Provision of emergency lifesaving WASH assistance for drought-affected populations at risk of famine in Kahda District, Banadir region. ltpgtReaching 14,250 individuals (Women 4,239, girls 3,171, men 3,950, and boys 2,890) in Omar Fiasco and Liqliqato Cluster IDP camps in Kahda district, Action Against Hunger proposes an innovative and integrated lifesaving project to increase access to adequate, safe, and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene while mainstreaming protection and inclusion for the more vulnerable drought affected persons especially the newly displaced. The selection of the most affected locations have been informed by an assessment and ACF’s long-term presence in the district delivering integrated health, nutrition and WASH programming. The water intervention will have three major strands, the water vouchers to meet the immediate needs, the borehole rehabilitation and extension works for the longer-term and water supply enhancement to health facilities and mobile health team sites. In this project, ACF will scale up its learning from the community water voucher managed model that reduced the cost of water by 51% under the BRCiS pilot that ACF was a part of. The community managed water vouchers will reach 7,200 individuals for 3 months in line with the WASH cluster standards. Following an assessment, ACF has identified the Timiro Farah borehole for rehabilitation that  will increase access to safe and sustainable water supply for  9,000 individuals. Some of the water users of the Timiro Farah borehole especially in the six IDP camps of Hirgal, Bilan, Himilo, Samadeeq, Maandeeq, and Qalad diid now walk close to a km to access water. This project will reduce the distance to WASH minimum standards by investing in a pipeline extension and 6 communal water kiosks. For community ownership and sustainability, together with the community a 25 member (10 women and 15 men) water source management committee will be identified and trained in basic operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and orderly access to the water sources. To ensure quality of the water both at household and health facility levels, ACF will undertake initial tests and regular water treatment at the source (well chlorination), provide water filters at health and nutrition centers. In addition, ACF will install 10,000 liters water storage tanks in two health and nutrition mobile team sites to ensure caregivers and children have access to clean and safe water. Access to proper sanitation facilities will be improved through the construction of 130 gender-segregated emergency latrines with handwashing stations in IDP settlements targeting 3,900 individuals, 15% of the latrines will be disabled-friendly. A high-mast solar light will be installed near the latrines to provide a safe environment for nighttime usage including reducing risk of GBV. From ACF’s experience delivering emergency latrines, management thereof can be an impediment to utilization. In this project, we propose an informal management system that should enhance clean and equitable utilization of the latrines. We will keenly document how this will work and share any learnings. Provision of sanitation tools will be undertaken upon completion of the sanitation facilities. ACF will undertake a KAP survey at the beginning of the project to inform the content and approaches to hygiene education and the composition of emergency hygiene kits. An end-line KAP survey will also be conducted to measure change in knowledge, attitude and practice. A refresher training of 15 community hygiene volunteers (10 women, 5 men) will be done to enhance their capacity to lead hygiene promotion. The WASH activities proposed complement interventions supported by ACF projects funded by UNICEF, EPHS and SIDA. Two ACF supported health facilities of Liqliqato and Garasbaley and two mobile team sites will receive water filters and tanks respectively. In addition to this, ACF will be mindful of complementarities through the WASH cluster coordination including the CERF funding should Kahda be includedltbrgtlt/pgt