Awarding agency: U.S. Agency for international development cfda listing / assistance listing: 98.001 - USAID foreign assistance for programs overseas cfda narrative excerpt: the purpose of USAID's…

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will provide $19,008,000 in funding to Relief International (RI) for the "Protection and Health Assistance to Syria Together IV (PHAST IV)" program in Syria. The program aims to alleviate the suffering of conflict and natural disaster-affected populations in Northwest Syria by ensuring their access to life-saving quality basic and specialized healthcare, critical nutrition services, and gender-based violence prevention and response services, as well as child protection and psychosocial support. The program is expected to reach 591,233 beneficiaries.

The funding will support sub-awards to several organizations, including the Syrian American Medical Society Foundation to strengthen the health system in Northwest Syria by supporting nine health facilities to deliver over 357,657 outpatient medical consultations. Additional sub-awards will provide nutrition services, physical rehabilitation, mental health and psychosocial support, and other protection services to vulnerable communities in the region.

Awarding agency: U.S. Agency for international development cfda listing / assistance listing: 98.001 - USAID foreign assistance for programs overseas cfda narrative excerpt: the purpose of USAID's bureau for humanitarian assistance (BHA) is to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance-including food, water, shelter, emergency healthcare, and other critical aid- to the world's most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach population affected by natural, man-made and complex disaster. BHA is the lead federal coordinator for international disaster assistance, harnessing the expertise and unique capacities of other U.S. Government, non-U.S. Entities & public international organizations to effectively respond to natural disasters, complex crises by providing emergency and food assistance around the world. Recipient: relief international (RI) this award will provide financial support to relief international for a program entitled, "protection and health assistance to syria together IV (phast IV)" in syria. The theory of change (TOC): if conflict and natural disaster-affected populations in NWS have inclusive, gender and age appropriate access to (1) lifesaving quality basic and specialized healthcare services including physical rehabilitation and mental health, (2) critical integrated and specialized nutrition services, and (3) quality gender based violence (GBV) prevention and response services for survivors and women and girls at risk, as well as child protection (CP) and psychosocial support (PSS) services, then the suffering of those populations will be alleviated and their resilience in the face of protracted conflict and displacement will be improved. The total number of beneficiaries that will be supported under this award is 591,233.