Providing sustainable and lifesaving WASH services to drought and floods-affected rural and displaced populations in Wajid district. ltpgtAgency for Minority Rights and Development (AMARD) will target 18,600 people (5,766 Women, 5,208 Men, 3,534 boys, and 4,092 girls) with life-saving and sustainable WASH intervention in Wajid to address water insecurity, sanitation, and hygiene access gaps for 12,314 displaced and 6,286 host communities heavily impacted by last year’s El-Nino floods, disease outbreak, and three years of consecutive drought. This project contributes to health, nutrition, and protection outcomes by preventing disease outbreaks, addressing malnutrition, and reducing protection risks exposed to women and girls through improved access to sustainable water, access to sanitation services, and promoting positive social behavior change. The project plans to improve access to water and sanitation services for one health facility, 3 IDP settlements, and 1 village to create a safer and hygienic environment and improve quality service delivery by these institutions.ltbrgtThis project is contributing to the SHF 1st standard allocation and WASH cluster objectives by targeting hard-to-reach rural villages and IDP settlements with no basic access to WASH services. AMARD plans to rehabilitate 2 shallow wells in rural villages and IDP settlements and upgrade them to flood-proof status to endure future flood impact. Build community capacity and provide tools to manage water systems for maintenance and sustainability. Chlorinate 10 unprotected water sources to prevent Cholera outbreaks due to water sources' contamination. This project plans to construct 60 latrines (30 in 3 IDP sites and 25 in rural villages) The project will provide emergency water supply for 12,314 IDP population, and distribute 1000 hygiene kits to benefit 4000 people including AWD/Cholera patients at health facilities and households with SAM/MAM children. AMARD will train 20 hygiene promoters, distribute 60 sanitation tools for environmental sanitation at the community level, and strengthen health and nutrition institutions' capacity to deliver quality services. The project aims to provide life-saving WASH services for displaced populations in 3 IDP settlements affected by floods, and drought who are facing acute malnutrition and have no basic health services. The project contributes to the centrality of protection by mainstreaming protection throughout the project cycle and ensuring the targeted populations including minority groups have equal access to services and participate and are part of decision makers. ltbrgtThe proposed WASH activities will be integrated with nutrition, MPC, and protection interventions to enhance WASH, Health, and Nutrition impact. To achieve this AMARD closely worked with other partners to ensure the same settlements are selected for the integrated activities. AMARD conducted community and facility-level assessments and selected villages and settlements with acute malnutrition, have poor access to health and WASH services. AMARD is a minority and rights-based organization and has a field presence in Wajid with the capacity to implement the proposed activities both in rural and IDP settlements. AMARD is an active WASH and CCCM partner and has strong community acceptance having implemented other humanitarian interventions in the target settlements. ltbrgtlt/pgt