©UNICEF/2016/Syria/Hiba Muhammad #childrenofsyria at a Damascus primary school watch a live play on the importance of oral hygiene. Children sang, danced and played during this interactive edutainment show jointly organized by UNICEF and UNRWA. MARCH 2016: SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON, IRAQ, TURKEY AND EGYPT

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The pace of population displacement has slowed in Syria since the Cessation of Hostilities, since the beginning of February approximately 106,000 people were newly displaced around Aleppo, Idleb and Hassakeh Governorates. Ongoing displacement towards Jordan is reported in Dara’a Governorate as a consequence of the fighting in South Syria with at least 8,500 people have been displaced. UNICEF is working within the Whole of Syria response to provide emergency support in the hard-to-reach and besieged areas inside Syria. In March, UNICEF reached at least 343,900 people in 39 hard-to-reach locations with life-saving supplies and critical services in the areas of WASH, education, health and nutrition and child protection. Deliveries included supplies to reach at least 50,000 beneficiaries in five of 19 besieged areas. UNICEF continues to provide emergency response to the 32,000 Syrians on the border between Syria and Jordan, including screening for malnutrition and promotion of Infant and Young Child Feeding. As the hotter summer season approaches, efficient use and conservation of household water remains a need not only in refugee camps but in host communities. In Iraq, UNICEF has been supporting awareness raising on water conservation in key central and northern areas. While in Jordan UNICEF is piloting a water reuse project with the Ministry of Education. To maintain the MENA region as Polio Free UNICEF has continued support to vaccination campaigns across the region, with 1.5 million children vaccinated across Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. The results of the campaign in Egypt where a further 15 million children were estimated reached remain to be verified. UNICEF is also promoting the uptake of routine immunization by crisis affected children, with over 28,000 children reached in 2016 to date. UNICEF Psychosocial Support programmes for children have reached over 247,000 children in 2016 across all six countries affected by the Syria crisis as a contribution to results under the No Lost Generation Initiative.

Syria Crisis March 2016 Humanitarian Results

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

In Syria 6,000,000 # of children affected

13,500, 000 # of people affected (HNO, 2015)

Outside Syria 2,514,247 # of registered refugee children

4,803,643 # of registered refugees (UNHCR, 6 April 2016)

Syria Appeal 2016 US$ 316.7 million Regional Appeal 2016 US$ 847 million

Additionally UNICEF has US$ 236.9 million in Carry Forward funding from 2015.

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Humanitarian Overview The 15th of March marked the fifth year of the conflict in Syria (The Impact of Five Years of War on Syria's Children and Their Childhoods) . Since the cessation of hostilities (COH) came into effect on 27 February, March was the calmest month in a long time, with signs of normalcy in some parts of the country including children returning to schools. One of the objectives of the COH was to increase aid to besieged areas, some of which had not been reached in years. However, six besieged locations in urgent need, including East Harasta, Darayya and Duma in Rural Damascus, were not yet granted access by the Government. The expected enhanced access to priority besieged locations through inter-agency humanitarian convoys was also hampered by bureaucratic complications and limitations on the provision of surgical supplies. Since 12 March, the Al Waer neighbourhood in Homs city has been under siege, with civilians, food, and vehicles denied access. While the pace of population displacement has slowed in Syria, since the beginning of February approximately 106,000 people were newly displaced around Aleppo (65,000), Idleb (16,000) and due to ongoing fighting in Hassakeh Governorate (at least 25,000). IDP needs also remain due to displacement from Deir Ez-Zor through Qamishli and onwards by plane to Damascus. Ongoing displacements towards Jordan continue to be reported in Dara’a Governorate, as a consequence of the fighting between ISIS-affiliated groups, Jabhat al Nusra and Non-State Armed Groups, as well as Syrian Government Forces military offenses. At least 8,500 people have been displaced from Jilien, Masaken Jilien, Heet and Sheikh Saeed towards Al-Fawwar spring, Ziezon, Nawa, Al-Amouria and surrounding camps, in the proximity of the borders with Jordan. Displacement is reportedly taking place mainly within non-Government controlled locations. In Iraq the ongoing budgetary crisis in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) affects the delivery of health services for refugees. Risks of a public health outbreak remain high, particularly in non-camp settings and areas under control of armed opposition groups where health services may not manage regular outreach due to insecurity and ongoing violence.

Syria Cessation of Hostilities: As peace talks progress, UNICEF is developing a response plan for activities under the current COH, including for sustained access to hard-to-reach (HTR) and besieged areas. The plan includes supplies and services provision, with UNICEF pre-positioning an integrated package of supplies to meet the needs of at least 87,000 households (434,000 people). UNICEF has also developed a number of long term agreements with suppliers and contractors in different hubs to provide supplies and services, including water trucking, quick repairs and maintenance of water networks, to be activated in case the CoH is prolonged. In March, UNICEF reached at least 343,900 people in 39 hard-to-reach locations with life-saving supplies and critical services in the areas of WASH, education, health and nutrition and child protection. Deliveries included supplies to reach at least 50,000 beneficiaries in five of 19 besieged areas.

Education: Since January, at least 106,000 children received basic education supplies - including school bags, school in a carton and textbooks - under the ‘Back to Learning’ initiative, including in HTR locations. In March alone some 30,900 children were reached with education supplies, school rehabilitation and textbooks in 20 HTR locations. In the besieged areas of Zabadani, Foah and Kifraya, UNICEF dispatched supplies for 600 children. Over 62,900 children in Hasakeh, Homs, Latakia and Rural Damascus received remedial classes to improve their learning outcomes through school clubs managed by UNICEF partners, targeting IDPs and low-achievers. UNICEF continues to support the Ministry of Education (MOE) for the rehabilitation of schools that received IDP children and the provision of temporary learning spaces helping to decongest overcrowded education facilities. In March, 385 classrooms were rehabilitated in 25 schools in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Damascus and Rural Damascus by UNICEF partners to benefit around 14,800 children. In addition, 7 prefabricated classrooms were provided to schools in Hama and Rural Damascus, benefitting 310 children.

WASH: In Aleppo Governorate, in March UNICEF supported rehabilitation of the Ain al Bayda water pumping station, which benefits approximately 300,000 residents. This was a major breakthrough to resume operations of the Al Khafsa treatment plant serving the majority of the Governorate. However, in spite of efforts to provide lifesaving assistance, on 10 March the same pumping station was hit and lightly damaged by mortars, with casualties reported. Power supply continues to be disrupted around Aleppo city, with difficulties repairing conflict damaged transmission lines and power plants. Power disruptions affect the city water pumping station, reducing access to drinking water for around 2 million people in Aleppo city. In response UNICEF remains the key fuel provider for water pumping stations,

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providing over 1.5 million litres of fuel since August 2015. Through cross border operations UNICEF continued rehabilitation of water sites in Idleb and Aleppo, targeted to benefit 443,000 people, however some identified sites were changed due to insecurity. UNICEF continues to provide critical drinking water disinfectant across Syria, sufficient to benefit an estimated 12 million people. Since the lifting of the siege in Nobol and Zahraa in Aleppo Governorate in early February, UNICEF continues water trucking, providing 1 million litres per day. Since the beginning of the operation, over 50,000 people benefited from nearly 73 million litres of water provided. UNICEF also continues water trucking in Eastern Aleppo, providing an average of 1 million liters of water per day, benefiting almost 40,000 people. A further 268,700 people in 16 HTR locations benefited from the rehabilitation of water networks, repair of pumping stations, provision of hygiene supplies and hygiene promotion activities. WASH supplies for at least 7,900 people were delivered in the three besieged areas of Foah/Kifraya (Idleb), Kafr Batna and Madaya (Rural Damascus). In March UNICEF supported systems reached some 81,000 people with water and sanitation services through repair, rehabilitation and expansion across Syria. Meanwhile, UNICEF reached nearly 85,000 people with water trucking, installation of tanks, operations and maintenance of WASH facilities in IDP shelters and households. UNICEF also reached nearly 132,000 people through regular programmes with WASH NFIs, including hygiene kits, aqua tabs, soap, and washing powder. Under the WASH in Schools programme, UNICEF completed the development and rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities and promoted hygiene in 32 schools, benefiting over 20,000 children.

Health and Nutrition: In March a national polio campaign was conducted across all Governorates from all three operational hubs, with at least 2.5 million children under five reached. Community outreach activities focused on mobilizing immunization of children under five. In the North Syria a cross border measles campaign is estimated to have reached over 920,000 children with the MR vaccine out of a campaign target of 1.02 million children (91 per cent), with final results pending. For the resumption of routine immunisation over 7,200 children received vaccinations in Aleppo, Lattakia, Tartous, and Raqqa governorates and a training course in the North will start in April. Some 125,400 Syrian children and mothers benefitted from medical consultations in 11 Governorates (all except for Raqqa, Deir ez Zour and Idleb). Around 422,800 beneficiaries were reached with UNICEF-provided health supplies since January 2016 through the regular programme, while emergency programmes supported at least 50,200 children and mothers in 10 HTR locations to access primary health care and essential medical supplies. Additional essential medical supplies were delivered by UNICEF through inter-agency convoys for some 21,200 children and mothers in the two besieged areas of Kafr Batna and Moadamiyeh in Rural Damascus. However restrictions in provision of surgical supplies persist: on the 22 March, on the convoy to Al Houla (Homs) a primary health clinic kit provided by IOM was rejected by security and offloaded, despite the approval previously received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In March, more than 109,000 children under five (U5) and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) were screened through established nutritional centers and community outreach teams across 11 Governorates; over 1,200 were admitted in nutrition treatment facilities. To prevent nutritional deficiencies, more than 27,700 children and 8,700 mothers received multiple micronutrients, including 35,400 children and mothers in 15 HTR locations who also received complementary feeding. Also in March over 36,000 mothers benefitted from individual and group counselling services on proper feeding practices during emergencies. Furthermore, over 27,700 children under five were reached with high energy biscuits and lipid-based nutrient supplements. To cover the HTR and besieged locations some 35,400 children and mothers in 15 HTR locations were reached with complementary feeding and micronutrient supplementation. The same type of nutrition supplies for at least 38,600 children and mothers were delivered through an inter-agency convoy to the besieged area of Kafr Batna in Rural Damascus. However on the 16 March convoy to Bloudan (Rural Damascus), some nutrition supplies (Plumpy Doz) were rejected by the Ministry of Health. These supplies are essential complementary food for young children living in hard conditions.

Child Protection (CP): In March over 46,000 children and parents were reached with psychosocial support (PSS) through fixed and mobile child friendly spaces in Aleppo, Idleb, Hama, Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, Quneitra, Dara’a and Rural Damascus. Awareness raising initiatives have reached over 28,000 individuals in March. Sports kits sufficient for enough for 4,800 children were distributed in the besieged area of Moadamiyeh (Rural Damascus), and sufficient for 240 children in Big Orem in Aleppo. At least 2,400 children were reached with recreational kits in 9 HTR locations through inter-agency convoys. UNICEF continued to develop partners’ capacities as frontline child protection service providers, with 299 PSS partners and volunteers (162 female and 137 male) participating in programs in Aleppo and Hama Governorates. In Damascus, Rural Damascus, Homs, Hama and Lattakia Governorates, more than 1,000 teachers were reached with risk education training, for their implementation of awareness raising interventions in schools. From the South 11 individuals received program management training.

Adolescents and Youth: In March 2016, some 30,400 adolescents (10-24 years old) participated in vocational skills training, psychosocial support services and opportunities for civic engagement, adolescent development and participation (ADAP), supported by UNICEF and its partners. Around 490 of the participants were in hard-to-reach areas in Eastern Aleppo, Homs, and Rural Damascus. In addition, some 550 youth workers and young volunteers participated in capacity building programs on life skills and ADAP.

Non-food items (NFIs): In late February, UNICEF launched the e-voucher programme, which allows recipient families to buy a variety of 18 items among winter and summer clothes in 10 pre-selected shops. E-vouchers are electronic debit cards, with a monetary value tailored to households’ needs. So far, over 4,400 children in Damascus and Homs redeemed their supplies.

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In March, 149,800 children were reached by UNICEF with winter clothes and blankets in Aleppo, As Sweida, Damascus, Dara, Hassakeh, Hama and Homs, including over 33,200 in HTR areas and over 1,200 in besieged Moadamiyeh. Since January, more than 244,800 children received winter clothes and blankets through regular programming, of whom 54,600 were children in HTR areas. As part of an interagency convoy, in the same period UNICEF dispatched NFIs for 10,000 children in Big Orem.

Communication 4 Development: The fast-track ‘Curriculum B’ education programme was launched with the support of a massive communication campaign targeting around 500,000 out of school children with social messaging on the importance of education in all circumstances. The campaign will continue throughout April. A social media campaign on risk education has been launched in partnership with the youth group ‘’the Syrian Researchers’’. The group’s page has 1.7 million followers, 85% of whom are Syrians aged mainly between 25 and 34 years old.

Media: To support the global campaign marking five years of war, UNICEF Syria Country office released two videos (Education & Enough). UNICEF launched a mini-campaign to build support for its WASH programme, releasing a range of multimedia products and factsheet.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January – March 2016) WHOLE OF SYRIA

People in Need1

Sector Target

Sector Results

Change since last Report

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Results

Change since last report

HEALTH (Need: 11.5 million people) # children under five vaccinated through polio campaigns1 # children under 1 reached with routine vaccination2 # Primary Health Care outpatient consultations supported3 # beneficiaries (est.) reached with health supplies4 # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard-toreach areas served with essential health supplies through convoys

2,900,000

2,556,765

2,516,996

520,000

7,224

7,224

1,500,000

380,315

125,455

2,362,000

432,807

0

n/a

330,300

59,600

NUTRITION # children & pregnant and lactating women receiving micro-nutrients1 # children & pregnant and lactating women screened for acute malnutrition2 # children treated for acute malnutrition (SAM and MAM) # pregnant and lactating women counselled on appropriate IYCF # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard-toreach areas served with essential nutrition supplies through convoys

3,162,340

1,048,433

100,725

n/a

1,048,433

100,725

-182,724

3,162,340

n/a

263,669

n/a

1,180,000

263,669

109,230

89,298

12,772

2,632

n/a

8,000

2,632

1,217

1,331,841

n/a

70,347

n/a

375,000

70,347

36,053

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

94,403

67,405

13,203,506

n/a

n/a

4,608,600

849,500

81,000

14,754,693

12,516,856

n/a

13,004,000

12,516,856

0

4,460,553

n/a

n/a

1,061,000

456,558

134,161

5828,288

n/a

n/a

1,540,000

632,911

90,656

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

251,550

146,250

5,400,000

3,837,091

152,151

n/a

3,133,500

106,235

59,700

2,757,244

n/a

86,026

n/a

682,500

86,015

61,858

WASH (Need: 12.1 million people) # population served by support to repair/ rehabilitation/ augmentation of water and sanitation systems1 # population served by support to operation and maintenance of water and sanitation systems2 # individuals supported with access to essential WASH NFIs3 # individuals benefitting from access to improved lifesaving/ emergency WASH facilities and services4 # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard-toreach areas served with essential WASH supplies through convoys

EDUCATION # children (5-17) in formal education supported with Back to Learning supplies1 # children accessing non-formal education opportunities2

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# teachers & education facilitators benefitting from professional development # children benefitting from Life skills programmes3 # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard-toreach areas served with essential education supplies through convoys

272,000

34,722

777

n/a

20,700

406

114

n/a

n/a

5,513

n/a

300,500

5,513

11

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

37,130

14,750

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2,092,500

5,934

571

5,900,000

910,374

n/a

n/a

453,600

112,837

46,611

5,900,000

1,933,855

n/a

n/a

842,600

86,330

28,493

300,000

22,196

n/a

n/a

1,100

0

0

n/a

6,425

n/a

n/a

4,480

1,195

423

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5,120

5,120

1,070,000

474,321

106,227

n/a

54,634

10,000

14,000

0

0

1,500

0

0

CHILD PROTECTION # individuals reached with Mine/ Explosive Remnants of War Risk Education activities1 # children and adults participating in structured and sustained child protection and psychosocial support programmes, including parenting programmes # individuals reached with awareness raising initiatives on child protection issues # children who are survivors or at risk receiving specialist child protection services # frontline child protection workers and volunteers trained # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged and hard-toreach areas served with essential child protection supplies through convoys

Non-Food Items (Need: 5.3 million people) # children that have received emergency NFI assistance1 # beneficiaries (est.) in besieged & hard-toreach areas served with essential NFIs through convoys

n/a

EARLY RECOVERY AND LIVELIHOODS (ERL) (Need: 9.4 million people) # vulnerable families receiving regular cash/in kind transfers1 # affected people receiving livelihoods support (loans, grants, assets)2

n/a

FOOTNOTES NEED: 1) All needs figures from Syria HRP 2016, Objectives, Indicators and Targets matrices HEALTH: 1) The first nation-wide polio campaign in Syria for 2016 was conducted in March and therefore the increase in the results. HEALTH: 2) Data for this indicator are only reported by partners on a quarterly basis. HEALTH: 3) Children and women of child bearing age supported with a package including salaries, training, routine immunization and supplies. HEALTH: 4) For Damascus, it includes supplies distributed without monitoring/partner reporting, excluding convoys. NUTRITION: 1) Need: 1,830,499 children (6-49 months) & 1,331,841 Pregnant and Lactating Women. Result revised downwards in North hub to account for partners’ reporting, pending supply utilization. NUTRITION: 2) Results still limited because of some delay in receiving supplies due to new national administrative procedures. WASH: 1) Indicator includes Water (Equipment; New Construction/ Augmentation; Repair; Staff Support); Wastewater (Consumables; Spare Parts; Equipment; New Construction/ Augmentation; Staff Support); and Solid Waste (Consumables; Spare Parts; Equipment; New construction/ augmentation; Repairs; Staff Support) WASH: 2) Water including provision of consumables such as water treatment supplies and spare parts. This is a recurring intervention that requires continuous support to reach vulnerable populations on an ongoing basis. A large proportion of the population are reached continuously through support to systems including supplies such as for water treatment that improves people’s access to safe water. WASH: 3) Includes distribution of NFIs, community mobilisation, hygiene promotion, and provision of household water treatment/ storage solutions WASH: 4) Includes water trucking, WASH in schools/ IDP settlements/ health facilities/ public spaces, construction/ repair of sanitary facilities and handwashing facilities, emergency repair of water supply, sanitation and sewage systems, and emergency collection of solid waste. EDUCATION: 1) Data for this indicator is usually reported by partners with an average delay of 2-3 months. Therefore the number is still very low. EDUCATION: 2) Non-formal education includes ECE, Self-Learning, Curriculum B, Accelerated Learning, Remedial Education, Literacy and Numeracy & Vocational Education EDUCATION: 3) Life skills includes all age categories; programmes in formal and non-formal education; citizenship education. CHILD PROTECTION: 1) Result revised downwards due to correction in partner reporting. NON-FOOD ITEMS: 1) Summer and Winter clothing kits and blankets, including redemption through e-vouchers; out of the total reached, 4,400 children in Homs and Damascus received clothes through e-vouchers ERL: 1) Regular cash transfers provided to families of children with identified vulnerabilities ERL: 2) Seed funding for youth in teams of 3-5, to implement social and business entrepreneurship initiatives.

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Jordan Protection: In March, UNICEF reached over 6,850 additional girls and boys with structured psychosocial support programming bringing the total number of children reached in the first quarter of 2016 to over 62,000 children (50% girls/50% boys). A total 1,844 children have received specialized case management services including 463 unaccompanied and separated children, 254 survivors of gender-based violence, and 146 working children.

Basic Needs: In March, the UNICEF Child Cash Grants (CCG) assisted 58,576 children (28,756 girls and 29,820 boys) from 15,822 families. These families come from the 84% of Syrian refugees who live in host communities in Jordan, and included 557 unaccompanied and separated children. The CCG of JOD 20 (US$ 28) per child/ month aims to support families to cover their children’s basic needs and provide a safety net, preventing the families from resorting to negative coping strategies that impact on child wellbeing. UNICEF has launched A Window of Hope: Post Distribution Monitoring Report 2015 for UNICEF Child Cash Grant (CCG) programme in Jordan. In addition, interactive data visualization for an overview of the results and to navigate the data is also available.

Education: As of March, 145,458 Syrian students continued to access formal education in schools in camp and host community settings. Children in camps continued to receive education in 32 schools (24 in Za’atari, four in the Emirati Jordanian Camp, and four in Azraq) and 98 double shifted schools. In March, UNICEF and MOE have intensified planning efforts to provide 50,000 additional seats in formal schools by September 2016, so more vulnerable children will have access to a certified formal education pathway. Since the start of the year, 2,552 children and youth were enrolled in non-formal education in host communities and camp. More than 11,000 children were reached with learning support (informal education) services in Makani centres. As of March, these children have been enjoying fun learning with the “1001 nights” edutainment material brought together by UNICEF and the Big Bad Boo studios. Makani: There are now 225 multi-sectoral Makani locations in camps and host communities across Jordan where children can access a package of high quality services including psychosocial support, learning support (informal education), and life skills training. There are 60,767 children registered at these Makani centres, with approximately 25,139 children newly registered for psychosocial support services in March alone. In March, UNICEF with partners reached 9,151 adolescent girls and boys with Life Skills trainings bringing the number of children reached in first quarter 2016 to over 22,000 girls and boys (with an even distribution of girls and boys). WASH: Essential WASH services were provided to 116,143 people including an estimated 65,036 children living in Za’atari, Azraq, King Abdullah Park and Cyber City camps. These services included the daily provision of an average of over 3.84 million litres of treated water, maintenance of sanitation facilities, collection and disposal of over 1.45 million litres of wastewater and 688 m 3 of solid waste, as well as the dissemination of key WASH messages. Phase I of the Za’atari water network was fully completed and phase II has just started. Phase I of the wastewater network is 75% completed, with 1,300 tanks out of the planned 1,750 installed to date in nine of the twelve districts in the camp. The decommissioning of the WASH blocks continued with a total of 23 blocks taken out of operation in March due to the expansion of the wastewater project. The cash for work programme in the camp continues to scale down, with a new phase implemented across all three WASH partners of UNICEF with no adverse issues encountered. In Azraq the new WASH facilities in the reception area and in Village 5 have been incorporated into the delivery schedules for water, solid waste collection, as well as wastewater. To meet the urgent needs of the new influx of refugees accommodated in the Azraq public area, 19 toilets, 8 shower units, and 3 tap stands were constructed and are being used by approximately 2,700 new arrivals, alongside delivery of social mobilisation activities focussed on mothers and children. In King Abdullah Park and Cyber City (Irbid), the concrete septic tank, to reduce potential contamination, is scheduled for completion in April. In host communities, UNICEF and the Ministry of Education are working to implement the WASH in schools program in 15 schools officially endorsed by MOE. WASH mobilisation in schools commenced with discussions with Imams from local mosques to highlight the importance of children’s personal hygiene in schools and to create parental demand. To date 28,530 students have been reached through WASH in schools, including 19,148 children who got access to improved WASH facilities in schools. At the North-Eastern desert border areas, water was provided to 3,599 asylum seekers in Hadalat, and sanitation services were provided to 32,773 people in Rukban and Hadalat (registered population only). Health & Nutrition: Over one million children under five years old (139,904 Syrians, 939,089 Jordanians and 50,947 of other nationalities) were vaccinated against polio during the National Immunization Days on 27-31 March. UNICEF supported the Ministry of Health for social mobilization, advocacy and for training 120 vaccinators and NGO staff in preparation for the campaign in the camp. In addition, UNICEF in partnership with IOM and MOH has conducted emergency vaccination campaigns in Rukban and Hadalat. In March 11,367 pregnant and lactating mothers and caregivers were reached with Infant and Young child Feeding (IYCF) education and counselling sessions on breastfeeding and early initiation of breastfeeding through IYCF centers and outreach activities in camps and at community-based centers in host communities. In the border areas over 2,300 women were reached with IYCF at the Hadalat, Rukban

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and Ruweished border areas in 2016, while 370 pregnant and lactating women received malnutrition screening of whom four malnutrition cases were identified and received treatment and follow up services at the border. In addition, by end March 7,777 children under 5 years old were screened for malnutrition, with nine Moderate Acute Malnutrition and four new Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) cases identified in Rukban and Hadalat and received treatment/ follow up. SAM cases with medical complications were referred to the Royal Medical Service/ICRC clinic at the border. The provision of services at Raba’a Al Sarhan Transit Center continued in March, with 614 children 6-59 months screened for malnutrition, 5 MAM and 3 SAM cases were identified and referred to appropriate feeding programs. In addition, 140 pregnant and lactating women were screened, among whom 7 malnutrition cases were identified and referred to appropriate feeding programs in Azraq camp.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January - March 2016) JORDAN

Sector Target

Sector Result

Change since last Report

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Result

Change since last Report

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

# children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in formal 156,000 145,458 0 156,000 education1 # children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in nonn/a 2,783 2,176 7,500 formal education # teachers, facilitators and school staff trained 7,452 915 137 4,000 # children, youth and adolescents benefitting from life 80,000 24,028 9,147 80,000 skills based education4 # children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in 83,000 13,453 6,918 41,500 Informal education CHILD PROTECTION1 (Need: 478,450 boys and girls including 321,300 Syrian refugee boys and girls) # children participating in structured, sustained child 335,953 76,471 11,522 218,284 protection or psychosocial support programmes1 # children (disaggregated by sex) who are receiving 19,500 3,122 1,059 10,260 specialized child protection services2 # adults participating in PSS or parenting education 284,928 47,815 n/a 130,000 programmes3 # individuals trained on child protection4 3,650 1,051 145 3,000 WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (Need: 1.3 million people, including 630,000 registered refugees # target beneficiaries with access to an adequate 172,100 117,777 4,650 155,00 quantity of safe water (temporary provision)1 # target beneficiaries with access to an adequate 1,300,000 63,360 0 660,000 quantity of safe water (sustainable provision)1 # target beneficiaries with access to appropriate 893,700 167,515 16,480 573,000 sanitation facilities and services1 # target beneficiaries who have experienced a hygiene 190,000 24,519 1,444 143,000 promotion session # target children with access to improved WASH 135,000 19,148 1,128 120,000 facilities in schools (including cleaning & maintenance) HEALTH (Need: 1 million U5 children, 60,450 child bearing aged women) # children (0-59 months) vaccinated for measles 34,000 # children (0-59 months) vaccinated for polio 1,000,000 # children under 5 years fully covered with routine 34,000 Immunization antigens n/a # emergency affected people vaccinated for measles 212,698 (campaigns and routine)1 # child bearing aged women (15-49) received more 28,800 than two doses of tetanus toxoid2 NUTRITION (Need: 49,120 U5 children, 154,000 caregivers and mothers) # children U5 screened for malnutrition1 14,500 n/a n/a 17,000 # caregivers/ mothers reached with Infant and Young 153,600 n/a n/a 40,720 Child Feeding services1 BASIC ASSISTANCE (Need: 32,000 families and 115,000 children) # vulnerable families receiving monthly cash n/a 20,500 assistance1 FOOTNOTE

145,458

0

2,552

2,332

405

119

22,2013

9,151

11,385

6,045

62,008

6,856

1,844

342

10,668

10,668

924

372

119,742

6,615

63,360

0

167,515

6,480

24,519

1,444

19,148

1,128

4,083 1,133,385

1,827 1,131,562

933

313

12,748

9,446

8,611

6,355

7,777

3,872

26,587

12,205

15,822

n/a

EDUCATION: 1) From JRP, Annex p21 EDUCATION: 4) Targets have been updated since last reporting period due to a mistake in the original calculation of the target in February 2016.

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CHILD PROTECTION: 1) include 30,843 girls and 31,165 boys CHILD PROTECTION: 2) include 784 girls and 1,060 boys CHILD PROTECTION: 3) Includes 7,945 girls and 2,723 boys. This result mistakenly included both children and adults in the last report, from now this indicator will report only adults. Targets have been updated since last reporting period due to a mistake in the original calculation of the target. CHILD PROTECTION: 4) Includes 553 women and 371 men WASH: 1) This indicator includes affected population at the berm Health: 1) This figure was 3,302 as of end Feb. Added Za’atari (routine) and Azraq (routine) and RSTC (measles). This does not include March MOH data on measles for Syrians, due to HMIS data not yet available for March. This figure also includes affected population at the berm. Health: 2) All the data do not include MOH HMIS data and REC data (both for host communities), as both are not available for reporting, usually available 3 months later for MOH HMIS and REC, that is end of next month. Nutrition: 1) These two nutrition indicators were reversed mistakenly in last month report; the result for screening should have been 3,905 and for IYCF 14,384. BASIC ASSISTANCE: 1) 15,822 families that have 58,576 children (28,756 girls and 29,820 boys)

Iraq WASH: Electricity supply reportedly improved in March, potentially due to warmer spring temperatures reducing overall use and thereby relieving pressure on the national grid. Across Iraq, UNICEF supported 73,000 Syrian refugees in camps with routine access to WASH facilities and services. Despite continuing improvements to the water supply networks, the water supply in Domiz camp, Dahuk, remains a challenge. Daily water supply including trucking in low pressure areas of the camp is ongoing, alongside a technical assessment to ascertain causes of low pressure. All Erbil refugee camps now have completed water supply networks where UNICEF continues to support routine repairs, and water quality monitoring. In Domiz camp, solid waste collection continues alongside improvement of open channels and new latrines. These works saw 37 new family latrines constructed, and 8 new holding tanks completed and connected to existing latrines. Hygiene promotion activities including student participation in school cleaning campaigns reached more than 9,500 students in 12 schools in 4 camps (Domiz, Akre and Gawilan, all in Dahuk governorate). The high frequency of desludging, due to high volume of grey and black water, is an ongoing concern. However addressing this would require cost-heavy engineering, including an estimated 20km of open channels alongside the road and behind the tents to completely close the gaps in Domiz camp.

Education: As a result of ongoing teacher shortages, many current classroom staff are newly graduated or lacking in extensive professional experience. UNICEF collaborates with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) MoE to support improvements in teaching quality. UNICEF has initiated a largescale training programme to reach all Syrian refugee teachers in Erbil Governorate, with around 320 teachers to take part in this 30-day vocational programme covering. There are 329 ‘volunteer’ teachers and 58 ‘education support staff’ across 23 schools enrolled in the second phase of the UNICEFsupported temporary incentives programme for Syrian refugee teachers across the KRI. 1 Incentives will be disbursed through governorate Directorates of Education, and are $250 for teaching staff and $150 for support staff. More than 14,400 children in the 23 schools are benefitting from continued learning as a result of this support. Teachers in the KRI on government contracts have not received their salary for more than 5 months, since the start of the academic year, affecting the motivation of teaching and education support staff.

Health and Nutrition: UNICEF supported a Nationwide Polio Immunization Day throughout the country, during which 5.4 million children under 5 received polio vaccine2 attaining a countrywide coverage of 95.9%. In the campaign 23,350 Syrian refugee children were reached in KRG. UNCEF support included procurement and distribution of vaccines, social mobilisation and field logistics support. In March, under UNICEF support to the expanded programme of immunization, 388 children under 1 year completed the full course of vaccination in Syrian refugee camps. UNICEF supports additional vaccination for Syrian children crossing into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border in Dahuk Governorate, which connects Syria and Iraq, targeting children up to 15 years old. In March, mobile immunization teams vaccinated 900 children under 15 against polio, and 60 children under 15 against measles. Two hundred health staff were trained on introduction of new vaccines and immunization services across the three governorates of the KRI in March. Staff selected are working in Primary Health Centres with a combined catchment area including more than 15,000 refugee children under 5 outside camps. UNICEF supported ‘Baby Huts’ are safe places that provide growth monitoring/nutrition screening services to pregnant women, new mothers and young children and IYCF counselling. In March, 1,350 pregnant and lactating women in the camp setting accessed this service, 1

Education support staff are additional school support personnel including guards, cleaning staff and administrators. UNICEF supports the National Polio Immunization Days (NPID) along with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MoH). NPID target all children under 5 in Iraq. 2

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which are offered in the Arabic and Kurdish languages. As part of UNICEF’s initiative to reduce child mortality, additional neonate monitoring and parental healthcare advice was given through the tent-to-tent newborn home service team who saw 820 newborns. UNICEF supported nutritional screening for 2,601 children under 5 years old (1,277 girls, 1,324 boys) in March; and of those surveyed 200 children were identified as at risk of malnutrition and received appropriate treatment with supplementation and therapeutic food. In March, the Nutrition Technical Working Group finalized a preliminary nutrition survey of the refugee population. Initial results show that the nutritional status of refugees were generally within accepted levels however full results will be presented to the Health sector in April.

Child Protection: In March, UNICEF supported psychosocial support services (PSS) for 476 newly-registered children (girls 250 and boys 226) and reached 190 children (girls 65 and boys 125) with specialised protection assistance. Cases of children referred to specialised assistance included children in need of legal assistance; with emotional distress; non-attendance at school; child labour; early marriage; gender-based violence; and disability. There have been 50 Syrian refugee children (girls 18 and boys 32) identified as unaccompanied or separated (‘UASC’) by all child protection partners at the end of March 2016. Identified UASC are placed in alternative- or family-based care while their relatives are sought. A three-day workshop took place in Arbat refugee camp, Sulaymaniyah for 20 young people (10 female; 10 male) on non-violent approaches and alternatives to violence. The event aimed to support positive resolution of differences among young people. In the same camp, parenting skills classes in March attracted 142 female participants. Classes focus on issues of focus and techniques for parents to more productively support and engage with their children. After increased efforts at the end of 2015 to raise awareness about the risks of early marriage, signs of community action on the issue are positive. In March, the Child Protection Committee in Qushtapa camp held a meeting to identify causes of early marriage, and to discuss potential means to address the issue. Identified causes included domestic violence; social disruption; lack of family awareness about risks; and families’ financial difficulties. Potential areas for effecting change were identified as encouraging mothers and women to take part in the decision-making related to marriage of daughters; and further awareness raising actions. UNICEF has had to scale back Child Friend Space (CFS) activities and Child Protection Unit (CPU) support in Qushtapa and Darashakran camps after funds to support the implementing partner finished. Currently, very limited services in those two camps are supported by a network of trained staff working without pay.

Basic Needs: UNICEF has provided cash assistance to identified vulnerable populations in Iraq since December 2014 in close cooperation with the regional authorities, with whom accountability and monitoring systems were set up to ensure that distribution and beneficiary selection is according to standard and agreed criteria. Cash Transfers of approximately US$250 to $300 per household, based on severity of vulnerability, are provided to support vulnerable families to meet their own needs in a dignified manner, and help to provide access to food and shelter. As of March 2016, UNICEF cash assistance targeting Syrian refugee families has reached 2,023 households with Multipurpose Cash Assistance. In 2016, UNICEF aims to reach approximately 14,600 households with child-focused cash transfer. Communications for Development (C4D): UNICEF celebrated Word Water Day (22 March) and supported a child-centred information campaign developed also to coincide with the Kurdish New Year on 21 March: ‘Happy Newroz – Water is the source of life, when you preserve water you save life’.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January – March 2016) Change since last Report WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH) - 2016 Needs: 558,000 people, including 250,000 Syrian refugees # individuals benefiting from improved access to adequate quantity of safe 100,000 81,243 5,063 water in camps1 # individuals with access to adequate quantity of safe water 260,288 81,618 258 # target beneficiaries with access to appropriate sanitation facilities and 221,190 13,787 13,787 services # beneficiaries who have experienced a hygiene promotion session 197,600 37,497 7,075 # camp residents with access to solid waste collection and disposal services at 100,000 79,700 33,407 least 3 times per week EDUCATION – 2016 Needs: 231,000 children including 124,300 Syrian refugee children # boys and girls in formal primary education (age 6-14) 37,726 32,709 0 # boys and girls receiving educational supplies and/or teaching learning 52,694 10,932 0 material # teachers and education personnel receiving training on EiE and/or PSS 2,600 32 0 and/or Pedagogy # Parent/ Teacher Association members trained 1,275 0 0 CHILD PROTECTION – 2016 Needs: 550,900 children including 104,300 Syrian refugee children

IRAQ

Sector Targets

Sector Results

UNICEF Targets

UNICEF Results

Change since last Report

55,928

73,088

5,868

87,279

73,462

1,062

55,928

375

375

87,929

34,014

7,075

55,928

33,225

33,225

37,726

30,501

0

50,000

0

0

1,600

0

0

910

0

0

9

# children receiving specialized child protection services (reunification, alternative or specialized care and services) # children participating in structured, sustained, resilience or psychosocial support programmes HEALTH - 2016 Needs: 1.3 million people, including 250,000 Syrian refugees # children under 1 immunized against measles # new-born babies of conflict-affected families benefitting from new-born home services # children 0-59 months vaccinated for Polio # health facilities in impacted communities supported NUTRITION # children under 5 provided with access to Nutrition Services (growth monitoring, nutrition screening) # targeted mothers of children 0-23 months with access to IYCF counselling for appropriate feeding SOCIAL PROTECTION # Households receiving Multipurpose Cash Assistance FOOTNOTES WASH: 1) Water interventions in camps are recurrent interventions.

5,488

1,242

702

3,300

683

190

45,500

1,393

485

36,400

1,268

476

6,150

1,150

388

4,000

2,411

820

37,500 120

23,350 114

19,976 35

37,500

8,928

2,601

13,000

4,292

1,350

4,663

2,023

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lebanon Child Protection: The Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) National Plan to Safeguard Children and Women in Lebanon was extended until December 3 2016, to continue reaching to the most vulnerable children and women through an integrated and multi-sectorial package. To contribute to the Plan, a two day training on Child marriage and sexual and reproductive health and rights concepts was conducted in Beirut targeting nurses and midwives from 12 UNICEF supported MOSA Social Development Centres. The participants were introduced to the specificities of working with adolescent girls, adolescent physical and sexual health, as well as child marriage, based on the awareness raising tool developed by UNICEF Lebanon, called “Marriage is Not a Game!”.

WASH: In March, UNICEF completed four projects in the Bekaa governorate installing more than 20 kilometers of pipes serving 15,000 Syrian refugees and 17,000 Lebanese with better access to safe water. These projects funded by the Government of Germany are a part of the 36 projects that were implemented to support more than 250,000 Lebanese and 100,000 Syrian Refugees.

Education: In March, a sudden increase in demand in the number of children eligible for the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) resulted in an additional round of placement tests. The current total number of children enrolled in ALP is 4,901. In addition, approximately 390 teachers were trained for the ALP in the main core academic subjects, class management methodology and the Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies minimum standards for Education in Emergencies.

Health and Nutrition: In March, the official coverage of February polio campaign was announced by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) with 149,363 children (Lebanese and non-Lebanese) reached by the vaccination teams. In addition, UNICEF partner Beyond Association reached 45,379 Syrian children in the Informal Settlements during the campaign. As a part of the switch from tOPV vaccination to bOPV vaccine, the UNICEF Regional Office arranged a training on the use of the mobile applications for data collection for the MoPH and UNICEF Lebanon health staff. In March, UNICEF provided three Fetal heart Dopplers, 3 Portable Ultrasound Scanners, 3 Nebulizer Atomizers, and 3 ECG machines to three newly established Primary Health Centres in the Wadi Khaled area of Akkar. UNICEF also provided 27 complete health kits (including emergency, midwifery, obstetric, resuscitation, and sterilization supplies) to government hospitals.

Basic Assistance: In March 2016, UNICEF in collaboration with the National Poverty Targeting Program, the MOSA, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and the World Food Programme distributed 3,152 ATM cards with pin codes to the most vulnerable Lebanese families. The cards distributed will allow the provision of a one off payment of US$ 40 to 7,776 boys and girls under 15. In total, 162,513 boys and girls, of whom 71,796 are from poor Lebanese households, have received the winter one-off cash assistance during the 20152016 winter campaign.

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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January - March 2016) LEBANON

SECTOR Target

SECTOR Result

Change since last Report

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Result

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2016 Needs for Energy and Water sector: 2.42 million people) # individuals with sufficient safe water supply at an 337,172 75,705 29,827 125,590 50,315 adequate level of service at temporary locations # individuals with sufficient safe water supply at an 1,005,965 93,621 n/a 939,563 68,394 adequate level of service at permanent locations # individuals with access to solid waste services 2,084,494 127,103 n/a 470,358 94,034 # individuals who have experienced an behaviour 863,296 77,060 n/a 229,993 37,702 change session/activities EDUCATION (School year 2015-2016) (2016 Needs: 983,000 people, including 477,000 Syrian refugees ) 1 # targeted children (under 5 years) enrolled in Early n/a n/a n/a 59,847 n/a Childhood Education2 # targeted children (5-17 years) enrolled in formal n/a n/a n/a 235,949 n/a education (primary or secondary)2 # targeted children (5-17 years) enrolled in nonn/a n/a n/a 32,714 6,211 formal or informal education and/ or life skills3 # girls and boys (aged 3 to 18) enrolled in formal and non-formal education programmes provided n/a n/a n/a 450,847 260,743 with adequate learning materials # public schools rehabilitated to meet MEHE's n/a n/a n/a 124 0 safety, accessibility, and WASH standards 4 # of personnel whose capacity has been n/a n/a n/a 3,275 41 strengthened CHILD PROTECTION # children benefitting from structured communitybased PSS, early childhood program and child 156,682 n/a n/a 125,000 41,882 protection1 # girls and boys referred to and provided with 5,537 528 n/a 2,500 528 specialized services # Community based groups trained and supported to address CP/PSS/GBV, including child marriage n/a n/a n/a 325 430 and WFCL1 # people sensitized on CP/ PSS/ GBV n/a n/a n/a 430,000 73,293 # individuals accessing safe spaces 120,000 16,966 11,148 60,000 16,591 HEALTH AND NUTRITION (2016 Health Needs: 2.5 million people, including 840,000 Syrian refugees ) # Primary Health Care consultations1 660,443 343,706 # children Under 5 (U5) screened for malnutrition 111,998 45,379 # children U5 and PLW receiving micro-nutrient 196,001 46,177 supplements n/a # children U5 receiving routine vaccination 572,500 23,187 # children U5 reached in campaigns in 2 planned 179,971 383,075 Polio campaigns (30% national target)2 # women receiving IYCF and breastfeeding 92,771 2,372 awareness ADOLESCENTS # girls and boys benefiting from entrepreneurship 45,000 0 and skills based training # girls, boys enrolled in Vtechnical and agriculture 13,000 0 schools n/a # adolescents aged 10 to 18 years enrolled in life 20,800 5,249 skills program (AI) # youth reached through the S4D programme (AI) 15,000 0 BASIC ASSISTANCE (2016 Needs: 1.5 million people, including 1 million Syrian refugees ) # children and their families vulnerable to seasonal 630,000 511,125 36,873 175,000 162,513 weather and influx assisted with one off cash1 & 2 # children & their families prone to be vulnerable to 136,500 107,205 2,178 40,000 30,876 emergencies provided in-kind emergency support2 COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Change since last Report

5,943 31,955 19,222 6,554

n/a n/a 1,259 31,361 0 0

11,680 138 327 120,308 7,187 172,080 18,103 18,038 21,317 233,712 0

0 0 2,528 0 7,776 0

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# individuals trained on communication for social and behaviour change FOOTNOTES

720

0

EDUCATION: 1) Sector target will not be defined prior to approval by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education EDUCATION: 2) As per REC meeting on January 26, 2016, total enrolment numbers are: 196,952 for Lebanese and 149,565 for non-Lebanese. Of these enrolment numbers, UNICEF partly or fully covers the enrolment fees of 209,253 children. These are preliminary figures that are subject to change upon receipt of the final report from MEHE. EDUCATION: 3) ALP figure, subject to confirmation from MEHE. EDUCATION: 4) Work ongoing. Schools will reported when finalized. Includes minimum standards applicable to children with disabilities CHILD PROTECTION: 1) Target revised in line with the Inter-Agency factsheet Feb 2016. HEALTH & NUTRITION: 1) 46,203 reported in MMU / 125,423 Reported by MOPH HEALTH & NUTRITION: 2) 89,928 reported in Informal Settlements / Reported by MOPH: Round1 143,784 and Round2 149,363. BASIC ASSISTANCE: 1) The sector target for the indicator ‘children and their families vulnerable to seasonal weather and influx assisted with one off cash’ is 210,000 households and the sector result is 158,084 households, to make it comparable to UNICEF targets, it was converted to an estimated number of children (3) per household. The sector target for the indicator ‘children and their families prone to be vulnerable to emergencies provided with in-kind emergency support’ is 45,500 households and the sector result is 35,009, to make it comparable to UNICEF targets, it was converted to an estimated number of children (3) per household. BASIC ASSISTANCE: 2) These figures don’t include number of Palestinians

Turkey Education Over 10,770 Syrian volunteer teachers received monthly incentives as part of an ongoing partnership between UNICEF, the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), and the Turkish Post Office (PTT). This programme has already exceeding the target set for 2016 by nearly 10%. UNICEF is now supporting over 90% of all Syrian volunteer teachers in Turkey, contributing to the education of nearly 230,000 Syrian refugee children.

Child Protection In March, over 2,000 children (952 girls, 1,092 boys) benefitted from psycho-social support (PSS) in Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in the camps for Syrian refugees. Additionally more than 7,000 children (3,783 girls, 3,253 boys) were reached with PSS in CFS and Adolescent Friendly Spaces in host communities, and 2,300 children (990 girls, 893 boys) were reached with PSS activities provided by 2 mobile units. These mobile units were deployed to Şanlıurfa in the Birecik Fevzi Paşa and Hilvan Cumhuriyet Temporary Education Centres, and Hatay in the Güveççi Temporary Accommodation Center. In Adana, UNICEF-supported mobile outreach teams identified 1,131 vulnerable children in need of specialized support – among them 116 children with chronic diseases; 222 children engaged in child labour; 116 children with disabilities; 55 cases of child marriage; 6 unaccompanied and separated minors; and 30 victims of gender-based violence (GBV). These children are currently being screened by child protection officers and social workers for referral to the appropriate local services.

Basic Needs The UNICEF winterization support programme was successfully completed in early March, reaching more than 20,600 vulnerable Syrian families – or over 100,000 people – across 10 provinces in western and southeast Turkey. A number of post-distribution monitoring visits were also conducted in March to households receiving winter support, to gauge recipients’ satisfaction and evaluate the effectiveness of programme outcomes.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January – March 2016) Sector Sector Change since last Report Target Results EDUCATION (2016 Needs: 1.3 million Syrian refugees, including 977,000 Syrian refugee children) # children (5-17 years, boys/ girls) enrolled in formal 400,000 323,596 0 education # children (5-17 years, boy/ girls) enrolled in non-formal n/a n/a n/a education # children (3-17 years, boys/girls) receiving school 400,000 n/a n/a supplies # schools constructed, renovated or refurbished1 180 n/a n/a

TURKEY

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Results

Change since last Report

400,000

228,220

2,743

40,000

2,293

1,666

400,000

0

0

95

12

0

12

# schools supported with maintenance and operational 180 costs # teachers, facilitators and school staff trained n/a # teachers and facilitators receiving incentives2 10,000 CHILD PROTECTION (2016 Needs: 1.49 million Syrian refugee children) # children participating in structured, sustained child 90,000 protection or psychosocial support programmes # children who are receiving specialized child protection 1,100 services # individuals trained on child protection 1,225 # children (sex disaggregated) with increased access to 164,000 SGBV services, including information BASIC NEEDS # persons receiving emergency, cash or cash-voucher assistance YOUTH # Syrian and Turkish adolescents and youth in impacted communities with access to social cohesion activities, 16,000 through peer support, youth mobilization and advocacy FOOTNOTES

n/a

n/a

180

0

0

n/a n/a

n/a n/a

11,450 10,000

0 10,772

0 779

n/a

n/a

80,000

26,463

11,381

n/a

n/a

1,000

452

95

n/a

n/a

400

383

147

n/a

n/a

30,000

320

20

150,000

103,350

34,735

10,000

2,540

797

n/a

n/a

EDUCATION: 1) Please note that the effective date of this target, as outlined in the 2016 3RP for Turkey, is October 2015. However, results from October-December 2015 are not included in UNICEF’s total results for 2016. EDUCATION: 2) Incentives are to be paid to the whole target group each month.

Egypt Child Protection: In March 2016 2,312 Syrian children and adolescents have participated in structured, sustained child protection and psychosocial support (PSS) programmes. A further 494 parents accessed community based child protection and PSS through UNICEF implementing partners. In March UNICEF implementing partners provided case management and specialized services to 493 Syrian children, with services including case management, home visits and cash assistance. A new partnership that UNICEF has developed covers Specialized PSS in Alexandria with 15 professionals from the University of Alexandria, Faculty of Medicine to address trauma and respond to mental health concerns experienced by children and adolescents. UNICEF, through partners, has initiated a child safeguarding system building project in 12 public schools in Greater Cairo (Ein Shams and El Obour) targeting 3,500 Egyptian children and 3,500 refugees. UNICEF, UNHCR and Child Protection actors have established a monthly working group and capacity building task forces have been created in Greater Cairo and Alexandria to invest in social workers.

Health: In 2016 3,572 Syrian children under five years old have received primary healthcare consultations, immunization and growth monitoring. While 1,462 women of child bearing age have received antenatal care services through UNICEF supported Ministry of Public Health (MOHP) Primary Health Care units in 12 governorates. UNICEF worked closely with the MOHP to analyse the coverage data of the first round of Polio National Immunisation Days (NIDs). The preliminary number of Syrian children under 5 reached with the campaign is over 13,000. The total unvalidated number of Egyptian and Syrian children under five vaccinated during the NIDs is 15 million. UNICEF and MoHP finalized the list of Primary Health Units (PHUs) serving Syrian refugees according the results of the review of coverage data of the polio and measles campaign in addition to the coverage data of the number of Syrian women and children using PHUs. There are 91 PHUs in use in 30 health districts in 14 governorates, after adding Behaira and Gharbya to the list of governorates.

Education: UNICEF with its partner Zagaziq University will be organizing a workshop in April to ensure the implementation of the training that was held last month in Damietta and Alexandria on “Tools for Diagnosing Mild Disabilities” and “Active Learning Techniques”. Implementation will provide support for schools administrators from 16 public schools enabling them to offer educational opportunities suitable for inclusion of Syrian refugee children. An estimated number of 1,376 Syrian children in 7 schools in Damietta and 1,203 children in 9 schools in Alexandria will benefit from this activity.

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UNICEF continues to support 50 kindergartens established in 2014-15 in the 6 governorates of Alexandria, Damietta, Cairo, Giza, Sharqiya, and Qaliyubiya. UNICEF is supporting teachers’ salaries, rent, and children’s transportation fees.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS (January - March 2016) Egypt EDUCATION # children (5-17 years, boys and girls) enrolled in formal and nonformal education (3 -5 years)1 # children (under 5 years, boys/girls) enrolled in ECCE # children (3-17 years, boys/girls) receiving textbooks, teaching and learning materials, and school supplies # educational facilities and learning spaces constructed, rehabilitated or established2 # teachers, facilitators and school staff trained # education actors reached through training initiatives related to policy, planning and sector coordination # children, adolescents and parents with access to coexistence programs and psychosocial support services in Schools3 # public and community based schools supported with child safe guarding mechanisms to prevent and respond to violence CHILD PROTECTION # girls, boys, women and men participating in structured, sustained child protection or psychosocial support programmes (including parenting programmes)1 # children who are receiving specialised child protection services # individuals trained on child protection (disaggregated by sex) # vulnerable families receiving sustained monthly cash assistance HEALTH # Egyptian and Syrian children (0-59 months) vaccinated for polio1 # U5 Syrian Children receiving routine vaccination and Growth Monitoring services # primary health consultations supported2 # medical team members trained # Primary Health Units receiving medical supplies and equipment in the Integrated Child Survival and ANC models # Neonatal care provision in NICUS (Syrian children) FOOTNOTES

Sector Target

Sector Results

Change since last Report

UNICEF Target

UNICEF Results

Change since last Report

n/a

n/a

n/a

15,000

13,181

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

3,000

1,318

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

13,000

0

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

15

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

400

29

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

400

0

0

65,000

n/a

n/a

13,500

0

0

50

n/a

n/a

15

0

0

30,000

n/a

n/a

25,000

3,246

2,312

8,200 650 30,000

n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a

7,000 500 30,000

1,408 0 0

493 0 0

15 million

15 million

0

13,000

3,572

1,334

5,000 1,820

1,462 0

1,462 0

102

0

0

20

0

0

EDUCATION: 1) Figures for the school year 2015/2016 – figures 2016/2017 will be received in the coming month. EDUCATION: 2) Results are not yet validated EDUCATION: 3) Target includes 7,500 children and 6,000 parents half of whom are Syrians and half Egyptians CHILD PROTECTION: 1) Target 20,000 children, adolescents and 5,000 parents HEALTH: 1) Results to be validated from the ministry by end of April 2016 HEALTH: 2) # of ANC and post-natal visits

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Funding Status 2016 Appeal: HRP and 3RP SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS Funding Status

Syria

Jordan Lebanon Iraq*

3RP

Turkey Egypt

Required

72.38

89.88

25.28

73.49

32.84

15.62

7.22

Funded

9.61

18.58

1.06

3.53

10.22

0.06

0.20

% Funded

13%

21%

4%

5%

31%

Funding Gap ($)

62.77

71.30

24.22

69.96

22.62

15.56

7.02

Funding Gap (% )

87%

79%

96%

95%

69%

100%

97%

0.00

54.77

32.80

11.23

32.17

8.42

4.23

5.63

Required

106.81

261.40

50.26

31.34

13.48

16.00

0.00

479.29

Funded

25.29

100.16

22.81

12.11

0.00

25.13

0.07

185.57

Required

8.36

19.06

6.30

4.27

2.00

5.15

45.13

Funded

2.45

2.25

11.01

0.00

0.00

5.15

20.86

Required

92.47

12.62

3.25

4.00

Funded

1.49

5.31

0.00

0.00

192.68 0.00

7.53

3.35

0.74

0.91

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.52

61.58 17.03

0.11

2.30

0.00

0.52

6.00 0.00

47.59

112.34 54.78

6.16

6.00

Required

176.87

433.86

109.50

53.44

51.65

0

6.00

16.00

5.15

852.48

Funded

42.62

118.87

48.30

17.24

5.63

0.00

0.52

25.13

60.11

318.41

24%

27%

44%

32%

11%

9%

157%

37%

134.26

314.99

61.20

36.21

46.02

5.48

0.00

534.06

76%

73%

56%

68%

89%

Required

249.26

523.75

134.78

126.94

84.49

15.62

13.22

16.00

5.15

1169.20

Funded

52.23

137.45

49.36

20.77

15.85

0.06

0.72

25.13

63.87

365.43

21%

26%

37%

16%

19%

0%

5%

157%

31%

197.03

386.29

85.42

106.17

68.64

15.56

12.51

0.00

803.77

79%

74%

63%

84%

81%

100%

95%

Funding Gap ($)

Funding Gap (%)

% Funded Funding Gap $

Funding Gap (%)

0.00

52.40

30%

25%

84.29

68%

39%

46.12

48%

46%

8.31

65%

55%

42.79

93%

13%

2.99

31%

86%

14.43

0.54

14%

273.53

61.70

Funded

91%

9%

37%

9%

184.49

and total received fund

59%

63%

236.90

* Being allocated includes regional thematic pool ** For Syria HRP total requirement for Health 51.42

Percentage Funded Inc. CF

43.19

14.88

Required

Percentage Carry Funded Forward*

316.72

Funded

% Funded

Total

0.00

Required

Funded

Total 3RP

0.00

Total

14%

Required

MENA****

Cluster/ Youth and Being* Sector Adolescents Allocated Coordination

Education

In millions of US Dollars

Syria*

Child Health &** Basic Early Protection Nutrition Needs recovery

WASH

52%

69%

0.69

Next SitRep: May 17th, 2016 UNICEF Syria Crisis: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syriancrisis_68134.html UNICEF Syria Crisis Facebook: www.facebook.com/unicefmena UNICEF Syria and Syrian Refugees Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/index.html

Who to contact for further information:

Genevieve Boutin Syria Crisis Coordinator UNICEF MENA Regional Office Mobile: +962 (0) 79 683 5058 [email protected]

Juliette Touma Regional Spokesperson on Syria Crisis UNICEF MENA Regional Office Mobile: + 962 (0) 79 867 4628 Email: [email protected]

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