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The proposed intervention is aiming to strengthen local capabilities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. NWS is the central hotspot for IDPs affected by the Syrian crisis, hence millions remain under the support of various UN agencies, INGOs and local actors. Through the provisioning and distribution of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kits with basic contents to be distributed to the Health Workers in Camps and Teams of humanitarian organizations that directly implement humanitarian projects and those with indirect contact with beneficiaries. Also, the intervention is aiming to target the community by involving it through promoting the concept of volunteering and community participation in responding to the epidemic. There are DERF funded awareness activities currently in progress in the NWS and along the North-eastern Syria’s clusters of displaced and host communities. This intervention will build on these activities and scale up the response to mitigate the affects of COVID-19.