Emergency WASH rainy season response for Conflict Affected People in Damboa LGA, Borno State, North East Nigeria International Medical Corps UK has implemented Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activities at several IDP camps in Damboa since 2017. With the experience gained and lessons learned through the interventions, IMC UK aims to continue strengthening access to safe water and positive behavior change through information sharing in the targeted communities. The proposed intervention is to improve the health and overall wellbeing of the targeted communities and reduce the burden on local health systems caused by increased morbidity related to the spreading of WASH-borne diseases. 

During the current nine-month emergency rainy season the response aims to support the affected IDPs, returnees and host community in Damboa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state. The action will address the potable water access gap, especially during the current rainy season when available water sources become contaminated due to poor sanitation facilities and unsafe hygiene practices. This will be achieved by providing access to a clean water supply, upgrading a water facility to a solar-powered borehole, ensuring water treatment (chlorination) of water sources, training hygiene promoters and water point monitors, and facilitating household disinfection for those with suspected cholera cases in collaboration with the health sector. Provision of Cholera NFIs and disinfection materials from the WASH sector will also be provided to support the disinfection of public institutions to eliminate cholera virus presence from suspected cases in households and connected water sources, along with food or fecal-oral transmission. 

This project it to provide WASH interventions to 55,500 vulnerable IDPs and host community persons (direct and indirect beneficiaries). The four (4) main result areas of the project focus will be:
	Emergency water supply through water trucking for 18,000 IDPs living in an informal setting per the WASH sector’s standards.
	Cholera response preparedness and vector control for 15,000 host community population. 
	Distribution of WASH NFI to 3,500 persons from most vulnerable cholera affected 500 households.
	Provision of hygiene promotion and behavioral changes focusing on cholera prevention and other public health risks to 15,000 host community members. 

Protection, gender and Age diversity, inclusion and accountability considerations will be incorporated throughout the selection of beneficiaries and project implementation. The project will ensure that equal opportunities to project activities is given to all beneficiaries regardless of their age, gender or disability status. The community volunteers engaged will include men, women, youth and people living with disability. WASH facilities that are designed to improve access to all beneficiaries will be encouraged. Protection of the community will be prioritized with NFI kits including torch lights that can be used to access the sanitation facilities at night distributed. The facilities will also be gender segregated to provide privacy. International Medical Corps UK has a solid ground presence in Damboa LGA and highly skilled professionals trained on humanitarian principles and the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS). IMC UK is adhering to the WASH cluster guidelines and international standards.