Provision of Emergency Life-saving and Sustainable WASH Assistance in IDP and Non-IDP sites of Al Dhihar, Al Mashannah Districts, Ibb Governorate The proposed WASH response is aimed at ensuring continuous WASH services in the IDPs where International Medical Corps (IMC) will continue with the emergency WASH response in Al Dhihar and Al Mashannah Districts in the Ibb governorate, where the IMC completed a project in April 2022. Since then, no other INGO has been able to fill the gap after the project closure due to limited funding. Over 60% of the IDPs visited in May 2022 still relied on emergency water supply through water trucking, which is very expensive, leaving the IDP household unable to afford these services. Other WASH services, including solid waste, are either inadequate or completely non-to and require continued support. Without the resumption of funding and activities in these target areas, WASH services will remain disrupted, and conditions will worsen.

The proposed response aligns with the strategic allocation of grant priority 2 to continue providing emergency, life-saving assistance, and protection to the most acutely vulnerable IDPs, refugees, migrants, and host communities most at risk. The project will enable International Medical Corps to fill the WASH gap by providing an emergency and sustainable WASH assistance package based on needs identified in the allocation strategy and the local context of the target communities. 

The overall objective of this response is to provide emergency lifesaving and life-sustaining WASH services that are culturally appropriate to the needs of the most vulnerable IDP populations living in three districts in the Ibb governorates. The aim is to improve access to safe and sustained water, sanitation, and hygiene education, and reduce acute watery diarrhea AWD/cholera incidences and WASH-related diseases. To achieve this, IMC will conduct the following: Rehabilitation of 2 water supply systems in Al Dhihar district, provision of emergency water supply through water trucking operational support toward operation and maintenance of water supply systems, spare parts, equipment, training of 12 water WMCs and water treatment chemicals and water quality monitoring and repair/rehabilitation of 10 communal water distribution points in the targeted IDPs hosting sites. Furthermore, 
IMC shall construct 15 emergency latrines, desludging an estimated 500m3 fill up cesspits and septic and support the community and cleaning funds in operation and maintenance of solid waste through organizing community clean-up campaigns, provision of operational support such as fuel, repair and maintenance of solid waste trucks, and provision of 2 tuktuk tricycles to support routine solid waste collection. 

International Medical Corps works with GHOs in the targeted governorate and identify 40 (10 men, 30 women) CHVs trained in basic hygiene promotion practices. The trained CHVs to conduct routine hygiene promotion awareness sessions weekly under the supervision of the International Medical Corps hygiene promotion team, whilst utilizing the Wash'Em approach to complement handwashing in households. In addition, IMC will procure 2,000 basic hygiene and WASH cholera kits from UNICEF through the WASH cluster, which will be distributed to vulnerable IDP households (SAM/MAM, PLW, female and child-headed families, and persons with disabilities).71,082 individuals (16298 men, 15,589 women, 19,938, boys, and 19257 girls) are expected to benefit directly from this project.