Site Improvement for The Most Prioritized IDP Sites in Al Khawkha District in Hodeidah Governorate through WASH and Shelter Interventions Project ltpgtAl Khawkha district in Hodeida Governorate is considered to be among the WASH and Shelter clusters focus district in 2023/ 2024.Rapid assessment and clusters’ coordination feedback shows that Tour Qatab IDP site needs the distribution of NFIs including energy kits for the entire HHs as HHs lack the NFI items, needs shelter maintenance and upgrades for 156 HHs as the remaining 90 HHs are living in Transitional Shelters, Al Sad IDP site is exposed to flood that cause medium negative impact and damages on IDPs’ shelters and/or safety , IDPs living in Al Jasha and Al Alili IDP sites are suffering from the scarcity of water as there is no sustainable water supply in Al Jasha IDP site – no wells - and they are relying on water trucking provided by WASH partner (Taybah organization), no water pumping in Al Alili IDP site the water pumping unit and solar system, the water network and two water tower tanks need rehabilitation. Moreover, there is a gap in the need of installing 250 emergency latrines in Al Jasha IDP site. As a response, GWQ has designed a twelve-month project of Site Improvement in which WASH and Shelter sectors’ interventions are incorporated. The project aims to improve the most prioritized existing IDP sites in Al Khawkha district of Al Jasha, Al Alili, Tour Qataba, Al Sad and Al Badi through Shelter and WASH interventions/sustainable solutions.  For Shelter sector interventions, GWQ will provide shelter maintenance and upgrades to 156 IDP HHs in Tour Qataba IDP site, distribute 246 Non-Food-Items (NFIs) and 246 energy kits to 246 IDP HHs in Tour Qataba IDP site, provide 200 Transitional Shelters (TSs) to 100 IDP HHs in Al Sad IDP site and to 100 IDP HHs in Al Badi IDP site, in addition to provide flood mitigation measures solutions to 144 IDP HHs in Al Sad IDP site. For WASH interventions, GWQ will improve the living conditions of IDPs in Al Jasha , Al Alili, Jehaber and Bani Jaber through sustainable WASH interventions of : (a) provision access to safe water for Al Jasha 1137 IDP HHs (4759 IDP individuals), Jehaber 301 IDP HHs (1491 IDP individuals), Bani Jaber 453 IDP HHs (2025 IDP individuals) and 550HHs (3850 individuals) from the host community through excavation of one artesian well, construction of pumping room and unit , rehabilitation of the existing water network in addition to extending the water network to Jehaber and Bani Jaber IDP sites that are near to the artesian well, rehabilitation of 14 manholes, and rehabilitation of 30 water points , (b)  rehabilitation of Al Alili Well Number 1 to provide access to safe water for Al Alili 1115 IDP HHs (6095 IDP individuals)-  that include conducting deep cleaning of the well , rehabilitating the water pumping room, installation and operating solar water pumping system, rehabilitating 64 manholes , and  rehabilitating one water tower tank, (c) rehabilitation of Al Alili well number 2 that requires conducting cleaning of the well ,rehabilitating the water pumping room, installation and operating solar water pumping system, installation of solar panels and inverter, rehabilitating 5 manholes, rehabilitating one water tower tank, and rehabilitating 15 water points, (d) provision of water treatment and water quality surveillance to the two rehabilitated wells in Al Alili IDP site, (e) formation of 3 water management committees , (g) installation of 168 emergency latrines for 480 IDP HHs in Al Jash IDP site, (h) recruiting/training 8 CHPVs in key hygiene messages and community engagement approaches for conducting hygiene promotion activities, and (i) conducting 2802 door-to-door hygiene promotion awareness sessions – 2252 awareness sessions in Al Jasha, and Al Alili IDP sites and 550 awareness sessions for host community households with disseminating IEC posters on hygiene messages and CFM while conducting the door-to-door hygiene awareness sessions.ltbrgtlt/pgt