land incursions and air attacks continued during 2008, resulting in a significant increase in Palestinian casualties.7 During the first four months of the year, 353 Palestinians were killed in conflict-related incidents, which equals almost 90% of the total number of Palestinians killed during 2007 (396) and a 167% increase in the monthly average of deaths (from 33 to 88). At least one third of the persons killed (118) were unarmed civilians. About 91% of the killings (321) occurred in the Gaza Strip, more than one-third (120) of them during “Operation Hot Winter” (27 February - 4 March). The proportion of Palestinian children among those killed in these circumstances increased from 11% (43) in 2007 to 18% (65)in January-April 2008.

Palestinian militants continued to attack both Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers in Israel and the oPt, inter alia, through indiscriminate firing of rockets and mortars from Gaza at Israeli towns and attacks of various kinds at crossing points. As a result, during January-April 2008, 22 Israelis, of whom 14 were civilians (including four children), were killed by Palestinian militants, a significant increase in comparison with 13 fatalities in 2007.

An opposite trend was observed regarding Palestinian internal violence. The monthly average of people killed in this context decreased from 41 in 2007 to seven in the first four months of 2008. Increasing food prices and decreasing incomes

Palestinians living in the oPt were also affected by the global increase in food prices. During the first quarter of 2008, the food consumer price index (CPI) in the oPt increased by 16.5% compared to the

4 Note that at the time of writing, the negotiated truce between Israel and Hamas had not started yet. Its political, economic, security and humanitarian impact can not be assessed yet Figures and assessment provided in this report will reflect the situation as it was on May 30th, without prejudice of any significant development that could occur after this date. 5 See, Peace Now, The Death of the Settlement Freeze-4 Months Since Annapolis, March 2008, available at: http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&docid=3186. 6 For a review on the current implementation status of the PRDP see: The World Bank, Implementing the Palestinian Reform and Development Agenda, 2 May 2008. 7 Figures on casualties are based on OCHA’s database on Protection of Civilians, available at: http://www.ochaopt.org/?module=displaysection§ion_id=17&static=0&format=html.

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2007 average.8 The increase of some basic components of the index, including wheat and rice flour, was much more significant.9 Between January 2007 and April 2008, the price of the seven-item basket compiled by the World Food Programme (WFP) increased by 70% in the West Bank and 26% in the Gaza Strip.10 In a recent survey covering the first quarter of 2008, 96.8% of participants reported having been affected by the recent increase in food prices.11 This situation has been compounded by a 9% decrease in the average monthly household income during January and March 2008. This survey indicates that food expenditure as a proportion of total household expenditure has reached 56% in the West Bank and 66% in the Gaza Strip, which constitutes a significant increase compared to previous years.12

Significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza The extended blockage, the closure of crossing points and the severe limitations on basic supplies, led to a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation. This policy, implemented by the GoI, has been characterised by top UN officials as “collective punishment”, which is undermining the already fragile space for human rights and dignity. 13 As of the end of May 2008, no exports have been allowed out of Gaza and the volume of imports has decreased by more than 80% compared with the first half of 2007. Imports were mainly made up of foodstuff, hygiene and medical supplies, leaving a vacuum in the availability of all other goods.

The lack of raw materials and the inability to export goods have almost totally paralysed economic activity in the private sector and increased dependence on aid. Movement of people in and out of Gaza, via Israel and Egypt, was prevented, except for some patients requiring medical treatment unavailable in Gaza, and some UN staff. Egypt´s opening of the Rafah crossing for brief periods also eased the restriction of movement. Since October 2007, the effects of prolonged closure have been compounded by the severe shortage of fuel and electricity, caused by a significant reduction in the fuel supply from Israel. Militant attacks on crossings leading to their closure, as well as obstacles in internal distributions have also exacerbated the situation. Shortages are dramatically affecting all aspects of life including water and sanitation, public and private transportation, garbage collection, health care, and food preparation.

Slight deterioration in movement and access in the West Bank Since the beginning of 2008, the access and movement of Palestinians within the West Bank has not improved.14 Indeed, there was a slight deterioration reflected in the increasing number of closure obstacles (from 560 in January to 600 in May 2008), the continuing restriction for Palestinians using key roads, the imposition of age and permit restrictions, and the increasing number and duration of curfew incidents. However, despite this trend, the IDF removed a number of physical obstacles and eased access in some areas, notably the northern access to Nablus City and two commercial routes in the southern areas in April and May. In contrast, a significant deterioration was observed in relation to access of UN staff to certain West Bank areas, East Jerusalem and the Barrier enclaves in particular.

Increasing needs in marginalised West Bank communities Palestinian communities located in areas classified as “C” continued to be disproportionately affected by a variety of restrictive Israeli measures, including the demolitions of structures due to a lack of building permits. During the first quarter of 2008, the Israeli Civil Administration demolished 124 such structures, which led to the displacement of 435 Palestinians, including at least 135 children. In contrast, only one structure was demolished during April and May.15 Due to Israeli building restrictions, the situation of most of these communities is not addressed in the PRDP.

8 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Monthly Consumer Price Index, available at: http://www.pcbs.gov.ps. 9 For example, the price of wheat flour (60 kg. bag) in March 2008 was 91% higher than in March 2007, and that of rice flour (25 kg sack) was more than 35% higher. 10 The basket is comprised of one sack of flour and I kg each of olive oil, vegetable oil, powdered milk, chickpeas, wheat flour, sugar and pulses. 11 WFP, FAO and UNRWA, Rapid Food Security Survey in West Bank and Gaza Strip: Preliminary Findings, April 2008. 12 According to PCBS’ Consumption and Expenditure Survey, the proportion of total expenditure spent on food in 2006 in the oPt stood at an average of 36%. However, due to methodological differences the figures from the two periods are not fully comparable. 13 See statement by John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, at a press conference held on 18 January 2008, available at: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/080118_Holmes.doc.htm. 14 For further details see: OCHA, Closure Update, May 2008, available at: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/UpdateMay2008.pdf 15 All figures exclude demolitions carried out in East Jerusalem. For further details see: OCHA, “Lack of Permit” Demolitions and Displacement in Area C, May 2008, available at: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Demolitions_in_Area_C_May_2008_English.pdf.

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The fragility of these area “C” communities has been compounded in 2008 by a series of weather shocks, drought and frost in particular. Through to the end of February 2008, the West Bank received only 25% of its average rainfall, severely affecting herding communities that were already struggling with poverty and debt due to the rapidly escalating costs of essential fodder and water. This situation was worsened by a week of frost in mid-January, which killed many of the surviving grazing plants and crops and caused high death rates amongst sheep and goats.16 These changing variables as well as increased military violence has had an adverse impact on the protection of civilians.

2.2 SUMMARY OF PRIORITY NEEDS The strategic priorities established for the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) 2008 remain unchanged. These include: limiting the deterioration of Palestinian living conditions; enhancing advocacy activities and addressing protection of civilians’ issues; improving the monitoring of the humanitarian situation; and strengthening the UN coordination structures. As part of the latter, a greater emphasis will be put on improving access of humanitarian staff and supplies through coordination with the Israeli Authorities. Overall, taking into account the factors outlined above, the Gaza Strip has been identified as an increasing priority in terms of the delivery of humanitarian aid. Palestinian refugees both in the West Bank and Gaza remain especially vulnerable. Moreover, food insecurity in urban areas increased more sharply compared to rural localities and camps since 2006, highlighting the need to direct more tailored aid to the urban population. In addition, southern Hebron was identified as a priority area for agriculture, especially for protecting herding communities, whereas the Jordan Valley was depicted as a priority for the provision of services and protection of children at risk of displacement.

2.3 SCENARIOS The continued deterioration in the humanitarian situation is reported as the “most likely scenario” envisioned by participating UN agencies and NGOs for the CAP 2008. As of the end of May, all key elements underpinning this scenario are being realised and remain valid for planning purposes applying to the second half of the year: • The geographical, political and administrative fragmentation of the oPt continues, which is due to severe movement restrictions between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the continuation of the internal closure regime in the West Bank, and the entrenchment of internal Palestinian divisions; • The worsening trend in the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues due to access restrictions affecting people and goods. The private sector in Gaza is at risk of irreversible collapse. An increasing number of people have become aid dependent; • PA employees recovered past unpaid salaries, following an improvement of the PA fiscal situation; • Areas under direct PA administration (some 40% of the West Bank) witnessed reinvigorated donor support, but other areas face increasing needs; • Violence continued through Palestinian militant rocket and mortar attacks, and IDF air, land and sea operations, despite efforts to achieve a ceasefire. The civilian population in Gaza and southern Israel continued to bear the price of violence in terms of an increasing number of casualties.

Several positive political developments have been observed since the beginning of 2008, including the continuation of direct talks on a final status agreement between the PA government of Prime Minister Fayyad and Israel, the announcement of measures aimed at easing movement restrictions and improving the economic situation of the Palestinians, and the increasing level of financial support to the PA by the international community.

However, these developments are likely to have little immediate impact on the humanitarian scenarios mentioned above. First, even if a Gaza ceasefire or calming of violence is achieved, its stability will be uncertain, and further measures would be required to secure the orderly and sustainable opening of the crossings. Secondly, assuming the implementation of some of the announced measures and the disbursement of the announced financial support and investments, an overall improvement of the humanitarian situation in the West Bank cannot be expected to occur in the short term, especially without a dramatic reduction in access restrictions. This conclusion is supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection, according to which Palestinian gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 3% in 2008, which taking into account population growth, leaves the per capita income static

16 For further details see: OCHA and FAO, Drought: The Latest Blow to Herding Livelihoods, January 2008, available at: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Hebron%20Drought.pdf.

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2.4 RESPONSE TO DATE The first half of 2008 has seen some progress towards meeting the strategic priorities set out in the CAP 2008. The extent of the progress, however, was not uniform across all sectors or agencies. Among the main factors contributing to the lack of full implementation were the relatively low levels of funding for some sectors, difficulties in project implementation within Gaza due to a lack of raw materials, and the sharp increase in food prices. . In spite of these impediments, the work carried out thus far on major CAP projects has been vital to addressing emergency needs. The CAP 2008 is 49% funded at mid-year, as compared to 29% in 2007. This could indicate either an improved overall funding level or, and most likely, a shift in timing of donor contributions which have been disbursed earlier this year

Humanitarian assistance has been impartially delivered to the most vulnerable populations. This has helped to limit the deterioration of the conditions of the population. The following examples indicate the progress made in realising this strategic priority during the first five months of the year: • 748,127 Palestinians in the West Bank, and 955,754 in the Gaza Strip received food assistance from WFP and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); • Regarding job creation, UNRWA provided 900,000 additional working days for 12,000 refugees in Gaza, and 630,000 working days for 18,000 refugees in the West Bank as a means of injecting cash into the economy; • Programmes delivered by 2818 agencies in the agriculture sector through more than 203 projects led to the restoration of 1,260 dunams19 of open land and greenhouses in the Gaza Strip, and 1,690 dunams in the West Bank; altogether more than 1,000 poor households were assisted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); • Regarding health issues, UNRWA’s mobile clinics served 80,500 patients in the West Bank. WHO procured medicine valued at approximately $4.4 million; • Psychosocial activities conducted included 8,200 individual counselling sessions, 12,000 group guidance and public awareness activities, and 7,200 home visits (see below for UNRWA’s activities in this sector); • Water supply and sanitation in 220 schools in Gaza was improved, helping 154,000 children and teachers.

Progress was also made in implementing the strategic priority of enhancing advocacy on protection of civilians and respect for international humanitarian law through a variety of activities: • The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) deepened high-level contacts and intensified working level contacts with the relevant authorities on all sides, and the humanitarian coordinator (HC) brought pressing humanitarian concerns to the attention of decision-makers; • OCHA continued producing, publishing and distributing its “Protection of Civilians” reports on a weekly basis, as well as other special reports, such as the Closure Updates and a report about house demolitions in Area C; • WHO held advocacy activities aimed at securing the access of Palestinian patients to health services unavailable in Gaza, which included a public report on patients who died due to a lack of such access; • Save the Children UK, in partnership with Palestinian NGOs, produced a report on the psychosocial impact of house demolitions on children.

17 The World Bank, Implementing the Palestinian Reform and Development Agenda, May 2, 2008, p. 3. 18 Source: Agriculture Project Information System (APIS), funded by the Spanish Cooperation and operated by FAO. 19 A dunam is a unit of measurement equal to 1,000 square metres.

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Other activities advancing the strategic priority of enhancing the monitoring and reporting of the humanitarian situation include: • The production and publication of an interagency Humanitarian Monitor on a monthly basis (with OCHA support); • Significant steps (including the finalisation of a comprehensive questionnaire) towards the creation of an interagency socio-economic monitoring system, which will provide timely, regular and sensitive data on the changing socioeconomic situation; • The production of 12 situation reports addressing health issues in the Gaza Strip and the development of two questionnaires mapping data on health facilities; • The development of an interagency working group dedicated to the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1612, which addresses child protection issues; • WFP/FAO/UNRWA conducted a rapid survey on Food Security in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in April; • WFP’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit (VAM) regularly produces a food security and market monitoring report, including information on imports into Gaza Strip, shortages of food and trends in market prices.

Significant progress has been achieved vis-à-vis the strategic priority of strengthening UN coordination structures. The following activities were guided by this priority: • OCHA developed and implemented an inter-sectoral response and contingency plan aimed at addressing the needs of vulnerable communities in the West Bank arising from the weather crises that occurred in the winter of 2007/2008; • WHO reinforced coordination mechanisms in support of the Palestinian Ministry of Health at both national and district levels. In Gaza, an emergency task force was reactivated to deal with epidemics; • An inter-agency working group was created with the Protection Sector to deal with forced displacement and to implement a collaborative response system; • OCHA has developed a database mapping all actors involved in humanitarian assistance in the oPt, alongside a capacity assessment in the Gaza Strip; • UNICEF and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) have conducted joint research at the governorate level, including the development of a set of indicators related to the quality of life and mapping where vulnerable children are.

2.5 UPDATED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES The strategic priorities established for the CAP 2008 remain unchanged. However, taking into account the factors outlined in the previous chapter, in particular the sharp rise in commodity prices, the energy crisis in Gaza, and the recent weather crises, two geographical areas, namely the Gaza Strip and the southern West Bank, were identified as an increasing priority in terms of delivery of humanitarian aid. In addition, the Tubas and Qalqiliya governorates were identified as priority areas for agriculture, requiring action aimed at preventing further deterioration of farming land. Regarding both provision of services and child protection, children in the Jordan Valley who are at risk of displacement were also identified as a high priority.

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3. RESPONSE TO DATE PER CLUSTER AND UPDATED SECTOR RESPONSE PLANS

3.1 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs None of the needs and priorities highlighted in the CAP 2008 have been satisfactorily met. The farmers’ livelihood crisis is ongoing in the first half of 2008, and little has been done to achieve the objectives set in the CAP. The erosion of Palestinian farmers’ productive capacity is ongoing. Only minimal progress was achieved in the indicators listed below.

Output Achieved as of mid-year Number of villages targeted for agricultural asset 45 repair and job creation Dunums of land restored 885 in the WB (West Bank)/ 1,211 in the GS (Gaza Strip) Dunums of greenhouses repaired 800 in WB / 50 in GS Units of water facilities created or rehabilitated 394 Number of entries and users in APIS (Agriculture 167 members (114 in 2007), 253 new entries Policy Information System)

Objectives The sector objectives from the CAP 2008 – (i) to prevent the erosion of productive capacity, asset base and market space, and (ii) to enhance protection, risk mitigation and crisis response, and coordination – remain relevant and do not need to be changed.

However, the needs of vulnerable groups have intensified, mainly due to administrative and military measures in the oPt that continue to erode farmers’ livelihoods. New factors that must be taken into account are: • Dramatic increase in prices, including food commodities and agriculture/livestock production inputs, affecting the whole agricultural community (producers and consumers); • Weather crisis: impact of the winter frost and the ongoing drought; • Effects of widespread closures in Gaza and ensuing collapse of the agricultural sector, e.g. near total unavailability of fuel and inputs, marketing challenges, etc; • Donors’ prioritisation of PRDP, leaving emerging issues and severe crises unaddressed; • Improved PA fiscal situation, although Ministry of Agriculture’s (MoA’s) investment portfolio is under-funded.

Response plan The response strategy proposed in the CAP 2008 remains unchanged and can respond to these new factors. Additional interventions recommended by the sector are:

Aim Project Address rising food "Smart” subsidies: Income transfers that translate into enhancing productive prices capacity such as agricultural input and equipment distribution, and improved production practices Enhancing movement of local produce and links between farmers and consumers Support to poultry and sheep/goats raisers as a local source of protein-rich foods through local fodder production and use of agricultural by-products (e.g. silage) to mitigate high prices and prevention and preparedness for animal diseases Contingency plan for potential outbreaks of animal diseases Shift to local sources of energy and water-saving technologies to decrease dependence on outside inputs/technologies Mitigate the Emergency purchase and distribution of drought tolerant seeds and protection of consequences of local varieties and input distribution drought and frost Water for trees and endangered crops to ensure survival/preservation Risk reduction strategies and compensation schemes, such as insurance mechanisms Address the collapse of Agricultural land reclamation/rehabilitation and shed rehabilitation- with inputs the agricultural sector in available Gaza due to the effects Distribution of small animals (e.g. chicken, rabbits, etc.) and backyard farming or of extended closure roof gardening for household food security Water treatment for agriculture or backyard/roof top farming

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3.2 CHILD PROTECTION SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs The child protection/psychosocial sector is 14% funded at mid-year. Fourteen of the nineteen proposals in the sector have not received any funding.

Output Agency Achieved as of mid-year Number of individual counselling UNRWA (Gaza) 8,000 sessions UNRWA (West Bank) 3,200 Number of group counselling UNRWA (Gaza) 650 sessions UNRWA (West Bank) 3,218 Number of group guidance and UNRWA (Gaza) 3,200 group counselling sessions, public awareness activities public awareness for all UNRWA students (210,000 pupils) and many family members UNRWA (West Bank) 2,000 group guidance 600 public awareness-raising activities 50 recreational activities Number of home visits UNRWA (Gaza) 1,400 Number of children, youths and UNRWA (Gaza) > 60,000 women that have received UNRWA (West Bank) > 65,400 protective services, including psychosocial services Monthly reports SC-UK in partnership with the Production of a report on the impact Palestinian Counseling Centre of house demolitions on the rights of and the Welfare Association children and their families

UNICEF received the first child protection CAP 2008 funds in the third week of May 2008. All UNICEF CAP-related psychosocial and mine risk education projects implemented between January and May 2008 have been funded with carry-over funds from 2007.

Objectives and response plan In light of the situation, the sector objectives and response plan remain largely the same and fit within the Social Protection priorities of the Ministry of Planning (MoP) operational plan for 2008. The main changes introduced to the sectors’ projects are as follows: • Save the Children UK will be adding another CAP sheet in order to improve protection and service provision to children at risk in the Jordan Valley. This proposal is in response to residents facing the constant threat of displacement in this area; • UNIFEM will make a budget adjustment to their proposal (08/P/HR/RL 02AB) due to a change in the time frame of activities and corresponding number of beneficiaries; • UNICEF will eventually phase-out its mine awareness work with the aim of it being undertaken by another UN agency.

3.3 CORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES The sector is 117% funded although two projects (FAO and UNFPA) still require significant funding.

Major achievements include: • The Humanitarian Country Team has been revitalised for the oPt and the Operational Coordination Group continues to meet regularly in Gaza. The cluster roll out will follow to put in place the instruments of the humanitarian reform; • WFP/FAO/UNRWA made a rapid assessment of the food security status in the West Bank and Gaza. Initial findings were published in April; • Contingency planning for the West Bank is complete and a contingency planning working group was formed to monitor and update as necessary. The Gaza contingency plan scenarios have been revised and the sector response plan revision is in progress; • The Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) has responded to emergencies in various sectors. The HRF was activated to prevent death from hypothermia during extreme frost in the West Bank and Gaza; it provided funds to fence lagoons of sewage to safeguard children from nearby villages (five have drowned to date), and it replaced essential health equipment for a major Palestinian health provider after its premises were shelled by the IDF;

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• Teams of operational support officers continued to assist UNRWA programme departments in ensuring efficient and effective delivery of emergency and regular services; • FAO in partnership with the MoA continues to decentralise coordination with district meetings in the Southern and Northern West Bank and the Jordan Valley.

The objectives detailed in the CAP 2008 – to improve overall inter-agency coordination - remain fully valid and they will include improved operational coordination and improved coordination with regard to access issues.

3.4 EDUCATION SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs The education sector is 42% funded as of mid-year. There are, however, significant funding discrepancies to be highlighted among agencies. Only UNICEF received more than 50% of their original funding requirements. Others such as UNIFEM, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Teacher Creativity Centre and Gulf Educational Organisation have not received any of their original requirements.

Output Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year Improvement of learning 40 adolescent learning spaces None yet – funds committed but not conditions in terms of physical are better equipped to sustain received infrastructure daily activities for adolescents Provision of classroom supplies 500 schools provided with 30,000 children to receive school bags to facilitate the teaching and teaching and learning supplies and stationary in Gaza learning process in hard-hit areas Decrease in number of female 2,000 female students provided None due to lack of funding school drop outs with subsidies to reduce dropouts Number of teachers and school Training of 4,000 teachers Funds committed but not received principals, who have received qualitative training Application of child-friendly Orientation of 4,000 teachers on Funds committed but not received school concepts in the learning child friendly concepts place Existence of safe learning 96,000 adolescents benefit from Funds committed but not received environments to protect safe learning environments children’s rights to learn

• Goods not considered humanitarian by Israeli authorities (such as educational supplies) but that critical for children, have been held back for months, which has negatively affected the educational process. This year, one-third of UNRWA students in Gaza started the school year without school books (UNRWA). Learning achievement is plummeting; a recent UNRWA survey shows that the failure rate among fourth to ninth graders in Gaza in mathematics and Arabic exams is 80% and 40% respectively. Teacher and student morale is low; • Schools and the educational system are continuously challenged by the fuel shortages. The lack of public transportation continues to affect school attendance. Besides the transportation difficulties experienced by students to get to school, the small quantities of fuel authorised by the Israelis and some maintenance work on the power plant negatively affect the quantities of electricity produced. This results in power cuts that are on average six to eight hours per day throughout the Gaza Strip, which severely affects the students’ study time.

Objectives The CAP objectives for the education sector remain the same. While the situation in the West Bank remains challenging due to the continued construction of the Wall, expansion of Israeli settlements, restricted movement and access, and the situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating and has been exacerbated by the continued closures and fuel shortages:

Improving the quality of education both in schools as well as for children that do not attend school for crisis-related reasons will continue to be vital. The focus will remain on the development and use of low-cost resources and techniques for active learning at home, and the use of child-centred teaching/learning methodologies.

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Response plan The Gulf Educational Organisation has project its appeal and added the possible provision of school uniforms, school bags and shoes for school children especially for girls. The lack of daily necessities caused by the crisis in Gaza has started to affect the participation and retention in classrooms. These cannot be guaranteed in the new school semester in September 2008 unless funding sources are assured now.

UNICEF is re-focusing their Development and Participation of Adolescents project targeting children with low learning achievements by proposing to support after-school remedial learning for adolescents (13-18 years old) in target areas. UNESCO has withdrawn its project from the CAP.

3.5 FOOD SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs The main factors affecting project implementation in the West Bank are related to poor funding levels, negotiation with camp committees (UNRWA) as well as access constraints due to closures. Project implementation in the Gaza Strip has been hampered by a lack of raw materials for job creation and FFW/FFT20 activities, and by the fuel shortage, which is creating major obstacles to implementing agencies. Nevertheless, despite the constraints, the food sector was able to respond to the livelihoods crisis in the Gaza Strip and to the frost that was followed by a drought in West Bank. See implementation figures below: Output Agency/NGO Planned in CAP Achieved as of 30 April 2008 Number of WFP West Bank: 413,000 West Bank: 270,511 persons Gaza Strip: 252,000 Gaza Strip: 137,754 assisted Total: 665,000 Total: 408,265 against Oxfam GB Gaza Strip: 10,360 persons Gaza Strip: 3,850 persons targeted PARC Total: 8,000 (direct) Total: 8,111 (direct) caseload Children: about 40,000 children Children 40, 555 (indirect (indirect beneficiaries), who are beneficiaries) sons and daughters of direct Women: 8,111 (indirect), who are beneficiaries. wives of male-heads of Women: 300 (direct), who are households productive women from women Productive women: 134 productive cooperatives + 2,500 (direct), who women from women’s are heads of households recipient cooperatives of food baskets + 4,600 (indirect), Farmers: 418 farmers (direct) from who are wives of male heads of whom fresh agricultural products households’ recipients of food where purchased baskets. Other group (specify farmers: 600 (direct) + 4,600 men heads of households (direct) recipients of food baskets. UNRWA West Bank: Two rounds of WB: 70,816 families (424,896 assistance to 30,000 families, refugees) received 1 round, covering est. 37% of needs, covering est. 18% of needs

Gaza Strip: 2.5 rounds of GS: One round of food aid assistance to 139,000 families (5 purchased and distributed with during 2008) covering at least 61% CAP 2008 funds to 118,000 of needs during 2008; families from April to June; food distributed before April purchased with CAP 2007 funding. Overall, two rounds distributed during first half of 2008 Number of WFP West Bank West Bank food for FFW activities: 524 FFW activities: 524 work/food for FFT activities: 370 FFT activities: 370 training Union of West Bank: 7,000 food insecure No funds received activities Agricultural Work families to receive food baskets carried out Committees (UAWC)

20 The FFW, FFT, and Life Skills activities have been carried out as planned, while not all beneficiaries have been reached as planned, due to the delay in distribution till after April 30, 2008.

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Output Agency/NGO Planned in CAP Achieved as of 30 April 2008 Number of life WFP West Bank: 225 West Bank: 334 skills training sessions carried out UAWC West Bank: 4 training programmes 51 farmers received training on in (a) Farm Management, (b) Marketing of Agricultural Produce. Marketing of Agricultural Produce, Whereas a total of 2,048 farmers (c) Irrigation Methods, (d) Efficient received training on Integrated Water Usage. Pest Management (IPM), Solar Sterilisation, Modern Agricultural Practices Number of WFP West Bank: 60,000 West Bank: 52,720 children Gaza Strip: 30,000 Gaza Strip: 0 assisted through school feeding UNRWA GS: 198,000 children receive GS: Available funding allowed assistance under school feeding UNRWA to provide assistance to programmes. 110,000 pupils under school feeding programmes. Food security WFP/FAO Set up of food security monitoring Questionnaire and Food Security monitoring system Modules and LoU with PCBS system drafted established Number of UAWC West Bank: 500 projects 375 small-scale projects including small–scale bee keeping, home gardens, income chicken farms, and sheep generating breeding projects established Number of UAWC West Bank: 3,446 new 24 new greenhouses established new greenhouses and 564 existing greenhouses greenhouses rehabilitated established

Objectives The main objectives outlined in the CAP remain relevant. Additional food sector objectives have been added to address the steep increase in food prices and the mid-term effects of drought and frost: • To meet food needs and prevent further deterioration of farming and pastoralist livelihoods in the southern West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to dry spells and front; • To assist non-refugee urban poor, farmers and livestock herders stricken by high food market prices.

If the situation continues to deteriorate, the food sector foresees an increased number of needy people especially in the urban areas.

Response plan In general terms, given the rise in food market prices, the climatic challenge posed by the frost and dry spell, and the high reliance on assistance, especially for the lowest quintiles, the food sector response should maintain the assistance levels, in particular for the destitute, strengthen the safety net projects, especially in urban areas, and reinforce the productivity of accessible agricultural land with donors’ support.

WFP: In response to the deteriorating economic situation in the Gaza Strip and the increased reliance and demand on food aid due to the soaring food prices, WFP discontinued the FFW/FFT (also due to unavailability of inputs) activities and transferred this caseload to receive general food distributions. WFP provided a one-month ration to beneficiaries in the southern West Bank who were affected by the drought in February 2008. Furthermore, due to high global prices, the cost of WFP operations has increased by 50%, posing additional constraints to reaching out to the needy people with the planned amount of assistance.

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Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC): The changes that occurred during 2008 have spurred UAWC to focus on climatic changes and provide farmers with training on methods to prevent the impact of frost and ways to alleviate the impact of drought. Emergency projects include improving access to water resources and agricultural inputs to increase food insecurity levels and compensate for damaged crops.

UNRWA: In response to rising food prices, which led to an increased demand for food aid from refugee families in the West Bank, UNRWA has increased its emergency food aid caseload from 30,000 to an estimated 70,000 families. However, the agency has been forced to reduce the amount of food provided to each beneficiary. In the Gaza Strip, UNRWA reduced its caseload to 125,000 families (planned caseload was 139,000 families). The number of families removed from the lists due to the resumption of salary payments to PA employees was higher than planned. Children benefiting from the school feeding programme received sandwiches (not high energy biscuits, as originally planned). In both fields, budgets have increased as part of the MYR, reflecting dramatic increases in commodity costs in recent months.

3.6 HEALTH SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs The health sector is 69% funded at mid-year. Good progress has been made in procuring essential drugs and consumables but there are on-going shortages, especially in Gaza. Advocacy work has continued focusing on access of patients to secondary health care. Monitoring of the sector has continued and regular situation reports are produced. These reports highlight the severe problems facing the health sector, particularly in Gaza, and the importance of on-going support. Additional funding will be needed to sustain existing activities.

Outcome Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year Objective: Contribute to the availability of essential supplies, including drugs, vaccines, reproductive health commodities and equipment to respond to humanitarian health needs: Identified pharmaceutical items Procurement and delivery of WHO procured $5m of pharmaceutical in shortage are received by the essential medicines, supplies; UNICEF procured $1.5m of central drug stores in timely consumables and lab reagents vaccines and drugs for childhood manner, and forwarded to district according to foreseen shortages. diseases; UNFPA supplied $1.5m of pharmacies. reproductive health (RH) commodities. Monitoring and data analysis at central and district levels is ongoing to identify drug shortages. The Ministry of Health (MoH) Review and update the MoH WHO regional office has procured capacity to perform efficient and procurement process and drugs not available on the local market transparent pharmaceutical develop procurement plans. since the MoH does not have access to procurement is strengthened. international markest; MoH staff have been trained on the Oracle procurement software. The pharmaceutical Expand the drug management A Storage Management Information management information information system and training System is being implemented to be system expanded to hospital in pharmaceutical supply and completed in August 2008 at central and primary health care stock management. and district levels; assessment of pharmacies, and stock needs at district and hospital levels is management practices have ongoing. UNFPA is planning to been improved. implement training to complement WHO training on forecasting, requisitions and distribution. The MoH is able to audit and Strengthen the capacity of quality In 2007, the WHO supported the follow up pharmaceutical good assurance department to carry process of developing GMP tools, manufacturing practices, and out field inspections, and to audit SOPs and associate training. The MoH SOPs for field inspection are in and monitor good manufacturer has taken over this responsibility in place. practices. 2008. Health service providers are Promoting and monitoring Tools have been developed and aware of rational drug use, and rational drug use trough updating training sessions have been conducted. monitoring tools are available guidelines/protocols and The MoH took up this responsibility in and used by health facility trainings. 2008. UNFPA is planning to conduct pharmacists. training for practitioners on rational drug use as a continuation of WHO efforts.

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Outcome Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year Refugee access to primary Purchase additional equipment Medical supplies and equipment have health care at UNRWA clinics is and supplies to address been procured to meet additional guaranteed, and access to increased demand at UNRWA demand in Gaza and the West Bank. secondary and tertiary care in health centres. $100,000 provided in hospitalisation WB is supported. subsidies in the West Bank. Access to primary health care Operation of five mobile clinics in 80,488 patients received by the five services for refugees living in the West Bank, serving 79,200 mobile clinics throughout 700 visits. isolated areas in the West Bank persons in 60 locations. is improved. Objective: Ensure that the response to humanitarian needs is regularly monitored and performed in an effective way: Information on emergency health Regular monitoring of health WHO produced monthly health status needs and health services are service provision in the West monitoring reports and 12 situation generated regularly and made Bank and Gaza insured. reports on Gaza. accessible to all stakeholders. Task force on contingency planning was reactivated in Gaza. Health coordination meetings on Holding monthly central Three health central meetings and five central and district levels coordination meetings; holding health district meetings have been held sustained. quarterly district coordination to date. meetings. Tools of mapping health facilities Regular mapping and analysis of From January 2008 until May 2008: data developed. health systems resources, Two questionnaires were developed financial tracking on health (for PHCs and hospitals). emergency response activity. A comprehensive Nutrition Data on NS are provided 250 health facilities equipped with Surveillance System (NSS) is regularly from the MoH, UNWRA growth monitoring equipment. established. and NGO facilities. Nutrition surveillance report produced as part of the MoH annual health status report 2006. Monthly report produced. Technical coordination meetings held regularly. Objective: Strengthen the capacity of the MoH in ensuring the availability of skilled human resources: Clinical treatment for emergency Produce quick reference Four health professionals (two nurses, and chronic disease conditions guidelines and training of health two physicians) from the WB and Gaza improved. professionals on the enrolled in a one-year training course in management of priority chronic Jordan on diabetes. diseases. 150 health staff trained on quick reference guidelines for hypertension, bronchial asthma, and diabetes mellitus. Case management of emergency Training of maternity staff on TOT training was completed for heads obstetric care patients improved emergency obstetric care. of maternity wards in all WB hospitals and 20 persons in Gaza. On-job training on emergency obstetrics has started in all West Bank maternity wards. Needs assessment of noso- Research was completed and plan of comial infection and training action developed accordingly. pertaining to patient safety and Implementation on the ground started quality assurance. with sensitisation workshops in Rafeedia, Ramallah and Hebron maternity wards. Protocol development. Obstetric care protocol was sent for second print. Shortened version was developed as a pocket version and selected flowcharts were produced for distribution to maternity wards. Improved ability of community Community outreach programme Basic RH/RR and GBV training was health workers to refer and ease in isolated communities. provided to health promoters from 15 access of pregnant women in communities affected by closures. crisis situations to emergency Communities benefited thereafter from obstetric care in appropriate community outreach programmes facility. addressing access to and utilisation of key RH services and timely referral and management of emergencies.

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Outcome Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year Objective: Advocate for health as a fundamental human right: Enhanced visibility of health as a Organising events to advocate One public press conference held human right discourse and practice in for the right to health care in in April on Access to Health Care the general Palestinian population Palestine. for Palestinian People. and amongst health professionals. Increased availability of printed and Preparing publications to One report published on “Access to audio visual material on health and disseminate information on Health Care for Palestinian People” human rights in Palestine. health and human rights. in April. The report received wide attention and coverage by the international and national press, and stimulated a fervent and ongoing debate on patients’ rights and security issues. Three editions of Bridges, the Israeli-Palestinian Public Health magazine, was produced and distributed.

Objectives Priorities for intervention in the health sector remain unchanged and are even more pressing in view of the deteriorating humanitarian situation, especially in Gaza. Effective coordination mechanisms, and the collection and compilation of reliable health information are essential to identify and respond to urgent humanitarian needs. Advocacy is also essential to overcome the restrictions on access to health care. Both areas, however, have not yet received appropriate funding.

The overall aim of the humanitarian health response is to ensure that the Palestinian population has access to continued health care of an adequate quality. The situation in Gaza, the food crisis, rising cost in living makes this objective increasingly difficult to achieve. Women and girls within large semi- urban settings are also likely to be more affected by deteriorating health and nutritional indicators. An additional objective - to maintain the provision of essential health services to the population in Gaza – has therefore been added to the CAP 2008.

Response plan WHO and other agencies will work closely with the MoH to respond to recurrent short-term drug shortages (between September 2007 and February 2008, around 20% of pharmaceuticals from the essential drug list were at zero stock at central level in most hospitals and PHC facilities, compared with 25% during Jan - Aug 2007.) This will require additional funding support. WHO will also work with the MoH to strengthen the pharmaceutical management information system. WHO will continue to monitor the health situation and assess the impact of tighter movement restrictions.

In Gaza, an emergency task force has been reactivated seeking to strengthen contingency planning and emergency preparedness for epidemics and mass casualties. WHO is recruiting an expert consultant in June/July to review existing contingency plans and recommend priorities for action. It will be important to follow up on their recommendations for which additional resources are likely to be required.

Plans are also being formulated to strengthen nutritional surveillance and response. UNICEF conducted a Rapid Nutritional Assessment of 754 children (six to 59 months) in three districts of the Gaza Strip, which showed an increase in moderate and severe stunting; rising levels of anaemia also require urgent investigation and response. In consultation with the MoH and a local NGO, Ard el Insan, UNICEF will support comprehensive interventions in order to address this situation and to reverse the trend over the next 12 to 18 months.

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3.7 JOB CREATION / CASH ASSISTANCE SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs Funding (40%) fell far below assessed needs and most agencies were not on track to meet annual targets at mid-year.

Output Agency Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year (12 months) Number of persons / UNRWA (Gaza) 55,950 beneficiaries 12,000 refugees families assisted through short-term job opportunities / cash for work projects UNRWA (West 37,191 beneficiaries 18,569 refugees Bank) Direct/ Indirect Hire UNDP 9,080 workers (not started) UN Habitat 4,800 workers (not started) Islamic Relief 1,050 workers (not started) Oxfam 2,000 households 40 households (400 persons) COOPI 4,474 households from 3,492 households Jul07-June08 Premiere Urgence 2,330 workers Not started Number of persons / UNRWA (Gaza) 77,000 families 2,404 families families assisted through N.B. All components of the cash assistance grants programme were suspended, with the exception of relocation fees for families made homeless UNRWA (West 60,000 families 16,000 families Bank) Islamic Relief 1,000 families (not started) Number of work days UNRWA (Gaza) 4.7 million days 900,000 days created UNRWA (West 1,281,000 days 632,639 days Bank) Direct/ Indirect Hire UNDP 152,000 days (not started) Islamic Relief (not started) Oxfam 46,000 days 3,360 days COOPI 89,480 days 69,840 days Premiere Urgence 40,000 (not started) Total value of funds, UNRWA WB 32.7 million 14,269,959 wages and cash UNRWA Gaza 72 million 13,300,000 assistance grants UNDP 2.3 million (not started) injected into local Oxfam GB 47,040 6,720 (20k) economy Premiere Urgence 706,000 (not started) COOPI 1,542,112 from Jul07- 1,297,184 June08 Number and value of UN Habitat (not started) infrastructure projects completed Number of persons / Islamic Relief 1,020 women (not started) families assisted through Premiere Urgence 330 women (not started) training opportunities CHF 250 women (not started)

The needs identified in the CAP 2008 remain unchanged and modifications to the objectives are proposed. In the context of reduced purchasing power due to inflationary pressure and the increased cost of basic commodities, under-funding for these projects is a cause for concern. A number of projects were amended to reflect lack of funding and the consequent shortened implementation time. These included projects managed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Premiere Urgence and Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF). Overall, the request for funding has been reduced from $158m to $138.44 million.

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3.8 PROTECTION SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs Output Planned in CAP Achieved as of mid-year Number of protection 20 including those targeting Eight planned programmes implemented, programmes, which target children, women, victims of but also close to 30-40 protective presence vulnerable groups in house demolitions and others. provided for victims of house demolitions in geographical areas at risk almost 14 locations. Reduction of human rights Reduction of HR violations, Measuring the level of reduction is difficult violations where programme is present. but many statements from individuals help reducing HR violations. Number of human rights 38 Approximately 20 (GZ & WB). Including training sessions targeting sessions on protective presence and the representatives of human protection of Internally Displaced Persons rights NGOs, community (IDPs). leaders, lawyers, human rights These training sessions have been carried defenders, and out in both the GS and the WB since the representatives of vulnerable beginning of 2008. groups Number of human rights 20 Around ten training sessions targeting training sessions targeting police, other security officials and persons officials in Palestinian from ministry of health, prisons, etc. institutions Number of human rights and 30 (including monthly internal 23 reports on topics varying from specific protection reports reports, reports from NGOs). issues like settler harassment/house demolitions/checkpoints/vulnerable communities (Bedouin, herding communities) etc. to broader reports covering most human rights issues, including those submitted to the HRC. Number of actions made with Was not statistically identified. Roughly over 50, including numerous calls duty bearers (daily) to IDF Humanitarian Hotline and interventions at checkpoints with Israeli army and police (IDF, border police, military police, private security guards and civil police). Increased use by civil society Cannot set a targeted number, Training sessions on different UN protection of UN human rights as aim is to ensure maximum mechanisms have had a positive impact on mechanisms use of the system. the increased number of complaints submitted to the various UN protection mechanisms. Currently working on a compilation of statistics in regard to the submissions from the oPt. Number of UNCT Three One pronouncements on human rights issues

Members of the protection sector agree that the needs identified in the CAP 2008 remain unchanged and that there is no need to modify the CAP 2008 objectives or response plans.

3.9 WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR Progress to date in achieving planned outputs Overall funding for the sector stands at 15%, making it difficult to implement planned projects.

Output CAP planned Achieved Approximate number of total beneficiaries 899,716 No data Number of beneficiaries, who have better 35,000 pupils More than 154,000 school access to water and sanitation in schools and 800 teachers children and teachers health centres 5,000 patients benefited in Gaza Number of schools and health centres assisted 398 schools More than 220 schools to have a better access to water and sanitation 60 health centres served in Gaza Number of water and wastewater 59 Three water wells facilities/plants/networks constructed constructed /rehabilitated Number of locations and communities 80 No data benefiting from water and sanitation activities

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Generally the overall goal has not changed. However, more emphasis on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups/areas is needed (such as areas hit by drought). The main objectives are: • To secure and ensure the continuation of the water supply to vulnerable Palestinian communities; • To reduce/mitigate the adverse environmental and health effects of unsafe disposal of wastewater.

This could be achieved through the expansion and rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure (water networks, wastewater treatment plants, main transmission pipelines, pumps, boosters, water reservoirs). Other means include supporting the most vulnerable groups in the cost of securing basic drinking water needs and finding new sources of water supply for those communities that are served through tankers, rehabilitation of wells, rehabilitation of springs, installation of collection cisterns at household or community levels, raising awareness and capacity building.

4. FUNDING AND PROJECTS

For the Mid-Year Review, due to project revisions, cancellations and new project submissions, there is an overall reduction of $13.95 million in the project requirements. While the Appeal is close to half funded, several sectors have received less than 50% funding, including agriculture, child protection and psycho-social, education, protection, and water and sanitation.

A. Revised projects • 49 projects have been revised in the Mid-Year Review: 39 projects revised their original requests downwards by $46,972,990 and ten projects increased their requests by $46,596,465; • Four projects totalling $20.1 (including a $16.7 million employment generation project) were cancelled from the following sectors: education, agriculture, health and nutrition.

B. New Projects • 16 new projects were added during the Mid-Year Review. Seven projects focus on agriculture, one on child protection and psychosocial issues, three on protection, two on food and food security, one on health and two on water and sanitation. Six projects that received ERF funding to address the consequences of the severe winter weather were also added. • The total amount requested for new projects is $6,532,006.

5. CONCLUSION

Overwhelmingly, all sector working groups expect that needs will either remain at the same level or increase as a result of the deterioration of the humanitarian situation. Even when considering the best political and socio-economic scenario, all participating agencies agree that there will be a need for a CAP in 2009. The justification for this applies to the entire oPt, especially for the Gaza Strip which is facing a human dignity crisis affecting the entire population. The increased violence and continued access and movement restrictions most likely will lead to escalating economic deprivation with such outcomes as the lack of employment opportunities and depleted services and infrastructure.

The need for humanitarian responses will continue in all sectors: • If food prices remain high, and the drought and frost return in 2009, it is expected that there will be an increased number of people in need throughout the oPt, especially in refugee camps and urban areas. Boosting agriculture and social safety net (food aid, cash aid and a job creation programme) responses is key to mitigate dramatic increase of food insecurity; • Water and sanitation needs will remain urgent in areas affected by the Barrier, the Jordan Valley and communities without water networks. Water quality in the oPt is also expected to be compromised as a result of a lack or limited quantities of water, which may force some communities to use unsafe water sources. The risk of pollution as a result of unsafe wastewater disposal will remain a key concern in the oPt and particularly in Gaza; • It is not expected that restrictions on the movement of people and goods will improve significantly, thus impacting the quality of the Palestinian health system and people’s access to health care. Insecurity, rising unemployment and poverty and an inadequate diet will continue to negatively affect the health of Palestinians; • There are concerns for the education sectors in the West Bank and Gaza, which continue to suffer and will require further support, including funding for protection programmes that assist

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children suffering from the effects of violence reflected in behaviour in schools, peer to peer violence as well as other protection issues compounded by the conflict situation. A further ongoing issue is believed to be the impact of ongoing displacement that will require both financial and strategic consideration.

Due to the lack of funding currently being received for projects included in the CAP 2008, it is believed that there will be a significant deficit in the humanitarian response. This will have an impact on the humanitarian situation in 2009.

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NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS

AGRICULTURE Appealing Agency ACTION AGAINST HUNGER (ACF-Spain) Project Title Emergency response to alleviate the hardship of sheepherding families suffering from the impact of extreme winter cold and summer drought in the Tubas District Project Code oPt-08/A27 (new) Sector Agriculture Objective To prevent the erosion of the productive capacity and asset base of shepherding families in the Tubas District Beneficiaries 250 sheepherding families (2,000 people) Project Duration Seven months Funds Requested $900,000

Needs ACF carried out a needs assessment in February 2008 that covered 16 communities in Tubas district. All these communities rely heavily on herding. They are all housed in shacks and tents in area C of the Tubas District (Almetah, Ein elhewa, Samra/Makho, Samra/Makho, Alfarisiya, Aljoba/ Alfarisiya, Khirbet Yarza, Alhadidiya, Kirbet Humsa, Abzeq, Salhab, Attof /Alras Alahmar, Alfareseih/alzobee, Qawwon, Einon and Alhemah ). Over the past six months they have become increasingly vulnerable due to the exceptional drought that hit the West Bank and the extreme cold weather experienced this winter (2007/8). The region received less than 23% of the expected rainfall (source Ministry of Agriculture) which, combined with the frost, resulted in an almost complete crop failure and the resulting dramatic increase in dependency on purchased fodder and water. The extreme cold also wiped out an average of 10% of the existing flocks. The herders are now forced to sell animals and take on additional debt in order to buy the required fodder, pushing them deeper into a vicious cycle of debts to maintain their flock. To help to cope with these severe conditions the families have to reduce expenditures on food, health and education.

Activities • Fodder distribution: 1.5kg/head/day for 90 days with a 25% contribution from the herders; • Advanced training: ten training courses (25 farmers/course) over three days; • Veterinary services including internal and external parasite control; • Basic farm equipment: sponge applicator, digital thermometer, wool shearing scissors; • Water harvesting and storage facilities: plastic tanks, 1.5 m³ for 216 beneficiaries; • Rehabilitation of 40 cisterns.

Outcomes • Prevention of flock depletion; • Reduced cost for water supply; • Reduced mortality and morbidity of the flock.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 190,000 Inputs costs 550,000 Trainings 5,000 Support Costs 95,000 Administration costs 60,000 Funds Requested 900,000

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Appealing Agencies APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE - JERUSALEM (ARIJ) AND CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) Project Title Support vulnerable farmers to combat drought conditions (CDC) Project Code oPt-08/A28AB (new) Sector Agriculture Objective Support most vulnerable drought affected field crop and fodder farmers with timely and essential production inputs Beneficiaries 1,200 farmers’ households (6,840 persons) Partners MoA, local cooperatives Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $345,500

Needs With the annual rainfall alarmingly less than 70% of the average, the 2008 regional drought is having a devastating effect on Palestinian farmers and herders. Up to 92% of the area cultivated with field crops and fodder in the West Bank is rain fed, and as a direct result of the drought, 70% of the field crop seed and fodder production will almost certainly be lost. This will severely threaten the availability of seeds for the coming agricultural season, at a time when Palestinian farmers are already suffering from high prices of agricultural inputs, especially the seeds for field crops and fodder utilised as feed for livestock.

This project aims to: provide the most vulnerable drought affected farmers with suitable good quality seed varieties to replant their land in the coming season 2008/2009; increase the West Banks’ plant and animal production; and ultimately to improve the Palestinian people’s access and availability to affordable nutritious food.

Activities • Assist 1,200 of the most vulnerable drought-affected farmers to plant 6,000 dunums with suitable good quality local varieties of wheat, barley, common vetch, better vetch and lentils; • Provide vital and timely extension services to the beneficiary households, with the assistance of MoA specialists and extension agents; • Establish a participatory mechanism for project activities (farmer selection, seed distribution and monitoring) with four agricultural cooperatives from Hebron, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tubas Governorates; • Conduct four much-needed training and capacity building workshops for four agricultural cooperatives to improve seed management and to improve farmers’ coordination and collective purchasing and selling systems; • Conduct 35 workshops on essential crop management, mitigating weather crisis impacts on planted crops, seed storage systems and crop pests and disease control.

Outcomes • Increased income and production of beneficiary farmers; • 475 metric tonnes (MTs) of wheat, barley, lentils, and common and bitter vetch field crops produced; • 1,700 tonnes of green fodder and dry hay produced; • 1,200 farmers linked with effective cooperatives as active members; • Capacity built of four agricultural cooperatives in seed and system management; • Capacity built of 1,200 farmers in crop and pest management, seed storage and coordination; • 3,600 on-site extension visits to farmers’ fields performed.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items ARIJ CRS $ Staff 30,540 29,760 60,300 Inputs 234,625 33,775 268,400 Administration 8,400 8,400 16,800 Funds Requested 273,565 71,935 345,500

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Appealing Agency CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) Project Title Increasing basic food security in marginalised areas of the West Bank Project Code oPt-08/A29 (new) Sector Agriculture Objective To increase food production, conserve scarce rural water resources and create income generating activities for the most vulnerable and isolated farming communities Target Area Bethlehem and Hebron Beneficiaries 200 vulnerable and isolated rural families (1,200 persons) Partners Municipalities, village councils and local NGOs Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $304,060

Needs Soaring food prices, a regional drought and an increasing scarcity of water are severely affecting the Palestinian population living in the West Bank. The livelihoods and food security of many communities, already suffering as a result of the separation barrier, movement restrictions, and lack of access to land, have become extremely precarious. Immediate assistance is necessary to conserve rural water resources, increase local food production and create additional income generating possibilities.

Vulnerable rural households in the Bethlehem and Hebron Governorates urgently require inputs and activities aimed at promoting a sustainable and efficient use of valuable agricultural resources, including water. The project will work with farmers’ and women’s committees to develop strong community ownership of their own local natural resources and will include active community participation and beneficiary involvement. The project will focus on basic household economy interventions, with the establishment of home gardens planted with both summer and winter varieties of fruits and vegetables. The project will also create badly needed job opportunities, provide basic household food security and yield to be sold products for income generation and local market supply. In addition, the project will increase the availability of presently scarce arable land and water resources, build farmers’ agriculture and water management capacities, and strengthen the organisational and managerial capacities of the rural communities as a whole. The working methodology will be based on stakeholder needs and closely linked to the Palestinian National Food Security Strategy.

Activities • Rehabilitate damaged water cisterns and pools; • Rehabilitate barren and inefficient agricultural lands; • Distribute essential agricultural tools, good quality trees and seedlings; • Establish home gardens.

Expected Output • 50 water cisterns and 15 pools rehabilitated; • Increased access to essential water resources for agricultural use; • 50 dunums of agricultural land rehabilitated and effectively used; • 100 home gardens established and producing crops.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget items $ Staff costs 14,400 Implementation costs 250,000 Operating costs 39,660 Funds Requested 304,060

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Appealing Agencies CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) AND ISLAMIC RELIEF (IR) Project Title Green Lands: Increasing the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural activities Project Code oPt-08/A30 AB (new) Sector Agriculture Objective Increase the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural activities Target Area Jordan Valley and Tubas district, southern part of Hebron and Bethlehem Beneficiaries 200 farmers (1,200 family members) Partners Municipalities, village councils, local NGOs and farmers’ groups Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $712,695 Contacts [email protected] and [email protected]

Needs Farmers in The West Bank are currently facing two severe problems – a regional drought and a sharp increase in price of agricultural inputs. This is having an extremely negative impact on the livelihoods of vulnerable farmers, especially those living on the eastern slopes of the West Bank (Jordan Valley, Tubas district) and in the southern part of Hebron, where climate conditions are harsh and living conditions are exceptionally difficult. But it is not only the farmers who are suffering as a result of the drought and high cost of agricultural inputs. The subsequent increase in agricultural products is also hitting consumers hard. Many families can no longer afford to buy fresh vegetables in the local markets, and the basic household food security of thousands of vulnerable West Bank Palestinians is under severe threat. By increasing the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural activities, the project will assist both the vulnerable food producers (farmers), and the vulnerable food consumers.

Activities • Rehabilitate water resource units - water canals, water network pipes, springs, water catchments and cisterns (including the covering of canals, and cleaning and plastering of cisterns); • Install water pumps; • Provide technical assistance to farmers; • Distribute good quality drought resistant seedlings.

Outcomes • Detailed needs assessment report on the needs of these locations and availability of water resources; • 200 agricultural infrastructure units (water resources) will be rehabilitated (canals, water catchments, springs, pipes); • 10,000 seedlings will be distributed to the selected farmers; • Technical workshops and on-the-job training will be given to the beneficiaries.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items IR CRS $ Project Management (1 x $1,500 x 7) 5,250 5,250 10,500 Staff Costs (4 staff x 6 x $1,200 ) 14,400 14,400 28,800 Input costs ($3,000 per farmer [rehab, and seedlings] x 200 farmers) 300,000 300,000 600,000 Administration Costs (15%) includes procurement, accountancy, audit, transportation, communication. 36,500 36,895 73,395 Funds Requested 356,150 356,545 $ 712,695

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Appealing Agency CENTRO REGIONALE D’INTERVENTO PER LA COOPERAZIONE – (CRIC) Project Title Emergency support to vulnerable ruminant breeders in the Gaza Strip to enhance the productivity of their flocks Project Code oPt-08/A31 (new) Sector Agriculture Objective Improve vital local production of green forage to decrease dependency on imported fodder and enhance meat and milk production for local market demand Beneficiaries TOTAL: 90 small breeders – 12 workers - 525 family members Partners MoA - UAWC Project Duration 12 Months Funds Requested $139,100

Needs One of the humanitarian consequences of the Gaza Strip (GS) closure imposed by Israel is a general and alarming lack of animal fodder in the local markets and a huge increase in the price of existing products. In addition, the scarcity of water and land to cultivate forage poses a threat to thousands of already vulnerable farmers. More than 70% of agricultural wells in the GS rely on diesel to power their water pumps. The lack of fuel has forced many farmers to stop watering their crops and the resulting lack of fodder has forced many breeders to sell their animals. Thus the scarcity of fodder is severely affecting the local production of meat and milk. This situation is dramatically worsening the food security of the general population. The current production of meat in the GS is around 30,600 MTs compared to a yearly requirement of 52,177 MTs. As the imposed closure continues and the situation in the GS worsens, local production of fodder is imperative.

The project will assist local farmers to cultivate fodder which will then be processed in green forage farm units and distributed to animal breeders at cost price. Each proposed green forage farm unit will save 30,000 cubic metres of water each year and 2.5 hectares of land, as well as significantly reduce the cost of fodder for vulnerable animal breeders.

The MoA has confirmed that all equipment necessary for the assembly and use of the units is currently available in the GS, and the Ministry has agreed to ensure the irrigation of the crops and the services of three technicians.

Activities • Support the essential expansion of forage production; • The MoA will provide three technicians to work in the unit and to organise training courses; • Carry out a training course on forage production for three new technicians for each unit; • Establish five production green forage pilot units with technical devices where the intensive forage cultivation will take place in a protected environment; • Provide green forage to vulnerable animal breeders at cost price.

Outcomes • 1.5 MTs of green forage produced and provided to vulnerable animal breeders; • 12 technicians trained and able to successfully manage fodder production units.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 20,000 Inputs costs 110,000 Administration costs 9,100 Funds Requested 139,100

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Appealing Agency ISLAMIC RELIEF (IR) Project Title Urgent assistance to vulnerable farmers affected by the closures and the regional drought Project Code oPt-08/A32 (new) Sector Agriculture Objective Increase the availability of scarce water for essential agricultural activities Target Area Southern and western villages of Tulkarem area in the Seam Zone Beneficiaries 120 family members Partners Village councils, local NGOs and farmers’ groups Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $206,291 Contact [email protected]

Needs Farmers trapped in the Seam Zone adjacent to the Tulkarem area of the West Bank are facing restricted access to their agricultural lands. The Barrier and the Seam Zone put marginalised farming communities under severe pressure. In addition, farmers have to face soaring prices and the ongoing drought. Water is increasingly unavailable to farmers, and of the little water they can get, much is lost in evaporation and leakage due to poor conditions of water infrastructure.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)21 has recently managed to gain access for some farmers to their land, however, as this land has been neglected for a long time, cleaning and rehabilitation activities are needed before the land can be cultivated again. This project will help rehabilitate and irrigate 500 dunums of this land, thus enabling local vulnerable farmers to restart their agricultural production and increase their household income and household food security.

Activities • Rehabilitate water resource units, including water networks pipes and neglected water catchments (cisterns); • Construct water cisterns; • Install water pipes for around two kilometres with all fittings needed; • Rehabilitate agricultural land (clean and plough); • Provide good quality seeds for the selected farmers

Outcomes • Two kilometres of water pipes will be installed and irrigate agricultural land; • 12 old water cisterns will be fully rehabilitated; • 15 new water cisterns will be constructed; • 200 dunums of agricultural lands will be rehabilitated; • Seeds will be distributed to and planted on 500 dunums.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs (1,500 x 7 months + 800 x 6 months) 15,300 Input costs (Installation of pipe lines, rehabilitation of lands, distribution of seeds and seedlings) 179,025 Administration costs (8%) includes procurement, accountancy, audit, transportation, communication. 11,966 Funds Requested 206,291

21 As a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organisation, ICRC is not a participant in the CAP.

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Appealing Agency UNION OF AGRICULTURAL WORK COMMITTEES (UAWC) Project Title Emergency assistance to alleviate extreme socio-economic hardship in Seam Zone communities of Qalqiliya District, while advocating for the protection of their rights to land and water Project Code oPt-08/A33 (new) Sector Agriculture Objective To alleviate socio-economic hardship in seam zone communities and to protect the basic water and land rights of Palestinian farmers Beneficiaries men & women farmers Target area Seam zone Partners UAWC in coordination with local human rights organisations. Project Duration June - December 2008 Total Project Budget Six months Funds Requested $166,400

Needs The oPt is experiencing serious human rights violations, resulting from frequent military incursions and the construction of the separation barrier. In addition, the availability of safe, clean water, both for human consumption and agriculture, is rapidly diminishing. Current water distribution networks are wholly inadequate and demand continually exceeds renewable supply. Thus irrigated land is constantly being reduced and local crop production is seriously in decline.

This project is rooted in the CAP 2008 strategy to protect agricultural entitlements and rights. It addresses the immediate need for rehabilitation of damaged agricultural infrastructure – crucial for the livelihoods of farmers at risk - within a rights-based framework. The immediate needs will be covered, but action will also be taken to monitor and advocate against the violation of agriculture related rights: right to food, right to land and right to work. In the oPt, the right to land is intertwined with the local community's identity, its livelihood and its very survival.

The project will assist some of the villages most severely affected by the construction of the separation Barrier through the provision of needful and timely agricultural inputs, essential access to water and indispensable capacity building and knowledge of land and water rights. The selected Seam Zone communities of the villages of Kofor Tholth, Kofor Jammal, Azzoun Al Atmeh, Al Nabi Elias, and Jayous in Qalqiliya district, are either totally surrounded by the Barrier or have agricultural land close to Israeli settlements.

Activities • Rehabilitation of 50 damaged greenhouses through the provision of basic agricultural inputs (seedlings, plastic cover, insect nets and irrigation networks); • Rehabilitation/installation of ten water cisterns; • Formulate and reactivate five emergency local committees in the selected villages; • Provide essential capacity building training on a rights-based approach to committee institution, management, advocacy, lobbying and networking skills, to advocate for the communities’ rights to land and water in addition to better serving local farmers.

Outcomes • Increased income of 50 vulnerable families through the rehabilitation of their greenhouses and improved crop cultivation; • Increased access to essential water resources for agricultural use; • Five local committees formulated and developed; • Improved lobbying, networking and advocacy skills to represent and give voice to farmers; • Increased awareness among farmers of their rights and mobilised social advocacy.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs (example) 14,400 Inputs costs (example) 142,000 Administration costs (example) 10,000 Funds Requested 166,400

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Appealing Agency FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ( FAO ) Project Title Emergency support to needy fisher folk in Gaza Strip to restore their fishing activities Project Code oPt-08/A02 (revised) Sector Agriculture / food security Objective Restore access to food and improve the livelihood of the neediest fisher folk through the introduction of aquaculture and technical support Beneficiaries 50 fishermen communities in Khan Younis, Rafah and Deir al Balah Partners MoA, NGOs, cooperatives Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $465,000

Needs The fishing sector has always played a major role in the economy of the Gaza Strip. Fishing along the Gaza Strip is carried out in four main locations; Gaza City (80%), Deir al Balah (5%), Khan Younis (8%) and Rafah (7%). In the Gaza Strip alone there are 3,060 fishermen, 720 boats, and an additional 500 workers in jobs related to the fishing industry (Gaza 1,457; Deir al Balah 521; Kan Yunis 423; Rafah 659). All are suffering declining incomes due to the constraints imposed by the Israelis, including reduced fishing areas and sea closures. Many fishermen are not earning enough to maintain their boats which remain docked in port. The loss of input production and shortages in fish production will contribute to malnutrition in the Gaza Strip.

This project will introduce and encourage aquaculture activities in the Gaza Strip using species adapted to saline/brackish water and it will involve women in the management of pools. This activity will consist of the construction of 50 community water storage ponds through provision of sand and plastic lining, water pumps, pipelines, fencing, etc. Selected farmers will also be provided with the appropriate variety of fish and other production inputs and devices, as well as the required training.

Outputs • Restoration of fishery production in the project area by introduction of aquaculture; • Improved access to food by the 50 fishermen communities leading to better food security and mitigation of poverty in the southern Gaza Strip; • Job creation for local people; • Promotion of cooperative work and gender equity.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff 72,000 Inputs, contracts and training 320,000 Operating costs 31,000 Administrative costs 42,000 Funds Requested 465,000

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Appealing Agencies UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN (UNIFEM) Project Title Building the capacity of women farmers in the Jordan Valley Project Code oPt-08/A04A (revised) Sector Agriculture Objective To improve income for households in target localities in the Jordan Valley through the provision of agricultural tools, awareness and training Beneficiaries 2,800 persons of which 400 are women Other group (specify): 2,400 household members Partners Local community-based organizations Project Duration January – December 2008 (or 12 months upon funding) Funds Requested $56,160

Needs The situation in the Jordan Valley has deteriorated since the beginning of the second Intifada, with Israeli military and administrative measures severely affecting the local population, both economically and socially. Through the denial of permits, extended closures and continuing land confiscation, the local population of the Jordan Valley is isolated from basic services and the already fragile local economy is being strangulated. Areas of the Jordan Valley have a 67% poverty rate and 24 to 50% of the population (depending on locale) is food insecure.

With increasing unemployment and decreased access to agricultural land and water, many of the local farmers are raising small ruminants (particularly sheep and goats). In turn, it is mostly women who are undertaking the duties required for the upkeep and production related to the livestock, including feeding, cleaning, milking and processing – duties that are undertaken over and above their household responsibilities. In this context, UNIFEM and FAO will focus on women as farmers, enhancing their technical skills as well as managerial skills, with the objective of improving production quality, quantity and market, while at the same time ensuring efficiency so that women are not overburdened with respect to their other responsibilities.

Mid-Year Review 2008: Please note that FAO has managed to include the activities detailed in this project sheet in one of their ongoing programmes and thus has removed the money appealed. UNIFEM would still be appealing for half of their funding, and would be reapplying for the next CAP 2009 to finalise the activities started in the second half of 2008.

Activities • Providing women with tools and equipment for the collection and processing of milk according to hygienic standards (FAO); • Training women in farm management, hygiene and new methods in milk processing (FAO); • Training and counselling for women on life skills, management and rights issues (UNIFEM); • Awareness raising of local communities on women’s role in agriculture, nutrition and health (UNIFEM); • Facilitating farmers’ access to local markets, though the through creation of a network between women cooperatives and marketing institutions/companies (UNIFEM & FAO).

Outcomes • Improved socio-economic condition for 400 women and their families in the Jordan Valley; • Increased skills in milk processing and production among the target women farmers; • Increased awareness in farm management, hygiene and nutrition among the farmers, their families and the community at large.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 12,000 Inputs costs 40,000 Administration costs 4,160 Funds Requested 56,160

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CHILD PROTECTION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL Appealing Agency SAVE THE CHILDREN - UNITED KINGDOM (SC-UK) Project Title Secure for the future: protecting children’s rights and meeting needs Project Code oPt-08/P/HR/RL16 (new) Sector Child Protection/Psychosocial Objective To improve protection and service provision to at risk children in the Jordan Valley Beneficiaries Direct Beneficiaries (Total): 9,004 (Children: 8,754 Adults: 250) Other groups: 5,886 parents, community leaders, civil society Geographical Areas Communities in the Jordan Valley including: Al-Uja, Jiflik, Zubeidat/Marj Ghazal, Bardala, Ein al-Beida, & al-Hadadieh/Hamsa Implementing Partner MA’AN Development Centre Project Duration July – December 2008 Funds Request $230,560

Needs As a result of Israeli policies and actions, the Jordan valley is one of the most under-developed and isolated areas in the West Bank and its residents face constant threats of displacement. Movement restrictions have isolated residents and blocked farmers’ access to their land and markets. Zoning and building policies have left communities without schools, health facilities, adequate housing, and access to water. Home demolition orders and military restrictions on Palestinians’ access to the area have displaced hundreds of residents. While all Palestinians in the Jordan Valley are impacted by these policies/actions, children are particularly vulnerable as they are left without access to education, health care, safe play areas, and other vital services. Through this project SC-UK and The MA’AN Development Centre will work with community leaders, village councils, community cooperatives, parents, and children in select communities to meet children’s needs. Safe play areas will be developed, children will be provided with educational supplies, communities will be trained in child rights, participation, and community development skills, and communities will be given resources needed to help meet children’s needs as identified locally.

Activities • Train local trainers in child participation, child rights, and community development skills; • Work with trainers to develop local community development and child focused skills while also further developing trainer skills and building local child advisory councils; • Build safe play areas in each targeted community; • Distribute educational/recreational kits to children; • Develop and implement, through small grants, community led projects to address the identified needs of children.

Outcomes • Communities trained and experienced in using community development and participation skills; • Five safe play areas; • Children with the resources needed to attend and succeed in school; • Education, health, shelter or other child needs met through community projects.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 118,800 Input costs 242,000 Administrative costs 36,080 Total Project Cost 396,880 Funds Requested 230,560

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COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Appealing Agency WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Project Title Strengthening emergency coordination in health Project Code oPt-08/CSS07 (revised) Sector Coordination and Support Services Objective Coordinated actions and response based on shared information Beneficiaries TOTAL: approximately four million Other group (specify): Direct beneficiaries of the action are health organisations active in the oPt including health care providers, donors, NGOs and UN agencies; the entire population of West Bank and Gaza Strip will indirectly benefit Implementing Partner Health stakeholders in the oPt (MoH, local and international NGOs, UN agencies) Project Duration August – December 2008 Funds Requested $134,550

Needs Tightening restrictions on movement for people and goods continues to adversely affect the Palestinian health system. The restriction on fuel and electricity in Gaza is increasingly affecting the provision of quality health care. Aggravating living conditions, limited quantities of safe drinking water and the release of untreated waste water into the environment present risk for disease outbreaks. The level of violence in Gaza could aggravate and require specific emergency responses. In the West Bank, access to health care is in particular affecting those communities that are encircled by the wall and those living in proximity to Israeli infrastructure. The overall deterioration of the socio-economic status of Palestinians further contributes to reduced access to quality health when it comes to opportunity costs such as for transport. In order to identify and meet emergency health needs resulting from a number of scenarios, the establishment and maintenance of complementary and wide-ranging coordination mechanisms at all levels is required to support the MoH in its coordinating role of the sector and ensure that these mechanisms are efficient where the integrity of the health system disrupted. With the political split in the oPt, WHO has been instrumental in ensuring that emergency interventions in Gaza have been coordinated. The project is complementary to the projects ‘Monitoring health trends in emergency’ and ‘Building the capacity of the MoH in health emergency response and preparedness’.

Activities • Maintain and reinforce established emergency health coordination meetings in Gaza and at central and district level in the West Bank; • Produce and widely disseminate regular and ad-hoc situation analyses and monitoring reports on humanitarian health needs; • Formulate plans of action to address identified needs.

Outcomes • Relevant information on emergency health needs and health services are produced regularly and made accessible to all health stakeholders; • Coordinated emergency response of main stakeholders is ensured.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 59,316 Implementing costs 55,000 Programme management, monitoring and reporting 11,432 Programme support cost 8,802 Funds Requested 134,550

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EDUCATION Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND ( UNICEF) Project Title Ensure quality basic education during situations of chronic emergency and new poverty Project Code oPt-08/E03 (revised) Sector Education Themes Children, rights of the child, successful school completion Objective To strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education to improve students academic attainment, prevent drop-out and ensure quality education Target Beneficiaries Primary school students from Grade 1-9 Partner Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), District Educational Directorates (DED) and schools Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $3,424,701

Needs Even with the seemingly unrelenting poverty level, difficult living conditions and restrictions on freedom of movement, Palestinian parents and children still have a strong commitment to education. Nevertheless, years of violence, restrictions on freedom of movement and deteriorating economic conditions have severe effects on quality of education. Low students achievement, school violence and increasing drop-out rates are becoming inveterate realities, especially for girls in the upper level of primary education. Urgent educational interventions are needed to reaffirm children and parents’ commitment to schooling, increasing childrens’ learning achievement and reducing some of the negative impact of the ongoing crisis, especially in the Gaza Strip.

Activities • Continue the remediation programmes for students in vulnerable areas in the affected areas especially in Gaza; • Build the Capacity of selected DEDs to ensure quality basic education through monitoring and evaluation; • Orientation of 2,000 teachers on child-centred teaching methodology (child friendly school concept) including psychosocial counselling under emergency situation; • Equip 300 primary schools, particularly in the Gaza Strip and south of Hebron, with teaching equipment to better facilitate teaching and learning processes; • Together with DEDs and various local NGOs strengthen early childhood care and education (ECCE) and school readiness through home and community based solutions; • Monitor and evaluate the quality of the activities at different stages through technical assistance and supervision in addition to preparation of reports.

Outcome The proposed project intends to quickly fill in the educational gaps to the fullest extent possible by providing equal learning opportunities to all children, especially girls and those disadvantaged. At the same time, it is also designed to meet any emergency challenges, especially for Gaza, that may be caused by social instability during this fragile period.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Implementation of remediation programmes to improve childrens’ learning achievement in 520,000 addition to related teacher training Development, readjustment of learning and teaching materiel 900,000 Provision of learning & teaching aid equipments and opportunity 1,100,000 Training of caregiver on ECCE and pre-school pedagogy 120,000 Monitoring and evaluation 99,761 Administration costs plus indirect programme support cost 684,940 Funds Requested 3,424,701

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FOOD AID AND FOOD SECURITY Appealing Agency APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE - JERUSALEM (ARIJ) Project Title Restoration of agriculture, water and sanitation conditions in the southern parts of Hebron Governorate (RAWS) Project Code oPt-08/A34 (new) Sector Food Security Objective Provide the affected areas by drought conditions with suitable assets and materials to increase the availability of hygienic water, wastewater treatment, fodder production and access to livestock products. Beneficiaries 1,865 persons (50% males & 50% females) Partners ARIJ in cooperation with MoA, cooperatives, FAO, OCHA, WFP, other implanting agencies in the targeted area. Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $820,604

Needs In the year 2008, the south western areas of the West Bank (including communities such as Somara, Ramadin, Enab Al-kabeer and Arab al-Feraijat) have been significantly affected by the current drought conditions, occupation restrictions on movement, and high rates of unemployment. Livestock production is the main source of income and food in these communities with an average of 4,600 heads of sheep and goats with family size of eight persons. The Palestinian people used to graze their animals in the rangelands and feed them on fodder produced under rain-fed conditions. This year the people are threatened to lose their sheep and goats due to the drought that hit the rangelands, the low production of rain-fed cultivations and the significant increase in fodder and water prices. Water networks being unavailable in these marginalised communities creates water scarcity forcing the people to buy tanked water with high prices ($5.5/m3). This obliges the people to reduce their water consumption to the minimal level and has negative implications on their health, livestock and environment. Activities • Select the two communities most affected by drought in the south western areas of Hebron; • Formulate project committees from MoA, local authority, cooperatives and women clubs; • Participate in the drought coordination committee which includes FAO, OCHA, WFP and the other implementing agencies to ensure the equity of coverage and transparency; • Provide 150 poor households with polyethylene water tanks, with a capacity of 5m3 each, and improve household water network to sustain their accessibility to hygienic water; • Provide 75 households with small scale wastewater treatment units for irrigation; • Plant 75 dunums with forage crops and irrigate them with treated wastewater; • Build the people’s capacities regarding crop, water, waste water and environment management; • Provide extension services for the project beneficiaries to manage their crops and livestock.

Outcomes • 150 households improved their internal water network and increased storage capacity; • 75 households use treated wastewater to irrigate 75 dunums of forage crops and produce 450 tons of green forages to ensure the survival of their sheep and goats; • Ten training workshops on forage crops, wastewater, water, livestock and environment management and drought mitigation conducted for the project beneficiaries; • 1,800 on-site extension visits to the livestock farms, households conducted.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff cost 49,920 Inputs cost 707,100 Administration cost 63,584 Funds Requested 820,604

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Appealing Agency ASAMBLEA DE COOPERACIÓN POR LA PAZ (ACPP) Project Title Using solar energy for poverty reduction in Gaza Strip Project Code oPt-08/F10 (new) Sector Food / Food Security Objectives Improving the socio-economic conditions of 120 families in the western and eastern area of Rafah, eastern areas of Khan Younis and Al-Mawasii area, by providing saving means, and securing the access to quality food. Beneficiaries 960 persons including Children: 441 Woman: 278 Refugees: 220 Implementing Partner Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG) Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $209,000

Needs The proposed intervention intends to help combat the lack of food security which the population of the Gaza Strip faces by securing access to quality food and providing saving means for the most insecure families in the western and eastern area of Rafah, eastern areas of Khan Younis and Al-Mawasi area. The low household consumer purchasing power due to the high unemployment and consumer price index increase rates turn these areas the most food insecure ones in the oPt. The energy crisis due to the fuel shortage has also had a very significant impact on the living conditions in the Gaza Strip. Cooking gas is now being used for private transportation, increasing its demand in the local market and making it hardly available and affordable for the most vulnerable families. Its price has already increased by 200% (source: Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation). The project will make 120 beneficiary families less energy dependent by the introduction of 120 solar cookers, which do not need any energy input other than the sun.

Objectives The actions will improve the socio-economic conditions of 120 families in the municipalities of Deir el Balah, Abu al-'Ajin, Wadi al-Salqa, Az-Zawayda, Al-Mossadar, in the western and eastern area of Rafah, eastern areas of Khan Younis and Al-Mawasii area, by providing saving means, and securing the access to quality food.

Activities and Expected Outcome 120 families will benefit from the installation of 120 solar cookers. A solar cooker is a device that concentrates sunlight into a small cooking area, making the energy more intense and therefore more potent. Because they use no fuel and they cost nothing to run, they are a low-cost, energy-efficient, alternative for the beneficiary families that no longer will have to invest an increasing part of their income in purchasing gas. Three preliminary workshops will be conducted in order to disseminate the technology and raise awareness about its convenience and ease of use and maintenance.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff cost 40,000 Implementing cost 121,000 Operating cost 31,000 Administrative cost 17,000 Funds Requested 209,000

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Appealing Agency LAND RESEARCH CENTER (LRC) Project Title Rehabilitation of land resources to foster food security at Arab ar Rashayida Project Code oPt-08/A35 (new) Sector Food / Food Security Objectives The general goal is to enhance food availability and ensure gaining the skills of producing adequate food supplies by establishing 120 home gardens and provide the needed training for selected deprived families at Arab ar Rashayida Bedouin village. Beneficiaries TOTAL: 120 families Approximately 1,000 people Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $551,923

Needs Arab ar Rashayida Bedouin village is populated by about 1,200 persons. This village is located at the edge of extremely arid zones that have very limited natural resources to rely on. The Bedouins in this village are mainly dependent on animal flocks and livestock for their livelihood. This drought area is no longer able to provide fodder for animal grazing due to rangeland degradation for several reasons. Also, the limitations for land management and rehabilitation at large scale due to Israeli restrictions and land ownership make this choice inapplicable.

Solutions to poverty and food insecurity of Bedouin communities are not necessarily lying in developing their mode of livelihood. The development of Bedouin livelihood mode would not contribute that much in poverty reduction of the Bedouins because the constraints and driving forces for poverty are not solvable inside this mode at least temporarily. Therefore, it is urgent to diversify their mode of livelihood.

Objectives The general response goal is to enhance food security and ensure the availability of adequate food supplies for selected 120 deprived families at Arab ar Rashayida Bedouin village. The specific objective is the rehabilitation of parcels available inside the villages in the form of home gardens. The home gardens establishment contributes to enhancing resilience to food insecurity and income generation.

Activities The following are the main activities in the proposed intervention which aims at implementing 120 home gardens at Ara ar Rashayida Village: • Preliminary assessment of the sites; • Socio economic and technical evaluation of applicants; • Selection of applicants; • Preparations of tenders; • Construction of Home Gardens; • Monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Outcomes • Implementing 120 home gardens for 120 families at Arab ar Rashayida; • Rehabilitating about 60 dunums in the area; • Harvesting 8,400 m3 of rainwater.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff cost 22,800 Implementing cost 469,500 Operating cost 25,403 Administrative cost 34,220 Funds Requested 551,923

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA) Project Title Emergency food assistance Project Code Opt-08/F02 (revised) Sector Food Security Objective To distribute five rounds of emergency food assistance and introduce school feeding at UNRWA schools Beneficiaries 125,000 refugee families and 200,000 refugee students Geographical Areas Gaza Strip (all areas) Project Duration January – December 2008 Total Project Budget $83,361,000 Contacts [email protected] and [email protected]

Needs Intense factional violence in Gaza in May and June 2007 ended with the takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Hamas movement and the dissolution of the Palestinian National Unity Government. In the immediate aftermath, the Government of Israel has tightened the border closure regime and stepped up access restrictions for persons and commodities, leading to further economic, social and geographical isolation for the already impoverished 1.4 million residents, of whom around 70% are Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA. There is no indication that these restrictions will be relaxed any time soon. Commercial crossing points stand idle, with access at best intermittent and currently limited to imports of fuel and basic humanitarian commodities, including food stuffs and medicines. Gaza’s already severely constrained economy is suffocating, leaving the population increasingly and overwhelmingly dependent on external humanitarian assistance to meet basic needs. The Agency proposes to distribute five rounds of emergency food assistance in 2008 for up to 125,000 refugee families throughout the year, i.e. one round every ten weeks. PA employee families (35,000) whose salary payments have resumed are no longer included in the caseload. In addition, a school feeding programme providing students with nutritious sandwiches and fortified, high-energy biscuits will be introduced for all UNRWA school students. The proposed increase in the provision of food aid reflects the major hikes in the cost of basic commodities in the global market, with the unit cost of an individual emergency food parcel increasing by 46%.

Activities The Agency proposes to distribute five rounds of emergency food assistance in 2008 through its regular distribution system. Each eligible beneficiary family, in accordance with its size, will receive a single parcel (flour, rice, sugar, sunflower oil, whole milk and lentils) providing a minimum 61% of the recommended daily calorie intake. The calculation of the ration will be on a family average basis for each of these distributions. A school feeding programme will be implemented starting in the second semester of the 2007/08 school year to provide fortified, high-energy biscuits to elementary and preparatory students who arrive to school hungry and without any financial means. Head teachers will prioritise distribution within schools in line with available funding.

The access and movement regime that applies to the Gaza Strip means that the importation of foodstuffs to support scheduled food distribution is unpredictable and unreliable. In order to partially mitigate the operational risk of delayed food distribution, the Agency will continue to contract with local flour mills to produce flour within the Gaza Strip rather than rely exclusively on international sourcing. If feasible, biscuits will be procured locally.

Outcomes The distributions of emergency food assistance will mitigate the effects of increasing food insecurity resulting from the deteriorating socio-economic situation in the Gaza Strip. It will also reduce the amount of money that households allocate towards food staples from scarce financial resources to enable allocation to other household priorities, including fresh food.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Operating costs 75,100,000 Administrative costs (11%) 8,261,000 Funds Requested 83,361,000

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Appealing Agencies WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) and FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) Project Title Food security monitoring and assessment in 2008 Project Code oPT-08/CSS08AB (revised) Sector Food Objective Improve evidence-based food security programming Beneficiaries TOTAL: food insecure people in WBGS Other group (specify): PA Ministries, PCBS, donors, NGOs and UN Partners Palestinian Specialised Consultants (PCBS) Project Duration July - December 2008 Funds Requested $387,000

Needs The rapidly changing political environment’s humanitarian and socio-economic impacts (exacerbated by the worldwide food soaring prices) create a dire need for reliable, updated food security assessments to optimise geographic and socio-economic targeting of emergency assistance. PCBS is expected to establish a periodic socio-economic monitoring system, with UN support; however, in the meantime, the PA, and International and UN agencies have to base programmatic decision on partial information mostly unavailable at governorate level. This is considered a serious shortcoming in the current volatile period, when timely reliable information is key to orient policies and programmes and to monitor the impact of the different interventions designed to mitigate the humanitarian crisis. Based on the WFP/FAO Food Security Assessment (comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis [CFSVA], Jan 07), the recent WFP/UNRWA/FAO rapid food security assessment and further methodological work by FAO/food insecurity and vulnerability information and mapping (FIVIMS) in cooperation with WFP and PA counterparts (PCBS, MoA, Ministry of Social Affairs [MoSA], MoP), this project addresses such needs for better quality assessment and contributes to the longer term goal of an institutionalised food security monitoring system.

Activities • In partnership with PCBS, conduct one statistically valid (around 7,000 households at country level) food security assessments to gauge changing needs at the governorate level and for specific population groups. Information includes households food acquisition and consumption levels, sources (purchase, own production, and in-kind received) by food group, aid by source, size and type, coping strategies, other profiling indicators (income, refugee status, locality type, size of households, etc.). The project includes a contingency for a second round focused on specific areas/groups. The methodology will address both the CFSVA and the FAO food deprivation standard, in combination with other tools to measure food insecurity in both nutritional and cash values. Econometric modelling will enhance comparability with PCBS statistics; • Analyse food insecurity and socio-economic statistics, determinants and trends; • Expand outreach of stakeholders’ consultation, through de-centralised forums in WB and GS to verify and complement findings; • Disseminate the assessment findings through publications, workshops, briefings and meetings.

Outcomes • One reliable food security assessment leading to a monitoring system and a contingency for a second focused survey; • Up-to-date figures by governorate on levels of food insecurity and its evolution; • Evidence-based, de-centralised coordination to improve impact of programmes and activities.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items WFP ($) FAO ($) Technical and operational management (incl. staff and 60,000 64,000 consultants) Field data collection (through contracting PCBS), analysis and 114,000 114,000 dissemination Administration costs 17,000 18,000 Sub-total 191,000 196,000 Funds Requested 387,000

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Appealing Agency INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. (IRD) Project Title Food relief and income generation for poor Palestinian households Project Code oPt-08/F03 (revised) Sector Food Security Objective Emergency food relief and income generation. Beneficiaries 60,200 men, women, and children Partners Land Research Center (Hebron), Agricultural Development Association (PARC) (Gaza), Arab Center for Agricultural Development (Ramallah), Union of Agricultural Works Committees (Ramallah) Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $1,866,620

Needs In addition to the global rise in food prices, many factors add to the suffering of the poor people in the oPT and increase their vulnerability to food insecurity. Prices of goods and transportation doubled due to the embargo on Gaza and the closures and check points in the West Bank. Shortages in raw materials and fuels severely damage the agricultural sector, harvesting, irrigation and the fishing industry. Humanitarian aid organisations facing more and more obstacles to access vulnerable areas and help poor and needy populations.

The drought and frost are additional factors that have increased difficulties for the herding families in south of Hebron. The severe frost of February 2008 increased mortality of newborn lambs and destroyed vegetation (crops and grazing). Shortages of water for drinking, livestock, and the farming doubled fodder and water costs.

The most food insecure areas in Hebron, Nablus, and Tulkarem at the West Bank are in dire need of employment, as the level of poverty increases due to households without sources of income. Therefore, households resort to borrowing, selling possessions, reducing healthcare and food consumption, and taking children out of school.

Activities • Create local committees to assess villages in the West Bank; • Train and set-up income-generating projects (i.e. sheep and dairy cattle breeding, honey, egg, and produce agricultural production) for over 275 families; • Purchase food and produce from local small-scale farmers for food-basket distribution about 3,850 food insecure families in West Bank and Gaza; • Construct roof-top greenhouses and home gardens for over 1,895 families. Train the vulnerable of Hebron, Qalqilya, Tulkarem, and Gaza in farm management, marketing, irrigation methods, and efficient water usage. From interest-based groups, provide capacity building and management training, including development and use of savings and credit funds.

Outcomes Over 6,000 large vulnerable families of at least ten members each throughout the West Bank and Gaza will benefit and gain the skills to support themselves; and 16 committees formed to ensure sustainability. Palestinians will also be employed and provided with training to generate their own income and contribute to the local economy.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 241,945 Implementation costs 1,460,855 Administration costs 163,820 Funds Requested 1,866,620

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Appealing Agency WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) Project Title Protracted relief and recovery operations (PRRO) for non-refugee Palestinians (PRRO 10387.1) Project Code oPt-08/F04 (revised) Sector Food Objective Meet the food needs of the most vulnerable food-insecure non- refugees and to support the PA in poverty reduction through productive activities and skills development. Beneficiaries 665,000 beneficiaries (of which 345,800 women and 90,000 school children): 62% in West Bank and 38% in Gaza Implementing Partner Ministries (MSA, MoA, MoE) and selected NGOs Project Duration January - December 2008 Funds Requested $83,181,712

Needs Needs were defined on the basis of assessments of food security, markets and nutrition. The joint WFP/FAO/UNRWA rapid food security survey estimates that 38% of Palestinians are food insecure and another 14% are vulnerable to food insecurity, a worsening trend compared to 34% food insecure people in 2006. Of non-refugee Palestinians, 33% (734,000) of the population are food insecure and a further 14% (313,000) could become food insecure. Emphasis is placed on activities where food aid has a comparative advantage.

Activities • General distribution for the destitute (188,000 – full 2,100 kcal ration): For those who do not have other means of coping with food insecurity; • General distribution for vulnerable groups (75,000 – partial 1,400 kcal ration): For those who have only partial means of coping with food insecurity; • Contingency emergency provision (23,000): Ready-to-eat rations for those who are temporarily cut-off from access to food (e.g. following incursions); • Food-for-work (145,000): Focus on preserving and creating assets to promote self-reliance and restore livelihoods, contributing to longer-term food security; • Food-for-training in income-generation and vocational training (72,000): Contribute to self- reliance by imparting marketable skills and producing consumer products to support diversification of livelihoods; • Life skills training (72,000): Promote good nutrition, health, care, hygiene and sanitation; • School-feeding (90,000): Provide nutritious snacks for pre-school and primary schoolchildren to eliminate short-term hunger and help them to focus on learning.

Outcomes • Increased ability to meet food needs within targeted households in crisis situation; • Livelihoods of vulnerable groups are improved through the creation or rehabilitation of assets and the development and utilisation of skills; • Maintained enrolment, attendance, gender parity and improved capacity to concentrate and learn in schools; • Reduced micronutrient deficiencies of pregnant/lactating women and improved knowledge/practice of women in nutrition, health and child care behaviours.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Direct operational costs 71,723, 051 Direct support costs 6,016,867 Indirect support costs 5,441,799 Funds Requested 83,181,712

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA) Project Title Emergency food assistance (West Bank) Project Code oPt-08/F05 (revised) Main Sector Food Objective To distribute three rounds of emergency food assistance Beneficiaries 70,816 affected refugee families ( approximately 424,896 persons) Geographical Areas All West Bank (camps, municipalities &villages) estimate as follows: Targeted • 8,925 families in Hebron Governate, 7,684 in Bethlehem Governate • 24,270 families in Jerusalem, Jericho and Ramallah Governate • 13,007 families in Nablus and Tubas Governate, 3,195 in Jenin Governate • 13,735 families in Tulkarm, Qalqiliya-salfit Governate Project Duration January – December 2008 Total Project Budget $22,172,322 Contacts [email protected] and [email protected]

Needs In 2008, UNRWA had planned to reduce its provision of food aid from 90,000 to 30,000 vulnerable refugee families. However, recent months have witnessed a marked increase in the demand for food from refugees in the West Bank. Agency social workers and camp service officers have received a steady stream of appeals and petitions from refugees seeking inclusion on UNRWA’s food aid lists. This is in large part due to rising food and fuel costs, which seriously impact on the purchasing power of Palestinian households, a large mass of whom live close to the poverty line and are therefore extremely vulnerable to slight changes in costs of living. Recent UNRWA-WFP monitoring has indicated that the retail price of a basic basket of seven commodities (flour, olive oil, sunflower oil, rice, chickpeas, sugar and milk powder) has increased by 66% since July 200723, whilst utility bills have increased by one-third. Meanwhile, there have been major price hikes in the cost of fruit and vegetables as a result of a particularly cold and dry winter.

Activities To assist vulnerable refugees, UNRWA has had to expand its caseload to 70,816 families. However, because of the 50% increase in the procurement cost of commodities, and because of the impossibility of distributing food during the first quarter of the year, the Agency will reduce its assistance to three rounds (instead of four), where each family would receive a parcel covering an average of 21.5% of minimum daily calorific need for a three-month period, depending on the family size and location.

Outcomes During the last nine months of the year, the distribution of three rounds of emergency food assistance will mitigate the effects of increasing food insecurity resulting from increasing unemployment and poverty amongst the refugee population in the West Bank. It will also reduce the amount of money that households need to allocate to food staples from scarce financial resources and enable allocation towards other household priorities, including fresh food.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 234,403 Operating costs 19,740,662 Administrative costs (@ 11%) 2,197,257 Funds Requested 22,172,322

23 The Humanitarian Monitor, January 2008.

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) Project Title Preventing maternal and childhood malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies Project Code oPt-08/H10 (revised) Sector Health and Nutrition Objective To prevent the development of severe acute malnutrition and vitamin A&D, iron and iodine micronutrient deficiencies in pregnant and under- five children in six at-risk districts; and worsening of anaemia Beneficiaries 76,600 most vulnerable children and pregnant women in selected at- risk districts (Rafat, Khan Younis, Mid-zone Gaza, Northern Gaza, Hebron and Nablus) Partners WFP, WHO, UNRWA, MoH, NGOs and communities Project Duration June - December 2008 Total Project Budget $1,500,000 Funds Requested $510,100

Needs: This emergency response is to mitigate the effects of nutritional deficiencies due to anaemia, Vitamin A & D, and iodine deficiencies in some districts and persistent stunting rates at 10.2%. There is a need to scale up identified low-cost but high-impact nutritional interventions in all facilities and at homes. The shortage of safe drinking water in schools and inadequate sanitation facilities are detrimental to improving nutritional care and support. Several health facilities and communities face water shortages as well as poor quality water distribution networks with about 15% contamination. Key nutritional objectives are: prevent the outbreak of water-related diseases; promote breast feeding and improve management of malnourished children through provider skills enhancement and growth monitoring and promotion. The key strategy will be integrating the primary health care system and the continuum of care concept – from the facility to the homes and community.

Activities • Conduct regular individual nutritional and growth assessments as part of an integrated surveillance system in the primary health clinics and child welfare centres with appropriate counselling and health promotion; • Procure and distribute growth monitoring equipment, mid-upper-arm-circumference tapes, therapeutic food supplements, and multi micronutrient supplements, including sprinkles; • Establish 12 therapeutic feeding centres for the management of severe acute malnutrition, equipping 185 ORT corners and nutrition outreach supplementary feeding centres; • Promote exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices through establishing four baby-friendly hospital initiatives and in the communities, as well using community owned resource persons (village health workers or promoters); • Promote personal hygiene and distribute safe drinking water in health facilities and schools; • Programme communication, including information, education and communication system materials, for families and communities behaviour changes for both improved breastfeeding practices, and increased dietary and micronutrient uptakes; • Conduct two rounds of mass campaigns with Vit. A with measles vaccination six months apart.

Outcomes • Nutritional burden, key priorities and nutrition interventions identified & benchmarks established; • Essential supplies, available to manage 1,850 children with severe acute malnutrition secured; • Skilled nutrition counsellors and providers in all facilities with quality care support available; • Family and community practices for improved nutrition achieved; • Improved hygiene practices with reduced water-related diseases and diarrhoea incidences; • Nutritional and micro-nutrient deficiencies status improved for at least 80% of affected children.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Input costs 430,000 Staff costs 50,000 Administrative costs 30,100 Funds Requested 510,100

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Appealing Agencies UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Project Title Monitoring health trends in emergencies Project Code oPt-08/H14ABC (revised) Main Sector Health Objective To support the health information system (HIS) in collecting relevant data for surveillance in the emergency situation Beneficiaries MoH, UNCT Partners MoH Funding Requirements $613,740

Needs Accessibility to quality health services, including reproductive health (RH) and child health care, has been hampered by repeated closures, Israeli incursions in Gaza and the West Bank, violence and the civil servant strike in 2006 and 2007. Health statistics from MoH reports and other surveys have shown that institutional delivery and an increased number of caesarean deliveries are measures health status proxy indicators, reflecting both access and the quality of care impact of closures, emergency and shortages in human and material resources. The Pan Arab Project for Family Health (PAPFAM) shows that caesarean section rate has been 26.3% in Jericho and 18.3% in Nablus hospital (2007 PAPFAM data, PCBS). Both medical and social indications were thought to cause such raise. MoH reports have shown that more that 50% of infant mortality occurred during the neonatal period reflecting clear prenatal deterioration of maternal health and quality of care during pregnancy. However, routinely generated statistics are not able to generate reliable information that is sensitive enough to capture emergency trends for accessibility and quality or monitor the consequences of deteriorating access to quality care during emergencies. It is necessary to strengthen MoH HIS with emphasis on developing and collecting data about key emergency-sensitive indicators in order to provide an accurate account of the changes occurring during emergencies. Such an emergency surveillance system will support and complement the HIS data by introducing an emergency-specific domain on access and quality of services during emergencies and will lead to the production of quality information about the humanitarian situation in oPt.

Objectives To monitor the accessibility and quality of health services during crisis by strengthening the surveillance system and establishing mechanisms to collect data about health status and services during emergency.

Activities • Research/analysis using the MoH/HIS and other providers’ data; • Collection of data related to specific health services such as emergency obstetric care, access to basic care, and occurrence of complications due to disruption of system integrity; • Strengthen humanitarian monitoring indicators and analysis through linking above mentioned indicators with the routine HIS.

Outcomes • Early detection of degradation of health situation of children and mothers; • Improved targeting of health care interventions, especially for improved access to care; • Strengthened humanitarian monitor.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ WHO UNICEF UNFPA Staff costs (Technical assistance) 130,000 0 0 Programme management, monitoring and reporting 70,000 195,000 178,000 Administrative costs 14,000 13,650 13,090 Sub-Total 214,000 208,650 191,090 Funds Requested 613,740

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Appealing Agency WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) Procurement of pharmaceutical products and support to the MoH Project Title pharmaceutical management Project Code oPt-08/H17 (revised) Sector Health and Nutrition To ensure access to quality ensured essential and supplementary Objective medicines, disposables and lab reagents, through effective selection, procurement and distribution, and its rational use Beneficiaries TOTAL: the Palestinian population, 3.8 million people Implementing Partner MoH Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $4,519,680

Needs Since January 2007, WHO has procured pharmaceutical items worth of $20 million and has been renting, equipping and managing a large warehouse in Ramallah and two stores in Gaza. WHO has also ensured the transportation of pharmaceutical items for the MoH and other partners. Following the Paris conference, the renewal of donors’ pledges has allowed the PNA to resume responsibility for funding health services. WHO therefore procures drugs that cannot be procured by the MoH and continues to ensure regular transportation of all MoH pharmaceutical items to Gaza. However, monitoring of drug availability by WHO in 2007/08 shows that recurrent drug shortages remain, mainly due to constraints faced by the MoH regarding needs quantification, planning and procurement, sufficient storage capacity, transportation (especially to Gaza), rational use of drugs and the lack of an integrated pharmaceutical management information system (MIS). In Gaza, in addition to the tight closure, the crisis between the PNA and Hamas is a serious concern for the efficient and continuous provision of health services. Recurring incursions by the IDF and internal tensions frequently cause the depletion of medical supplies. WHO must maintain its capacity to respond to shortages of life- saving drugs, especially in Gaza, and to ensure emergency preparedness to avoid deterioration of quality of care and the health status of the population. In parallel, several areas in MoH pharmaceutical management capacity need to be strengthened.

Activities • Procurement and delivery of essential medicines, consumables and lab reagents depending on shortages and build-up of a stock in Gaza composed of selected essential items; • Monitoring of drug availability at central and periphery levels in the West Bank and Gaza; • Expansion of the drug MIS and training MoH staff in supply and stock management; • Strengthening of the Quality Assurance Department’s capacity to carry out field inspections and to audit and monitor good manufacturer’s practices; • Promote and monitor rational drug use through updating guidelines/protocols and trainings; • Provide regular updates on drug availability to relevant stakeholders and coordinate the pharmaceutical supply.

Outcomes • Identified pharmaceutical items in shortage are received by the central drug stores in timely manner, and forwarded to district pharmacies; • Strengthened MoH capacity to perform efficient pharmaceutical procurement. • The pharmaceutical MIS is expanded to hospital and primary health care pharmacies stock management practices improved; • The MoH is able to audit and follow up good pharmaceutical manufacturing practices, and SOPs for field inspection are in place; • Health service providers are aware of rational drug use, and monitoring tools are available and used by health facility pharmacists.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Procurement of pharmaceutical items 3,500,000 Equipment / technical assistance / storage / transportation / distribution 140,000 Staff cost 200,000 Programme management, monitoring and reporting 384,000 Programme support costs support costs 295,680 Funds Requested 4,519,680

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) Project Title Ensuring availability of RH commodities and strengthening drug management and information system Project Code oPt-08/H18 (revised) Sector Health Beneficiaries All women of reproductive age in the oPt Implementing Partner MoH Project Duration June - December 2008 Total Project Funds $1,000,000 Funds Requested $650,000

Needs 2007 was marked by a severe shortage in drugs with about 40% of the items included in the essential drug list being at zero level for most of the year. At the beginning of 2008, the MoH instituted a national procurement procedure to help ensure availability of many of the essential drug list medications and other related items. However, 120 items out of 472 still remain uncovered by this mechanism. The matter of procurement is complicated by the absence of reliable forecasting at the three levels of the supply chain and high uncertainty at the level of pipeline management, and this hinders the MoH`s capacity to reach safe levels of stocks.

As the largest organisation working in reproductive health, UNFPA is committed to the procurement of an important portion of reproductive health drugs, commodities and supplies, including those for natal, obstetric/gynecological care, sexually transmitted infection treatment and other essential items in line with MoH needs and long term agreements.

The proposed project will aim at ensuring availability of sufficient amounts of essential commodities to support the provision of reproductive health services and avoid stock-outs. MoH staff will also be trained on best practices for procurement, distribution and rational use of RH commodities to ensure availability of medications at all levels from central drug stores down to individual service delivery points.

Activities • Procure RH commodities to fill gaps in stocks with such commodities; • Train MoH staff on the best practices in forecasting, procurement and distribution of commodities.

Outcomes Ensured availability of sufficient amounts of essential RH commodities and proper stock management of commodities.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs (coordinator and supervisor) 50,000 Input costs (procurement of RH commodities, systems development, training) 500,000 Administrative cost (overhead) 100,000 Funds Requested 650,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) Project Title Ensuring access to safe delivery in times of crises Project Code oPt-08/H20 (revised) Sector Health Partners National NGO Beneficiaries 300 community health workers for training; 2500 women exposed to delivery en route to a health facility Project Duration June - December 2008 Funds Requested $120,000

Needs Due to strict closures, curfews and military incursions into different areas of the West Bank and Gaza, pregnant women were affected in terms of access to care during pregnancy and childbirth. Data from the 2006 PAPFAM survey reported the proportion of deliveries outside health facilities as high as 11% in locations under strict isolation in the north and south West Bank. An estimated number of 6,465 births occur at home or en route to a delivery facility, threatening positive maternal and child outcome of delivery and, equally important, jeopardising women’s dignity and feeling of safety. Moreover, the most recent Palestinian Perception Poll (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 2007) revealed 8.8% of the respondents sought health care but were unable to access it. Nearly 20% of the survey population reported a delay of two hours before getting the health care sought. In the case of obstetric emergency care, a two-hour delay may mean the difference between life and death.

Since 2002, UNFPA has been working to improve access to basic and life-saving services in times of crisis and strict closure. This includes ensuring appropriate community interventions that are part of the continuity of care from the individual to the health facility at primary and secondary care levels UNFPA and local partners trained 300 community health workers on safe delivery at home, and these health workers were deployed to remote areas. Through this intervention, UNFPA was able to help reduce risks associated with unattended home delivery, and when necessary, enhanced quick and appropriate referral of cases.

Building on the past experience and in order to improve the community emergency preparedness, UNFPA will provide refresher training to community health workers. The course focuses on early detection of emergency obstetric crisis, dealing with pregnant women in panic, quick referral to a skilled health professional and appropriate facility. Women’s support groups will also be facilitated to encourage participation of as many women in the programme as possible as well as strengthening self-help mechanisms.

Activities • Train 300 health workers on safe delivery and referral; • Develop and distribute updated list of emergency numbers for skilled health professionals and referral facilities in their respective areas; • Provide dignity kits to pregnant women in remote areas to support new mothers; • Refill community health worker kits with medical materials and disposables.

Outcome Improve ability of community health workers to assist in home delivery and referral in crisis situations.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff cost (Coordinator) 10,000 Input costs (Training and supplies) 100,000 Administrative costs (overhead) 10,000 Funds Requested 120,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) Project Title Strengthening RH within the Palestinian healthcare system during crisis situation Project Code oPt-08/H26 (revised) Sector Health Beneficiaries 200,000 Pregnant women of reproductive age Partners MoH Project Duration June - December 2008 Funds Requested $1,485,000

Needs 2006 and 2007 were ‘no-investment’ years for the health sector as a result of the international community boycott on the Palestinian Authority. Lack of appropriate facility maintenance and equipment degradation in addition to stock outs of essential supplies and drugs translated into deterioration of quality of care at both primary and secondary health care facilities. Mobility restrictions, shortages, and poor distribution of human resources for timely access to services in rural and isolated locations contributed to interruptions in the continuity of services with a particular impact on referrals to reproductive secondary and emergency services. Data from the 2006 PAPFAM survey demonstrated home deliveries at 3.4%, reaching 11% in areas of severely restricted mobility. This translates to 6,465 deliveries taking place at home or on the way to the hospital. 26% of respondents in the PAPFAM 2006 reported severe difficulties in access to emergency healthcare services, which is often aggravated by late start of care-seeking by users. Coupled with growing rates of unemployment and poverty, poorly equipped health facilities have contributed to a shift in the patterns of utilisation of reproductive health services. Instead of going in a timely fashion to a primary health care (PHC) or sub-district level hospital, pregnant women have been circumventing the first levels of care in favour of the large district level hospitals (Caesarian sections have risen up to 26% in the large hospitals of the West Bank and Gaza according to PAPFAM statistics 2006), which tend to be better prepared for receiving cases. However, this has created a burden on the hospitals which are already deteriorating in quality due to the lack of investment in maintenance, supplies and equipment.

The purpose of this project is to support access to quality basic RH services at primary and secondary levels and ensure proper continuity of care from the community to the hospital. In order to address the needs of women of reproductive age in areas with difficult access to care, and rationalise the load on central facilities, strengthened delivery of maternal services is required both at the primary and secondary levels.

Activities • Provide basic rehabilitation to three maternities and ten affiliated primary healthcare centres in districts of the oPt (two in West Bank and 1 in Gaza); • Provide medical and non-medical equipment and supplies for RH services at both primary and secondary levels; • Support MoH with forms/instruction guides and needed stationary to enhance documentation and proper registry of referrals.

Outcomes Preserved continuum of RH services maintained from community to secondary facility level.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs (Support staff, Coordinator and Supervisor) 75,000 Input costs (Equipment and renovation) 1,260,000 Administrative costs (Overhead and institutional support) 150,000 Funds Requested 1,485,000

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JOB CREATION/CASH ASSISTANCE Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA) Project Title Emergency job creation: Direct Hire (Gaza) Project Code oPt-08/ER/I02 (revised) Sector Emergency job creation and cash assistance Objective To create temporary jobs equivalent to 4,693,000 job days Beneficiaries 54,000 refugee beneficiaries Geographical Areas Gaza Strip (all areas) Partners Municipalities, CBOs and NGOs Project Duration January – December 2008 Funds Requested $57,337,050 Contacts [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Needs Intense factional violence in Gaza in May and June 2007 left 170 Palestinians dead and 641 injured, ending with a takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Hamas movement and the dissolution of the Palestinian National Unity Government. In the immediate aftermath, the Government of Israel has tightened the border closure regime and stepped up access restrictions for persons and commodities, leading to further economic, social and geographical isolation for the already impoverished 1.4 million residents, of whom around 70% are registered Palestinian refugees. There is no indication that these restrictions will be relaxed any time soon. Even before the start of the current political crisis, socio- economic conditions amongst Gazans were dire, with poverty and unemployment at dramatic levels and the territory in the midst of a protracted and unprecedented economic recession. By mid 2006, nine out of ten Palestinian families in Gaza were living below the poverty line, the vast majority – around 80% – on an income of less than $1 per person per day. Commercial crossing points stand idle, with access at best intermittent and currently limited to imports of fuel and basic humanitarian commodities, including food stuffs and medicines. Gaza’s already severely constrained economy is suffocating, leaving the population increasingly and overwhelmingly dependent on external humanitarian assistance to meet basic needs.

Activities The source of job opportunities will be UNRWA facilities and installations, municipalities, community- based organisations, NGOs and the private sector (graduate and apprentice training opportunities only). UNRWA is developing programme capacity and streamlining procedures to ensure an effective programme expansion to meet the actual needs of each of the district areas in the Gaza Strip. This includes a more focused approach to the identification of new job opportunities including small-scale projects to maintain and rehabilitate public infrastructure and facilities targeting specific economic groups, with participation of local community actors. UNRWA will seek to maximise the distribution of the economic benefit of this programme throughout the Gaza Strip through the provision of unskilled job opportunities of three months duration (85%) and skilled, professional and graduate job opportunities of nine to 12 months (15%). UNRWA will continue to identify new job opportunities for youth, females and disabled applicants and actively promote their hire. Temporary employment opportunities may also be offered to non-registered families (non-refugees) on exceptional grounds.

Outcomes The job creation scheme will help mitigate the harsh economic impact of the heightened closure regime and further isolation of the Gaza Strip. The payment of cash for work will enable refugee beneficiaries to earn and allocate scarce financial resources to household priorities other than food. In addition to assisting individual refugee household coping strategies, the accumulation of some work experience and the utilisation of expertise and skills will ultimately contribute a positive impact on economic recovery. The Agency will aim to ensure that 35% of all jobs are held by females.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Operating costs 51,655,000 Administrative costs (11%) 5,682,050 TOTAL 57,337,050

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/ PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE (UNDP/PAPP) Project Title Job creation through rehabilitation of damaged agricultural facilities in the Gaza Strip Project Code oPt-08/ER/I03 (revised) Sector Job creation / cash assistance Objective The project aims to create around 38,000 working days through the rehabilitation of the destroyed agricultural facilities in the Gaza Strip Beneficiaries Minimum 875 workers Indirect beneficiaries: 1,750 subsistence farmers and families At least 55% of beneficiaries are women Partners Local Agricultural NGOs Project Duration June - December 2008 Funds Requested $2,845,800

Needs The impact of the protracted financial siege on the Palestinian economy and labour market during 2007 has been dire. By mid 2007, unemployment in the Gaza Strip reached 32.3% (PCBS, Labour force survey, Q2 2007). Tight closures in Gaza since Hamas’s take-over in mid-June 2007 have devastated an already distressed economy. The agricultural sector has experienced huge direct and indirect damages and losses due to frequent Israeli incursions. More than 54,000 dunums of citrus, olive and fruit orchards, 625 poultry and livestock farms and 500 fishing boats over all Gaza Strip have been destroyed (according to Ministry of Agriculture's damage report).

This project aims at creating job opportunities for the unemployed and support subsistence farmers while revitalising key agricultural sub-sectors, such as animal production, the fishing industry and horticulture. The project will seek to restore production conditions to a level that will enable sustainable use of resources after project completion.

Activities Employment generation through rehabilitation and: • Replanting citrus, olive and fruit orchards; • Reconstruction of livestock and poultry farms: • Reconstruction of fishing boats.

Outcomes • Around 38,000 workdays would be created for poor unemployed workers from all over Gaza Strip and more than 875 workers would be employed in the project’s activities;. • 1,500 dunums of olives, citrus and fruits orchards will be rehabilitated and replanted, and different agricultural facilities (37 livestock & poultry farms and 55 fishing boats) will be rehabilitated and reconstructed.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Project implementation costs 100,000 Component 1, rehabilitation and replanting citrus, olive and fruit orchards 1,620,000 Component 2, rehabilitation and reconstruction of livestock and poultry farms 585,000 Component 3, rehabilitation and reconstructions of fishing boats 330,000 Programmable Budget 2,635,000 Administration costs (8%) 210,800 Funds Requested 2,845,800

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/ PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE (UNDP/PAPP) Project Title Job creation in the education sector for new graduates Project Code oPt-08/ER/I13 (revised) Sector Job Creation / Cash Assistance Objective Job creation for unemployed graduates in the fields of education, special education and rehabilitation of the handicapped through providing school children with remedial education, supplementary classes and non-curriculum recreational and psychosocial activities Beneficiaries 1,000 new graduates and their families Secondary beneficiares: 20,000 children Partners Educational, Rehabilitation, Graduates and Youth Organisations Project Duration June – December 2008 Funds Requested $2,251,800

Needs The education sector in Gaza Strip is facing tremendous challenges as a result of the continuous deterioration in the socioeconomic conditions and the ongoing conflict. Thousands of educators and teachers are still unemployed, while schools lack many programmes and services that can help thousands of students adjust to the multifaceted conflict environment. The majority of schools in the Gaza Strip have no capacity to provide psychological, entertainment, and support programmes to students due to lack of financing.

This project aims at creating short-term job opportunities for fresh university graduates, teachers and special educators. The group of educators will work on improving and utilising the educational achievements of schools by providing informal education and supplementary classes (non-curriculum) for schoolchildren. A diverse range of activities will be provided throughout the implementation process through conducting training sessions and educational workshops. Moreover, the project will provide services that include psychological treatment and entertainment programmes.

Activities • Employ 700 newly graduated teachers and special educators for a period of six months; • Employ 300 rehabilitation specialists, psychologists and therapists for a period of six months; • Develop informal educational programmes and organise supplementary classes for school children (drawing, music and dance lessons, etc.); • Conduct training for the new graduates; • Organise recreational and non-curriculum activities aiming at releasing stress of school children; • Develop and upgrade educational curriculum and methods of education in the schools and kindergartens.

Outcomes • Around 130,000 working days created; • Improved skills and employability of 1,000 graduates; • Living conditions of 1,000 graduates and families improved; • Educational achievements of school children are improved; • Psychosocial status of school children is improved.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Project implementation costs 75,000 Component 1, employment of 700 teachers 1,120,000 Component 2, employment of 300 rehabilitation specialists, physicians etc 540,000 Furniture, equipment, educational material, stationary etc 175,000 Operational and running costs for implementing partners 175,000 Sub-total 2,085,000 Administration cost 8% 166,800 Funds Requested 2,251,800

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PROTECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS/RULE OF LAW Appealing Agency CARE INTERNATIONAL Project Title Comprehensive report on internal displacement in the oPt Project Code oPt-08/P/HR/RL17 (new) Sector Protection/Human Rights/Rule of Law Objective Reduce and prevent on-going and increasing human rights violations and the humanitarian consequences of internal displacement by consolidating and analysing quantitative and qualitative data Beneficiaries Palestinian IDPs Partners CARE, Save the Children, Badil, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $55,000

Needs Since 1967 approximately 115,000 Palestinians have been displaced, including refugees and non- refugees. At-risk communities are located in the buffer zone in the Gaza Strip, Area C – especially the Jordan Valley, those who live between the Wall and the Green Line, including Jerusalem and the enclaves and communities in Hebron and Bethlehem. Vulnerable groups include children, refugees, herder communities and Bedouin as well as those who have suffered repeated displacements. In the last six months alone the number of house demolitions has almost doubled from 21 in October 2007 to 40 in March 2008, with a spike in January of 58 leading to 400 displaced Palestinians in the West Bank, including 60 in East Jerusalem. Displacement increases poverty and unemployment. It renders families food insecure and dependent on food aid. It changes the fabric of society, culture and ways of life. It also violates human rights: the right to non-discrimination, freedom of movement, dignity, security, adequate standard of living, family life, property, health, education and to choose one’s place of residence. The inter-agency Displacement Working Group, including over 40 UN agencies and international and local NGOs, has identified major information gaps. There is at present no comprehensive document that provides an overview of the displacement issue in the oPt (policies, practices, statistical data, case studies, maps and photos and a set of recommendations) that could be used as a basis for coordinated protective action and an advocacy campaign aimed at halting displacement and seeking durable solutions.

Activities • Synthesise and analyse quantitative and qualitative data on internal displacement. Particular emphasis given to those who have recently been displaced or who are at risk of internal displacement; • Fill out critical gaps in understanding (Israeli intentions, policy and public opinion); case studies that illustrate typical incidences; • Provide recommendations for an advocacy campaign (tactics, strategy, target audience, etc.); • Produce a report and corresponding press that will become the basis of an advocacy strategy campaign in 2009. The advocacy campaign is likely to have several key strands – including internal efforts aimed at ensuring that the international community fulfils its responsibilities and obligations under international law; closed door diplomacy and media efforts.

Outcomes • Developing a joint advocacy and communication strategy on internal displacement; • Effective, transparent inter-agency response aimed at stopping and preventing the impact of internal displacement in oPt; • Encourage the broader humanitarian community to undertake a rights-based approach to displacement in a targeted, professional and accountable manner; • Strengthen collation and analysis of information on internal displacement and mainstream data and information related to IDPs in member organisations’ publications.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Human resources (lawyer, field worker, photographer, campaigner, etc.) 34,500 Editing, layout and printing 5,500 Public opinion poll 15,000 Funds Requested 55,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) Project Title Promotion of safety and protection of journalists and media professionals in Gaza and West Bank Project Code oPt-08/P/HR/RL18 (new) Sector Protection/Human Rights/Rule of Law Objective Strengthen the safety of media professionals and press freedom in oPt Beneficiaries TOTAL: 2,000 journalists and media professionals in OPT including 400 women Implementing Partner International News Safety Institute Project Duration 12 months Funds Requested $230,000

Needs Harassment, intimidation and physical threats against journalists and media professionals have increased in the oPt during the past two years. In the 2007 Worldwide Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders recorded a sharp fall in the situation of press freedom and safety of Palestinian media professionals, placing the Palestinian Territories at 158th, due to large number of serious press freedom violations, hostage-taking, arrests, physical attacks and ransacking of news organisations. The project aims to promote safety of media professionals, create a support network for media professionals and organisations in oPt.

Activities • Conduct two safety training courses and one training of trainers (ToT) course to increase safety awareness, capacity and protection of male and female journalists and cameramen in Gaza; • Provision of safety equipment: protective vests, helmets and first aid kits for local media organisations in Gaza; • Provision of first aid training and information in Gaza; • Support for Palestinian media organisations specialising in advocacy on the freedom of press and monitoring and reporting on the violations against the press freedom in Gaza and the West Bank; • Creation of a peer support network and telephone hotline for journalists and media professionals in Gaza and the West Bank; • Establishment of pool of lawyers specialised in defending freedom of press and journalists’ rights in Gaza and the West Bank.

Outcomes • Increased protection and safety awareness of Palestinian journalists and media enhanced; • Support network, hotline and pool of defence lawyers established for journalists and media to address violations against press freedom and media; • Increased information and reporting on the violations against the press freedom and the safety of media professionals; • Safety training conducted and equipment, protective vests, helmet and first aid kits delivered to media outlets and professionals in Gaza.

Monitoring Monitoring and evaluation will be carried out throughout the implementation period by interviews and feedback from media outlets and journalists, progress reports and monitoring the violations against the freedom of press and the safety of media professionals.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Two safety and first aid training courses, one TOT course in Gaza 50,000 Safety equipment: protective vests, helmets and first aid kits 50,000 Creation of support network, monitoring and reporting mechanisms, hotline for media 60,000 Advocacy campaign for safety of journalism and freedom of press 15,000 Training for pool of lawyers 10,000 Part-time project coordinator 15,000 Administrative costs 30,000 Funds Requested 230,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN (UNIFEM) Project Title Access to help lines and life-saving services for women and girls victims of violence Project Code oPt-08/P/HR/RL14 (revised) Sector Protection/Human Rights/Rule Of Law Objective Increase protection of women and their capacity to access help-line and life-saving services Beneficiaries 1,200 women Partners Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP), Palestinian Centre for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR), SAWA Project Duration July – December 2008 Funds Requested $278,414

Needs This project is based on increased levels of violence against women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the most extreme form of which has led to the loss of women’s lives, including a threefold increase of femicide cases (or so called “honor killings”). UNIFEM’s needs assessments within in the Gaza Strip and rural areas of the West Bank, have indicated that Palestinian women in marginalizsed communities still do not have a full understanding of their rights as human rights, including fundamental rights as opposed to rights attributed to them by the community or the family. Accordingly, there is widespread acceptance of violations of women’s human rights, which in turn, undermines their protection and duty-bearers’ accountability. This also translates into limited support for life-saving services for women victims of violence.

Through this project, revised at the Mid-Year Review in light of the support provided by UNIFEM through the CERF to the help-lines and life-saving services in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the last months of 2007, UNIFEM will continue to support four existing help-lines for women and girls victims of violence (two in the Gaza Strip and two in the West Bank) providing life-saving services for women under threat, psychosocial support in times of crisis, individually and within the community, and referral to protection facilities.

Activities • Support the expansion of existing help-line service, in the Gaza Strip (two) and in the West Bank (two) for women and girlsfemale victims of violence, allowing the availability of such services, through the use of toll-free numbers from land and mobile lines, for at least 12 hours per day, including in southern Gaza Strip.; • Provide the callers with professional support both directly through telephone guidance and follow-up as well as referral to psychiatric intervention clinics, whenever needed, and protection houses;. • Support the outreach capacity of the services even in marginalised and rural areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, through house and in-situ visits and mobile clinics;. • Document and monitor, in an integrated manner, cases of women and girls victims of violence accessing help line and life-saving services, through a common data collection system.

Outcomes • Improved protection services for women and girls victims of violence;. • Improved networking, outreach and coordination among providers of protection services;. • Improved documentation of cases.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 25,200 Inputs costs 235,000 Administrative costs 18,214 Funds Requested 278,414

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WATER AND SANITATION

Appealing Agency ACTION AGAINST HUNGER – SPAIN (ACF-SPAIN) Project Title Emergency response to alleviate the drought affected population and small ruminants in the southern Hebron and north eastern of West Bank Project Code oPt-08/W18 (new) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To prevent any further health deterioration by covering the basic water needs of the targeted communities in the southern Hebron Governorate and north eastern West Bank by supplying water for domestic and animal use Beneficiaries 11,800 people in Tubas and Hebron districts of the West Bank Partners Local committees, municipalities, village councils, Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and West Bank Water Department (WBWD) Project Duration June - December 2008 Funds Requested $360,000

Needs The 2007-2008 winter rainy season has been seen a drastic drop in rainfall for the entire West Bank. The average rainfall has been 65% of expected rain in the Hebron and Tubas areas. The population of the targeted communities is not able to purchase large quantities of drinking water due the high price of trucked water (which is in large part due to high transportation costs due to the closures). The current price of one cubic meter of water is sometimes as high as 20-35 NIS/m3 and even more in remote places. The targeted communities are the most vulnerable, isolated and marginalised in the whole of the West Bank. Their dependency on rainwater harvesting is very high as it is the only water source available. Problems of financial liquidity, the fact that they are far away from water filling points, Israeli closures, harassment by settlers, the lack of institutional links with the PA in addition to a harsh natural environment have added to the marginalisation of the affected communities rendering this project even more important. This project aims to help the drought affected communities in the West Bank by: 1) Supplying clean fresh water; 2) Training in chlorination and monitoring the water quality.

Activities • Provide fresh and clean water to 7,000 people and to 9,000 sheep (small herds of less than 50 sheep) in 15 communities in the South Hebron Governorate; • Provide fresh and clean water to 4,800 people and to 6,000 sheep (small herds of less than 50 sheep) in 14 communities in the Tubas Governorate; • Provide chlorination tablets and organise chlorination training sessions (all locations); • Monitor the water quality and the health situation in the area.

Outcome • 11,800 people of Hebron and Tubas districts will increase water consumption of at least 30%.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff project support costs 67,290 Inputs costs – supply, contract and cash (Procurement, water quality assurance, water network restoration, construction of cisterns and health education with community empowerment) 269,158 Administrative costs (7%) 23,552 Funds Requested 360,000

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Appealing Agency ACTION AGAINST HUNGER – SPAIN (ACF-SPAIN) Project Title Emergency response in order to reduce the sewage flooding in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Project Code oPt-08/WS19 (new) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To prevent further health deterioration by ensuring the suction of tpercolation bits in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip Beneficiaries 90,000 inhabitants in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip Partners Local committees, municipalities, village councils, Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Costal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) Project Duration June - December 2008 Funds Requested $272,577

Needs Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip is an area which is suffering from the absence of sewage systems. More than 60% of the population is still using percolation bits and septic tanks which are in need of periodic suction and emptying in order to avoid sewage flooding on streets. The current price per each suction is sometimes as high as 30 NIS/suction.

This project aims to help Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip by: • Providing financial support; • Training of municipality technical staff; • Awareness raising campaign regarding sewage water at the domestic level.

Activities • Provide the population of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip with temporary financial support to empty their percolation bits by municipal public trucks for six months; • Train municipality technical staff; • Conduct awareness campaign.

Outcome • At least 90,000 inhabitants in Khan Younis will reduce their expenditure of periodic sewage suction by at least 40%.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff project support costs 50,949 Inputs costs – supply, contract and cash (procurement, water quality assurance, water network restoration, construction of cisterns and health education with community empowerment) 203,796 Administrative costs (7%) 17,832 Funds Requested 272,577

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) Project Title Upgrading of the wastewater system in Gaza City (Tal El Hawa and Sheikh Ejleen Areas) Project Code oPt-08/WS05 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To improve health and sanitation conditions for communities who do not have adequate wastewater services Beneficiaries Approximately 270,000 inhabitants Partners CMWU, Municipality of Gaza, and private sector Project Duration July 2008- August 2009 Total Project Budget $7,900,000 Funds Requested 2008 $3,550,000

Needs Currently all the wastewater collected from the northwest part of Gaza City is discharged into the sea through the outfall of two pumping stations (PS2 and PS3). Only pumping stations No. 1, 6A and 7B are discharging to the treatment plant. The seashore and the marine life are polluted because of the raw sewage discharged into the sea. By upgrading PS1 and the pipeline to the treatment plant where the flow is directed from PS2 & PS3 to PS1, the environmental degradation and the spread of epidemic diseases will be decreased. In addition, the project plans to construct PS11 and a sewerage network in Sheikh Ejleen area as in the master plan where the sewage will be collected and directed to the treatment plant.

Activities • Construction of Pumping Station No. 11; • Upgrading of Pumping Station No.1; • Pressure line for Pumping Station No. 11; • Replacement of pressure line of Pumping Station No.1; • Construction of new wastewater network of 20 km length; • Installation of manholes every 100 m; • Installation of 10,000 house connections.

Outcomes • Environmental hazard reduced where the raw sewage is directed to the sea; • Damages to the sea’s ecosystem minimised; • Epidemic disease in areas where septic tanks are used reduced; • Protection of Gaza aquifer.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items July-December 2008 January-August 2009 $ Staff costs 275,000 300,000 575,000 Input costs 3,000,000 3,750,000 6,750,000 Administration costs 275,000 300,000 575,000 Funds Requested 3,550,000 4,350,000 7,900,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) Project Title Emergency water supply for Palestinian communities in south west Bethlehem Governorate rural areas Project Code oPt-08/WS08 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To ensure access to water supply for domestic use for Palestinian communities in south and west of Bethlehem district (West Bank). Beneficiaries TOTAL + 45,250 population, children 13,500 (0-15 years), women 22,000 - Other groups: 150 jobless and unemployed Geographical Areas South and West Bethlehem district villages: Walaja, Battir, Husan, Targeted Nahhalin, Wadi Al Nis, Joret el Shama, Al Ras, Marah Mala, Artas, Al; Khader, Abu Njem. Partner Bethlehem Joint Service Council (JSCPD-B1) Project Duration 12 Months July 2008 – August 2009 Total Project Budget $3,726,000 Funds Requested $1,863,000

Needs The western and southern rural area of Bethlehem about 120 km2. The area comprises 19 communities with a population of 53,000 inhabitants. These targeted communities suffer from poor access to water supply resulting from the poor and deteriorating conditions of the existing old water network. Large sections of the water network are corroded and in need of replacement. In April 2006, it was recorded that the average losses in the water quantity supplied to these communities reached over 40%. In addition, water supply became insufficient to meet the population’s daily water needs. The project aims at improving the water supply to scattered communities through rehabilitation and extension of the main water network in the 11 targeted villages, and connecting new households to the water supply system.

Activities • Mapping the existing network in the 11 targeted villages; • Rehabilitation of 14 kilometres of main water network pipelines with all needed fittings; • Replacement of 23 kilometres of corroded and leaking network segments; • Expansion of the existing network to under-served areas with 20 kilometres of new network segments; • Strengthening the capacity of JSCPD-B1 and targeted municipalities and village councils; • Training the JSCPD B1, municipalities and village councils technical staff on sustainable water management.

Outcomes • The deteriorated water network in the 11 villages rehabilitated or replaced and water leakage reduced; • The inhabitants (45,250) have access to safe drinking water with adequate water quantity through the renovated and rehabilitated water network.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items July –December 2008 January – August 2009 $ Staff costs 90,000 90,000 180,000 Operating costs 1,635,000 1,635,000 3,270,000 Administrative costs 138,000 138,000 276,000 Funds Requested 1,863,000 1,863,000 3,726,000

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) Project Title Provision of safer water and safer sanitation in Gaza Project Code oPt-08/WS11 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To increase access to safe water supply and ensure uninterrupted services of wastewater treatment plans by strengthening the capacities of the maintenance and services by CMWU Beneficiaries Approximately 1,500,000 inhabitants in the Gaza Strip Partners CMWU Project Duration July - December 2008 Funds Requested $500,000

Needs Water supply and wastewater treatment have been interrupted frequently due to lack of services and maintenances, threatening to cause major health and environmental problems. Therefore, there has been a continuous and urgent need to secure electro-mechanical spare parts to enable regular preventive and corrective maintenance for the facilities and equipments (motors, pumps, control panel, valves, repair collars, etc). At the same time, only two main pump stations and the treatment plant in Gaza City have standby diesel generators of size 900 KVA. An additional standby generator is required in order to prevent any crises of sewage floods that may cause major environmental problems during repairs of the existing ones. The requested support will enable CMWU (the service provider in the water and wastewater sector in Gaza) to continue to provide water supply and treatment without any interruptions.

Activities • Procurement of the spare parts and other equipment that are urgently needed for the frequent maintenance of water supply made available to CMWU; • For major repair large works as needed, contractors will be hired; • Procurement of standby generator (900 KVA) during repairs of the existing wastewater facilities.

Outcomes The expected outcomes of the project will include: • Water wells kept in good operational condition; • Any interruption in the wastewater pump stations avoided; • Provision of safe drinking water to consumers; • Sewage floods risk reduced and health and environmental risks minimised.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Staff costs 50,000 Input costs 410,000 Administration costs 40,000 Funds Requested 500,000

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Appealing Agencies UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/ PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE (UNDP/PAPP) Project Title Emergency water supply services to un-served communities Project Code oPt-08/WS14 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To provide emergency water supply services to counter the effect of increasing water prices and deteriorating quality in un-served communities affected by increasing poverty and unemployment in the West Bank Beneficiaries 80,000 residents in the West and South of Hebron District, Jenin and Nablus Districts Partners PWA and local authorities Project Duration Six months Funds Requested $1,323,114

Rationale for project revision or new addition During 2006 and 2007, the limited access to safe water supplies in the West Bank has been exacerbated further by the frequent closures, siege, deteriorating socio-economic standards, increasing of poverty and unemployment rates among the population in general and the rural communities, in particular. This is clearly manifested in the drop of the water consumption rates from an average of 86 l/c/d in 2005 to 58l/c/d in 2006. This decrease in water consumption resulted from a situation in which neither the operators are able to maintain the operation and maintenance costs of the water production and distribution services, nor the consumers are able to pay their dues to the operators since the cost recovery rates decreased from 64% in 2005 to 50% in 2006, increased the debts of the operators increased and escalated their financial crisis. Moreover, in un-served areas, distributed water quantities decreased and the water prices of the tinkered water also witnessed sharp increase in many areas, where it reached 25 NIS/CM in Yatta and surrounding villages. This whole situation adversely affects the water supply and distribution to the Palestinian communities and will have negative implications on their health and wellbeing and put them at a public health risk, and consequently increase their impoverishment, and suffering.

Objective The overall aim of this project is to increase access to safe water in supply and to counteract the deterioration of water distribution services, as well as the increase water prices. The project targets 20 un-served communities (around 80,000 beneficiaries), where the average consumption is less than 30 L/c/d and the water prices reaches 200-250 NIS/10 cubic metre, including villages of Jenin (such as Deir Abu Da’eif, Raba, Matallah,etc), Nablus (Til, Boreen, etc.) and Hebron Districts, including Yatta, Dora and Assamoua’). Most of these communities depend on rain water harvesting and private water vendors for water supply. With rising impoverishment and unemployment, the high prices of water restrict people’s ability to access the quantity of water that is essential for hygiene purposes and for protecting public health.

Activities Procurement of eight water tankers and construction of four filling stations.

Outcomes 80,000 un-served residents in the WB will have access to monitored tinkered water supply services in terms of quality and prices.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Project Staff and operation 36,555 Implementation cost 1,200,000 Programmable cost 1,236,555 UNDP management costs (7%) 86,559 Funds Requested 1,323,114

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Appealing Agency UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA) Project Title Emergency environmental health programme (Gaza) Project Code oPt-08/WS15 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objectives Provision of emergency assistance and relief to municipalities to assist prevention of public health catastrophes Geographical Areas Gaza Strip (all areas) Partners Municipalities Project Duration January-December 2008 Funds Requested $1,509,600

Needs The programme was initially introduced at the time of the 2006 Revised CAP in response to the financial crisis facing the Palestinian Authority. This rendered many municipalities and public health service providers in the fields of water treatment, sewage, waste disposal, water wells and pest control unable to replenish fuel stocks and other vital supplies to implement ongoing operations. The availability of funding and a technical capacity to provide rapid response enables UNRWA to respond flexibly to the evolving situation on the ground to assist municipalities and service providers and ensure the ongoing delivery of essential environmental health services. An increase of $360,000 is proposed to enable the Agency to continue to respond to the further restrictions on municipalities and public utilities regarding spare parts and fuel to operate basic environmental health services that have been imposed since June and October 2007 respectively.

Activities The Agency will continue to provide emergency support to public service bodies critical to public health. The scope of activities will include: • The provision of fuel and spare parts to municipalities to operate their water plants and wastewater treatment plants; • The provision of fuel and spare parts to solid waste management providers to operate their machines and equipment; • The hiring of contractors to remove waste from unofficial landfills to official landfill sites when the former are utilised to collect and dump camp waste whilst roads are inaccessible during IDF military operations; • The provision of chemicals, solar oil and tools to enable municipalities to conduct campaigns to eradicate mosquito breeding sites particularly in Wadi Gaza where stagnant water pools exist and; • The supply of water plastic tanks, toilet units and shower units where families are temporarily displaced as a result of IDF operations. • To avoid duplication of effort, UNRWA will co-ordinate with other agencies as well as municipalities during each stage of the implementation of its activities in this sector.

Outcome The programme will help mitigate public environmental health risks through the rapid provision of emergency support to public service bodies critical to public health throughout the Gaza Strip.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items $ Operating costs 1,360,000 Administrative costs 149,600 Funds Requested 1,509,600

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Appealing Agencies UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) Project Title Construction of two new wells, a ground tank and a booster station in Moghraka, and construction of a ground tank and a booster station in Gaza City Project Code oPt-08/WS17 (revised) Sector Water and Sanitation Objective To provide safer drinking water to communities in these areas Beneficiaries Approximately 160,000 inhabitants Partners CMWU, Middle Area Municipalities, Municipality of Gaza and private sector Project Duration July 2008 - December 2009 Total Project Budget $2,275,000 Funds Requested 2008 $1,045,000

Needs Current water supply in the Gaza Strip is well below the acceptable international standards and access to safe drinking water is limited. The proposed project aims to provide the targeted communities who suffer from poor access to water supply with sufficient flow of water quantity and pressure through: (1) the drilling of another two wells in the vicinity of the existing wells at Moghraka area (which has a good quality of water) to create a well field area (five wells), all the abstracted water from those wells will be stored in a ground water tank to be distributed to the Burij, Nussirate, Maghazi, Al Zawaida and Al Mussader areas; and (2) bringing water from the six well field area in the Northern Part of Gaza Strip where the abstracted water from those wells will be stored in a ground water to be distributed to Naser, Shiekh Radwan, and Remal areas.

Activities • Construct water reservoir of 2,000 m3 capacity as indicated in the master plan of PWA (ST-06) in Moghraka area; • Construct booster pumping station with discharge of 240 m3/hr in Moghraka area; • Construct 2 km trunk lines from five wells cluster of tank (ST-06) which include: two (F-191, F- 192) existing wells, one (NW01) well under construction and two (NW02, NW03) wells considered in this proposal. Each of those wells discharges 70 m3/hr to the mentioned Reservoir in Moghraka area; • Construct water reservoir with 2000 m3 capacity as indicated in the master plan at PWA in the City of Gaza; • Construct booster station with discharge of 250 m3/hr in the City of Gaza; • Install chlorination unit beside the tank for disinfection the water in the tank in the City of Gaza.

Outcomes • 160,000 inhabitants have access to affordable and safe drinking water; • Increasing the pressure head; • Reducing the consumer pumping costs for high story buildings, leading to poverty reduction; • Increasing per capita water consumption since the middle area is suffering from water scarcity.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Budget Items July-December 2008 January-August 2009 $ Staff costs 100,000 120,000 220,000 Input costs 850,000 1,000,000 1,850,000 Administration costs 95,000 110,000 205,000 Funds Requested 1,045,000 1,230,000 2,275,000

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ANNEX I.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING TABLES

Table IV: occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Total Funding per Donor (to projects listed in the Appeal) as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations Donor Funding % of Uncommitted Grand Total Pledges Values in US$

United States 61,487,900 28.1 % - Carry-over (donors not specified) 41,115,204 18.8 % - European Commission (ECHO) 23,408,585 10.7 % - Sweden 18,432,365 8.4 % - Norway 12,863,198 5.9 % - Private (individuals & organisations) 7,265,586 3.3 % - Spain 6,230,529 2.8 % - United Arab Emirates 6,000,000 2.7 % - Netherlands 5,378,432 2.5 % - Australia 5,368,583 2.5 % - Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 4,988,364 2.3 % - Germany 4,698,450 2.1 % - Belgium 4,672,897 2.1 % - Canada 3,443,459 1.6 % - Switzerland 3,422,492 1.6 % - Japan 2,596,154 1.2 % - Finland 2,336,449 1.1 % - France 1,655,169 0.8 % - Denmark 1,369,863 0.6 % - Italy 1,323,988 0.6 % - Allocations of unearmarked funds by UN agencies 384,118 0.2 % - Austria 295,858 0.1 % - Greece 155,763 0.1 % - Saudi Arabia 119,480 0.1 % - Iceland 100,000 0.0 % -

Grand Total 219,112,886 100.0 % -

NOTE: "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

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Table V: occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Total Humanitarian Assistance per Donor (Appeal plus other*) as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations

Donor Funding % of Uncommitted Grand Total Pledges Values in US$ United States 61,487,900 27.0 % - Carry-over (donors not specified) 41,115,204 18.1 % - European Commission (ECHO) 27,780,766 12.2 % 19,156,809 Sweden 19,362,774 8.5 % - Norway 12,863,198 5.6 % - Private (individuals & organisations) 7,265,586 3.2 % - Germany 7,236,042 3.2 % - Spain 6,230,529 2.7 % - United Arab Emirates 6,100,000 2.7 % - Netherlands 5,378,432 2.4 % - Australia 5,368,583 2.4 % - Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 4,988,364 2.2 % - Belgium 4,672,897 2.1 % - Switzerland 3,510,211 1.5 % - Canada 3,443,459 1.5 % - Japan 2,596,154 1.1 % - Finland 2,336,449 1.0 % - France 1,957,741 0.9 % - Denmark 1,633,746 0.7 % - Italy 1,323,988 0.6 % - Allocations of unearmarked funds by UN agencies 384,118 0.2 % - Austria 295,858 0.1 % - Greece 155,763 0.1 % - Saudi Arabia 119,480 0.1 % - Others 150,000 0.1 % -

Grand Total 227,757,242 100 % 19,156,809

Contribution: the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.

* Includes contributions to the Consolidated Appeal and additional contributions outside of the Consolidated Appeal Process (bilateral, Red Cross, etc.)

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Table VI: Other Humanitarian Funding to occupied Palestinian territory 2008 List of Commitments/Contributions and Pledges to Projects not Listed in the Appeal as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

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Appealing Organisation Description Funding Uncommitted Pledges Values in US$

Azerbaijan

OIC Towards alleviating the humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip 50,000 -

Subtotal for Azerbaijan 50,000 -

Denmark

Danchurchaid Danish support to the victims of the conflict in Gaza and at the West Bank (46.H.7-2-151.h.) 263,883 -

Subtotal for Denmark 263,883 -

European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office

ACTED Emergency food security intervention to support vulnerable households and at-risk small 867,508 - ruminants breeders in the North-Central region of the West Bank (ECHO/-FA/BUD/2008/01007) CARE Austria Gaza fresh food assistance project - 2 3,115,265 - (ECHO/-FA/BUD/2008/01019) IOCC Improved food security for poor farmers in the West Bank (ECHO/-FA/BUD/2008/01011) 389,408 -

UN Agencies, NGOs and Red Cross Food aid, short-term food-security support, nutritional support and short-term livelihood - 19,156,809 support for vulnerable populations in humanitarian crises. (ECHO/-FA/BUD/2008/01000-uncommitted balance of orig pledge of Euro 28.3 mn) Subtotal for European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office 4,372,181 19,156,809

France CARE Apporter une aide et un soutien immdiat aux centres de soins par un approvisionnement en 302,572 - mdicaments. CARE est charg de livrer 15 types de mdicaments, soit une quantit totale de 212 210 units la Pharmacie gnrale de Gaza Subtotal for France 302,572 -

Germany

CARE Provision of medical care in Gaza Strip (VN05-321.50 PSE 03/08) 291,018 - German RC Distribution of Family Hygiene Kits (VN05-321.50 PSE 02/08) 265,562 - ICRC Protection, Assistance, economic security, humanitarian issues (VN05 321.50 PSE 07/08) 1,479,290 -

WV Food items (VN05-321.50 PSE 04/08) 501,722 -

Subtotal for Germany 2,537,592 -

Sweden ICRC Humanitarian support through ICRC 851,457 - SC Humanitarian support to people affected by the conflict 78,952 -

Subtotal for Sweden 930,409 -

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Appealing Organisation Description Funding Uncommitted Pledges Values in US$

Switzerland

OCHA OPT-Advocacy Support Officer 87,719 -

Subtotal for Switzerland 87,719 -

United Arab Emirates

ICRC Medical projects (Ref: 66/2008) 100,000 -

Subtotal for United Arab Emirates 100,000 -

Grand Total 8,644,356 19,156,809

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Table VII: Consolidated Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory 2008 Requirements, Commitments/Contributions and Pledges - by Sector as of 25 June 2008 http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organisations Sector Original Revised Funding % Unmet Uncommitted Requirements Requirements Covered Requirements Pledges

Value in US$ A B C C/B B-C D

AGRICULTURE 22,190,905 22,484,957 5,663,366 25% 16,821,591 - COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES 18,291,164 18,336,974 21,229,048 116% (2,892,074) - ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE 158,042,141 138,444,574 54,920,075 40% 83,524,499 - EDUCATION 7,852,330 5,287,663 2,202,841 42% 3,084,822 - FOOD 156,078,698 198,491,821 99,746,993 50% 98,744,828 - HEALTH 40,328,654 28,823,877 17,531,990 61% 11,291,887 - MINE ACTION 234,330 234,330 - 0% 234,330 - MULTI-SECTOR 5,497,500 7,218,308 777,362 11% 6,440,946 - PROTECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS/RULE OF LAW 8,725,009 8,563,032 1,973,352 23% 6,589,680 - SECTOR NOT YET SPECIFIED 2,000,000 2,000,000 12,272,778 614% (10,272,778) - WATER AND SANITATION 42,880,673 18,283,031 2,795,081 15% 15,487,950 -

GRAND TOTAL 462,121,404 448,168,567 219,112,886 49% 229,055,681 -

NOTE: "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

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ANNEX II.

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACF Action Contre la Faim AMA Agreement on Movement and Access APIS Agricultural Policy Information System ARIJ Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem

CAP Consolidated Appeals Process CFSVA Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis CHAP Common Humanitarian Action Plan CHF Common… CMWU Coastal Municipalities Water Utility CPI Consumer Price Index

EFA Education for All EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FTS Financial Tracking Service

GDP Gross Domestic Product GoI Government of Israel GS Gaza Strip

HC Humanitarian Coordinator HIS Health Information System HRF Human Response Fund HWC Health Work Committees

IDF Israel Defence Forces IMF International Monetary Fund IPM Integrated Pest Management JSC Joint Service Council

L/c/d Litres per Capita per Day

MA’AN Ma’an Development Centre MAP Medical Aid for Palestinians MIS Management Information System MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoEHE Ministry of Education and Higher Education MoH Ministry of Health MoP Ministry of Planning MoSA Ministry of Social Affairs MYR Mid-Year Review

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NIS New Israeli Shekel NUG Palestinian National Unity Government

OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights oPt occupied Palestinian territory OXFAM Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

PA Palestinian Authority PAPFAM Pan Arab Project for Family Health PARC Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PHC Primary Health Care PHG Palestinian Hydrology Group PLO Palestine Liberation Organisation PNA Palestinian National Authority PRDP Palestinian Reform and Development Plan PU Première Urgence PWA Palestinian Water Authority

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RH Reproductive Health RR Reproductive Rights

SC Save the Children

UAWC Union o f Agricultural Work Committees UNCT United Nations Country Team UNDG United Nations Development Group UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNDP/PAPP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNSCO United Nations Special Coordinator

VAM Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit

WaSH Water and Sanitation Hygiene WB West Bank WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP)

The CAP is a tool for aid organisations to jointly plan, coordinate, implement and monitor their response to disasters and emergencies, and to appeal for funds together instead of competitively.

It is the forum for developing a strategic approach to humanitarian action, focusing on close cooperation between host governments, donors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and United Nations agencies. As such, it presents a snapshot of the situation and response plans, and is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of:

• Strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); • Resource mobilisation leading to a Consolidated Appeal or a Flash Appeal; • Coordinated programme implementation; • Joint monitoring and evaluation; • Revision, if necessary; • Reporting on results.

The CHAP is the core of the CAP – a strategic plan for humanitarian response in a given country or region, including the following elements:

• A common analysis of the context in which humanitarian action takes place; • An assessment of needs; • Best, worst, and most likely scenarios; • A clear statement of longer-term objectives and goals; • Prioritised response plans, including a detailed mapping of projects to cover all needs; • A framework for monitoring the strategy and revising it if necessary.

The CHAP is the core of a Consolidated Appeal or, when crises break out or natural disasters strike, a Flash Appeal. Under the leadership of the HC, and in consultation with host Governments and donors, the CHAP is developed at the field level by the Humanitarian Country Team. This team includes IASC members and standing invitees (UN agencies, the International Organization for Migration, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and NGOs that belong to ICVA, Interaction, or SCHR), but non-IASC members, such as national NGOs, can also be included.

The HC is responsible for the annual preparation of the consolidated appeal document. The document is launched globally near the end of each year to enhance advocacy and resource mobilisation. An update, known as the Mid-Year Review, is presented to donors the following July.

Donors generally fund appealing agencies directly in response to project proposals listed in appeals. The Financial Tracking Service (FTS), managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is a database of appeal funding needs and worldwide donor contributions, and can be found on WWW.RELIEFWEB.INT/FTS.

In sum, the CAP is how aid agencies join forces to provide people in need the best available protection and assistance, on time.

OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA)

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