Provision of gender appropriate, secure and user friendly WASH facilities in the areas of return in Upper Orakzai Agency. To meet the immediate critical WASH needs, the project will provide appropriate quality and quantity of safe drinking water through rehabilitating/repairing community water sources, as well as installing water tanks. HOPE will use multiple approaches including rehabilitation of existing water supply systems/, Water quality monitoring and surveillance, water treatment, and provision of temporary water storage facilities.  All relevant stakeholders including line departments, Political Administration, Public Health Department, Wash Cluster, Education Cluster, health committees will be involved in the implementation of the project activities. Bills of quantity and designs will be approved from UNOCHA. Water quality will be ensured in the project targeted areas. The proposed project will ensure affordable clean drinking water through the following activities. 

1.	Rehabilitation/Protection of 12 gravity fed WSS (mainly open spring and tube wells) identified by PHED and shared by the Cluster through various scope of work including rehabilitation, improvement, construction, repair, installation of pipeline and solar system
2.	Installation of 50 water tanks for water storage 

The project will reactivate sanitation facilities at communities, and health facilities (hospitals, BHUs, CDs) to prevent water borne diseases and promote healthy environment in the areas of return in 12 villages of Upper Orakzai Agency including Rabia Khel, Alaf Khel, Gandi Thall, Isarak, Allah Dad, Nawasi, Totani, Bar Mela, Wali Nawasti, Pand Kulli, Nari Pakha, Darga Rabia Khel and DDM. HOPE will construct 2 separate single latrines at different locations for male and female patients at 5 health facilities to respect local culture and will provide sanitation kit to most vulnerable families to support the construction of latrine to minimize the health risks associated with open defecation in communities. HOPE will distribute 400 sanitation kits to vulnerable people for construction of latrine. Since the returnee population lack livelihoods opportunities therefore an amount of US$ 50 per sanitation kit will be provided as Cash for Work (CFW) to build the latrines which will provide livelihoods as well to the local people. 

HOPE will conduct a well-organized health and hygiene campaign on promotion of hygiene practices. For this purpose, Hygiene Promoters will conduct awareness raising sessions in government/privates schools, health facilities and communities while using CHAST and PHAST approaches. HOPE will conduct 160 health and hygiene promotion sessions through CHAST and PHAST approaches whereas 455 awareness raising session on importance of water and will targets children (girls and boys) community members (women and men), elderly and disables, needs to measure current knowledge and practices towards enhancement of hygienic condition of the target communities in a culturally appropriate and friendly manner. Prior to the health and hygiene session, HOPE will conduct Pre and Post KAP survey to know the knowledge, attitude and practices of the target group. The project will also provide 1000 WASH NFIs to the most vulnerable families to maintain health and hygiene practice of the returnees.