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: Returnees in Arran received its first winterization support . On 20 September, SARC and UNHCR distributed its first winterization assistance to Arran community of Al Tadaf Sub-district in Aleppo. A returning population of 14,000 benefitted from basic winter items. Arran and its

surrounding areas, which used to have around 69,300 population, is expecting more returnees as the situation stabilize.

NUMBERS IN BRIEF

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MONTHLY September 2017, Issue No. 09

NFI

Based on various needs assessments inside Syria, the

estimated people in need of essential non-food items

(NFI) in Syria is around 4.7 million of which 3.3 million

are with acute needs. This will serve as the planning

figure for 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan.

Movement of returnees is still ongoing. In September,

some sector partners such as Al Ihsan, SARC, and

UNHCR provided NFI assistance to around 63,000

returnees in Aleppo and Homs governorate. A total of

101,000 core and supplementary NFIs were distributed.

Meanwhile, the provision of emergency NFI support

especially to newly-displaced population remains in

place. In Al Hassakeh, around 25,000 displaced

persons in Al Hole, Areesheh, and Mabrouka camps

received core NFIs from Al Birr, IRD, and UNHCR.

Another 1,000 displaced persons in Ein Issa of

Ar Raqqa governorate also benefitted from basic NFIs.

ICMC and TDH, on the other hand, have reached

around 3,400 displaced persons in Damascus and

Rural Damascus governorates with its voucher

programme.

The government has approved the use of land route to

Qamishly. This development has improved the delivery

of humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable

population in northeastern part of Syria. The Logistics

Sector continues to provide free transportation to small

local non-government organizations who would want to

provide support to Qamishly area.

Some sector partners participated in the Whole of Syria

Coordination Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon on the 19th of

September. They were given the chance to share their

feedback on the HNO key findings as well as ideas and

inputs for the development of the 2018 sector strategy.

HRP INDICATOR

1.1. NO. OF PEOPLE

WHOSE NEEDS IN

RELATION TO

CORE AND ESSEN-

TIAL NFIS ARE MET

4.9M 730,807

730,807 ACCOUNTS FOR BENEFICIARIES

WHOSE NEEDS WERE ADEQUATELY MET

FOR RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 CORE NFI

(14% 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 1.4 Million

ESTIMATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO

RECEIVED MORE THAN 1 SEASONAL OR

SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM IN SEPTEMBER 2017

(169% OF THE TOTAL TARGET OF 825,000

PEOPLE IN 2017).

SERVED HRP TARGET

CORE NFI

2.1M 1.8M

272 121

SUPPLEMENTARY NFI

COVERED TOTAL SUB-DISTRICTS

4.9 Million TOTAL AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017

OVERALL REACHED BENEFICIARIES

TOTAL NFI DISTRIBUTED

5,745,488

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES AS OF SEPTEMBER 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

September 2017, Issue No. 09

NFI MONTHLY

PARTNER IN FOCUS

Ahl Al-Khair Association is a local non-government organization

established in 2006 in Aleppo governorate. The Association

ensures that vulnerable population including orphans are

provided with quality humanitarian assistance.

Since the outset of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the Association has

been actively responding to the affected population. At first, they

had focused on providing emergency relief support but

eventually expanded to development assistance. Together with

SARC and various UN partners, the Association implements

humanitarian interventions such as education-related

assistance, engineering and shelter projects, livelihood, medical

and psychosocial support, protection, and water and sanitation

services.

The Association is one of the active partners in the sector. In

partnership with IOM and UNHCR, they have assisted around

62,000 displaced population in Aleppo with basic and

supplementary NFIs as of September 2017.

Currently, the Association has 478 staff composed of both

regular employees and volunteers. They are working within the

city proper as well as in rural areas of Aleppo.

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 household 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.

UNHCR solar lamps) affects the quality of NFI response (i.e. Lattakia 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)

3,8997,10510,88513,22318,41031,40041,33545,184

73,84893,612

164,215227,691

AS-SWEIDA

AR-RAQQA

LATTAKIA

TARTOUS

IDLEB

DAR'A

ALEPPO

AL-HASAKEH

HAMA

HOMS

RURAL DAMASCUS

DAMASCUS

4,00011,27817,050

35,47550,35053,51059,43070,17583,15590,88393,095

126,571223,904

475,748

IDLEBAS-SWEIDAQUNEITRAAR-RAQQA

DEIR-EZ-ZORLATTAKIA

DAR'ATARTOUS

AL-HASAKEHHAMA

DAMASCUSALEPPO

HOMSRURAL 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

730,807

IN-KIND ASSISTANCE

STANDARD NFIs

INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

CASH SUPPORT

IN-KIND ASSISTANCE

INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

CASH SUPPORT

490K

49K

2.4M 1.4M 706K

293K

220K

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.

4,487,610

HAMA

1,151,2791,041,062

591,134

435,178338,976311,758

159,619151,953146,01173,219 33,333 24,805 16,717 11,176 1,390

ALEPPO RURALDAMASCUS

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

108,907197,454

289,660371,832

235,764287,035

363,562280,044

249,580

0 0 0

292,821

530,941

418,194

238,436

79,904 90,630 83,328 111,877

257,642

0 0 0January February March April May June July August September October November December

CORE SUPPLEMENTARY

TOTAL NFIs DISTRIBUTED

PEOPLE WHOSE NEEDS WERE ADEQUATELY MET FOR RECEIVING MORE THAN 4 CORE NFI (14% OF THE 4.9M

TOTAL TARGET PEOPLE IN NEED OF NFI IN SYRIA)

1,394,624 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST 1 SUPPLEMENTA-

RY ITEM (169% 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

1.2M

BENEFICIARIES ASSISTED

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES REACHEDTOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE / PART OF NON-FOOD ITEM AS OF SEPTEMBER 20175,745,488

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 October 2017Data Source/s: Monthly NFI Sector 4W, September 2017 Datasets, NFI PiN (HNO 2017) Feedback: syrdanfi@unhcr.org

SYRIA: NFI RESPONSE Reporting Period: September 2017

NFI Sector Syria Hub

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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 - 91,100

10,301 - 20,000

3,501 - 10,300

0 - 3,500

20,001 - 34,300

TURKEY

Mediterranean Sea

IRAQ

JORDAN

LEBANON

27,501 - 225,700

15,401 - 27,500

5,001 - 15,400

1,751 - 5,000

495 - 1,750

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: 16 October 2017Data Source/s: Monthly NFI Sector 4W, September 2017 Datasets

List of Hard-to-Reach and Besieged Areas (OCHA, September 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

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TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 213,295 (82%) FROM HTR AREASAND 48,050 (18%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 150,650 (100%) FROM HTR AREASAND 0 (0%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TOTAL COMMUNITY COVERED OF WHICH 3 (100%) ARE IN HTR AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OFWHICH 27.325 (100%) FROM HTR AREAS

TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TOTAL NO. OF NFIs DISTRIBUTEDIN INTER-AGENCY CONVOY

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TOTAL COMMUNITIES COVEREDOF WHICH 5 (22%) ARE IN BESIEGED AREAS & 17 (78%) FROM HTR AREAS

TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED OF WHICH 48,050 (8%) FROM BESIEGED AREAS0AND 498,270 (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)

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SYRIA: INTER-AGENCY CONVOY Reporting Period: September 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: 15 October 2017Data Sources: NFI Stockpile as of October 2017, NFI PiN (HNO 2017) Feedback: syrdanfi@unhcr.org

SYRIA: NFI STOCKPILE Reporting Period: October 2017

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TURKEY

Mediterranean Sea

IRAQ

JORDAN

LEBANON 1,039,491

CORE NON-FOOD ITEMS

MATTRESSES267,119

JERRY CANS

PLASTIC SHEET

329,605

KITCHEN SETS 91,543

SOLAR LAMPS64,964

HYGIENE KITS

DIAPERS56,050

989

2,244,105

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 DRC

3,283,593

AVAILABLE PIPELINE

2,452,968 2,452,968

85,431 85,431

2,230,4042,230,404

341,347

BLANKETS1,092,485

1,470,1901,470,190 773,912773,912

7,9987,998

GOPA

5,7005,700

SUPPLEMENTARY NON-FOOD ITEMS

UNHCR

PIPELINEAVAILABLE

TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY NFI (available and pipeline)

TOTAL CORE NFISTOCKS

(available & pipeline)

TOTAL CORE AND SUPPLEMENTARY NFI STOCKSAS OF OCTOBER 2017

999,491 40,000

1,031,991 7,500

BREAKDOWN OF CORE NFI STOCKS PER STATUS

GOPA

Mattresses 7,730Jerry Cans 5,907Plastic Sheet 3,252Blankets 3,251Hygiene Kits 1,551Diapers 989Solar Lamps 605Kitchen Sets 39

Solar Lamps 15,011Blankets 12,871Jerry Cans 11,838Mattresses 11,838Plastic Sheet 10,752Kitchen Sets 6,606Hygiene Kits 5,064

Blankets 12,500Plastic sheet 6,200Mattresses 5,497Jerry Cans 5,000Solar Lamp 3,500Kitche Set 2,500Hygiene Kit 1,822Diapers 0

Blankets 829,153Plastic Sheet 244,449Mattresses 196,008Jerry Cans 174,230Kitchen Set 52,342Hygiene kit 28,474Solar Lamps 9,641

Blankets 183,199Jerry Cans 106,550Plastic sheet 62,849Mattresses 29,035Solar Lamps 27,190Kitchen Set 20,503Hygiene kits 19,139Diapers 0

Blankets 51,511Jerry Cans 26,080Plastic sheet 13,845Mattresses 9,903Kitchen Sets 9,553Solar Lamps 8,972Hygiene Kit 0Diapers 0

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

International NGOs & Local NGOs Warehouse

23K

356K

120K176K

37K34K

1.5M

249K

81K102K

448K

121K

Homs

Aleppo

Deir-ez-Zor

Al-Hasakeh

Hama

Ar-Raqqa

Rural Damascus

Idleb

DaraAs-Sweida

Lattakia

Tartous

Quneitra

Damascus