Emergency WASH assistance to most vulnerable IDPs and host community in Ad Dhali District of Ad Dhali Governorate Yemen. Oxfam proposes to respond to the needs of 35,000 people (10,115 women, 10,290 men, 7175 girls, 7420 boys) in the Ad Dhali district of the Ad Dhali Governorate, of whom 14,000 persons are IDPs and 21,000 persons are from the hosting community. The project aims to contribute to reducing morbidity amp mortality by providing the most vulnerable populations with WaSH assistance. Oxfam will rehabilitate 2 water systems that serve both IDPs and host communities in the villages of Al Wa’ara and Al Jalila for the Ad Dhali sub-district and will support the Local Water and Sanitation Corporation (LWSC) in Ad Dhali with 2 months of fuel to power the water pumping systems, a supply for spare parts, and water disinfecting agents and quality testing equipment. This will come alongside a series of capacity building training for the water management committees, including sessions on technical repairs and maintenance, financial management, and administrative management of water supply systems, in addition to sessions on the water chlorination at distribution tank, and the use of the pool testers for quality monitoring. Latrines will be constructed to respond to the lack of access to safe sanitation facilities of IDP communities in particular. Latrine leaning kits and hygiene sessions will be provided to households to ensure that newly constructed latrines remain clean and functional, encourage latrine use and ultimately reducing open defecation. To improve the environmental hygienic condition at the Ad Dhali sub-district level, Oxfam will support the Cleaning and Improvement Fund with 2 Tricycles for waste collection and disposal, with 3 months of operational costs in terms of fuel and workforce incentives for a duration of 3 months. Lastly, Oxfam will engage communities and raise their awareness on hygiene risks and preventive measures, through establishing and training Community Hygiene Volunteers (CHVs). These volunteers will be provided with a series of training and will be equipped with communication tools that will increase their knowledge and enable them to reach and communicate with vulnerable groups in both IDP and Host communities, such as women, children, and households with suspected cases of cholera/AWD. To reach the general public and raise awareness on public health and hygiene-related issues, global events will be celebrated. The CHVs will also engage communities and with the participation of community members will lead to environmental cleaning campaigns, for the collection of scattered solid waste and debris to improve the overall cleanliness and hygienic condition.
Oxfam has been working Yemen since 1983 and in the governorate of Ad Dhali since 2016. The Ad Dhali district is accessible for Oxfam staff and is sufficiently distanced from the ongoing conflict in the surrounding areas, allowing for uninterrupted operations. The proposed projects will be implemented out of the Oxfam field offices in Ad Dhali. Oxfam has worked in Ad Dhali since 2016 with effective working relationships with the Governors’ offices, LWSC, GARWSP, the Cleaning and Improvement Funds, and local communities.