KEY POINTS

The NFI Monthly is a publication of the NFI Sector of Syria Hub which is co-led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This publication aims to provide an overview of

humanitarian response of the sector inside Syria for each month. All information presented in this publication are from all NFI sector members with operational presence inside Syria. For

more information, please contact the sector.

ALEPPO: : NFI Sector Partner SO distributed 5000 baby kits (towels, woolen blankets, pajamas, woolen shirts, and trousers),

together with blankets and winterization kits for IDPs from Eastern Aleppo, in Al Forqan distribution center.Here a mother and her baby

girl receiving a kit, helping them for the upcoming winter.

NUMBERS IN BRIEF

© SOS Syria / R. Abdullah

MONTHLY July 2017, Issue No. 07

NFI

Sector partners continue to provide assistance to IDPs

affected by the Ar-Raqqa situation. In July, most of the

partners have distributed NFI kits along with hygiene

and jerry cans in Ein Issa, and Karama camps.

Partner’s registration of IDPs for NFI distribution in

villages in the northern part of Ar Raqqa is ongoing.

The influx to Areesha is continuing where this week the

population reached nearly 4,700 individuals.

Overall in July sector partners have assisted 0.5M

individuals with NFI (In-kind and CASH assistance).

Among the assisted half millions of individuals, more

than 50% of beneficiary needs are fully met, while

remaining received supplementary NFIs. The 500,000

people assisted in July bring the total of assisted

people in 2017 to 4,455,496.

To enable NFI sector members to effectively prioritize

the humanitarian assistance at the household levels,

NFI Sector has planned a Household level needs

assessment exercise in consultation with Ministry of

Local Administration & Environment (MoLA&E) and

Central Bureau of Statistic (CBS) across Syria in all

Government control areas. In the first phase, NFI sector

and CBS have agreed upon the sample size and

methodology of the assessment.

In order to strengthen the information management

capacity of NFI sector members, NFI Sector arranged a

two-day capacity building training on 22-23 July. The

main objective of the training was to strengthen sector

partner’s capacity on the whole spectrum of information

management ranging from data collection to

information dissemination. Overall 19 staff members

from 12 different sector members participated in the

training.

HRP INDICATOR

1.1. NO. OF PEOPLE

WHOSE NEEDS IN

RELATION TO

CORE AND ESSEN-

TIAL NFIS ARE MET

4.9M 506,948

506,948 ACCOUNTS FOR BENEFICIARIES

WHOSE NEEDS WERE ADEQUATELY MET

FOR RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 CORE NFI

(10% OF THE TOTAL TARGET OF 4.9 MILLION

PEOPLE IN NEED OF NFI INSIDE SYRIA).

SERVED HRP TARGET

HRP INDICATOR

1.2. NO. OF PEOPLE

WHOSE NEEDS

ARE MET FOR

SEASONAL ASSIS-

TANCE

825,000 1.2 Million

ESTIMATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO

RECEIVED MORE THAN 1 SEASONAL OR

SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM IN JULY 2017 (148%

OF THE TOTAL TARGET OF 825,000 PEOPLE

IN 2017).

SERVED HRP TARGET

CORE NFI

1.5M 1.6M

272 116

SUPPLEMENTARY NFI

COVERED TOTAL SUB-DISTRICTS

3.5 Million TOTAL AS OF JULY 2017

OVERALL REACHED BENEFICIARIES

TOTAL NFI DISTRIBUTED

4,455,496

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES AS OF JULY 2017

WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE / PART OF NFI

BENEFICIARIES ADEQUATELY SERVED

CRISIS BACKGROUND: The crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic that started in March 2011 has transformed into a complex emergency that led to 6.3 million IDPs and 4.8 million Syrian refugees. The 2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview reported that around 13.5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance of which around 5.8 million people need to receive essential household items and other multi-sectorial assistance as they continue to live in an unsafe and uncertain environment. The degree of resilience and positive coping mechanism of the affected population have gradually reduced due to the protracted nature of the hostilities. Purchasing power and the ability to provide for their basic household needs have decreased due to economic recession that left many people unemployed and the prospect of accessing essential household items has also declined due to closure of essential service providers.

Non-Food Items Sector I Syria Hub I syrdanfi@unhcr.org I http://sheltercluster.org/response/syria-hub

GAPS AND CHALLENGES

July 2017, Issue No. 07

NFI MONTHLY

PARTNER IN FOCUS

SOS Children's Villages in Syria is a non-profit

non-governmental associate, working on Child rights as per the

mandate of UNCRC and providing emergency relief by helping

orphans and others who lack family care, bereft of their homes,

families, and, safety for different circumstances.

SOS Children's Villages in Syria was founded in 1975 and was

registered in the Ministry of Social Affairs. The first SOS village

in Syria was opened in 1981 and continues to provide safe

homes for children in need, under the principle of long term child

care.

In 2013, SOS Children’s Villages Syria started its Emergency

Response Program (ERP) which aims to help severely-crisis-

harmed Syrians.

SOS Children`s Villages head office is in Damascus city, and it

operates in Damascus, Rural Damascus Aleppo, and Tartous

governorates. To date the organization has 250 staff members

providing services to those in needs.

As part of NFI sector, SOS Children’s Villages are involved in

NFI distribution in Aleppo and Tartous Governorates. Today

SOS Children’s villages have assisted more than 12,500 families

with NFI distribution in Aleppo and 423 families in Tartous gover-

norate. Apart from Basic NFIs SOS children’s villages assisted

more than 2500 families with winter clothing and other NFIs

mainly in eastern part of Aleppo (Hanano, Alshaar, Kallase,

Bostan Al-Aser, and Tishreen) to protect them from harsh winter.

SOS Children's Villages have signed MOUs with Ministry of

Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social Af-

fairs, and have an official collaborations agreement with Syrian

Arab Red Crescent.

Widespread insecurity, challenging physical access and

rigorous bureaucratic procedures and approval limit provision of adequate and regular humanitarian assistance especially to those who live in besieged and hard-to-reach areas;

Absence of age and gender disaggregated information of

population in need unable the sector to accommodate and target specific needs;

Logistical constraints especially during inter-agency convoy

such as road blockage, presence of checkpoints, presence of threats, and proximity to active front lines (i.e. Ar Raqqa) continue to hamper rapid distribution,;

Lack of actual data on distribution recipients prevent the sector

to better measure the actual reached and served beneficiaries;

Limited and irregular monitoring of distribution due to insecurity

and sensitivities compromise the ability of the sector to assess the impact of its assistance and better inform future planning;

Absence of clear and effective feedback mechanism from

population in need due to information gathering sensitivities unable the sector to better determine the efficacy of its effort;

Lack of income-generating activities to provide the necessary

financial means continues to hamper access to basic house-hold items among the most vulnerable population in need;

Diminishing active participation among sector members affects

coordination and the overall sectorial reach;

Inexact coordination structure impacts the level of efficiency in

coordinating sectorial response for interagency convoys.

Lack of reliable consolidated information for interagency

convoy reach affects the sector’s ability to determine the extent and impact of its convoy contribution;

Insufficient number of detailed and comprehensive assessment

makes it difficult for the sector to shift its response priorities from distribution of basic essential NFI items to provision of supplementary items.

Decreasing number of local NGOs authorized to partner with

UN agencies particularly in severely affected areas limit the extent of humanitarian response (i.e. Ar Raqqa).

Lack of adherence to agreed distribution standards (i.e. UN-

HCR solar lamps) affects the quality of NFI response (i.e. Lat-takia and Mashta’a Al-Helou).

NFI Sector Coordination Team

Joel Andersson, Senior NFI Sector Coordinator (anderssj@unhcr.org)

Zina Alkhiami, NFI Sector Field Associate (alkhiami@unhcr.org)

Muhammad Shahzad, IM Officer (shahzadm@unhcr.org)

Corazon C. Lagamayo, IM Officer (lagamayo@unhcr.org)

Maha Shaban, IM Associate (shabanm@unhcr.org)

Ashraf Zedane, IM Associate - Aleppo (zedane@unhcr.org)

3,8997,10510,88512,858

18,41020,50024,415

30,36454,583

90,278115,369118,282

AS-SWEIDA

AR-RAQQA

LATTAKIA

TARTOUS

IDLEB

DAR'A

ALEPPO

AL-HASAKEH

HAMAHOMS

RURALDAMASCUS

DAMASCUS

8502,2507,99810,550

30,53053,27056,06059,43068,75169,810

91,095111,347

216,404448,123

DEIR-EZ-ZORIDLEB

AS-SWEIDAQUNEITRAAR-RAQQA

LATTAKIAHAMADAR'A

AL-HASAKEHTARTOUS

DAMASCUSALEPPO

HOMS

RURAL DAMASCUS

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES REACHED

CORE ITEMS SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS

BENEFICIARIES ASSISTED PER GOVERNORATE

BENEFICIARIES ASSISTED BY TYPE OF SUPPORT

TOTAL NFI DISTRIBUTED PER GOVERNORATE

TOTAL NFI DISTRIBUTION PER MONTH

TOTAL NFI DISTRIBUTED PER TYPE

506,948

IN-KIND ASSISTANCE

STANDARD NFIs

INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

CASH SUPPORT

IN-KIND ASSISTANCE

INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

CASH SUPPORT

383K

47K

1.8M 1.2M 508K

336K

147K

0

composed of blankets, quilts, mattresses/sleeping mats, kitchen sets, plastic sheets,jerry cans, solar lamps, hygiene kit, diapers,

and rechargeable fans

WINTERIZATION NFIs composed of additional plastic sheet

for waterproof flooring, sweater, underwear, baby clothing set,

children hats and socks

SUPPLEMENTARY NFIscomposed of carpet, dignity kits, heater stoves

house cleaning kits, kids clothes, mosquitonets, new-born baby kits, sanitary napkin, student

hygiene kit, summer clothes, and sleeping bag

NOTE: Breakdown of beneficiaries per type of support does not necessarily sum up to the reported number of beneficiaries as some communities may have received more than one type of assistance.

3,588,467

HAMA

108,907

197,454289,660

371,832

235,764287,035

363,562

0 0 0 0 0

292,821

530,941

418,194

238,436

79,904 90,630 83,3280 0 0 0 0

January February March April May June July August September October November December

CORE SUPPLEMENTARY

1,000,087

743,145

522,050

308,003 304,298211,535

141,583 125,214 121,48255,571 20,455 18,551 15,317 1,176

ALEPPO RURALDAMASCUS

HOMS HAMA AL-HASAKEH DAMASCUS TARTOUS LATTAKIA DAR'A AR-RAQQA QUNEITRA AS-SWEIDA IDLEB DEIR-EZ-ZOR

TOTAL NFIs DISTRIBUTED

PEOPLE WHOSE NEEDS WERE ADEQUATELY MET FOR RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 CORE NFI (10% OF THE 4.9M

TOTAL TARGET PEOPLE IN NEED OF NFI IN SYRIA)

1,226,469 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST 1 SUPPLEMENTA-

RY ITEM (148% OF THE 825,000 TOTAL TARGET PEOPLE IN NEED OF SUPPLEMENTARY NFI IN SYRIA)

ESTIMATE NUMBER OF PERSONS INSIDE SYRIA WHO RECEIVED IN-KIND

ASSISTANCE FROM REGULAR PROGRAMMES OF THE SECTOR

ESTIMATE NUMBER OF PERSONS FROM HARD-TO-REACH AND

BESEIGED AREAS WHO RECEIVED IN-KIND ASSISTANCE THROUGH

INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

ESTIMATE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO RECEIVED CASH ASSISTANCE

FROM UNRWA

1M

BENEFICIARIES ASSISTED

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES REACHEDTOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE / PART OF NON-FOOD ITEM AS OF JULY 20174,455,496

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Humanitarian reach to sub-district does not imply full geographic coverage of all the needs in the sub-district. Information visualized on this map is not to be considered complete. Creation Date: 14 August 2017Data Source/s: Monthly NFI Sector 4W, July 2017 Datasets, NFI PiN (HNO 2017) Feedback: syrdanfi@unhcr.org

SYRIA: NFI RESPONSE Reporting Period: July 2017

NFI Sector Syria Hub

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0 60 120 180 24030Kilometers

LegendEstimate number of reached beneficiaries who received morethan 4 core items per sub-district

Estimate number of reached beneficiaries who received at least1 supplementary item per sub-district

Breakdown of 5.3 million peoplein need of NFIs inside Syria in 2017 per sub-district

190,001 - 705,000

80,001 - 190,000

40,001 - 80,000

10,001 - 40,000

0 - 10,000

34,301 - 91,000

10,001 - 20,000

3,501 - 10,000

0 - 3,500

20,001 - 34,300

TURKEY

Mediterranean Sea

IRAQ

JORDAN

LEBANON

27,501 - 118,280

10,501 - 27,500

5,001 - 10,500

1,701 - 5,000

340 - 1,700

Homs

Aleppo

Deir-ez-Zor

Al-Hasakeh

Hama

Ar-Raqqa

Rural Damascus

Idleb

Dar'aAs-Sweida

Lattakia

Tartous

Quneitra

Damascus

Dhameer

Raheiba

Kisweh

Qatana

Sa'sa'

At Tall

Duma

Ghizlaniyyeh

Masaada Khan Arnaba

Ma'loula

Rankus

Dimas

Nashabiyeh

Al Qutayfah

Bait Jan

Sidnaya

Sarghaya

Maliha

Damascus

Ein Elfijeh

Babella

Az-Zabdani

Madaya

Qudsiya

Haran Al'awameed

Sahnaya

Harasta

Markaz Darayya

Kafr BatnaArbin

Jaramana

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Humanitarian reach to sub-district does not imply full geographic coverage of all the needs in the sub-district. Information visualized on this map is not to be considered complete. Creation Date: 15 August 2017Data Source/s: Monthly NFI Sector 4W, July 2017 Datasets

List of Hard-to-Reach and Besieged Areas (OCHA, April 2017) Feedback: syrdanfi@unhcr.org

No. of inter-agency convoys (IACs)

Sub-districts with (HTR) hard-to-reach communities

Sub-districts with besiegedand HTR communities

No. of distributednon-food items

Areas covered by convoy in 2016

Sub-districts withbesieged communities

No. of beneficiaries (persons) reached by IACs !

LEGEND

TOTAL NUMBER OF INTER-AGENCY CONVOYS

TOTAL COMMUNITIES COVEREDOF WHICH 2 (12%) ARE IN BESIEGED AREAS & 14 (88%) FROM HTR AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OF WHICH 40,000 (8%) FROM BESIEGED AREASAND 416,745 (92%) FROM HTR AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOYS

NAME OF BESIEGED AND HTR COMMUNITIES COVERED BY INTER-AGENCY CONVOY (2016-2017)

26

456,745

302,493

16

ALEPPO

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TOTAL COMMUNITIES COVEREDOF WHICH 8 (80%) FROM HTR AREASAND 2 (20%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 216,095 (85%) FROM HTR AREASAND 40,000 (15%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TOTAL COMMUNITIES COVEREDOF WHICH 4 (100%) ARE IN HTR AREASAND 0 (0%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 149,650 (100%) FROM HTR AREASAND 0 (0%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

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TOTAL COMMUNITY COVERED OF WHICH 1 (100%) ARE IN HTR AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 50,000 (100%) FROM HTR AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TARTOUS

LATTAKIA

IDLEB

HAMA

HOMS

RURAL DAMASCUS

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SYRIA: INTER-AGENCY CONVOY Reporting Period: July 2017

NFI Sector Syria Hub

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Humanitarian reach to sub-district does not imply full geographic coverage of all the needs in the sub-district. Information visualized on this map is not to be considered complete. Creation Date: 20 August 2017Data Sources: NFI Stockpile as of August 2017, NFI PiN (HNO 2017) Feedback: syrdanfi@unhcr.org

SYRIA: NFI STOCKPILE Reporting Period: August 2017

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NFI Sector Syria Hub

TURKEY

Mediterranean Sea

IRAQ

JORDAN

LEBANON 1,419,319

CORE NON-FOOD ITEMS

MATTRESSES 348,657

JERRY CANS

PLASTIC SHEET

397,351

KITCHEN SETS 151,644

SOLAR LAMPS144,891

HYGIENE KITS

DIAPERS 111,658

10,680

2,383,982

BREAKDOWN OF CORE NFI STOCKS PER TYPE

BREAKDOWN OF CORE NFI STOCKS PER AGENCY

BREAKDOWN OF SUPPLEMENTARY NFI STOCKS PER STATUS

BREAKDOWN OF SUPPLEMENTARY NFI STOCKS PER AGENCY

UNHCR IOMGOPA

3,803,301

AVAILABLE PIPELINE

2,452,968 2,452,968

85,431 85,431

2,364,5862,364,586

303,153

BLANKETS 915,948

2,121,8912,121,891 262,091262,091

15,04415,0444,3524,352

SUPPLEMENTARY NON-FOOD ITEMS

IOM UNHCR

PIPELINEAVAILABLE

TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY NFI (available and pipeline)

TOTAL CORE NFISTOCKS

(available & pipeline)

TOTAL CORE AND SUPPLEMENTARY NFISTOCKS AS OF AUGUST 2017

679,598 739,721

1,410,475 6K

BREAKDOWN OF CORE NFI STOCKS PER STATUS

GOPA

3K

Blankets 30,251Mattresses 15,069Hygiene Kits 10,253Jerry Cans 9,157Solar Lamps 7,920Plastic Sheet 5,752Kitchen Sets 5,682Diapers 5,234

Solar Lamps 38,360Jerry Cans 30,988Blankets 30,121Plastic Sheet 28,457Kitchen Sets 19,906Hygiene Kits 4,164Mattresses 9,776

Mattresses 266Hygiene Kits 124

Blankets 12,500Plastic sheet 4,600Mattresses 4,497Kitche Set 4,000Solar Lamp 3,900Jerry Cans 3,500Hygiene Kit 2,422Diapers 0

Blankets 556,151Mattresses 282,756Jerry Cans 201,680Plastic Sheet 175,549Kitchen Set 85,992Hygiene kit 60,556Solar Lamps 40,939

Blankets 200,604Jerry Cans 110,631Plastic sheet 68,230Hygiene kits 33,720Kitchen Set 23,584Solar Lamps 30,271Mattresses 17,037Diapers 0

Blankets 86,071Jerry Cans 41,345Solar Lamps 21,832Plastic sheet 20,515Mattresses 19,256Kitchen Sets 12,243Hygiene Kit 0Diapers 0

Diapers 4,000Solar Lamps 1,669

Blanket....... 250Hygiene 543Jerry can 400Kitchen Set 50Diapers 390Plastic sheet 50

995K1.4M

484K

89K 202K

166K106K

5K

35K

9K

77K

129K

1K0.7K

100K

0.5K

226

2017 NFI People In Need (PiN) per governorate Types of Warehouse

> 50,000

50,001 - 300,000

300,001 - 650,000

650,001 - 1,000,000

1,000,001 - 1,380,000

LEGEND

UNHCR Warehouse

SARC Warehouse

International NGOs & Local NGOs Warehouse

Homs

Aleppo

Deir-ez-Zor

Al-Hasakeh

Hama

Ar-Raqqa

Rural Damascus

Idleb

DaraAs-Sweida

Lattakia

Tartous

Quneitra

Damascus