Eastern Africa Regional Wat San Unit Wat San

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit Wat. San Programme Update- 2005 Global Water and Sanitation Meeting (Mexico City ) Presented by: Rebecca Kabura Noor Pwani 13 th -14 th March 2006

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit Our Context • Poverty/ low HDI (Human development index) • Geographical and Physical factors • Nature/Level of national society • Regional Instability • Recurrent disasters

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit The response- Developmental • • What has been done Resource mobilization through proposal development. (GWSI projects) Training of national society staff and volunteers in Software (PHAST)Assessments and project evaluations. Djibouti Integrated Health and Care projects (Household Water Treatment System in Kenya) Development of Technical tools packages and Strategies. Networks and Partnerships building. Inter regional Support • • Impact/ Results Secure funding for sustainable Wat. San projects. Increased access to Water supply and Sanitation facilities (Kenya, Uganda , Ethiopia, Somaliland) PHAST groups and adoption of good hygiene practice (Djibouti, Kajiado, Somaliland) Pilot Safe water in Home based care project. Initiating PHAST in West Africa Wat. San strategies and inputs into ns strategic plans (Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda) Information sharing and inputs /Contributions into WESCORD (Water Environmental Sanitation Coordination) , SACB (Somalia Aid Coordination Body) , GWP (Global Water Partnership) forums

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit The Response- Relief and Rehab • • What has been done Emergency Appeals (Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi) all with Wat. San components. Refugee relief Operations (Tanzania, Uganda) Support to ongoing field operations (Eritrea, Kenya, Somaliland) Technical packages (PHASTER) Inter regional Support- (Sr. Lanka, Chad operation) Review Workshops- PHAST , RDRT • • • Impact/ Results Integrated approach. Provision of Wat. San services and Linkage to development Wat. San(Kenya, Eritrea). Lesson learning and strengthened ns capacity to better programming (Somaliland) Regional exposure to team and PHAST expansion

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit Challenges and Constraints • Lack of clear strategy in Wat. San programming • Expanding and diverse nature of disasters in the region against Regional Delegation Nairobi and national society capacities • Limited funding amidst growing dynamic needs

Eastern Africa Regional Wat. San Unit Future Perspectives • Strengthening Software with more emphasis on Operation and Maintenance and Monitoring and Evaluation • Development of technical packages • Networks and partnerships • Case study documentation • Exchange visits • Resource mobilization

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