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HUMANITARIAN             HUMANITARIAN
                         PROGRAMME CYCLE
                         2021

RESPONSE PLAN            AUGUST 2021 - DECEMBER 2022

SUMMARY 2021
EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA
& HONDURAS

                                                       Photo: WFP/Julian Frank
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME CYCLE 2021
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN SUMMARY 2021 - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS

OVERVIEW
In support of the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, humanitarian actors in each country have developed Humanitarian Response
Plans with a total funding requirement of US$588 million to assist 4.3 million people in need. These plans will be implemented from August 2021 to
December 2022.

              PEOPLE IN NEED                                                         PEOPLE TARGETED                                               REQUIREMENTS (US$)                                                OPERATIONAL PARTNERS                                                                                      PROJECTS

                     8.3 M                                                                     4.3 M                                                    $588 M                                                                                    157                                                                               190

                                                                                                                             EL SALVADOR                                                                                                                                                                                      GUATEMALA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       PETÉN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              BELIZE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               93.2K
                                                                                                                   HONDURAS                                                                                                                                                       304K                                  PIN and People targeted

                                                                                                                                                                  MEXICO
        GUATEMALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        People targeted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         People in Need
                                                          CHALATENANGO
                                      SANTA
                                      ANA

                                                                                                                                                                                    HUEHUETENANGO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ALTA
                                                                                                 CABAÑAS                                                                                                                                    VERAPAZ
             AHUACHAPÁN                                                CUSCATLÁN
                                                                       CUSCATLÁN                                                                                                                                     QUICHÉ                                                                                    IZABAL
                                                        San                                                                                                                     457.4K                                                                    644.2K

                                                        Salvador                                                              MORAZÁN                                                    954.8K                                                                                                             413.5K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   353.8K                                             2M
                          SONSONATE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  769.2K
                                                                                              SAN VICENTE                                                                                                                   945.9K
                                           LA LIBERTAD

                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.3K
                                                                                                                              SAN       LA UNIÓN                     208K                                                                       BAJA VERAPAZ
                                                                           LA PAZ                                             MIGUEL                                                                 98.8K                             158.3K                                            117.5K
                                                                                                                                                                       480.5K         TOTONICAPÁN
                                                                                                                                                                                      TOTONICAPÁN                                                     25K          34.3K
                                                                                                           USULUTÁN                                                                                                                                                                    ZACAPA      260.2K
                                                                                                                                                                             QUETZALTENANGO                                                                                 199.2K
                                                                                                                                                                  SAN MARCOS    75.5K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     CHIMALTENANGO
                                                                                                                                                                                        284.1K       SOLOLÁ
                                                                                                                                                                                                  14.2K                 5K            Guatemala EL PROGRESO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           CHIQUIMULA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   HONDURAS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      11.5K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          206.2K
             PIN vs. People targeted                                                                                                                                                                       71.1K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       121.4K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3.9K           486.7K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            JALAPA              165.3K            505.4K
                                                                                                                                                                                          SUCHITEPÉQUEZ                             43.5K
                                                                                                                                                                                                25K                         SACATEPÉQUEZ
                                                                                                                                                                                           SUCHITEPÉQUEZ
                                                                                                                                                                      RETALHULEU
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            JUTIAPA
                           People targeted                                                                                                                                                               110.8K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ESCUINTLA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     SANTA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ROSA
                                                                                                                                                                                66.9K                                                                              102.7K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 18.9K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  144.8K
                           People in need
                                                                                                                                   Pacific Ocean                                                                       435.1K                     326.7K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              266.2K

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         EL SALVADOR

PEOPLE IN NEED                    PEOPLE TARGETED                             REQUIREMENTS (US$)                          PARTNERS           PROJECTS       PEOPLE IN NEED                       PEOPLE TARGETED                                      REQUIREMENTS (US$)                                              PARTNERS               PROJECTS

 1.7 M                                912 K                                        $156 M 24                                                       56        3.8 M 1.68 M $210 M 20                                                                                                                                                               41

                                                                                                                                                            PEOPLE IN NEED & PEOPLE TARGETED                                                                                                                                   WOMEN                      MEN

                                                                         PIN vs. People targeted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             EL SALVADOR
                                                                                               People targeted
                                                                                                                                 HONDURAS                                   52%                                                                                                                                                                     48%
                                                                                               People in need

                  BELICE
                                                                                                                                                                            55%                                                         45%
                                                                                                                   Caribbean Sea
                                                                                   LA BAHÍA
 GUATEMALA

                                                                              DE
                                                                           AS
                                                                       ISL

                                  CORTÉS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GUATEMALA
                                                                                                     C O L Ó N
                                                    AT L Á N T I D A
                                                                                                                                                                            57%                                                                                                                                                                     43%
                                                                YOR O

                             SANTA
                                                                                          OLANCHO
                                                                                                                       GRACIAS A DIOS
                                                                                                                                                                            55%                                                              45%
                            BARBARA         COMAYAGUA
               C O PÁ N

                                INTIBUCA

    OCOTEPEQUE       LEMPIR A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                HONDURAS
                                      L A PAZ
                                                   FRANCISCO
                                                    MORAZÁN
                                                                       EL
                                                                   PA R A ĺ S O                                                                                             51%                                                                                                                                                                     49%
              EL SALVADOR
                                                VALLE    CHOLUTECA
                                                                                                                                                                            57%                                                                                                        43%

                                                                                                                 NICARAGUA
                   Pacific Ocean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Protect and save lives through intersectoral
                                                                                                                                                                                            humanitarian assistance.
PEOPLE IN NEED                    PEOPLE TARGETED                             REQUIREMENTS (US$)                          PARTNERS           PROJECTS

 2.8 M                                1.8 M                                    $222 M 44                                                           93                                       2. Support sustainable solutions that contribute to self-
                                                                                                                                                                                            sufficiency and resilience.

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used the maps in this publication do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
The Strategic Objectives stated in this publication are an abbreviation from the original Spanish text.
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HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE PLAN
SUMMARY 2021

    EL SALVADOR
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME CYCLE
2021                                                                                                                                               Photo: WFP
AUGUST 2021 - DECEMBER 2022

     PEOPLE IN NEED                  PEOPLE TARGETED                     REQUIREMENTS (US$)                  OPERATIONAL PARTNERS                PROJECTS

         1.7 M                           912 K                                 $156 M                                    24                           56
OVERVIEW
With El Salvador already home to ever-present risks of climate and              nutrition, education and basic water and sanitation. This figure is well over
anthropogenic hazards and longstanding vulnerabilities related to structural    twice the 643,000 people identified as in need at the beginning of 2020.
poverty and chronic violence, the multiple emergencies of 2020 created a
                                                                                The humanitarian community, with support from the Government of El
complex and challenging humanitarian scenario that continues to create
                                                                                Salvador and the national Civil Protection System, seeks to assist 912,200
needs well into 2021. While the COVID-19 pandemic, tropical storms
                                                                                of the most vulnerable through the Humanitarian Response Plan 2021
Amanda and Cristobal, hurricanes Eta and Iota and the Nejapa landslide all
                                                                                (HRP). The multisectoral response aims to provide coordinated and targeted
had significant humanitarian consequences on their own, their collective
                                                                                assistance to address critical needs in high-priority areas prone to the
impact and aggravating effect on existing needs is placing vulnerable
                                                                                impact of disasters and violence. The HRP will also support and strengthen
populations such as women, children, indigenous people, LGBTIQ+ people,
                                                                                sustainable solutions through humanitarian-development collaboration for
people with disabilities at even greater risk.
                                                                                restoring essential services and systems and strengthening community and
These crises have left 1.7 million people in need across the country, many      institutional resilience.
of whom have needs related to gaps in livelihoods, protection, health,

KEY FACTS & FIGURES

                  2.1 M                                                        57%                                                    1M
       people in El Salvador are living in               of households in El Salvador report reduced           people in El Salvador are now suffering food
  multidimensional poverty, or about 3 out of          livelihoods due to the effects of Tropical Storm         insecurity after the effects of the COVID-19
            every 10 households                              Amanda and Hurricanes Eta and Iota               pandemic and recurring climate shocks in 2020

                   1.1 M                                               700 K+                                                   71.5 K
    students in El Salvador have been directly        people in El Salvador receive water from unsafe           people in El Salvador have been internally
 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has          water sources or lack basic home water and              displaced due to violence, including Gender-
           led to rising dropout rates                               sanitation services                                      Based violence

                      STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1                                                               STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2

   Protect and save lives of affected people with timely humanitarian                Strengthen the access to sustainable social services and the
   assistance, including protection and the access to rights according               resilience of vulnerable people in according to age, gender
   to age, gender, diversity and location..                                          and diversity.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN SUMMARY 2021 - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS

FOCUS OF THE RESPONSE                                                                  HISTORICAL TRENDS
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in El Salvador                                                                           NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEED
developed a US$57.9 million response plan to address the
effects of multiple emergencies during 2020, mobilizing                                                         912K PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                       2021                                                                                         1.7M
some $17.3 million to provide a 30 per cent funding level.
                                                                                                                      (54% of PIN)

Given that the impact of pandemic and multiple recurring
climate shocks during 2020 have caused a 164 per cent
                                                                                       2020                                643K
increase in the number of people in need of assistance,
the HRP features a multisectoral approach that prioritizes
coordinated, complementary, inclusive and efficient
response actions.                                                                                      164%                 increase in the number of people in need of humanitarian
                                                                                                                            assistance from 2020 to 2021

The HRP will be implemented by 24 operational partners
                                                                                                                          FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS (US$)
from the UN System, national and international NGOs and
                                                                                       Year             Appeal/Plan            Funding requested & received (US$) / coverage (%)
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The plan will complement the Government's actions to
                                                                                        2021            HRP 2021                $156M                      -                               -
help address existing response gaps through 56 projects.
                                                                                                        Multi-emergency
                                                                                        2020            response
                                                                                                                                $57.9M            $17.3M                                   30%

                                                                                                        Socio-economic
                                                                                        2020            response
                                                                                                                                $118M             $50.0M                                   44%

PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                         WOMEN        MEN

                                                                                                                                          52%                                          48%

                                                                                                                                          55%             45%

                                                                                   HONDURAS

   GUATEMALA                                                                                                                               PEOPLE IN NEED & PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                BY POPULATION GROUP
                                              CHALATENANGO
                              SANTA
                              ANA
                                                                                                                              Group                     People in need / targeted

                                                                     CABAÑAS                                                   Subsistence farmers,
     AHUACHAPÁN                                       CUSCATLÁN
                                          San
                                                      CUSCATLÁN
                                                                                                                                labourers & informal    1.1M     280K
                                          Salvador                                            MORAZÁN                                        workers
                  SONSONATE
                                                                  SAN VICENTE
                                LA LIBERTAD
                                                                                                                                     Children under
                                                                                                                                                        731K    55.4K
                                                                                              SAN
                                                         LA PAZ                               MIGUEL
                                                                                                         LA UNIÓN
                                                                                                                                   5, adolescents &
                                                                            USULUTÁN                                               pregnant women

     PIN vs. People targeted                                                                                                            People with
                                                                                                                                         disabilities   118K    36.6K
                   People targeted

                   People in need
                                                                                                  Pacific Ocean                  Internally displaced
                                                                                                                                   people, refugees,    12.6K    8.5K
                                                                                                                               migrants & returnees

KEY RESPONSE PRIORITIES
             While there are no humanitarian access constraints in targeted                                               The HRP is prioritizing actions that increase communities'
             response areas, the rainy season, inherent risks of seismic                                                  capacity for resilience through an integrated approach based
             activity and criminal violence may potentially cause challenges.                                             on risk prevention and rights.

             The HRP is prioritizing Accountability to Affected People (AAP)                                              All partners will implement Protection Against Sexual Exploitation
             to place affected people at the centre of response and ensure                                                and Abuse (PSEA) mechanisms as part of the UN Secretary-
             reliable, inclusive and secure feedback mechanisms.                                                          General's Zero Tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS
Sector                         Requirements (US$)                   Partners          Projects         People in need / people targeted / women targeted

            Food Security       $49.4M                                          7                 7        1M       375K       135K

               Protection       $34.9M                                          4                 5    759K         270K       164K

         Child Protection*       $4.4M                                         10                10    116K        55.4K             -

         Protection - GBV*       $3.3M                                         10                10    605K         385K       250K

           Early Recovery       $26.9M                                          2                 5    944K          45K         15K

                   Health       $12.0M                                          5                 8    998K         458K       250K

    Camp Coordination &
                                 $7.3M                                          5                 5    149K        12.6K        4.5K
     Camp Management

                Education        $6.5M                                          6                 1    792K        79.2K             -

                    WASH         $5.5M                                          3                 3    808K         150K         55K

                  Nutrition      $5.2M                                          3                 3    236K         115K         10K

             Logistics &         $574K                                          1                 1        -         -           -
     Telecommunications

             Coordination        $166K                                          1                 1        -         -           -
                                                                                                                                                     * - subector

SECTOR OBJECTIVES
                 FOOD SECURITY                                         PROTECTION                                        WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE
         Improve access to food and availability            Together with the Child Protection and                     Improve access to safe water, sanitation
         for people affected by the COVID-19                Gender-Based Violence sub-sectors,                         and hygiene supplies and services for
pandemic and recurrent climate shocks and           strengthen capacities for identifying and                   people affected by emergencies and strengthen
recovery of affected livelihoods. Response          preventing protection risks and help build self-            community resilience. Response activities
will focus on immediate food assistance,            sufficiency and resilience. The sector response             include provision of WASH supplies, support
early recovery actions and creating short-term      also aims to support State protection actors,               for WASH evaluations in priority areas and
economic opportunities.                             services and systems.                                       promoting WASH education campaigns.

                      HEALTH                                        EARLY RECOVERY                                                   EDUCATION
       Improve access to essential health                   Support access to essential services,                    Contribute to continued access to learning
       services for vulnerable populations                  self-sufficiency and resilience for affected             for affected children and adolescents and
and support institutional capacity building in      people and people at risk. Response partners                support the rapid reactivation of the educational
emergency health response. Sector support           will work to protect livelihoods in priority areas,         system. Response will support safe return to
will also address strengthening information         provide technical assistance and promote social             school, provide educational supplies and build
management and community-level preventive           protection initiatives that strengthen affected             educators' capacities in providing psychosocial
health and health education.                        people's ability to withstand economic shocks.              support, among other activities.

                    NUTRITION                       CAMP COORDINATION & CAMP MANAGEMENT                              LOGISTICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
       Help protect against undernutrition in               Expand humanitarian assistance to                            Implement efficient supply chains to
       children and pregnant and nursing women              cover gaps in shelter management                             support timely assistance and ensure
in all aspects of HRP response. Sector response     and implement participatory mechanisms in                   functional telecommunications in emergencies.
will also help health service providers improve     priority areas. Response will focus on regular              Response strategies are based on building
nutritional response capacities, as well as         intersectoral engagement, service monitoring                logistics capacities and continue building
develop strategies and campaigns to promote         and analysis and building national- and local-level         linkages between response partners and service
nutritional well-being.                             actors' capacities.                                         providers.

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RESPONSE PLAN
SUMMARY 2021

     GUATEMALA
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME CYCLE
2021                                                                                                                               Photo: Action Against Hunger
AUGUST 2021 - DECEMBER 2022

     PEOPLE IN NEED                   PEOPLE TARGETED                   REQUIREMENTS (US$)                  OPERATIONAL PARTNERS                  PROJECTS

         3.8 M                          1.68 M                                $210 M                                    20                              41
OVERVIEW
Guatemala's vulnerability to natural- and climate-related disasters coupled    The humanitarian community developed the Humanitarian Response Plan
with high poverty and gaps in the access to basic services poses a host of     2021 (HRP) to provide critical assistance to 1.68 million people and help
challenges that COVID-19 and hurricanes Eta and Iota have worsened.            restore livelihoods and life-saving services. The HRP will also seek to foster
                                                                               community resilience through collaborative humanitarian development
These overlapping crises are exacting a crushing toll on people already        action and linkages.
facing chronic food and nutritional insecurity. Those most affected are
indigenous people, women, children and adolescents, people on the move         Through the HRP, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) seeks to assist
and people with disabilities.                                                  people in areas suffering the greatest impacts and response gaps. The
                                                                               HRP's multisectoral response is focused on areas affected by Eta and Iota,
Some 3.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. This           Dry Corridor communities subject to recurring climate shocks and areas
number is an increase of half a million people compared to the 3.3 million     with a high presence of people on the move.
people in need assessed for the Humanitarian Needs Overview from early
2020.

KEY FACTS & FIGURES

                 50.1%                                                    3.5 M                                                 1.8 M
 of Guatemala's population live in poverty, with      people in Guatemala affected by food insecurity         people in Guatemala required humanitarian
    more than 18% living in extreme poverty            in 2021, up from the 600,000 people reported              assistance following the impacts of
                                                                     as recently as 2013                                hurricanes Eta and Iota

                2.25 M                                                  4.5 M                                                   47%
   indigenous people identified as in need of            children and adolescents were affected by           of children under 5 in Guatemala are affected
  assistance due to greater risks and gaps in         COVID-19 school closures, with 30% of students         by chronic undernutrition, the highest rate in
     access to health and nutrition services           lacking the resources to continue their studies              Latin America and the Caribbean

                       STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1                                                             STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2

   Protect and save the lives of affected people and those most at                  Strengthen the resilience of affected people and the linkages
   risk through a multisectoral and needs-based response.                           between humanitarian and development actions.

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FOCUS OF THE RESPONSE                                                                                                                                HISTORICAL TRENDS
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) developed the                                                                                                                                                   NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEED
HRP to respond to most pressing needs in the most
affected areas. With all response planning, development                                                                                                                     1.68M PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                      2021                                                                                               3.8M
and implementation carried out in close coordination with                                                                                                                         (44% of PIN)
Government authorities, the HRP will provide strategically-
integrated assistance on two levels:                                                                                                                  2020                                                                                        3.3M
1. Direct assistance to households with urgent needs.

2. Recovery and rehabilitation of systems and services.
                                                                                                                                                                        15%                     increase in the number of people in need of humanitarian
                                                                                                                                                                                                assistance from 2020 to 2021
The HRP consists of 40 projects to be implemented by 19
operational partners from the UN System, national and                                                                                                                                            FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS (US$)
international NGOs and the International Red Cross and
                                                                                                                                                     Year                 Appeal/Plan            Funding requested & received (US$) / coverage (%)
Red Crescent Movement that will provide an equitable and
inclusive multisectoral humanitarian response.
                                                                                                                                                          2021            HRP 2021               $210M                      -                                    -
The response plan is built on cross-cutting considerations
such as intersectionality, accountability to affected people                                                                                              2020            Eta/Iota               $38.8M          $28.9M                                          74%
and targeted response, ultimately seeking to protect lives.
                                                                                                                                                          2020            COVID-19               $26.2M          $18.0M                                          68%

PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 WOMEN         MEN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 57%                                        43%

                                                                                                            PETÉN
                                                                                                                                                                   BELIZE                                        55%                  45%
                                                                                                    93.2K

                                                                                                                       304K                                  PIN and People targeted

       MEXICO
                                                                                                                                                                              People targeted

                                                                                                                                                                              People in Need
                                                                                                                                                                                                                PEOPLE IN NEED BY POPULATION GROUP

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Group                             People in need

                         HUEHUETENANGO
                                                                                   ALTA
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pregnant or nursing women
                     457.4K
                                                          QUICHÉ
                                                                                 VERAPAZ
                                                                                               644.2K
                                                                                                                                                    IZABAL
                                                                                                                                                                                                               & children under 5       3.8M
                              954.8K                                                                                                             413.5K
                                                        353.8K                                             2M
                                                                                                                                                          769.2K
                                                                 945.9K

         208K
                                       3.3K
                                                                                     BAJA VERAPAZ
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Indigenous people       2.25M
                                    98.8K                                   158.3K                                            117.5K
            480.5K           TOTONICAPÁN
                              TOTONICAPÁN                                                  25K          34.3K
                                                                                                                            ZACAPA      260.2K
                     QUETZALTENANGO                                                                              199.2K
       SAN MARCOS      75.5K
                                                          CHIMALTENANGO
                                                                                                                                                                        HONDURAS                             Subsistence farmers,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1.7M
                                          SOLOLÁ                                                                                CHIQUIMULA
                             284.1K
                                       14.2K                 5K            Guatemala EL PROGRESO
                                                                                                           11.5K
                                                                                                                               206.2K                                                                labourers, & informal workers
                                                71.1K                 3.9K           486.7K                          165.3K
                                                            121.4K                               JALAPA                                505.4K
                               SUCHITEPÉQUEZ                             43.5K
                                     25K                         SACATEPÉQUEZ
                                SUCHITEPÉQUEZ
           RETALHULEU
                                                                                                                 JUTIAPA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        380K
                                              110.8K                                      SANTA
                     66.9K                                ESCUINTLA                        ROSA         102.7K                                                                                             People with disabilities
                                                                                      18.9K
                                                       144.8K
                                                                                                                   266.2K
                                                           435.1K                     326.7K
                                                                                                                              EL SALVADOR                                                            Migrants, refugees, displaced
                                                                                                                                                                                                                people & returnees      242K

KEY RESPONSE PRIORITIES
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Actions that drive recovery, rehabilitation and resilience of
                Address critical humanitarian gaps in existing and ongoing
                                                                                                                                                                                                 community-level systems and services for health, protection,
                response efforts for affected people.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 education, nutrition and governance.

                Accountability to Affected People (AAP) by placing them at the                                                                                                                   All partners will implement Protection Against Sexual Exploitation
                centre of response and ensuring reliable, inclusive and secure                                                                                                                   and Abuse (PSEA) mechanisms as part of the UN Secretary-
                feedback mechanisms.                                                                                                                                                             General's Zero Tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS
Sector                       Requirements (US$)                         Partners       Projects       People in need / people targeted / women targeted

          Early Recovery     $66.3M                                                5              9    1.1M         407K        170K

               Housing*      $47.5M                                                3              5        -       77.5K       37.6K

            Livelihoods*     $18.8M                                                2              4        -        329K        132K

               Protection    $57.9M                                                5              5    2.8M         722K        529K

      Protection - GBV*       $3.3M                                                3              5    529K         265K           -

         Child Protection*    $3.0M                                                1              3    601K         205K           -

           Food Security     $33.0M                                                4              4    3.4M         270K        138K

                Nutrition    $22.3M                                                2              4    2.3M         962K        708K

           Health & SRH      $15.0M                                                4              4    930K         558K        280K

                   WASH      $11.0M                                                3              4    1.1M         424K        216K

               Education      $4.3M                                                2              2    179K          89K           -

            Coordination      $165K                                                -              1        -           -           -
                                                                                                                                                               * - subector

SECTOR OBJECTIVES
                                  FOOD SECURITY                                                                            NUTRITION
         Re-establish the food security of families in need through cash                      Improve access to essential nutrition services, contribute to institutional
         transfers and/or in-kind food assistance and recover the livelihoods                 response and strengthen the capacities of healthcare workers and local
of food-insecure families. Sectoral response will focus on attending to the            actors. Recovery and resilience actions include strengthening family and
needs of subsistence farming families and families who rely on the informal            community capacities in responding to nutritional needs. Sectoral response
economy for livelihoods.                                                               will focus on the timely identification and treatment of acute undernutrition.

                 HEALTH & SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH                                                       WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE
      Improve access to quality health services and networks to address                        Rehabilitate, improve and/or build family- and community-level water
      priority needs in noncommunicable diseases, women's health and                           systems, as well as systems for schools and health centres. Response
maternal and newborn health. Health services' operational capacities will              will also focus on improving access to adequate water and sanitation
also be strengthened, as will institutional and community health response              infrastructure and services, especially in communities affected by Eta and
capacities.                                                                            Iota and in those located in the Dry Corridor.

                                 EARLY RECOVERY                                                                            PROTECTION
        Implement recovery actions for livelihoods and basic services with                    Together with the Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence sub-
        a Build Back Better approach targeting affected families in priority                  sectors, improve affected peoples' and communities' access to rights
departments. Re-establish local-level organizational emergency response                and strengthen protection frameworks at all levels. Response strategy is
and sustainable recovery organizations through capacity building to build              based on assistance to high-risk people and households and support for
resilience and strengthen local governance.                                            State institutions in improving protection mechanisms.

                                      EDUCATION
       Improve equitable access to education services for children and
       adolescents, focusing on inclusive learning (either remote or face-to-
face) and on re-establishing school infrastructure in areas affected by Eta and
Iota. Education response will also focus on psychosocial support and school
health and feeding services.

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HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE PLAN
SUMMARY 2021

       HONDURAS
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME CYCLE
2021                                                                                                                                 Photo: Habitat for Humanity
AUGUST 2021 - DECEMBER 2022

     PEOPLE IN NEED                    PEOPLE TARGETED                    REQUIREMENTS (US$)                 OPERATIONAL PARTNERS                  PROJECTS

         2.8 M                             1.8 M                                $222 M                                   44                             93
OVERVIEW
The COVID-19 pandemic and hurricanes Eta and Iota worsened the                   This significant increase compelled the humanitarian community in
longstanding multidimensional crises in Honduras and weakened the coping         Honduras to develop the Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 (HRP). The
capacity of the State and communities. As inequality and violence are on         plan aims to provide a holistic, timely and coordinated response to address
the rise, access to basic services is shrinking, with growing displacement       the critical needs of 1.8 million of the most vulnerable people in Honduras
and migration, soaring poverty, worsening nutrition and increasing food          in sectors related to health, nutrition, food security, displacement, and
insecurity. Vulnerable populations such as women, children, informal             protection. The HRP also seeks to help strengthen the resilience of social
workers, indigenous and Afro-descendant people as well as people with            services, communities and affected people.
disabilities are among the most affected.
                                                                                 This multisectoral response is targeting those with the greatest needs in
Today, 2.8 million people in Honduras are in need of humanitarian                127 of Honduras' 298 municipalities. The HRP will also bolsters coordination
assistance. This figure, nearly a third of Honduras' population, is more than    among sectoral, sub-national, national and regional mechanisms. It also
double the 1.3 million people in need assessed for the Humanitarian Needs        promotes gender specific programming and strengthens the linkages
Overview issued in early 2020.                                                   between humanitarian assistance and development actions.

KEY FACTS & FIGURES

                    70%                                                         3 M+                                             937 K
  of Honduras' population are estimated to be             people in Honduras are suffering from food         people in Honduras were internally displaced due
living in poverty at the end of 2020, up from the          insecurity due to the effects of COVID-19          to disasters in 2020, the highest number of new
        59.3% reported at the end of 2019                        closures and climate change                          displacements in Latin America

                500 K+                                                          33%                                              4.16%
children and adolescents are in need due after the      of people with humanitarian needs in Honduras        of eligible people in Honduras are fully vaccinated
 impacts of Eta and Iota, school dropout over the       are affected by various challenges related to a         against COVID-19 (as of 2 August), one of the
  COVID-19 pandemic and protection challenges                          lack of protection                     lowest rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

                       STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1                                                              STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2

    Protect and save lives of affected people and those most at risk in                Support the resilience of affected people and the nexus between
                          a differentiated manner.                                              humanitarian action and development support.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN SUMMARY 2021 - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS

FOCUS OF THE RESPONSE                                                                                                              HISTORICAL TRENDS
The devastation caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota in November 2020                                                                                          NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEED
prompted the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to launch an international
$90 million Flash Appeal that benefited more than 1 million people and                                                                         1.8M PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                   2021                                                                  2.8M
mobilized 78 per cent of the requested funding in under 6 months.
                                                                                                                                                     (64% of PIN)

Based on consultations with the Government and other stakeholders,
the HCT developed the 2021 HRP to expand, strengthen and
                                                                                                                                   2020                              1.3M
complement Flash Appeal response efforts. The Plan's 91 projects
with 45 humanitarian partners - UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes,
national and international non-governmental organization (NGOs) and
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - will support                                                                      115%                     increase in the number of people in need of
                                                                                                                                                                   humanitarian assistance from 2020 to 2021
communities dealing with multiple interrelated crises and limited local
response capacities.                                                                                                                                     FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS (US$)

                                                                                                                                   Year   Appeal/Plan        Funding requested & received (US$) / coverage (%)
The HRP is placing a special emphasis on the most affected people,
especially those in rural, remote and hard-to-reach communities.
                                                                                                                                   2021   HRP 2021           $222M                -                              -
Vulnerable groups such as women, children, displaced people, people
living with disabilities and indigenous and Afro-descendant populations
                                                                                                                                   2020   Eta/Iota           $90.1M       $83.3M                             92%
will be prioritized. The HCT will coordinate closely with the Government
and the UN-supported Sustainable Development Reconstruction Plan.
                                                                                                                                   2020   COVID-19              $98M      $24.5M                             25%

PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                                              WOMEN         MEN

                                                                       PIN vs. People targeted
                                                                                                                                                                52%                                         48%
                                                                                          People targeted

                                                                                          People in need

                 BELICE
                                                                                                                                                                55%             45%
                                                                                                              Caribbean Sea
                                                                                A BAHÍA
                                                                            DE L
 GUATEMALA

                                                                         AS
                                                                     ISL

                                CORTÉS
                                                                                                                                                                 PEOPLE IN NEED & PEOPLE TARGETED
                                                                                                                                                                      BY POPULATION GROUP
                                                  AT L Á N T I D A                               C O L Ó N

                                                              YORO
                                                                                                                                                 Group                   People in need / targeted
                                                                                      OLANCHO
                                                                                                                                                        Indigenous &
                           SANTA
                          BARBARA        COMAYAGUA
                                                                                                                  GRACIAS A DIOS
                                                                                                                                                     Afro-descendant
                                                                                                                                                                         524K     152K
             C O PÁ N

                              INTIBUCA
                                                                                                                                                     Children under 5    405K     352K
    OCOTEPEQUE     LEMPIR A
                                                                                                                                                         Internally
                                    L A PAZ
                                                                     EL                                                                           displaced people       247K         80K
                                                 FRANCISCO
                                                  MORAZÁN        PA R A ĺ S O

             EL SALVADOR                                                                                                                                 People with
                                                                                                                                                          disabilities    90K         31K
                                              VALLE   CHOLUTECA

                                                                                                                                                     LGBTIQ+ people       70K          3K
                                                                                                            NICARAGUA
                 Pacific Ocean                                                                                                                              Returnees      46K           -
                                                                                                                                                          Migrants in
                                                                                                                                                              transit
                                                                                                                                                                          30K           -

KEY RESPONSE PRIORITIES
                    Humanitarian access is prone to disruption due to recurring                                                              The Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action framework seeks to
                    floods' effects on road networks, as well as the security                                                                strengthen gender equality integration to mitigate the impact of
                    challenges posed by the presence of armed criminal groups.                                                               ongoing crises on women, girls and LGBTIQ+ people.

                    The HRP is prioritizing Accountability to Affected People (AAP)                                                          All partners will implement Protection Against Sexual Exploitation
                    to place affected people at the centre of response and ensure                                                            and Abuse (PSEA) mechanisms as part of the UN Secretary-
                    reliable, inclusive and secure feedback mechanisms.                                                                      General's Zero Tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN SUMMARY 2021 - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS
Sector                      Requirements (US$)                       Partners       Projects       People in need / people targeted / women targeted

     Food & Nutrition                                                                                           1.8M       927K
                            $70.0M                                           15            16       2.5M
            Security

              Nutrition     $20.0M                                              6              8    520k        364K       222K

                WASH        $40.5M                                           10            14       2.5M        900K       477K

            Protection      $33.3M                                              5              5    942K        665K       379K

    Child Protection*        $9.7M                                           11            11       302K        214K       100K

    Protection - GBV*        $7.8M                                           13            14       661K        318K       273K

         Early Recovery     $15.0M                                              3              1    1.1M        680K       170K

               Shelter       $8.0M                                              7              7     89K         53K       27.2K

                Health       $5.0M                                              3              3    1.3M        669K       328K

Sexual & Reproductive                                                                                           151K       95.8K
              Health*        $1.6M                                              2              2    1.0M

                CCCM         $5.5M                                              8              8     95K         85K        43K

            Education        $5.0M                                              8              9    475K        273K       137K

         Coordination        $170K                                              1              1        -        -              -                           * - Area of
                                                                                                                                                         Responsibility

SECTOR OBJECTIVES
                          HEALTH                                          PROTECTION                                                  SHELTER
      Contribute to quality healthcare access in                Improve affected people's access to rights               Support people with damaged or
      emergencies and mobilize resources to                     and strengthened protection services at                  destroyed homes in storm-affected
rehabilitate and operationalize health centres          all levels. The Child Protection and Gender-based         communities and people displaced by violence
affected by emergencies. The Sexual and                 Violence (GBV) sub-sectors will ensure access             with cash transfers and/or non-food items (NFIs)
Reproductive Health (SRH) sub-sector will               to quality protection services and support the            to secure safe and dignified housing. Other
contribute to ensuring essential SRH services           resilience and autonomy of vulnerable children            actions will include providing temporary homes
and clinical management of sexual violence.             and women.                                                and supporting home repairs.

          FOOD & NUTRITION SECURITY                             WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE                          CAMP COORDINATION & CAMP MANAGEMENT
        Increase food access and provide food                   Improve access to safe water for human                    Ensure access to basic services and
        assistance to affected people and contribute            consumption, sanitation and hygiene,                      protection for affected people in
to restoring sustainable livelihoods. In coordination   as well as vector control and solid waste                 shelters and settlements and improve physical
with Nutrition, ensure attention for acute              management. WASH partners will also work                  infrastructure to reduce vulnerability and
undernutrition cases and prevent the nutritional        to ensure sustainable solutions to contribute             disaster and protection risks. Additionally,
deterioration of vulnerable groups, children under 5    to intersectoral responses and to implement               CCCM will strengthen institutional capacities for
and pregnant and nursing women.                         campaigns promoting safe WASH practices.                  coordinating and managing camps.

                     EDUCATION                                         EARLY RECOVERY                                               COORDINATION
       Improve educational facilities and services             Support the re-establishment of national                   Promote humanitarian response based on
       to provide equitable and inclusive access               capacities for responding to the livelihood                humanitarian principles that reaches the
to quality education for children and educational       needs of affected people. Also, provide technical         most vulnerable, using reliable tools and services
staff, as well as support learning recovery             and financial support to vulnerable people                to facilitate informed decision-making. The HRP
in affected communities. Education support              and strengthening resilience and multi-risk               will also strengthen national and sub-national
measures will include technical assistance,             management capacities at family, local and                information management capacities to improve
material supplies and psychosocial support.             municipal levels.                                         coordinated analyses.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN SUMMARY 2021 - EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA & HONDURAS

EL SALVADOR: RESPONSE BY SECTOR
Sector                       Requirements (US$)          Partners       Projects       People in need / people targeted / women targeted

           Food Security     $49.4M                                 7              7      1M         375K       135K

              Protection     $34.9M                                 4              5    759K         270K       164K

      Child Protection*       $4.4M                             10             10       116K        55.4K          -

      Protection - GBV*       $3.3M                             10             10       605K         385K       250K

          Early Recovery     $26.9M                                 2              5    944K          45K        15K

                   Health    $12.0M                                 5              8    998K         458K       250K
     Camp Coordination &
      Camp Management
                              $7.3M                                 5              5    149K        12.6K       4.5K

               Education      $6.5M                                 6              1    792K        79.2K          -

                   WASH       $5.5M                                 3              3    808K         150K        55K

                 Nutrition    $5.2M                                 3              3    236K         115K        10K
           Logistics &
                              $574K                                 1              1        -              -        -
   Telecommunications
            Coordination      $166K                                 1              1        -              -        -                      * - sub-sector

GUATEMALA: RESPONSE BY SECTOR
Sector                       Requirements (US$)          Partners       Projects       People in need / people targeted / women targeted

          Early Recovery     $66.3M                                 5              9    1.1M         407K        170K

               Housing*      $47.5M                                 3              5        -       77.5K       37.6K

            Livelihoods*     $18.8M                                 2              4        -        329K        132K

               Protection    $57.9M                                 5              5    2.8M         722K        529K

      Protection - GBV*       $3.3M                                 3              5    529K         265K               -

         Child Protection*    $3.0M                                 1              3    601K         205K               -

           Food Security     $33.0M                                 4              4    3.4M         270K        138K

                Nutrition    $22.3M                                 2              4    2.3M         962K        708K

           Health & SRH      $15.0M                                 4              4    930K         558K        280K

                   WASH      $11.0M                                 3              4    1.1M         424K        216K

               Education      $4.3M                                 2              2    179K             89K            -

            Coordination      $165K                                 -              1        -              -            -                  * - sub-sector

HONDURAS: RESPONSE BY SECTOR
Sector                       Requirements (US$)          Partners       Projects       People in need / people targeted / women targeted

    Food & Nutrition
                             $70.0M                             15             16        2.5M       1.8M        927K
           Security
                Nutrition    $20.0M                                 6              8     520k       364K        222K

                   WASH      $40.5M                             10             14        2.5M       1.3M        477K

              Protection     $33.3M                                 5              5     942K       665K        379K

      Child Protection*       $9.7M                             11             11        302K       214K        100K

      Protection - GBV*       $7.8M                             13             14        661K       318K        273K

           Early Recovery    $15.0M                                 3              1     1.1M       680K        170K

                  Shelter     $8.0M                                 7              7      89K        53K       27.2K

                   Health     $5.0M                                 3              3     1.3M       669K        328K
   Sexual & Reproductive
                              $1.6M                                 2              2     1.0M       151K       95.8K
                 Health*
                   CCCM       $5.5M                                 8              8      95K        85K         43K

               Education      $5.0M                                 8              9     475K       273K        137K
                                                                                                                                              * - Area of
            Coordination      $170K                                 1              1        -        -             -                       Responsibility

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