Deadline: 29 September 2016
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is seeking proposals for its September 2016 Jordan Humanitarian Fund.
The priorities of the call are to respond to the inter-sectoral priorities in line with the JHF’s objectives and project’s prioritization criteria:
- Meeting critical needs in areas where NGOs have comparative advantage
- Critical gap filling (firefighting) & ensure No harm approach
- Sudden change in context, and
Funding Information
- Based on donors’ commitments, a total figure of US $6 million will be allocated to this call. Out of which 4 million will be allocated for Jordan and 2 million for Southern Syria.
- The ceiling for any project is a maximum of US $400,000.
Priority Areas
- Jordan Sector
- Shelter:
- To provide conditional cash for rent to vulnerable Jordanian households and Syrian refugees.
- To upgrade existing shelters to adequate standards.
- Social Protection:
- Community members are engaged in SGBV prevention.
- SGBV survivors have timely access to protection services, including case management and multisector services ( legal, health, safety and security, psychosocial).
- Access to quality specialized child protection case management and multi-sectoral services for girls, boys and their families are improved in accordance with Age Gender and Diversity principles.
- Support towards basic needs.
- Support towards Winterization needs in Camps.
- Support towards Winterization needs outside Camps.
- Health:
- Access to lifesaving, secondary and tertiary care provided through payment, logistic and other support of referrals to MoH and other facilities.
- Comprehensive rehabilitation for adults and children with injuries and impairments provided through NGO facilities.
- Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in place in camps and in out- of-camp settings with target of 1 per 1000 refugees.
- CHV networks in camps and out-of-camp settings strengthened through reinforcement of referral mechanisms, capacity building, provision of jobs aids and supportive supervision.
- Wash:
- Refugees have access to safe and equitable water as per agreed minimum standards through water trucking to the communal WASH facilities.
- Refugees have access to safe and equitable water as per agreed minimum standards through sustainable infrastructure (boreholes, piped water networks, etc.).
- In-camps Schools, Clinics and child friendly spaces have access to safe and equitable water as per agreed minimum standards.
- Southern Syria Sector
- Shelter:
- Provide life-saving and life-sustaining shelter and NFI support.
- Health:
- To provide life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian health assistance to affected people.
- Protection:
- Increase the protection of affected people at risk from the consequences of the crisis through sustained advocacy, risk mitigation and enhanced protection responses.
- Strengthen the capacity of national community based actors to access, analyze and respond to protection needs.
- Nutrition:
- Strengthen preventive nutrition services for vulnerable groups in need of humanitarian response, focusing on appropriate infant and young child feeding practices, micronutrient initiatives and optimal maternal nutrition.
Eligibility Criteria
JHF aspires to provide equitable opportunity to all humanitarian actors, and promote partnerships with humanitarian organizations to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies.
- UN agencies, IOM, international and national non-governmental organizations, and organizations of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, can apply for and receive funding from the Fund.
- NGOS that did not apply for the capacity assessment exercise are not illegible to apply for funding under this call for proposals.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via Grant Management System given on the website.
For more information, please visit OCHA.