Lean Season WASH Services to Address Malnutrition in Damaturu ltpgtltbrgtThis project aims to address critical gaps in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Damaturu LGA, where inadequate access to clean water and sanitation facilities exacerbates health risks and malnutrition. The project is targeting 13,000 vulnerable people (3000 women, 2000 men, 5000 girls, and 3000 boys) focusing on key activities to improve health outcomes and build community resilience. Also, providing access to safe drinking water, managing waste effectively, promoting hygiene, and distributing essential WASH non-food items (NFIs), to 2,600 households.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtOne of the primary activities involves ensuring a reliable drinking water supply through provision and  safeguarding unprotected water points with free residual chlorine. This will help prevent the spread of waterborne diseases like cholera and acute watery diarrhea (AWD). The project will be constructing new water facilities and rehabilitating existing ones in both communities and nutritional centers. These efforts will ensure that safe drinking water is consistently available, reducing the burden of disease and improving overall health and nutritional status, particularly for children who are most at risk.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtEffective waste management is another crucial component of the project. TCDI will implement comprehensive excreta management and solid waste management practices, including the construction  of latrines at health and nutritional centers. This includes desludging services and providing latrine cleaning kits to ensure proper maintenance. The project will also distribute 50 waste disposal can to health facilities and 500 to targeted households with SAM cases. Canal cleaning will be undertaken through an innovative cash-for-work approach, engaging community members in these activities. This will addresses environmental sanitation and also provide economic benefits to participating households, fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility for maintaining clean and healthy surroundings.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtHygiene promotion is essential to our strategy, with a particular focus on households affected by severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and AWD/cholera. TCDI will  train community (65 + 5 staff) hygiene promotion volunteers to conduct hygiene promotion campaigns, including the dissemination of information, education, and communication (IEC) materials tailored to the needs of these vulnerable groups, this strategy will include House to house visits, Focus group discussion and airing of radio programs and jingles. Through this project, TCDI will provide essential WASH non-food items (NFIs) through the WASH sector common pipeline, prioritizing SAM-affected households. These NFIs, which include items such as soap, water containers, and sanitary supplies as per sector standard, This as will as well help improve hygiene practices and reduce the risk of disease transmission.lt/pgtltpgtThe project will also support the coordination efforts of the sector, since TCDI is co-leading in Yobe State. Through is project, TCDI will create enabling environment for effective coordination of WASH activities, this includes training of WASH partners on Reporting, sharing information, establish and strengthen the coordination system. TCDI will provide logistics support to the coordination team to conduct monitoring of the WASH response across the state, as well as attending other coordination activities within and outside the state.lt/pgt