SNV in
partnership with Kasese district local government, UNICEF and Embassy of the
kingdom of Netherlands is implementing a 3 year community empowerment programme.
The programme addresses key components of Water sanitation and hygiene at
school and community level.
KALI was hereby
contracted as a local capacity builder (LCB) in close partnership and
collaboration with Kasese district local government is implementing the School
and Community Water, sanitation and hygiene program. The CWASH is implemented
in two sub counties of Nyakiyumbu in Lyakirema parish and Bwera in Kisaka
parish focusing on the Kalarieke Gravity flow scheme.
The overall goal of the
Community WASH component of the programme is to improve community-based rural
livelihoods and development, thereby contributing to increased access to safe
water, sanitation and hygiene.
The components under this are; (Planned)
- 25 existing community water points are functional
·
25 water user groups with
YahuraYahuza - "Save and Borrow" (YY) saving and lending scheme for
community financing of community-based water source maintenance system
·
5,663 HHs with access to safe
sanitary facilities and practicing improved hygienic behaviours
- 5,663 HHs with improved hygienic behaviours and safe water chain practices
The activities and Results done under
this include;
·
Training
Karalike GFS in water policy issues. Water policy issues were discussed by the
district water engineer and this meeting enhanced behavioural and attitude
changes.
·
Follow
up meeting on the resolutions made in the water policy training. this meeting
triggered the water BOD to;
ü repair some leakages on the scheme,
ü repaired 5taps that had problems
(Bisika tap,Mubutu tap,Mutubya tap,Tibiyaro tap and Nyamughona P/S tap)
ü Paid some arrears of the scheme
attendant and,
ü Mobilized water users for increasing
WUF from 500= to 1000= to effectively facilitate the O&M of the scheme.
·
Multi-stakeholders
meeting on the operation and management of the scheme. 38 participants (10
females & 28 males) from the two sub counties attended.
·
Training
tap stand communities on strengthening the O&M, introducing the ‘’YY’’
(YehuraYehoza) strategy. 259 participants (112 females & 147) were reached
in the two parishes of Lyakirema and Kisaka.
·
Commissioning
of the scheme and hand over to the sub county authorities. This meeting was
attended by ACAO Mr. Bihanikire Godwin, LCV was represented by Councillor
Bugoye sub county,Tender board was represented by Moses, in attendance were
also C/man works committee and the two sub counties were represented by
political leaders.
·
Training
VHTs/hand washing ambassadors on Sanitation and Hygiene to be promoted to the
water users.
Action points under this for follow
up in Jan-feb.2012
ü Mobilize H/H without latrines to
construct by end of January 2013
ü Follow up TPC and council of
Nyakiyumbu for resolutions on latrines in the cotton belt
ü Health assistant Bwera sub county to
develop monitoring plan for sanitation & Hygiene at h/h and will be
accompanied with sub county secretary for social services.
ü Collect data on hand washing
facilities by end of Jan.2013
ü
KALI
to support VHTs in triggering CLTS by end of feb.2013.
COMMUNITY WASH
Outcome 1:
% of functional community water points at the
time of spot check.
1.
Out of the 7
villages in Kisaka parish, 3 are not connected to GFS. While in Lyakirema, 2
out of the 8 villages do not have access to the flow
2.
Out of the 4 tap noses vandalized by the community 3 have been replaced
by the water BOD. This was as a result of the follow-up meeting held in June
2012 by KALI and SNV.
3. 3 out of 7 tap stands which
had been non-functional due to poor positioning on the main pipeline have
successively been corrected and are now fully functional. The water BOD is in
the process of working on the remaining 4 tap stands.
4. In Kisaka parish, 7 taps are
functional, 1 of them was repaired.
5. Whereas Lyakirema parish, 3
taps fully functional, 11 partly functional and 4 non functional (25 taps)
6. 3 of the tap stands that had
not been working before have been repaired by the new water BOD as a result of
SNV and KALI sensitization and support.
Parish
|
Functional taps
|
Partly functional
|
Non functional
|
Total
|
Lyakirema
|
03
|
11
|
4
|
18
|
Kisaka
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
07
|
Total
|
08
|
13
|
4
|
25
|
3 of the tap stands that had not been working
for so long have been repaired by the new water BOD as a result of the
interactions we held with them.
% of water points with functional water user committees
During the MSP meeting on the O&M of the
scheme, we found out that only 4 of the 25 taps stand committees were
functional. However, 9 of these had problems of some committee members not
being active, other members migrating from one place to another, while other
committee members are demoralized by the un frequent functionality of the taps
and or lacking mobilization platforms for the communities.
Name of Tap
|
Active
|
Sex of com. members
|
Funds collected
|
Remarks
|
||
Y
|
N
|
M
|
F
|
yr 2012
|
||
Ndanda
|
ü
|
4
|
2
|
35,000=
|
Tap C/man not
active
|
|
Nyamughona T/C
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
35,000=
|
||
Nyamughona
primary
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
10,000=
|
||
Kisandu
|
ü
|
4
|
2
|
15,000=
|
||
Kato Joseph
|
ü
|
2
|
4
|
25,000=
|
||
Ventino
|
ü
|
2
|
4
|
7000=
|
Tap on &
off
|
|
Paskali/Kyaghanda
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
5,000=
|
20 cups of
beans collected as user fee
|
|
Mbinga Tap
|
ü
|
1
|
5
|
25,000=
|
||
Namugongo
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
5,000=
|
||
Muduha
|
ü
|
2
|
3
|
60,000=
|
Tap breaks due
to high pressure
|
|
Kayibindulha
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
21,000=
|
||
Bisika
|
ü
|
2
|
4
|
15,000=
|
||
Mubutu
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
5,000=
|
||
Binayisa
|
ü
|
6,500=
|
Males on water
committee not active
|
|||
Nyakasojo
Primary school
|
ü
|
3
|
4
|
5,000=
|
One
teacher member to committee
|
|
Sayuni
|
ü
|
|||||
Kiduvente
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
13,000=
|
||
Kahangwa
|
ü
|
2
|
4
|
10,000=
|
||
Byamaka
|
ü
|
|||||
Muthubya
|
ü
|
|||||
Benezeri
|
ü
|
3
|
3
|
13,000=
|
||
Mithimusanju
|
ü
|
|||||
Kanyabungu
|
ü
|
|||||
Burahimu
|
ü
|
|||||
Syaipuma
|
ü
|
|||||
James tap
|
ü
|
|||||
Total
|
310500=
|
Collections for year 2012
|
The water committee members have been re
mobilized and revitalized during the tap stand community meetings and are
awaiting training. And from these sensitization meetings, all the 25 committees
have started collecting the O&M funds which will be paid to the Water BOD before
the close of the year 2012.
% of Water User Committees with clear mechanism for collection and utilization
of the O&M funds
Out of the 25 tap committees, none of them had
clear mechanisms of collecting WUF. O&M funds were being given to the
scheme attendant and any other person on the former BOD. It was only through
the multi-stakeholder platform and the community meetings that have specified
roles of different stakeholders in the scheme. The new C/man BOD Mr. Siriyako has
through SNV and KALI’s mentorship introduced a receipt system. Each person
paying user fee will be issued a receipt at all levels. (From the water user, tap
stand committees and BOD)
10 out of 15villages from the 2 parishes have
been reached with YY information. This being new anew approach, action plans
have been made to start implementation. It is through follow up that KALI shall
ascertain how far this has been adopted
How many households have access to safe water?
According to the hand over report presented by
Mr. Patrick Syayipuma the Kasese district assistant water engineer, Karalike
GFS originally served population of 4,608 people in 576 households, 5 primary
schools with a total population of 2770 pupils.
Additionally, during FY 2010/11 an extension
was made from Nyamughona to Mithumusanju was done with a provision of 4 taps
serving a population of 700 people. However, the households here are to be established
soon. Therefore when some of the 52 tap stands are finally corrected, the
scheme will serve a total number of 5308 people.
Specifically, for Lyakirema and Kisaka
parishes, the total number of water users will be established through tap stand
committees by the end of Dec.2012.
How far are the water sources from the village, how are gender issues
being addressed? What is our role?
7. Out
of the 7 villages in Kisaka parish, 3 are not connected to GFS. While in
Lyakirema, 2 out of the 8 villages do not have access to the flow
8. Some villages like
Nyamighere is big and has only 3 taps. There are 2 fully fledged more villages
without access to water. This coupled with irregular flow of existing taps in
the 2 parishes; women’s traveling long distances for water is still registered
in Nyakiyumbu and Bwera hence calling for SNV and KALI’s advocacy on scheme
extension.
The issue of gender has been given an
affirmative action. This is enhanced through emphasizing 4 women representative
out of 6 be elected members on each of the 25 tap stand committees.
% of Water User
Committees with implementing mechanisms for collection and utilization of the
O&M funds.
As result of SNV and KALI’s intervention,
several meetings have been conducted focusing on strengthening the O&M of
Karalike GFS as well as improving sanitation & Hygiene in the same area since
February 2012, sub county leaderships of Bwera and Nyakiyumbu have been
supportive. Below are mechanisms put in place by the stakeholders.
ü Each
house hold to pay WUF of 1000= every month
ü Out
of the 1000= WUF per month, 700 will be remitted to the water BOD and 300 shs
will be remaining at the tap stand committee for managing.
ü Bye-laws
at tap stand community level. eg; Home visit by tap stand committee members to
the defaulting water user.
ü Issuing
of receipts for WUF from individual h/h, tap stand to central BOD.
ü Central
Water BOD bye-laws. Example; if a water user defaults 2months without paying
WUF, is reported to the area C/man LC I.
ü Cooperation
of Kasese district local council system with the GFS BOD from LCI, LC III and
LCV. To support water related bye-laws.
During
MSP on the scheme O&M held on 21 Nov.2012, tap stand C/persons aggregated
their user fee collection since Feb. 2012 as; 310500=however, this figure was not collected in an organized
system. Especially with the old water BOD before June 2012.
The
newly elected BOD has initiated new payments model of issuing receipts for WUF
from tap stand level to central water BOD so that the scheme management is
enabled to function effectively
Currently,
there is no any WUF fund in liquid form. During community meetings, most of
them were pledging to pay by this month (December 2012)
Outcome 7:
% of targeted HH adopting appropriate
technologies (e.g. ECOSAN)
% of HH with access to hand-washing facilities and tippy taps.
Following MSP facilitated by SNV/KALI in conjunction
with Ass. district water engineer, action plan to train VHTs was drown and this
was conceptualized on 12 dec. when MSP on sanitation & hygiene was
conducted and facilitated by SNV. Objectives of the meeting were;
1.
To share the basics on CLTS with the VHTs and
extension staff and agree on the roll-out plan.
2.
To discuss the safe water chain and hand
washing options and agree on strategies for promotion in the communities.
Kasese district local gov’t was represented by
the district health educator. In his remarks, latrine coverage at district
level is at around 72%. He added that the district has been promoting water
purifying methods like use of; water guard, aqua safe etc. to help reduce
chances of cholera, dysentery and un usual diarrhea. He called for combined
approach to sensitizing community members on sanitation and hygiene since
several methods has been employed but cholera still breaks up in the district.
However, he declared the district free of Cholera.
This meeting was also attended by the C/man
LCIII Bwera S/C. he thanked SNV and KALI for the efforts in
promotingsanitation& hygiene. The tough speaking c/man in his remarks asked
participants to get more serious with their hygiene. He posed a question! How
can someone come from outside the district to come and tell you to clean your
home? He said health issues are no longer going to be taken like people in
‘’OMWALIKO’’ literally meaning people in the after burial meeting where they
talk issues and end with little emphasis on action.
The C/man instructed assistant to give ziro
tolerance to any individual without a latrine. It will be a jail case, “after
all my police is new at station without work I will utilize it this time” he
revealed that on 17thdec. 2012 their will be council meeting and
that the health assistant should come with S&H household monitoring program
for council approval.
Action points drawn during the
S&H meeting.
ü
Mobilize
H/H without latrines to construct by end of January 2013
ü Follow up TPC and council of
Nyakiyumbu for resolutions on latrines in the cotton belt
ü Health assistant Bwera Sub County to
develop monitoring plan for sanitation &Hygiene at h/h and will be
accompanied with sub county secretary for social services.
ü Collect data on hand washing
facilities by end of Jan.2013
ü
KALI
to support VHTs in triggering off CLTS by end of feb.2013.
Recommendations:
1. KALI has set the ground on CWASH
project activities in the parishes of Kisaka and Lyakirema. There is need to
affirmatively step up sensitization using theatre foras like; music dance and
drama to promote Karalike GFS ownership and sanitation and hygiene by the
community in the two sub counties-Bwera and Nyakiyumbu.
2. More is still needed to sensitize for
YY strategy. During the community meetings, some groups urged that 5 people had
committed suicide due to challenges associated with savings.
3. There is need to train water user
committees to help them acknowledge the purpose for effective collection of WUF
funds in ensuring perfect O&M of the scheme.
4. The action points drown during the
S&H meeting above should be given immediate follow-up in January 2013.
By: Scovia Masika and Geofrey Bwambale
KALI
By: Scovia Masika and Geofrey Bwambale
KALI
KALI, the WASH program is yet another milestone in the history of you existence, why not record a video documentary to share with other partners. Some clips on youtube could be of use especially with the voices of the beneficiaries.
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