Briefing on the project and findings of OPR

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Environmental Sanitation, Hygiene and Water
Supply in Rural Areas

• Briefing on the project and findings of OPR
• June 9, 2003

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Project framework
GOAL to reduce mortality, morbidity and
malnutrition due to diarrhea and other poor
sanitation related diseases, especially among
poor women and children
PURPOSE to improve standards of hygiene
practices, particularly for the poor on a
sustainable basis
Communications
Safe choices
Strengthening
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Output 1

• Primary stakeholders have knowledge and means to
  make informed choices regarding their preferred
  hygiene practices and WatSan facilities
• Strategy
• Mix of mass media and participatory interpersonal
  communications to inform and support choices of
  individuals (including children adolescents
  through schools, influential people, poor people)

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Output 2

• Safe excreta disposal and safe water supply
  options available for primary stakeholders
• Strategy
• Sanitary engineering and safe water engineering
  solutions based on sound principals of
• Hydrogeology and geochemistry,
• Pollution control and mitigation,
• User preferences, and
• User affordability (taking into consideration
  capital and recurrent costs)
• Ensure schools have access to safe WES facilities

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Output 3

• Supportive institutional framework functioning
• Strategy
• Establish supportive institutional framework
  which functions using good management practice
• National policy and legislation based on current
  good practice and adhered to by the project
• Good governance by all project partners
• Focus on primary schools as key community
  resources for change initiate process in
  secondary schools

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Districts covered by the Project
7 Plainland districts 1. Madaripur 2. Jamalpur
3. Chuadanga 4. Gaibandha 5. Serajganj 6.
Rangpur 7. Bramhanbaria 3 CHT districts 1.
Bandarban 2. Rangamati 3. Khagrachori
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Components of the Project

• Social Mobilisation for awareness building
• - Community planning
• - Social mobilisation campaign
• - Hygiene education
• - Sanitation
• Chittagong Hill Tracts
• School Sanitation and Hygiene Education
• Safe Water Supply
• Institutional Capacity Building

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Major activities of the project

• To recruit facilitating agencies to develop
  training materials and facilitate trainings
• To recruit field agencies to guide and
  facilitate community planning process and promote
  hygiene and sanitation at community level.
• To establish watsan committees to ensure that
  the project is implemented based on community
  demands and facilitate implementation.
• To establish social development division in DPHE
  to strengthen social mobilisation component.

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Major activities of the project

• Conduct SOCMOB-AB campaign through mass media
  and inter-personal communication
• Community planning through 8 steps approach to
  develop community map and community action plan.
• Community applications for water points
• Implementation based on community demands and
  choice of technology
• Training of change agents to facilitate the
  process and create awareness

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Major activities of the project

• Promotion of sanitation and hygiene through
  primary schools (community interaction, student
  brigades)
• Working with para-workers in CHT
• Monitoring the project through external monitors

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Major studies

• Baseline survey - ongoing
• Hygiene perception study - ongoing
• Worm reinfestation in school children - to be
  started.
• Social acceptability of latrine options - to be
  started.
• Impact study of SocMob-AB campaign
• External review of training and SOCMOB-AB
  materials for gender, poverty and participatory
  content.

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Major Studies.

• Study of non-functional water points - to be
  started.
• Safe water chain study
• Formative evaluation of school sanitation and
  hygiene and evaluation of technical designs
• Review capacity of LGIs at district, upazila and
  union levels.

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Major achievements...

• Field agencies and facilitating agencies are in
  place and trained.
• Monitoring agency is recruited and trained.
• SOCMOB-AB campaign has been conducted to raise
  community awareness on hygiene, sanitation and
  water supply.
• Community planning has been completed in all
  3,186 wards and communities are making
  application for water supply.
• Sanitation and hygiene is part of community
  action plan.

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Major achievements...

• Watsan committees have been formed in all 10
  districts at district, upazila and union levels.
• Watsan committees have been oriented in the
  project and trained in the planning.
• Union watsan committees are approving the
  community action plans and applications.
• Community mapping provides baseline information
  of community situations and also the wealth
  ranking provides the accessibility of poor
  families for water and sanitation.

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Major achievements...

• New water points have been installed based on
  approved community applications, which ensures
  that poor families are being benefitted.
• Women volunteers can focus on sanitation and
  hygiene promotion based on community map.
• Facilitating agencies have developed series of
  training manuals for change agents.
• Monitoring agency has conducted 2 rounds of
  monitoring at field level.