Emergency WASH provision for Conflict Affected Populations This project will respond to emerging WASH needs resulting from the offensive to retake IS controlled areas in Hawiga district in Kirkuk Governorate. The project will assist vulnerable conflict-affected populations in emergency sites, informal settlements, camps (particularly Laylan 3) and at points of returnee or remainees within Hawiga district.The project will cover meeting the emergency water, sanitation and hygiene needs of an estimated 10,500 individuals through first line and second line response activities in priority displacement locations. 
This project will provide continued support for Operation and Maintenance of WASH facilities and service provision in Laylan 3 IDP camp in Kirkuk Governorate where Tearfund has installed WASH facilities and has been supporting camp management in Operation and Maintenance since January 2017. Current IHPF funding is until December 2017, and this will enable continuation of services beyond December.

Activities in Laylan 3 camp will focus on overseeing and supporting the municipality in the provision of safe water, including the operation of the two boreholes, and maintenance and repairs to the water distribution network. Tearfund will also continue to provide monitoring and support for the provision of sanitation services, providing management of municipality and camp workers in the maintenance and cleaning of latrines and bathing facilities, and providing desludging, solid waste management/garbage collection and safe disposal.

The project will also contribute to increasing the practice of good hygiene behaviours, to reduce the risk of disease outbreak and focus on hygiene practices in basic conditions. This will be achieved via the provision of hygiene and water kits to new arrivals and monthly hygiene consumable items, including female and infant specific hygiene items. In addition, hygiene promotion activities will be carried out throughout the course of the project including household visits and beneficiary trainings.

This project will also seek to provide first line WASH assistance to newly arriving out-of-camp populations in emergency sites and screening centers. This aspect of the project is likely to specifically focus on anticipated gaps in the WASH response plan including desludging, water trucking and garbage collection. Should the Hawiga offensive result in access to areas within Hawiga district within the first few months of the project, Tearfund will also seek to support remainee and returnee populations with first line WASH assistance. This includes provision of safe water - whether through water trucking or emergency repairs to existing infrastructure (including equipments replacements such as generators), and water storage solutions such as household jerry cans or community water tanks.

Activities have been designed based on Tearfund’s extensive experience of providing operation and maintenance in Laylan 3 camp since January 2017, and in collaboration with the Kirkuk municipality and Kirkuk sub-national WASH cluster in line with the Inter-Agency Hawiga Response Plan. The project has been designed with flexibility to ensure that beneficiary needs are appropriately met in an uncertain and continually evolving situation.