YES Kenya 006

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YES Kenya 006

• Breakout Session on Creating Markets
• Unleashing Entrepreneurs in Water and Sanitation
• Presented by
• James Ohayo
• Information and Communication Officer
• Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch
• UN-HABITAT
• Wednesday September 13 2006

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UN-HABITATMISSION STATEMENT

• To Promote Socially and Environmentally
  Sustainable Human Settlements Development and the
  Achievement of Adequate Shelter for All
• the sustainable development of our cities and
  towns will remain a distant dream if we are
  unable to provide basic human needs of safe water
  and adequate sanitation to our people
  particularly to the urban and rural poor.
• Anna Tibaijuka

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THE CHALLENGE

• MDG 7 Target 10
• To reduce by half the proportion of people
  without access to safe drinking water
• it is the poor in developing countries
  who suffer the most. It is they who lack access
  to safe drinking water they who often pay the
  highest price for water they who have the least
  say in water management Kofi Annan in
  Freshwater Future 2003
• WSSD
• To halve by 2015, the proportion of people who do
  not have access to basic sanitation
• Are we to respond to issues by asking how
  glamorous they are? Or by asking how seriously
  they affect how many? Nelson Mandela-WSSD
  2002
• Goal 8 Target 16
• Develop decent and productive work for youth
• Young people are not only the leaders of
  tomorrow they can play a leading role in the
  development of their communities today. Let us
  hope that their good works today blossom into
  lifelong commitments that will benefit all the
  worlds people. Kofi Annan

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UN-HABITAT WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMME GOALS

• Encourage and support institutional reforms for
  efficient and equitable service delivery,
  particularly in low-income peri-urban settlements
• Support capacity building for effective and
  efficient delivery of water and sanitation
• Promote partnerships aimed at raising awareness
  about water conservation, efficient usage, and
  protection of freshwater sources
• Promote gender equity and community participation
  to improve access to WATSAN for poor and
  marginalised groups

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UN-HABITAT WATSAN PROGRAMMES

• Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative
• MEKONG Water and Sanitation Initiative
• Water for African Cities Programme
• Water for Asian Cities Programme
• Values Based WATSAN Education

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YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Advocacy and Awareness Raising
• Community Mobilization
• Construction and Management of Community WATSAN
  Facilities
• Solid Waste Management
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Household Water Treatment

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ENGAGING THE YOUTHLuang Prabang -Lao PDR

• Community mobilization for construction of water
  supply system
• Capacity building to enhance operational
  efficiency
• Community awareness campaigns( KAP, FGD, Surveys)
• Skills training for local artisans

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ENGAGING THE YOUTHBurkina Faso

• Sub-contracting for skills transfer (ENDA Rup)
• Construction of affordable sanitation facilities
  for poor communities in Edea, Douala and Ouga
• Establishment of revolving micro-credit
  facilities
• Building local capacity for project replication,
  management and sustainability
• Promoting gender sensitive governance mechanisms
• Documentation and sharing of lessons learnt

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ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

• Bottom-up needs assessment
• Facilitate schools water, sanitation and hygiene
  clubs
• Support development of local youth groups
• Support the UN-HABITAT One Stop Youth Centre
• UN-HABITAT internship programme

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IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES

• Low levels of awareness about dangers of poor
  hygiene and sanitation, particularly for children
• Poor mobilization skills among the youth
• Negative attitude among the youth (PQS)
• Lack of financing
• Need to build trust
• Need to engender sense of ownership to avoid
  vandalism
• Bureaucracy
• The PQS among youth

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• Water is LifeSanitation is Dignity
• We have to steal water by illegally tapping the
  underground water pipe
• Sagira - A Mumbai slum dweller
• My daughter had to stop going to school so as to
  be home when the tanker arrives
• 48 year old Omvathi - A Mumbai Slum dweller
• My daughters education will ensure that she
  gets a groom with a toilet in his house
• 38 year old Manjulaben a Pune slum dweller
• The guard then took hold of her, gagged her,
  dragged her back to the community toilet and
  raped her
• Happened to 11 year old Sunita in a New Delhi
  slum