Early lifesaving emergency WASH services to communities projected to be most affected by El Nino induced riverine flooding in Jowhar. ltpgtltspangtInternational Medical Corps (IMC) is a US-registered independent
affiliate organization of International Medical Corps UK (IMC UK), with which
IMC UK shares the same name and charitable objectives and mission. IMC UK and
IMC work together to deliver assistance programs in an accountable and
effective manner to pursue their commonly held charitable objectives. IMC UK
will engage IMC to implement its programs in the field, with IMC UK oversight,
according to the terms and conditions of the agreement that results from this
proposal and the terms of the party’s administrative service agreement.
Together with IMC Croatia, IMC provides administrative and operational support
to IMC UK and the programs on the ground, including but not limited to
financial management, banking and cash management, procurement
management/international procurements, and logistics.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgt

ltpgtltspangtThis project aims at reducing morbidity and mortality related to disease outbreaks and acute malnutrition as
a result of El Nino-induced riverine flooding through improving access to safe
water, sanitation and hygiene facilities to the targeted vulnerable populations
in Jowhar. The project will cover 6 months starting 1ltsupgtstlt/supgt November
2023 to 30ltsupgtthlt/supgt April 2023. The project will target to reach 14,000
direct beneficiaries (9,720 from host communities and 4,280 IDPs) and 137,291
indirect beneficiaries. IMC seeks to create awareness to facilitate adoption of
proper hygiene and sanitation practices, enhance community engagement and empowerment
activities ownership of the project, improve water-point infrastructure to increase
sustainability and access of safe water, and facilitate uninterrupted access to
sanitation facilities resilient to climatic shocks.ltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgt

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achieve this, IMC proposes to conduct emergency water trucking to 300 families
(1800 individuals) among the displaced riverine communities at the historic
Airport IDP site and Daifa villages, ltspangtrehabilitate
two public boreholes at Mahaday and Dabaylay villages, rehabilitate one shallow
well at Gumbe village,lt/spangt construct two 50-cubic meters concrete elevated
water storage tanks for Mahaday and Dabaylay boreholes to benefit 10,000
beneficiaries, perform pipeline extensions with installation of water kiosks
for Dabayley village and Airport IDP, establish and train 18-member Water
Management Committee to enhance active  linkage between IMC and the
community, conduct routine mass chlorination of water sources at the proposed
rehabilitation water-points, construct of 80 gender segregated latrines ltspangtwith hand washing facilitieslt/spangt and solar lamps
targeting 2400 beneficiaries, install access ramps, sitting potties and
handrails to 12 latrines (15% of the constructed VIP latrines), for the
elderly, pregnant women and ltspangtPWDs for ease
of access and usage, conduct regular desludging for the inundated
latrines  in targeted locations adversely affected by El
Nino-induced  floodslt/spangt, establish and train 14 community hygiene
promotion volunteers (8 men, 6 women) to conduct routine mass household hygiene
promotions, procure and distribute 1,000 hygiene kits targeting the most
vulnerable El Nino flood affected IDPs and Jowhar riverine villages, conduct
community cleanup campaigns twice every week to make sure the IDPs and
surrounding Jowhar riverine village environments are kept clean from solid
waste, and facilitate feedback and accountability mechanisms through an
established CBFRM  Accountability to Affected Populations structure
comprisingltspangt lt/spangt(i) community dialogue and
consultation meetings for WASH project setup (ii) sensitization and training of
CBFRM  AAP for community committees (iii) development of local CBFRM and
AAP materials by a hired artist.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltpgtltspangtIMC targets ten implementation
sites identified to be most at risk of adverse effects of flooding
including IDP sites and Jowhar riverine villages as follows: (1) Alla amin
IDP (2) Alla suge IDP (3)  Gumbe (4) Blook (5) Da'ifo
(6) Bulowaray (7) Dabaylay (8) Airport IDP sites (9) Shamiindo
(10) Mahaday.lt/spangtlt/pgt





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