Promoting Climate Resilient WASH Services in Daikundi & Samangan Provinces-2021

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CAWC with financial support of NCA have been implementing WASH program since 2015 in different districts of Daikundi province but has expanded this partnership since 2021 in Samangan as well. From 01 Jan 2021 to 31, Dec2021 total number of four communities including: Sar-e-Roghani, Elaso, Malmori and Shenya Kharbid covered in SangTakht and total number of three communities including: Petab Shenya, Madrasa Olya and Madras Sofla villages covered in Kiti, districts of Daikundi province. In Samangan total five communities were covered including three communities in Feroz Nakhchir district: Rahmat Abad, Zelzela Abad and Islam Abad and two communities in Hazrat Sultan district which included Kalcha Bala & Qaza Yoghli. The program consisted of four components: Water Supply, Hygiene Promotion, Community Lead to Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Community Resilience.

With implementation of these pipe scheme projects in the two target provinces totally, 9745 individuals (2441 men, 2941 women, 2000 boys and 2363 girls) got access to safe drinking during 12 months of the year near to their houses which are suitable for drinking, cooking and washing.

CAWC covered total number of 8249 individuals (2563 men, 3044 women, and 1296 boys and 1346 girls) in seven target villages of Kiti and SangTakht districts in Daikundi and five villages of Feroz Nakhchir and Hazrat Sultan districts in Samangan through conducting hygiene promotion sessions to promote hygiene practices in the families.

In 2021 CAWC implemented CLTS approach in the seven target communities in SangTakht and Kiti districts of Daikundi and five target communities of Feroz Nakhchir and Hazrat Sultan districts of Samangan in the three steps of 1) Pre-Triggering, 2)Triggering and 3) Post-Trainggering which include different activities for the objective of sensitizing the community member on the human waste in the village and cleaning the communities from Open-Defication (OD) and utilizing sanitation facilities, particularly latrine for each house/families.