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Syria Protection Cluster (Turkey): Response Snapshot (as of 30 June 2018)

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Response

The Protection Cluster, Child Protection, GBV and Mine Action Sub-Clusters members continued emergency response service provision for recently displaced civilians. 6 Cluster members provided 4,107 interventions to IDPs and affected host community members, providing protection services in 20 communities within 9 sub-districts in Idleb and Aleppo; reaching 3,742 individuals (1,221 girls, 985 boys, 1,270 women, and 266 men). Cluster members also provided child protection and GBV case management, referring individuals for more specialized services, and family tracing.

7 PMTF members conducted 328 KI interviews in 77 communities covering 27 subdistricts, 13 districts and 5 governorates (Aleppo, Al-Hasakeh, Hama, Homs, and Idleb).

The GBV SC continued to disseminate the new systems to ease the request for referral pathways by non-GBV actors with a presentation of these in several Clusters, in the Humanitarian Leadership Group and in the Humanitarian Information Sharing Meeting in Arabic. Following each presentation, the GBV SC shared the relevant material via email. The external consultant recruited to develop a community based awareness raising toolkit visited Gaziantep for 10 days to conduct consultations with GBV SC members focusing on best practices, materials already used, successful methodologies, gaps, challenges and contextual constraints. The GBV SC organized one learning session on GBV capacity building plans for supervisors based in Gaziantep. Fourteen participants attended from fourteen organizations. The GBV SC engaged in the strategic and technical review of seven GBV project proposals submitted to the first HF standard allocation. The GBV SC also led the Mid-Year review of GBV projects originally included in HRP.

The CP SC and Education Cluster continued their collaboration and they produced a Guidance Note on Integrating Child Protection in Education and shared with Child Protection and Education partners. The CP SC focused advocacy efforts on Children with Disabilities (CwDs). These efforts have been fruitful and CP partners started some activities that are focused on CwDs. 72 boys formerly associated/at risk of recruitment with armed groups have been provided with FTR Services, Psycho-social Support, MHPSS, referred to health, livelihood programs, education and vocational training opportunities and received NFIs and shelter support. 19 children (8 Girls, 11 boys) unaccompanied and separated children have been referred for FTR services, 14 of them (9 Girls, 5 boy) have been reunified with family members.

Mine action Sub-Cluster partners continue to expand response to the IDPs by increasing numbers of mobile risk education teams. The sub-cluster is also working on mapping gaps and services in order to cover underserved areas. A fund was allocated to print RE materials to support and increase the capacity of MA partners and to mainstream materials within other clusters work.

Gap

Limited specialized services or inclusive services for other groups with specific needs, e.g. persons with disabilities or older persons, remains a critical gap for Protection Cluster.

The lack of funding opportunities for Syrian NGOs to ensure continuity of existing life-saving GBV services continues to be a major challenge, which is resulting in communities left un-serviced.

There is limitation with trusted partners providing interim care and alternative care services for unaccompanied and separated children. The CP Sub-Cluster is aware of cases in which some unaccompanied and separated children (UASCs) are living on their own or sometimes in inappropriate care.

The large number of IDPs in the NW increase the need for risk education campaign. There is also a high need for SAFTY training for humanitarian workers working in potentially highly contaminated areas.