Strengthening resilience of vulnerable population through provision of WASH and related Nutrition services in Pulka, Gwoza LGA, of Borno State ltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="background-color: white color: black font-family: Arial font-size: 8.5pt"gtThere are significant and severe humanitarian needs across
Nigeria, caused by poverty – further deepened by high rates of inflation – lack
of access to basic services, weak rule of law, widespread insecurity and
criminality, and the impact of climate change.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="background-color: white color: black font-family: Arial font-size: 8.5pt"gtThe secondary data review undertaken in mid-2022 provided
critical preliminary analysis helping to scope the Humanitarian Needs Overview
(HNO), and specifically informed the Multi Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) for
2023 with key background on population groups, vulnerable populations, and
humanitarian access in the BAY states.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="background-color: white color: black font-family: Arial font-size: 8.5pt"gtDrawing from these data, this proposed intervention aims to
improve living conditions and all necessary emergency WASH related actions
(with high cognizance and deliberate effort to mainstream Nutrition and
Protection) for lt/spangtltspan style="background-image: initial background-position: initial background-size: initial background-repeat: initial background-attachment: initial background-origin: initial background-clip: initial"gt14,950lt/spangt
ltspan style="background-color: white color: black font-family: Arial font-size: 8.5pt"gtindividuals living in IDP Camps and Host Community in Pulka Gwoza LGA,
including People with Special Needs (PWSN) by facilitating life-saving assistance
through the provision of safe and equitable water, made available and
accessible for the affected population through Rehabilitation of lt/spangtltspan style="background-image: initial background-position: initial background-size: initial background-repeat: initial background-attachment: initial background-origin: initial background-clip: initial"gt1 majorlt/spangtltspan style="background-color: white"gtltfont color="#000000" face="Arial"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt"gt Solar lt/spangtMotorisedltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt"gt Borehole (SMBH) Operation and Maintenance of existing Water facilities (10 SMBH and 3 HPBH/HDW), including Water quality testing - FRC Monitoring,lt/spangtlt/fontgtltfont color="#000000" face="Arial"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt"gt and provision of Fuel for extra hour water production for four (4)
selected high yielding boreholes at down time.lt/spangtlt/fontgtlt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt font-family: Arial color: black background: white"gtAlso, the project further aim to strengthen access to improved
sanitation through Rehabilitation and Maintenance oflt/spangtltspan style="background-image: initial background-position: initial background-size: initial background-repeat: initial background-attachment: initial background-origin: initial background-clip: initial"gtltfont face="Arial"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt background-color: white"gt 42lt/spangtlt/fontgtltfont face="Arial" color="#000000"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt background-color: white"gt Blocks of sanitation facilities and construction of 2 new
Blocks of improved Sanitation Facilities to replace decommissioned ones
including provision and distribution of Sanitation kits and environmental
Cleaning Kit for daily latrine Cleaning of lt/spangtlt/fontgtltspan style="background-image: initial background-position: initial background-size: initial background-repeat: initial background-attachment: initial background-origin: initial background-clip: initial"gt594lt/spangtltfont face="Arial" color="#000000"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt background-color: white"gt Sanitation Facility Units and Weekly
Environmental Sanitation respectively. The project has also put into
consideration a contingency plan for desludging of filled-up Latrine and Shower
Soak pits, to support the WASH Sector Arrangement for desludging Faecal waste. Other
activities include rehabilitation of 1 Solid lt/spangtlt/fontgtltfont face="Arial" color="#000000"gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt background-color: white"gtWaste Disposal Point and decommissioning of 10 blocks of
dilapidated latrines in Camp A and Camp D in Pulka.lt/spangtlt/fontgtlt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt font-family: Arial color: black background: white"gtFurthermore, the programme will be accompanied with
promoting, culturally appropriate gender-and age-sensitive hygiene messaging,
aiming at hygienic behaviour and practices as per sector’s standards through
Joint Campaigns, Focused group Discussions (FGDs), house-to-house etc,
targeting two (2) IDP Camps, Schools, Health Facilities, CMAM Centre, OTP
Sites, SCs, within Pulka Gwoza LGA.lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 8.5pt font-family: Arial color: black"gt ltspan style="background:white"gtAdditionally, Key
WASH NFIs distribution in the location to support hygienic practice. SAM
Patients in OTP, SC will be specially targeted with these relevant WASH kits.lt/spangtlt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="background-color: white color: black font-family: Arial font-size: 8.5pt"gtThe Programme also seek to strengthen livelihood and economic
activities in targeted location by providing materials and facilitating Soap Making
training exercises to be attended by 50 selected women who will desire and can
maintain the capacity to replicate and commercialize their acquired skills.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gt

ltspan style="font-family: Arial color: black background-color: white"gtAs a way to ensure the sustainability of the WASH
services, LPF will deploy her innovative “For and With” approach of programme
implementation where locals will be recruited trained, and enrolled through out
every stage of the programme as a way to pursue sustainability and boast
livelihood of the community which will invariably add up to the socio-economic
well-being of the community and build resilience amongst members of the
community. A Programme Exit Session will be organized at the end of the
programme to harmonise and transfer key responsibilities to already trained
WASHCOM and community Stakeholders. lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial color: black"gtltbrgt
lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-family: Arial color: black background-color: white"gtResponding to the WASH needs in Pulka, Gwoza LGA, LPF aims to Mainstream protection and mitigate gender-based violence (GBV) to ensure that access to WASH services takes account of findings from systematic consultations with women and girls and by consolidating the achievements of the previous year’s Cholera response in Pulka.ltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgt