Scaling-up first line WASH assistance in areas of new displacement in Lahj (Al Qabbaytah) and Aden (Al Buraiqah) Governorates under Parameter 3 of SA1 2019 This project will be targeting a total of 8,134 individuals in Al Qabbaytah District, Lahj Governorate and 4,998 individuals in Al Buraqah District, Aden Governorate with WASH activities. This project is under Parameter 3 of the YHF SA1 2019, which aims to scale up first line assistance in areas of new displacement. The objectives this project will contribute to are:
1. Provide emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services and assistance to highly vulnerable people which will fall under SO3 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) objective of promoting dignity to displaced families living in emergency, hosting and transit sites
2. Restore and maintain sustainable water and sanitation systems, particularly in high risk areas which will fall under SO2 HRP objective of preventing large-scale outbreaks of cholera and infectious diseases

ZOA plans to serve both the IDPs and HCs (at least 20% of total population) of Al Qabbaytah and Al Buraiqeh by providing improved sanitation at the household level for 260 families (200 in Al Qabbaytah and 60 in Al Buraiqah), designed to meet the needs and requirements as specified by the community. Additional activities include emergency rehabilitation of 10 hand dug wells in Al Qabbaytah, which will serve 8,134 people, and to rehabilitate the water system reservoir in Al Buraiquah for 4,998 people. While planning and preparing for the water system rehabilitation, 260 HH water filters will be distributed to ensure safe water. Water quality tests will be carried out at the household level. Hygiene promotion activities will include hygiene and clean-up campaigns in schools and house-to-house visits. ZOA will distribute basic hygiene kits to the same 260 households targeted for latrines. For the Hygiene Promotion design, ZOA will pilot the WASH’EM tool. Therefore, direct beneficiaries are 13,132, indirect will be any additional IDPs which temporarily settle in the targeted locations. New population movements will be monitored, and ZOA will inform OCHA should targeted locations need to be changed.

The different needs of men, women, boys and girls as well as people with disabilities will be prioritized in the project design. ZOA will establish a Community Committee in each location, with representatives from men, women, youth and people with disabilities from both IDPs and HCs. Their views will be fed into the project design where feasible. The recruitment of the Hygiene Promoters will aim for at least 50% to be women.

With any project there are risks. These tend to be the project not being completed on time, over budget or not to the required quality. Given the Yemen context, there are other factors which need to be planned for. The key potential risks and how ZOA plan to mitigate against them include: 
* Displaced families return to their homes or relocate to another area. This is not something which can be planned for, but if this happens, ZOA will inform OCHA.
* Access to the targeted locations is not possible for security and/or climatic reasons. ZOA will recruit Project Assistants from within the targeted communities to ensure projects continue to be implemented and supervised.
* Government permission to implement the proposed activities is not given or delayed. ZOA will sit with the Government representatives to ensure they are are aware of this project from the beginning and can raise any concerns early.
* Communities do not accept the proposed activities. ZOA will establish Community Committees to ensure the beneficiaries can feed into the project design.