Improving access to safe clean water supply, community sustainable mechanisms and sanitation among IDPS and underserved communities in Jebel moon Locality OPS project code: SUD-17/WS/111466
This project is planned to be implemented in Jebel moon locality of West Darfur. The local community is composed of host communities, IDPs, returnees and pastoralists. A total of 32500 people (6994,
women, 9906 girls, 9360 boys, and 6240 men) from these communities will be addressed by this project.

The project targeted 8 villages of Jebel Moon locality namely: Hejlija, Manjura, Gosmina, Seleia Town, Halia awoni, Arosharo camp, Jiljilak, and Arafa. The main aim of the project is to improve community access to safe water supply and sanitation for underserved and vulnerable communities of the locality. To achieve this objective, Concern worldwide (CWW) will prioritize three focus areas for implementation. The first priority area is enhancing community access to safe and clean water through construction of new water sources, upgrading existing water systems and rehabilitating existing water points. Besides, improving the infrastructure, this project emphasizes water quality testing and yield monitoring. CWW will use solar water pumping systems in the high yielding boreholes. CWW has acquired skills in the Installation of solar systems as it is doing the same in other areas, building the capacity of water committees and linking committees with private suppliers in Geneina.

To ensure sustainability of established and rehabilitated water infrastructures, the project will establish community managed systems. Water user committees will be formed for the new facilities while the already existing ones will be refresher trained. CWW will build the capacity of the water user committees in areas of community mobilization. Each water facility will have 3 hand pump mechanics who will be trained on operation and maintenance of water schemes. 

In addition, CWW will refresher train the already established hand pump spare part center committee members. The Hand Pump Spare Parts Committee will be refresher trained on how to replenish the stock through spare parts sales, bookkeeping and management.

On sanitation, CWW through a community-based approach will ensure that the hygiene promoters will mobilize community volunteers who will be trained on community approaches to total sanitation (CATS). These will ensure easy follow up and sustainability of CATS approach  as they will be selected from the respective villages where implementation will be taking place. Under this approach the project will integrate vector control activities, solid waste management and hygiene education in collaboration with our health team who have activities in the same area.

In formulating the activities and future implementation of project activities, emphasis has been given in embracing SHF 2017 WASH sector strategy and priorities. Specifically CWW has given emphasis in incorporating organizational lessons learned, hydro-geological studies before drilling water wells, replacing hand pumps / diesel powered systems with solar systems in the high yielding water points , cost sharing and cost saving through introducing tariff systems and cash and in-kind community contributions. 

Community managed water system mechanism will be formed through the establishment and training of the water user committees. Recruitment and training of the hand pump mechanics, better training and strengthening of the hand pump spare parts store will ensure a lasting solution in the operational, maintenance and management of the water systems. 

The project will introduce massive hygiene education campaign programme which will look in to different aspects like on personal hygiene, environmental hygiene, hand washing campaigns, latrine use campaigns and Household Hygiene which is aimed at behavior change and communication.