Improved access to domestic and drinking water for the most vulnerable communities in Area C of West Bank MA`AN’s proposed project aims to address the needs listed in the Humanitarian Needs Overview OPT 2022, specifically WASH needs for the most vulnerable Palestinians living in Area C who depend on herding and agricultural livelihoods. This project aims at securing access to drinking and domestic water for cooking, personal and domestic hygiene targeting the communities of Ash Shuyukh amp Safa communities in Hebron Governorate and Kisan community in Bethlehem Governorate. The initiative responds to the urgent needs highlighted in 2022 HF 1st standard allocation strategy paper and is fully in line with the WASH Cluster Objective 2, aiming to “Improving access to adequate WASH services for the most vulnerable communities in Area C ”. The proposed intervention is aligned also to the Sustainable development goal 6 (SDG 6) that aims to ‘ensure available and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ and includes targets for universal access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030. The initiative has been endorsed and coordinated with the Governorates of Hebron amp Bethlehem. The action targets three highly vulnerable communities included on the WASH vulnerability index 2021 and on the 2022 Communities’ livelihood resilience assessment conducted by OCHA, WASH and Food Security clusters for the communities most affected by settler violence incidents in Area C in the West Bank. 
The project comprises the rehabilitation/ installation of water networks and HHs connections to increase access, availability and quality of water at HH and community level for three most affected communities in Area C (Kisan, Ash Shuyukh amp Safa) ensuring safeguarding and engagement of community members and will serve 98 HHs (498) beneficiaries including 254 males, 244 females and 5 PWD.
Through: i) Creation of community based project support committees and orienting them on CRM and reporting channels including PSEAH 
ii) Rehabilitation of 2.5 km of main water carrier lines
 iii) Rehabilitation/installation of  of 6.7 km community/cluster water networks and
 iv) installation of 1248 meters of  new HHs water connections.
Particularly  In Ash Shuyukh the project will be in upper part of the community in the catchment areas that is out of the master plan which are: 1. Qanan Nyas, 2. Esmak and 3. eastern areas of the village, the project will secure access to water for 23 HHs (120 beneficiaries)

While in Safa, part of the existing network is deteriorated and have high water loss, the community was targeted before by AAH for rehabilitation of part of the water network in year 2018, this intervention which includes rehabilitation/ installation of water lines and HH connections for the remaining part will complement the works done with AAH in order to have full coverage for the village, the activity there will benefit 50 HHs (260 beneficiaries).

in Kisan, the intervention will be in two catchment areas of the community which called “Wad Abyan amp Em Zoteen”, the community have a transmission water pipeline constructed by AAH but needs water connection pipes and HH connection to serve the residents in these two catchment areas, as the residents there force to go a distance of about 700-1300m, especially women and girls, to reach the transmission line to secure water or purchase trucked water which cause financial burden on them. The activity in this community will serve 25 HHs with total beneficiaries of (118 residents).

This intervention is expected to meet one of the most urgent WASH needs of the targeted families and to alleviate their suffering, improve access to water and enhance their resilience. The intervention  has been coordinated with the WASH cluster, the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), enabling a strong collaboration among local and regional stakeholders in-line with and beyond the central management