Cameroon:NW/SW Highlights Needs 690K 414K 679K1 52 $9.5M

Cameroon:NW/SW WASH Update

COVID-19 prevention campaign in a public market in Bamenda 2 June 2020 municipality. Photo by Women in Action against Gender Based Violence.

Highlights Needs

 In June, WASH partners in North West(N/W) and South West(S/W) regions 690k People in need of WASH reached over 65,500 individuals with services in NW/SW WASH services including COVID-19 prevention activities. 414k Targeted

 WASH partners (AFRINET, IRC and 1 ReachOut) facilitated access to clean 679k IDPs water to over 14,400 individuals through provision of household aqua-tabs in the 52 S/W region. WASH partners

 CUAPWD, IRC, NRC and SUDAHSER $9.5m distributed complete WASH kits and required for WASH assorted WASH items to 23,200 $9.5m individuals in S/W region.

 NRC and REACHOUT completed construction of emergency latrines that

will benefit 1,750 people in Fako división $0.2M

of S/W región. Required Funded

1 Cameroon: OCHA NW/SW Situation Report No.20, 2020 Website: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon/water-sanitation-hygiene For more information contact Wash Cluster Coordinator: Nchunguye Festo Vyagusa Email: [email protected] Information Management Officer: Stan Mverechena, Email [email protected]

WATER  In Tubah sub-division, Mezam, Street Child installed 15 hand-washing stations that will benefit 1,500 people.  During the reporting period, AFRINET supported formation of four Water user Committees in Tombel, Kupe- Manenguba division.  In Fako, Meme and Ndian, IRC distributed aqua-tabs to households in Bamuso, Buea, Ekondo Titi, Idabato, Kumba 1 and 3 sub-divisions to the benefit of more than 1,500 people. ReachOut also distributed aqua-tabs to over 6,200 individuals in Limbe 3, Fako division while AFRINET provided aqua-tabs to 520 people in Nguti, Kupe-Manenguba division.

HYGIENE  WASH partners (CUAPWD, IRC, NRC, SUDAHSER) distributed complete WASH kits and assorted WASH items to over 23,200 individuals in Fako, Manyu, Meme, Mezam and Ndian divisions of N/W and S/W regions.  AFRINET and ASWEDO provided training on the use of dignity

hygiene kits to 760 women and girls from Bangem (Kupe- Education on how to prepare a 0.5% and 0.05% chlorine solution for disinfection of surfaces and hand-washing for Mangenguba) and Bamenda 2 (Mezam) sub-divisions. COVID-19 prevention. Photo by NRC.  Sanitation and hygiene promotion sessions conducted by AFRINET, CAMGEW, GCR, IRC, NRC and SUDAHSER in Bui, Fako, Kupe-Manenguba, Meme, Mezam, Kupe-Manenguba and Ndian divisions reached 8,800 people.

SANITATION  In Limbe 3, Fako division of N/W región, REACHOUT constructed emergency trench latrines that will benefit 750 people.  AFRINET and CHAMEG conducted community clean-up campaigns in Tombel and Buea sub-divisions of Kupe-Manenguba and Fako respectively. Almost 400 people benefitted from the campaigns.  During the reporting period, NRC completed the construction of 50 emergency latrines in Tiko and Likomba communities of Fako division. The latrines will benefit 1,000 individuals. NRC also Emergency latrine constructed by NRC and handed over to distributed more than 2,100 potties to children under five years as Likomba community, S/W region. Photo by NRC. part of efforts to prevent the spread of cholera in Tiko, Likomba, Misselele, Lysoka and Mpondo communities in S/W region.

COVID-19  In June, WASH partners, (AFRINET, CAMGEW, CHAMEG, H4BF, IRC and NRC) reached over 16,500 people through COVID-19 sensitization sessions conducted in Fako, Meme, Mezam and Kupe-Manenguba divisions in S/W and N/W regions.  SUDAHSER, with support from the government of Canada, LUKMEF and REACHOUT, trained 10 health workers in Bamenda

3, Mezam division, on COVID-19 infection, prevention and control COVID-19 sensitization in Bamenda 3 sub-division in Mezam, N/W region. Photo by H4BF. measures.

Website: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon/water-sanitation-hygiene For more information contact Wash Cluster Coordinator: Nchunguye Festo Vyagusa Email: [email protected] Information Management Officer: Stan Mverechena, Email [email protected]

# People reached through COVID-19 Sensitization 13,088

1,689 1,600 145

Fako Meme Kupe-Manenguba Mezam

COORDINATION  NW/SW WASH Cluster held the May online cluster meeting on 18th June. The next virtual WASH cluster meeting will be held on 4th July.  The Hygiene Promotion Technical Working Group meeting was held on 15th June.  Meeting minutes and information products are available on the cluster page on this link: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon/water-sanitation-hygiene  Download the NW/SW WASH Cluster 5W template on the link below: https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/op%C3%A9rations/cameroon/document/nwsw-wash-5w-template

GAPS/Challenges • Insufficient funding to implement WASH cluster response plan. • Implementation of activities is taking more time than planned because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. • With the ongoing rainy season, remote areas will become harder to reach due to impassable roads.