IOM wlll provide life-saving WASH assistance to the affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through:

• Transportation and distribution of pre-positioned hygiene kits, baby kits and hygiene promotion to 10,000 displaced households (34,000 persons) in collaboration with standby partners.:

IOM will provide direct primary health services through:

• Introducing mobile health units and reinforcing the existing primary health care structures for 10,000 persons.

IOM will support mental health and psychosocial support through:

• Provision of Psychological First Aid (PFA) and psychoeducation on stress management to 250 people affected by a disaster.
• Conducting training to 100 first responders in PFA.

IOM will support the basic needs of affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through the:

• Distribution of multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable households in coordination with social protection agencies and partners to 10,000 households (34,000 persons).

IOM will provide life-saving shelter and non-food item assistance to affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through:

• Strengthening the relevant regional and national shelter and CCCM coordination structure in collaboration with CDEMA and REDLAC partners by deploying two (Emergency) Shelter Sector Specialists to monitor stakeholder activities, coordinate assessments, set standards, and active coordination of activities and development of durable solutions in an early stage.
• Transportation and distribution of pre-positioned emergency shelter NFIs for 20,000 households (68,000 persons), including emergency shelter kits, solar lamps and kitchen sets from IOM warehouses in Panama, and the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean to displaced and affected households in collaboration with partners.
• Support the management, equipment and operations of emergency shelters / collective centers.
• Applying GBV guidelines and procedures developed for distributions, site planning, post distribution monitoring, must do’s and don’ts when encountering GBV survivors and HLP guidelines developed by IOM for shelter and settlements practitioners worldwide.

IOM will provide protection assistance to affected populations focusing on displaced persons and migrants in all phases of displacement through:

• Provision of advocacy and direct case management and mobilize assistance for vulnerable individuals and groups to ensure they have meaningful access to available services and accountability mechanisms. IOM will especially advocate for the provision of durable solutions for IDPs in an early stage.
• Provision of technical guidance to other IOM sectors, IOM’s implementing partners and governments to integrate GBV considerations throughout all phases of their project starting from GBV Risk Analyses to the identification of GBV Risk Mitigation Strategies for each unit.

• Establishment of inclusive, shock responsive social protection systems to ensure access of migrants to critical services, regardless of their legal status, and including health, mental health, psychosocial support and education amongst other, should a disaster occur.

In line with IOM’s Progressive Resolution to Displacement Situations approach, IOM will:

• Provide technical, coordination and planning support to government ministries and NGO’s on reconstruction, reparation, housing, land and property rights and planned relocations, land planning, to pave the path, both politically and socially, for providing durable solutions for displaced households or households at risk.

To support relevant governments in the Caribbean in disaster prevention, IOM will:

• Conduct hazard / risk assessments in 20 communities and support the development of Mass Evacuation plans for communities at risk of displacement, following the recommendations of the MEND Guide[1] and considerations for potential migrants living in these communities following the MICIC[2] guidelines. Moreover, the data will be made available to governments and civil society actors to inform their own advocacy priorities and contribute to a more coordinated, evidence-based programming.
• Implement community based and migrant inclusive DRR programmes, remittances for climate adaptation and rural development and migration sensitive climate adaptation efforts in at least 8 countries.
• Support the mapping of vulnerable migrant communities in the Caribbean and make data available to governments and civil society actors to inform their own advocacy priorities and contribute to a more coordinated, evidence-based programming.

[1] The MEND guide provides key background considerations and a template to assist planning bodies at national, regional, municipal, and other levels – both urban and rural – in the development and/or refinement of evacuation plans in accordance with emergency management principles.

[2] MICIC guidelines help host governments on assisting migrants caught in crises.

To support WASH preparedness in relevant countries, IOM will:

• Procure/replenish hygiene kits and baby kits for at least 20,000 households.
• Store the hygiene and baby kits in warehouses in Panama, Haiti and yet to be identified warehouses in the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean.

IOM will continue to reinforce and expand its Caribbean response capacity by establishing a Caribbean Environmental Resilience and Disaster Displacement Support Unit and network, consisting of 8 IOM missions and a growing network of partners with access to at least 12 countries in the Caribbean.

Through the network, IOM is planning to

• Strengthen the preparedness of communities through profiling of emergency shelter capacity and upgrading of at least 40 collective centers / emergency shelters, developing community evacuation plans, emergency response training of communities and improving access to data,
• Preposition and store NFIs (including tarpaulins, fasteners, kitchen sets, mats, solar lamps, tools, hygiene items etc.) for at least 20,000 persons in warehouses in Panama and yet to be identified warehouses in the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean.
• Support CDEMA and the UN System with all aspects of Human mobility in emergencies including the development of policies and protocols around planned relocations, mass evacuations, and emergency shelters, Contributing to the development of regional and subregional UN contingency plans with the main focus on Shelter, CCCM, WASH, and Protection.
• Play an active role in the coordination platforms like REDLAC and CDPG (Caribbean Development Partners Group) during emergencies, CADRI (Disaster Risk Reduction), CALP (Cash Learning partnership), and the Platform on Disaster Displacement.
• Support the preparedness of governments and communities through the design and implementation of program structures that provide pre-designated rapid response funding enabling a quick humanitarian response, should a disaster occur.

To support data collection on displacement and provide relevant information to partners in order to support preparedness, response and recovery efforts, IOM will:

• Deploy a DTM reporting specialist.
• Refresh and train IOM country offices, standby partner NGOs and CBOs and government officials in 12 out of 20 countries to collect data on displaced populations following the IOM DTM methodology.
• Conduct multiple rounds of DTM flow and displacement site monitoring in one emergency.