Improving access, expansion and maintenance of lifesaving water and sanitation services for population affected by conflict in Golo and surrounding under allocation envelope 1. In Jebel Mara, the conflict between the Sudanese Armed forces and the Abdul Wahid faction of the Sudan Liberation Army resulted in important and repetitive movement of population, especially in 2016.
According to OCHA timesheet, between 160,000 and 195,000 civilians have been displaced because of the hostilities since that date. Returnees started coming back to their land since the end of the conflict. The movement of returnees is still ongoing and the influx increased from November 2017.

TGH’s strong presence in Golo since the opening of a base with permanent WASH team in 2017, as well as its longstanding presence in Central Darfur, particularly as a WASH actor, presents all skills needed to address the needs of conflict-affected population of this area. TGH conducted many assessments within 2017 and main findings showed that the access to safe water in Golo town is under SPHERE standards, hygiene awareness is very limited in Golo area and negatively impacts personal hygiene which contributes to the high morbidity of WASH related diseases.
This project is a major mitigation measure to health risks such as AWD, through water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion intervention. The construction and upgrade of water points in Dar el Salam and Golo town and the rehabilitation of open wells in Bari Hari and Jokosti will increase the quantity of available safe water and benefit to 13 650 individuals. TGH will ensure the good water quality with implementation of a regular monitoring at each water point. 

Hygiene promotion activities will be conducted in Golo town, Dar el Salam, Buri, Bari Hari and Jokosti  to sensitize the population of the five villages on health threats and hygiene good practices. TGH will select and train 51 Hygiene Key Promotors in each village to organize mass events as well as regular hygiene promotion sessions on various topics in public locations. 
The project includes a WASH-in-school component through the construction of VIP latrines in the schools, the provision of safe water storage and handwashing facilities to ensure better hygiene practices during school time for 1539 students and teachers. Hygiene Key Promotors will also organize hygiene promotion sessions in schools as children are particularly receptive to hygiene advice and easily spread the message within the household.

In coordination with the communities, TGH will build garbage collection points and a burning area in Jokosti, Dar el Salam, Buri and Bari Hari to improve local environment. Cleaning campaigns will be organized in the four villages and Golo town, and the community will receive garbage collection materials. 

Finally, the project aims at reinforcing community capacity-building. TGH will train operators to ensure the maintenance of hand pumps in Golo area. 24 water committee members will also be trained on operation and management and cost recovery system in order to be able to manage the water points after the handover. To prevent breakdowns and lack of spare parts, TGH will support the creation of a spare parts store in Golo town that will be handed over to WES whose 4 members will attend a training on store management, operation and maintenance of water points and preventive maintenance activities.
 
The activities mentioned below will benefit to 100 796 individuals, which corresponds to the total population of Golo town, Dar el Salam, Bar Hari, Buri and Jokosti villages.