Lifesaving response to the populations most affected by flooding and cholera in Bardheere Gedo region through emergency WASH interventions. ltp class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family:"gtMore than 21 people, 6 of them children reportedly died as moderate to
heavy rains started in Bardheere. Heavy rains have been reported in several
districts in Gedo, Lower and Middle and in the Ethiopian highlands, leading to
a rise of water levels.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gt

lt/pgtltp style="mso-margin-top-alt:automso-margin-bottom-alt:auto
line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"gtAccording toltspan style="font-size:12.0ptfont-family:"gt assessment carried out by an inter-agency team on 26 March and
led by the Area Humanitarian Coordination Group (AHCG), more than 13,000
families (about 80,000 people) which close to 40 percent of the total
population were affected by the recent rains, of these, 8,945 families (about
53,000 people) were internally displaced. According to SWALLIM, the river
levels in most of flood prone areas across the Juba has either surpassed. According
to this assessment, it estimated that all 8,945 displaced people’s shelter were
either destroyed or damaged while 272 other facilities including health
centers, schools and latrines were also either damaged or destroyed. Over 1,000
hectares of farmland was affected, and learning was disrupted for over 3,000
pupilslt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gt

lt/pgtltp style="mso-margin-top-alt:automargin-bottom:9.95pt
line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-size:12.0ptfont-family:"gtTo response this situation, ARD proposed project will cover WASH needs of
flood/AWD affected men, women, boys and girls. A total of 20,000 flood
affected men, women and children including the disabilities, marginalized
communities and IDPs will benefit safe drinking water and will have access
equally through:ltbrgt
1) Rehabilitation of flood damaged water tank to provide access of safe
water to 5,000 flood affected people living in Bardheere districtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gt

lt/pgtltp style="mso-margin-top-alt:automargin-bottom:9.95pt
line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-size:12.0ptfont-family:"gt2) Provision of emergency clean water to 3000 flood affected people through
voucher for a period of 30 days.ltbrgt
3) Capacity building of 42 gender balanced WASH Committees members shared
equality by men and women on operation and maintenance of developed water
infrastructures shall be throughout the project implementation period, to
ensure the sustainability of the developed water facilities after the project
is faced out. ltbrgt
4) Provision of reliable and sustainable access to proper sanitation services
through construction of 170 emergency flood proof latrines to cover the huge
sanitation gaps in Bardheere iDPs. The latrines will be gender separated
and flood proof with lockable doors and hand washing basins. Construction of
latrines will be implemented through market-based programming.  At least,
15% of the emergency latrines will be designed for people with disability
living in the IDPs. All sanitation facilities will be close dwellings and will
have lock inside and outsideltbrgt
5) Distribution of 60 sanitation sets to 6 IDP camps, in order to improve
the environmental sanitation of the targeted locations. The aim of the 60
sanitation sets distribution is to carry out clean-up campaigns, in order to
reduce the spread of AWD/cholera diseases and to improve the environmental
sanitation of the target locations.ltbrgt
6) Conducting comprehensive hygiene promotion campaigns focusing hand washing
with soap practices to 20,000 men, women, boys and girls through
visiting house to house, health facilities, and nutrition centers.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gt

lt/pgtltp style="mso-margin-top-alt:automso-margin-bottom-alt:auto
line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-size:12.0ptfont-family:"gt7) ARD will also train 15 Community Hygiene Promoters shared equally men
and women, selected from the target communities and IDPs, so that in their turn
can educate the entire population to change their behaviors. ltbrgt
8) Distribution of 2000 HP kits to 2000 IDP HHs. ltbrgt
All the project equipment and materials will be purchased locally and the
skilled workers from drought affected communities will be recruited to improve
local communities’ livelihoods and to strengthen local markets through the
market-based programming initiatives. In addition, ARD will ensure
mainstreaming protection including mitigation measures against GBV in all
phases of the project. This project will also promote and empower women
participation in different activities such as the management of constructed
WASH facilities. lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gt





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