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sur le développement des zones arides et semi-arides

Titre : Emergency life-saving WASH intervention to vulnerable IDPs in Kaxda district of Banadir Region

Pays /Région : Somalie

Code projet : SOM-16/3485/R/WASH/NGO/3783

Durée : 01/01/2017 // 31/12/2017

Présentation
Under this project, WARDI proposes to improve access to safe water, and sanitation facilities and promote good hygiene practices in an effort to improve the health status of 11,450 internally displaced, forced evicted men, women, boys and girls in Kaxda district of Banadir region. Limited access to safe and adequate water and sanitation facilities coupled with poor hygiene knowledge and practices puts these communities at risk for waterborne diseases. Key activities includes upgrading one public dieselpowered borehole drilled by WARDI/IOM in Kaxda district through hybrid solar powered water pump system, which will reduce at least 60% the running cost of the borehole. The solar power operates effectively for six hours, from 10 am to 4 PM, saving the community 30 liters of fuel every day ($45 per day and $1350 per month). The reduced maintenance cost requirements also guarantees an additional $85 in savings every month (in total it saves $1435/month), it was established that the solar system’s pumping performance is equivalent to that of the generator driven system and is more environmental friendly. The borehole is currently manage WASH committees to guarantee to serve freely the IDPs and charge agreed fees to the host community for maintaining and sustainability of the water system purpose. Through this hybrid system it will ensure cheaper and reliable access to safe water to host communities as indirect beneficiaries and free of service to 11,450 IDPs in Kaxda district. In this project the plan is to extend another 4 IDP settlements (Hiran, Galayr, Jubbo and Rijaal) with a population of 6,450 men, women, boys and girls to access freely safe water. Therefore the borehole will serve a total population of 11,450 (5000 IDPs serving currently and additional 6,450 IDPs) in Kaxda district by constructing 4 water kiosks through piping system, construction of 160 latrines, construction of institutional latrines, hygiene and sanitation promotion and distribution of basic hygiene kits to peoples in need. The proposed response took into consideration the impact of the conflict on women, and children in terms of access to WASH services ; it proposed specific actions to prevent risk of gender based violence and hence will contribute to greater gender equality

Bénéficiaires
The project is in-line with the second 2016 SHF Sub-Allocation Strategy and specifically falls within the Life Saving Interventions under one of the priority areas ; Kaxda district to address the humanitarian needs by providing life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to IDPs, prioritizing the most vulnerable IDP households. The project will target the most vulnerable IDP households from all social groups, boys, girls, men, and women. The project will ensure that design of activities is informed by a thorough analysis of gender and cultural dynamics across different livelihoods groups. In addition, the involvement of women, youth, IDPs and marginalized host community in decision making will be promoted. WARDI will propose the following vulnerability and selection criteria to selected beneficiaries, following the approval of these criteria by the community. 1) Newly Displaced IDPs : These are mainly newly displaced poor families in Kaxda IDP settlements as a result of conflict, forced eviction and whose livelihood strategies have collapsed or are severely weakened due to displacement and have accumulated huge debts, lack social support, and are consequently facing WASH, nutrition and food access crisis, 2) Internally Displaced Families who have no livelihoods or income sources, 3) Households with limited or no source of regular income, 4) Households with more than 6 children and acknowledged to be poor, 5) Households comprised of disabled people, 6) Female Headed Households, 7) Child Headed Households, 8) Pregnant and lactating women who are acknowledged to be poor. WARDI will also aim to target more femaleheaded households for the hygiene promotion activity, as women and girls are by large responsible for ensuring good hygiene practices at the household leve

Porteur du projet : WARDI Relief and Development Initiatives

Financement : Nations Unies

Contribution : 250,064.53 $

United Nations Development Group