Integrating livelihood into WASH-Caritas Monze Project Summary: 
Inappropriate infrastructures, changing weather pattern, lack of coordinated efforts among, local Government authorities, traditional leaders, community development structures and NSA's (Non state actors) among others, continues to be obstacles to human development in the target area. The project seeks to address these issues through processes of integrating Social and economic empowerment into WASH interventions among target communities and other relevant stakeholders. 

Background: 
This project is a continuation of the Monze Diocese Development Department (MDDD) WASH (2012 – 2015) project and is influenced by the internal monitoring results during the implementation period. The intended areas of focus for the WASH promotion 2012 – 2015 project were access to clean water, access to improved sanitation, access to improved hygiene, women empowerment and gender mainstreaming.

Proposed project: 
This project will build on the previous experiences to foster; multipurpose use of water infrastructures, capacity development for local governance structures, increased awareness and knowledge in improved hygiene practices and healthy behaviours.

The project will be implemented in two Parishes of Monze Diocese by Caritas Monze (a development department of the Catholic Church’s Diocese of Monze). Caritas Monze a long standing partner of CAFOD has a well-developed structure which uses the potentials inherent within communities making it easier for other members to emulate. The approach taken by Caritas Monze is that of Training for transformation targeting each person and all the people in the target area regardless of faith affiliation.

The project primary target was in 2 of the 22 Parishes of the Diocese that are located in Choma (Chilalantambo Parish) and Namwala (Namwala Parish) Districts of the Southern Zambia. Altogether they have an estimated population of 345,769 people, 68% of whom live in the typical Zambian villages and largely depend on small scale farming for their livelihood. The other 32% is concentrated around the District centers and are involved in trade, farming or are formally employed. 
In each Parish Caritas Monze will continue to work with 5 groups (communities) of people each comprising of 40 households. Therefore 400 households will be targeted with an estimated population of 3,200 women girls, men and boys. The project will further target traditional Leaders (60 village headpersons and 5 chiefs), local government authorities and Chiefs and traditional affairs officials in the 2 District of Choma and Namwala.

Overall objective:
To promote access to clean and sustainable water resources, improved hygiene and sanitation and respond to gender inequalities and other needs of water user among vulnerable households in Namwala and Chililantambo communities


Specific objectives:
1.	 Targeted households have improved their living conditions through multi-purpose utilization of established water points, livestock management and production, group savings and credit initiatives and promotion of self-help activities.

2.	Competent traditional leadership and local structures to  implement and sustain  development activities using right based and participatory approaches in representing their communities