CO-Flood disaster response in Kasese Oxfam in Uganda will through the project reach out to a total 15,000 (7800 F; 7200 M) individuals in Kasese district, the worst affected area with the current floods.,  Focus will be on provision of life saving essential WASH interventions including construction of emergency latrines and bathing shelters, distribution of essential WASH NFIs (containers for water collection and distribution, household water treatment chemicals, soap etc), Rehabilitation of damaged water systems (hand pumps springs etc) Hygiene Promotion using both contact and non-contact based approaches. Oxfam will coordinate and manage the entire implement of the response in partnership with FURA, a local Oxfam partner within the region with operations and establishments in Kasese.
Rehabilitation of broken-down bore holes, damaged pipe lines and protected springs within the affected areas. At least 7 bore holes, and 2 protected springs will be rehabilitated in the Kasese district to restore back safe water supply to these affected villages. The rehabilitation will includewell redevelopment, replacement of worn out parts, reconstruction of embankment walls for the protected springs and disinfection for rehabilitated systems

Distribution of Household Water treatment tablets: At least 15 boxes of water treatment tablets will be distributed to the affected population in Kasese districts. This will support water quality improvement in areas relying on contaminated water sources thus avoid possible outbreak of water borne diseases including cholera. Oxfam and partner will work with Village Health Teams (VHTs) to facilitate demonstrations on appropriate use and water quality monitoring. This will be a short-term measure andwill be stopped immediately rehabilitation of damaged water sources is complete.

Procurement and distribution of household hygienekits such as water collection and storage containers as well as soap will be distributed to affected households targeting at least 750 households. The WASH NFIs will include 750 Jerry cans of 20 litres, 750 drinking water buckets, and 100 cartoons of soap. This will support strengthening safe water chain management at household level as well as well us practice of handwashing with soap particularly in this period of COVID 19.

Water quality monitoring for both bacteriological and FRC will be undertaken at all water sources with the affected areas. The project will support the district water departments to strengthen water quality monitoring to ensure that affected communities are accessing safe water.

Construction of communal latrines and bath shelters at evacuation centres, 20 gender segregated communal latrines and bathe shelters will be constructed at evacuation centres and hand washing facilities installed in areas where they do not exist, this will be accompanied by hygiene promotion activities. This will enhance good hygiene and sanitation practices to avoid disease outbreak at evacuation centres. Latrine cleaning tools and detergents will be procured and distributed to all evacuation centres where communal latrines have been set up, communities will be mobilized to ensure continued cleaningof latrines and refilling of hand washing facilities on rotation basis for easy operation and maintenance of the facilities.

Procurement and distribution of waste mobile bins at evacuation centres. At least 10 waste mobile bins for solid waste collection and transportation to rubbish pits will be procured and distributed to evacuation centres. This will help address the challenges of vermin as well as enhance vector control and avoid diseases at the centres.

Community dialogues with the affected people will be conducted, this will enhance community participation and ensure two-way communication between the partners and affected communities across the 3 affected districts. At least 2 meetings will be conducted amongst the affected communities in Kasese District.

Reproduction anddissemination of IEC materials on hygiene and sanitation promotion, as well COVID 19 prevention measures. Billboards, PVC burners and flyers depicting key messages will be produced, installed and distributed in strategic locations at community level.

Post distribution monitoring, the project will also conduct post distribution monitoring exercises for WASH NFIs distributed. Joint monitoring exercise will be done to enhance quality implementation of the project