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Titre : Improving Public Health and Hygiene Practices for Female-headed Households

Localisation : Gaza Strip

Code : 020_001895

Date de clôture : 2017-03-31

Descriptif
This project will provide significant positive impact of IRPAL’s WASH interventions on the daily activities of women, and second, to contribute to women’s empowerment, for example by promoting opportunities for skills, and self-confidence during providing sustainable safe drinking water source and raising the awareness of public health and hygiene behaviour. The project is proposing to immediately address the issues of access to good quality drinking water for this vulnerable group through the following interventions : 1) Providing 100 of the affected households with reliable good quality drinking water through installation of domestic reverse osmosis (RO ) units and provide them storage water tanks. 2) Providing the selected kindergartens with storage water tanks and the neediest with RO plants (5 RO plants each one with 400 Gallons). 3) Improving children health and safety through conducting awareness sessions and psychological support for female-headed households, kindergartens children, their mothers and caregivers on the principals of the good and healthy practices.

Bénéficiaires : 4877

Financement : Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
Value (GBP) : 75,000

Islamic Relief Worldwide