Humanitarian WASH Assistance in South Kordofan Elbushma village is situated in Algoz locality of South Kordfan that has witnessed an influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing from inter-tribal conflict from both South and West Kordofan and Dafur since 2012. The 2015 Humanitarian Needs overview of 2015 listed Algoz locality as one of the places with worse Humanitarian needs that have been deteriorating over time with very few agencies accessing the locality to offer assistance; while influx and displacements continue.

SOS is one of the few agencies that was offering assistance in Algoz locality until December 2015 and have indicated that they have no plans for continuation this year . They repaired some hand pumps in Algoz , including in EL bushma village and drilled a new ones in Hesainat, another village in Algoz. They also trained the community in repairing of hand pumps and provided them with repairing tools. Despite these efforts by SOS, in Elbushma village only one hand pump is currently working out of seven hand pumps  that have been constructed and does not provide adequate quantity of water for both IDPs and host communities.

Reports received from OCHA indicate that there are huge WASH needs in Algoz locality which they term "a forgotten humanitarian crisis". CAFOD Sudan is seeking some funding to intervene in Elbushma to provide WASH services. The proposed project will target 10,800 IDP and host communities  (2,800 IDP and 8,000 host community members) in order for them to increase access to safe drinking water in the area and improve hygiene promotion behavior. The targeted IDP community are part of IDPs who fled from attacks into the area in 2013 and decided to stay behind after the government army restored peace in their areas of origin in Abdukashola and Dalami localities. Most of the water sources were damaged due to the conflict and the absence of the repairing teams who fled as well, in these localities.  In Alqoz locality SOS in partnership with MoH, WES intervened with WASH services and CAFOD"s project will increase access to safe and stable water supply through construction of water point for both human and animals. The hand pumps get damaged most of the time and don’t provide adequate quantity of water. CAFOD will work with already established WASH committees who will be responsible for managing water resources  and there will be installation of the solar pump in one of the existing borehole which has enough yield. 
 
Households spend on average 1-2 hours every day to collect 2-4 Jerry-cans of water per day. The water primarily used for drinking and cooking is not treated, while animals share the same water sources with people thus causing further contamination. In order to address these needs,1 new water point,  one borehole will be drilled (the area has good water yield) generator, submersible pumps, and pipelines will be used to pump water from the borehole int an elevated tank with a capacity of 25 M3 taht will be installed. Tap-stands and animal troughs will also be fitted to create water collection points for people and livestock usage, with these different areas being both separated and protected.  The technology of water supply system employed is widely used in South Kordofan state for ease of operation and maintenance. Also there will be hand pump repairing and provision of repairing tools.

The target community in Elbushma will be trained on hygiene promotion and environmental awareness in order to improve hygiene practices and community health.