SDG WASH

SDG WASH

With a funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SDG WASH has been implementing an integrated WASH project in West Arsi zone of Oromia region since 2017. The project aims to reach 110,000, 130,000, and 77,000 people with access to safe and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene consecutively. It uniquely works to ensure ownership and sustainability by collaborating with the community, local government, and Micro Financing Institutions (MFIs)—blending donor funding and local resources to achieve WASH goals.

 

The SDG WASH uses sustainability clause between local government, Amref Health Africa and the donor to ensure that people who have gained WASH access will continue to access and uses the services gained during the life of the program for at least 15 years after the program ends. It uses post implementation checks as part of the sustainability compact- that is a three phased sustainability checks involving self, independent and external checks for facilitating monitoring and corrective management responses.

 

The project trains and builds the capacity of Woreda WASH teams on WASH budget planning and leveraging resources; develops new deep wells with full water supply distribution systems; and rehabilitates existing, non-functional water supplies that will reach communities in multiple villages. It partners and establishes WASH management information systems for decision support and establishes and trains WASHCOs and water caretakers to manage the water schemes and perform operation and maintenance and supply of tool kits. It aims to upgrade 20% of the communities’ sanitation systems via human centered design and market-based sanitation and develop customized modules for demand creation, supply, and sanitation financing. Gender equality and social inclusion specific activities work to ensure women and/or socially excluded groups are fully considered.

Key Achievements

  • 53, 518 people have access to safe and sustainable water supply closer to their homes through three newly developed deep boreholes and two rehabilitated systems that installed 21 water points, and connected to five service reservoirs of 100,000 and 50,000 litre capacity.
  • 61,146 people in ten Kebeles have constructed basic latrines with locally available materials (12,200 household toilets) through community-led total sanitation and hygiene (CLTSH) approach, and they are living in open defecation free communities as a result
  • Ten sanitation small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in ten kebeles established and engaged in sanitation business (production of improved sanitation supplies used by households at reasonable prices). 225 households upgraded their latrines as a result.
  • WASH capacity building and trainings provided for 1048 local government staff, health extension workers, community members, WASH workers, teachers, students and local partners.
  • Reached 45,329 people through WASH behavioural change communication, including basic hygiene messages, safe water chain, consistent use of latrines and appropriate hand washing practices.
  • Created 11,922 households demands using Market based sanitation approaches, for whom the SMEs are providing the sanitation supplies.
  • Mobilized 10.3 million ETB from the local government and Ajes siraro water supply service provider. The money was used for expanding water to communities, before end of 2022 working towards mobilizing additional 9.7M for expanding the water access to more people

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