Protection and Basic Assistance

Safety, Well-being, and Inclusion for All

The Protection and Basic Assistance Program is dedicated to safeguarding and empowering vulnerable communities, focusing on children, women, and marginalized groups. Through specialized protection services, psychosocial support, and cash-based assistance for orphans, widows, and other at-risk populations, this program enhances safety, dignity, and resilience.

Key Programs and Services

Focused Psychosocial Support Servies (FPSS)
Structured group and individual psychosocial support sessions that help children, women, and vulnerable individuals strengthen resilience, improve emotional wellbeing, and develop positive coping mechanisms.
Community-Based Psychosocial Support Services (CBPSS)
Community-level activities that promote wellbeing, social cohesion, and inclusion through recreational activities, peer support, life skills, and awareness sessions.
Child Protection
Child-focused interventions and awareness activities that promote children's safety, wellbeing, and development while helping prevent violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Women and Adolescent Girls Support
Safe and supportive activities designed to empower women and adolescent girls, enhance their psychosocial wellbeing, and increase access to information and available services.
Protection Awareness and Community Outreach
Awareness campaigns and outreach activities covering child protection, gender-based violence prevention, safeguarding, and available support and referral services.
Referral and Information Services
Providing information on available humanitarian services and facilitating safe referrals to specialized service providers through established coordination mechanisms.
Cash and Basic Assistance
Emergency cash and in-kind assistance provided, when applicable, to support vulnerable households in meeting their immediate basic needs and reducing protection risks.

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