Clean Water and Sanitation- WASH

Clean Water and Sanitation- WASH

SERVICE OVERVIEW

Clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene practices are essential for the survival and development of children. Today, there are around 2.4 billion people who do not use improved sanitation, and 663 million who do not have access to improved water sources.
Without these basic needs, the lives of millions of children are at risk. For children under five, water- and sanitation-related diseases are one of the leading causes of death. Every day, over 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by poor water, and a lack of sanitation and hygiene.

Provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is a key intervention within the global NTD roadmap, as it is critical in the prevention and the provision of care for all neglected tropical diseases. WASH is especially needed where transmission is most closely linked to poor conditions for diseases such as the soil-transmitted helminthiases, schistosomiasis, trachoma and lymphatic filariasis.

 

Some of the tasks that we successfully completed:

  • Drinking water point at Hussein Gire Public School in Jig-jiga
  • Modern Birka equipped with hand pump in Dambel district
  • 40,000 people have an increased access to and improved management of water source in Dambel District
  • 4 new birkads with average capacity of 700 cubic meters were constructed in the selected sites of Barbari, Qabri Koshin, Gedi and Dareyga of Dembal district in the target community.
  • 5 hand dug wells have been successfully completed and installed with Afridev hand pumps (3 in Dareyga. And 2 in Dembal kebele)
  • Increased access to safe dirking water at school facilities in Siti and Fafan Zones, Somali region
  • Integrated WASH in School Hussein Gire Public School, Jigjiga town, has benefitted to a total of 3685 student (2291 males and 1394 females). In addition, 81 teachers (41 males and 40 females) have also benefitted.
  • The construction of one supper structure with 4 seat latrine for girls is completed at the end of December 2008 and operational. 1326 females have benefitted from the scheme of which 1326 are female students and 31 female teachers in Ahmed Gurey Public School, Jig-Jiga town, Jig-Jiga District of Jig-Jiga Zone.
  • Improved access and utilization of safe household and institutional latrines through CLTSH adapted for agro-pastoralists with particular focus on children.