Sustainable WASH responses and resilience strengthening for communities affected by drought/flood and are at risk of AWD/cholera in Jalalaqsi District of Hiran region. The project aims to address the WASH services need to the vulnerable household and IDPs affected by flood, drought and AWD/cholera disease in Jalalaqsi district in Hiran region. The project is complementary with ongoing health and nutrition projects implementing ZAMZAM at the target location. Through this project, Zamzam plans to improve access to sustained safe drinking water, sanitation services and enhance hygiene practices to improve the wellbeing and health of an estimated of 25000 flood, drought and AWD/cholera affected people including host communities and IDPs in Jalalaqsi district of Hiran region. Reports from Somali health cluster from June 2018 to September 2018 indicated that increase morbidity and mortality related to waterborne disease such as AWD/cholera due to flooding, poor hygiene practices and limited access to safe drinking water at target district. To response this, ZAMZAM will implement the following WASH intervention in line with Somalia WASH cluster specific strategy with this allocation.

1. Water : Support provision of sustained access to safe drinking water to 15,000 ( 2250 men, 3750 women, 4500 girls and 4500 boys ) through rehabilitation of one borehole equipped with hybrid and supplied water to two kiosks through piping system to two kiosks (one in the water point field and one in Qoryaale schoole). Upgrading of 18 shallow wells with hand pumps in Jalalaqsi district. For example (2 Barkhad east, 2 Dirgoys,2 OOdle,2 Aw Mahad, 1Waasime, 2 Qoryaale ,2 Tugarta villages and Jalalaqsi town(2 Wadajir, 1Alla aamin, 2 Gumareey). In addition one borehole will be rehabilitated in Qoryaale).
To ensure the sustainability and the management of water facilities Zamzam will enhance the capacity of 8 WASH committees to keep the maintenance and operation of the water source after the project is faced out. 
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2. Sanitation: Zamzam will Increase access to sanitation facilities to the population affected by floods, droughts and AWD/cholera diseases through construction of 195 gender separated, flood proof latrines with lockable doors and hand washing facilities benefiting 5850 affected people including women, men, girls and boys.  Zamzam will ensure the maintenance and the appropriate use of sanitation facilities in close coordination and coordination with IDPs mainly camp committees (men and women). 

3. Hygiene: Zamzam will carry out comprehensive hygiene and sanitation promotion awareness campaigns in Jalalaqsi district to promote the adaption of good hygiene and sanitation practices to approximately 25,000 affected men, women and children. Zamzam will train 16 community hygiene mobilizers, on best practices of hygiene and sanitation to continue awareness campaigns after the face out of the project. Trained community mobilizers consisting women and men will work closely with the community members to highlight their important role in preventing the spread of diarrhea disease at household and community level. Zamzam will coordinate with health and nutrition other implementing agencies working in the district to identify AWD/cholera and malnutrition affected women and children to distribute 400kits (UNICEF will supply from the regional supply hub) to 400 households who benefited from the water sources rehabilitated to prevent spread of AWD/cholera and malnutrition rate in Jalalaqsi district. 

Through this project Zamzam will:
- Ensure both the quantity and quality of the water (safety) for the affected population . Bacterial contamination will be avoided through chlorination of the rehabilitated water points.
- Ensure gender balance in all activities such as training of WASH committees amp community mobilizers, services to equally accessible to women, men and children 
- Ensure that all services provided remain functional in case of emergencies such as flooding.