Gaza Early Recovery Program 2021-2023
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Result
The program has responded to three different hostilities in the Gaza Strip; 10-21 May 2021 and 5-7 August 2022 and 9-13 May 2023. It has adopted a comprehensive approach towards the affected populations. The intervention both targeted households with cash packages to obtain decent shelters and provided opportunities to access short-term jobs, to help restore and stabilize their livelihoods. UNDP has presented results for outputs 3, 4 and 5. Activities under output 1 and 2 were completed 2021 and 2022. Output 3 Internally displaced refugee and non-refugee households, whose homes were rendered uninhabitable have received Temporary Shelter Cash Assistance (TSCA) UNDP has, in coordination with the shelter cluster, done a careful selection of beneficiaries to avoid duplication. Beneficiaries have been households with totally damaged or severely damaged housing units, that have not been compensated for rehabilitation from any other funds. Special attention has been given to protection for women. The program has rapidly responded to the urgent needs of the population in order to restore access to safe shelters. The TSCA support has been provided in three-months intervals. The number of non-refugee households receiving TSCA has gradually decreased over time, from 399 in July 2021 to 40 in September 2023, as some of the targeted housing units were either rehabilitated or reconstructed. In addition to the TCSA UNDP has provided a re-integration package to 339 Households affected by May 2021 hostilities, in addition to 36 non-refugee households affected by August 2022 hostilities. This was a one-time lump sum payment of 500 USD, to enable them to provide the urgently needed non-food items, like housing equipment and supplies, to help displaced families get back on their feet. In phase 2 of funding for the TSCA UNDP has included the refugee population directly served by UNRWA. This support has been given to refugee families who were displaced from their shelters during May 2021 and August 2022 hostilities and whose housing units have not been reconstructed. 639 refugee eligible families were supported by TCSA between January 2022 to April 2022, which was less than planned. Savings were used to prolong the support. UNDP's assessment is that the TSCA approach has contributed to ensuring safe living conditions for displaced families and strengthened their recovery and resilience, as they are suffering from the dire economic situation exacerbated by the hostilities. Output 4: Immediate partial Rehabilitation is conducted for several partially damaged housing for internally displaced non-refugee households and vulnerable households Activities under this output have addressed rehabilitation of 102 severely damaged housing units of non-refugee internally displaced families due to the May 2021 hostilities. As a result, 628 people - 346 males and 282 females, safely returned to their homes. This has contributed to decreasing the reliance on TCSA. The rehabilitation was implemented through a self-help modality, where the beneficiaries carried out the rehabilitation activities by direct contracting or doing it themselves, in case they had construction experience. Following a second amendment between Sida and UNDP a total of 25 non-refugee households affected by May 2021 hostilities, in addition to 22 non-refugee household affected by August 2022 were supported to rehabilitate their severely damaged housing units, in addition to the rehabilitation of Palestine Tower in Gaza hosting both residents and media offices. Output 5: People directly affected by the hostilities are provided with dignified short-term job opportunities In parallel with the assistance for shelter, the project contributed to rapidly securing temporary income for the affected households. UNDP partnered with three implementing partners; the Palestinian Employment Fund, the Palestinian Federation of Industries and the Islamic University of Gaza - Business Technological Incubator. The project provided short-term job opportunities to 786 beneficiaries who were affected by May 2021 and 2022 hostilities; 325 women and 461 men and 7 % of them are persons with disabilities. This restored and stabilized their livelihoods. 181 persons, of which 122 were youth, have received essential freelancing and soft skills coaching. This empowered them to effectively compete on online freelancing platforms. These activities were completed by August 2023. An online survey indicates that 77% of the respondents reported significant improvement of their current livelihood. The positive effect was higher in case of women, at 80,7% compared to men at 68,1%. They believed that the short-term opportunity will help them find a more stable opportunity.
The overall objective of the Gaza Early Recovery Program is to contribute to restoring safe and unimpeded access to basic services through cash assistance and rubble removal. Through the program, internally displaced non-refugee families will be assisted to find affordable and adequate housing, and at the same time being provided rental subsidies, while awaiting the reconstruction of their destroyed homes. ..................................................................................................................... Based on the recovery needs highlighted in the revised program document dated 2021.11.11, UNDP is proposing to revise the scope of the Gaza Early Recovery Programme and request additional funding from Sweden (25 MSEK with extension of the activity period until June 2023) in order to address gaps for TSCA for refugee internally displaced households, alongside TSCA provided to non-refugee IDPs; include interventions geared towards restoring and stabilizing the livelihoods of conflict-affected people, namely those who lost their jobs, those who lost their homes and are unemployed, those who lost both, as a result of the hostilities of May 2021.
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