Alindao Emergency WASH Project The proposed project will enable the continuation of ongoing interventions in Alindao by Cordaid in the area of WASH and will contribute to reinforcing the capacity to respond to existing emergency humanitarian needs in the town of Alindao and its environs while at the same time strengthening organizational and local actors’ capacity to monitor the humanitarian situation and provide anticipative and proactive actions and solutions to maintain the population living with dignity in spite of current and emerging challenges thus responding rapidly to rising needs.

Through this intervention, Cordaid seeks to reach at least 24,000 (approximately 4,420 households) internally displaced and disaster affected men, women, boys and girls in Alindao sub-prefecture with assistance in WASH. More specifically, the project will cover the following key components over a period of 3 months:

	Creating increased access to water through water supply systems in 4 IDP sites to ensure that disaster affected populations receive at least 15 liters of potable water per person per day for the period of the intervention: quality for existing supply mechanism at Elim Church (2 boreholes), one borehole to sustain and ensure water quality for existing supply system at AFAPS site)
	Increasing and maintaining the health status of affected populations through hygiene promotion activities and linking these activities to ongoing health programming to monitor WASH-related illnesses with a particular attention to diarrheal diseases.
	Provision of sanitation services through the creation and maintenance of latrines, shower facilities, and solid waste disposal mechanisms. This will be achieved through the construction and maintenance of 250 emergency latrines and 150 shower facilities spread throughout the 4 principle IDP sites and the digging of 10 (5 meters x 5 meters x 2 meters each) solid waste disposal pits accompanied by a beneficiary-centered waste collection and disposal strategy.
	Provision of household hygiene kits to at least 50% of the target population that has not yet been served with hygiene kits (approximately 2000 households with household hygiene kits.) The project targets 1950 households according to assessments but makes a provision of an additional 50 kits to cater for slight changes in numbers that may occur at the implementation phase.

The overall goal of the project is therefore to ensure that at least 24,000 internally displaced men, women, boys and girls in IDP sites and host communities in Alindao sub-prefecture have access to potable water to meet their needs for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene and that health and protection risks are reduced through the provision of hygiene kits and the adequate management of solid waste and the application of positive hygiene behaviors. 

This will be achieved through participation and engagement of beneficiaries, the use of and maintenance of sanitation installations, the right selection and efficient distribution of hygiene materials, engaging individuals and entire communities and the participation of key stakeholders for WASH and a reliable monitoring system that involves external stakeholders in a manner that ensure the best possible program quality outcomes. Furthermore, the project will seek to provide remunerated labor opportunities through Cash-for-Work engagements with local artisans