Provision of life saving WASH facilities in 10 villages of Masozai area, Central Kurram Agency, FATA The project aims at fulfilling the critical WASH needs of families recently returned/returning to the areas in Masozai area of Central Kurram agency. Access to safe drinking water emerged as the basic need of most of the people including women, girls, men, boys, people with disabilities and elderly. People fetch water from unprotected and contaminated water sources located far off from settlements. People’s health statuses are at stake due to poor access to safe water. Sanitation conditions are dismal in the target areas, schools, health facilities and villages. Open defecation is common in the target areas as the returning families have limited or no access to sanitation facilities. Apart from access to water and sanitation awareness on safe hygiene practices such as washing hands with soap at critical times, disinfection of water at household level and the use of latrines for excreta disposal have emerged as the key area to be addressed. In order to address the key needs of the community an integrated WASH project is designed that focuses on
	Rehabilitation/revitalization of drinking water supply schemes in communities
	Revitalization of drinking water supply schemes in schools and health facilities
	Provision of safe, gender appropriate and accessible sanitation facilities such as twin latrines and hand washing pads in schools and health facilities.
	Hygiene education in communities through hygiene promotion sessions 
	Hygiene promotion in schools using child to child activities and formation of WASH clubs
	Development and dissemination of IEC material focusing on hand washing at critical stages and proper use of sanitation facilities and significance of clean drinking water.
	Observe international days like global hand washing day and world toilet day.
	Water quality monitoring 
For smooth implementation of the project, communities will be fully involved in all stages of the project. Keeping in view the cultural sensitivities separate men and women public health committees will be formed and actively engaged in schemes identification and dissemination of awareness messages among wide communities. Criteria for the selection of beneficiaries will be determined together with public health committees formed under the project. However, families affected from militancy will be given preference whereby vulnerability will be assessed in terms of access to humanitarian assistance, income level, tenancy status, and livelihood strategies. Special attention will be given to women particularly women heads of household, children, People with disabilities (PWDs), minorities and elderly people.
In order to ensure proper compliance to reporting, accountability and performance measurement requirements, the Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting (MER) Section at head office will provide technical backstopping to project team in planning, developing monitoring plans, and formats for data collection and donor reporting and feedback on critical issues. For this purpose regular monthly reviews of project will be held at head offices level. Close coordination will be maintained with relevant stakeholders including UNOCHA, FDMA, WASH cluster, Agencies administration, PHED, education and health departments in Kurram Agency.