Emergency Assistance in Specific Countries - International Organization for Migration 2018

January 2018 - This grant represents Canada's support to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the following countries: Afghanistan Bangladesh DRC CAR Libya Sudan South Sudan and Yemen. IOM provides humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations including internally displaced persons (IDPs) refugees migrants and host communities. IOM provides assistance in multiple sectors including protection shelter emergency non-food items water sanitation and hygiene services livelihoods and camp coordination and management. With the support of Canada and other donors IOM is facilitating access to essential relief items and adequate living conditions for crisis-affected populations as well as vulnerable populations including IDPs refugees migrants returnees and host communities. Project activities include: (1) providing emergency shelter kits non-food items and multi-purpose cash; (2) coordinating camp management for internally displaced people in UN bases; (3) deploying mobile teams to remote locations where affected populations lack water sanitation and hygiene services; (4) providing emergency water sanitation and hygiene; (5) supporting humanitarian organizations by establishing lightweight camps in deep field locations and heavy base camps and national NGO support centres and providing common transport services of cargo for humanitarian organizations; (6) data collection including mapping of vulnerable populations at points of entry and at the district and community level for enhanced targeting and delivery of assistance; and (7) protection and gender mainstreaming across activities with provision for extremely vulnerable individuals including unaccompanied migrant children and single females.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) the provision of emergency assistance such as emergency shelter healthcare non-food relief items and water and sanitation facilities to targeted displaced populations; (2) transportation assistance to returning displaced people; support to returnees to resume their livelihoods; support to former combatants to enable them to reintegrate into their communities; and (3) technical assistance to governments and other humanitarian organizations in the management of migration issues. Expected intermediate outcomes include: the reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.