COOPI Drought Consequence Alleviation Project in Borena Zone
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Index of contents Page I Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................1 II Program Overview.................................................................................................................................... 17 A Project goal and objectives.................................................................................................................. 17 B Profile of the targeted population and the critical needs identified in the proposal................. 17 C Geographic location of all major activities ...................................................................................... 18 III Program performance ............................................................................................................................. 19 A Program performance, vis-à-vis the program objective................................................................. 19 B Successful stories................................................................................................................................... 20 C Unforeseen circumstances and their effects on the program performance ................................. 20 IV Resource Use/Expenditures.................................................................................................................... 21 V Plan of work for the next quarter......................................................................................................... 22 Page 1 I Executive summary Organization: COOPI Date: 30 September 2003 Cooperazione Internazionale Mailing address: P.O.Box 2204 Contact person: Fabio Gaggi Telephone: +251 1 61 43 91 Fax: +251 1 61 09 11 Internet address: [email protected] Project Title: Drought Consequences Alleviation in Borena Zone Cooperative Agreement/grant N.: HDA-G-00-01-00099-00 Country/Regions: Ethiopia/Oromiya Region Disaster/Hazard: Drought Period covered by this project: April 01 2002 to July 31, 2003 Summary of the activities Works Background: the project was approved by the donor agency on October 1, 2001 and the end was foreseen on September 30, 2002. After the contract was signed, we started the process for the approval of the project with the concerned local counterparts of the Oromo National Regional State. Copies of the project document were given to the Oromiya Disaster Prevention & Preparedness Bureaux (ODPPB) and the Water Bureaux (OWMER). As COOPI had two projects phased out in the year 2001, the regional counterparts wanted to evaluate those projects before signing the contract for the new project. Due to this, the project agreement could be finalized only on April 26, 2002. After this, contacts with the local counterparts were started and the final selection of the intervention sites was made and the organization of the works started. The contacts with the local communities were made too for their involvement in the project as active part of it. The selection of sites was accomplished with the support of social surveys that better clarified the situation expressed by the project proposal and that helped to develop the social activities (Hygienic campaign, water committees constitution and capacity building support). The Hygienic Campaigns and the organization of the Cost Recovery System were started at the sites were wells were accomplished. The interest showed by the beneficiaries was high considering that the social work started effectively at the time of the selection of the sites. A vehicle mounted with small generator, television, and videotape was used for the hygienic campaign village to village. Topics other than hygiene were taught to people like HIV/AIDS, sanitation practices, environmental protection, etc. Posters, pamphlets, exercise Figure 1: Vehicle mounted with audio-visual equipment books, and other material were Descriptive Progress Report Section Report – April - June 2003 Project title: “Drought Consequences Alleviation in Borena Zone” Page 2 also used for hygienic campaign program. The hygienic program was carried out and accomplished in all the sites of intervention. The implementation of Negele Water Scheme was affected by the rainy seasons of end 2002 beginning 2003 that were abundant and long. Another problem was the dewatering of the wells in order to improve and clean them. Problems occurred to two submersible pumps used for the dewatering stopped the activity for one month and half. At that time it was decided the refilling of the area through the employment of a great number of workers that minimised the lost of time. At the end of December 2002 most of the area was refilled. Despite the plan for the rehabilitation of the scheme was taken from a proposal of the Water Bureau, some changes were requested during the implementation like the inclusion of 5 wells instead of the planned three and the prolongation of the water line to the treatment plant instead of only to the sand filters. The water scheme is accomplished. Handing over will be done during the evaluation of the project by the side of the local government. Figure 2: Dewatering of the wells of Negele Water scheme The implementation of hand-dug wells: The excavation of eleven hand-dug wells was carried out and accomplished at the end of July 2002. Some, out of these failed because the granite basement was reached before encountering the aquifer or because the water was of bad quality or again because the geo-electrical survey interpretation suggested the presence of water but in reality this reading represented only a sweat layer of sand that affected the survey interpretation. The main problem for the accomplishing of the activities was represented by the long rainy season that affected the area in 2002-2003. From the end of September 2002 to the middle of November 2002 it was impossible to move the workers’ teams and all the structures and materials for the hand-dug wells excavations. The truck and cars also were not always able to reach the sites. The same happened during the period from March 2003 to May 2003. Training and capacity building: the program was finalized sending as per the proposal sending 3 people from the water bureau of Negele to Arba Minch fro a training course about water supply at the beginning of June 2003. Logistic and equipment: a car was made at disposal of the project since the beginning of the field activities. Geological equipment like the GPS, clinometer, compass, altimeter, water analysis kits, conductivity meter, geophysic equipment for Vertical Electric Sounding Prospections have been purchased and supplied to the project. Field materials, Hygienic Campaign equipment, and Local office equipment and materials in accordance with the project proposal list have been purchased. Hand-pumps have also been purchased together with spare parts kits which have been handed over to the local communities. Descriptive Progress Report Section Report – April - June 2003 Project title: “Drought Consequences Alleviation in Borena Zone” Page 3 Objective#1 Rehabilitation and improvement of management capacity of Negele Town Water Supply The project foresaw three hand dug wells to be maintained for the supplying of water to Negele town. This water source, together with the existing pond, will be the supply of potable water of the town. At the moment the earth dam is in danger of silting. The basic reasons for the sedimentation are: · Lack of other sources of water for livestock increase the burden on the earth dam that was originally built for human consumption purpose only. The continuous movement of these animals to the dam creates degradation of vegetation in the upstream side and the soil is exposed to high degree of erosion. This consequently creates silt deposition in the dam. · Fear of the tension with the rural population denying the access to the pond. Due to this, the local administration is not able to restrain the livestock to be watered at the pond. The increasing population and the movement of displaced people during droughts around and in Negele town are the other factors that led to plan this project. The project objective is supposed to increase the supply of the water to the town. The planned works for the three HDW and other works (installation of pumping system, laying of water pipeline, construction of pump house) could have been accomplished within the project time schedule but these three wells are interconnected with other two wells. After the discussion held with the counterpart (i.e. Water Resource Office) in the second quarter of the project, it was decided to include the additional wells in the rehabilitation works. This unforeseen activity caused an extension in the completion time. Before the works began, information about the typology of managements applied in the town regarding the water management, maintenance of the available structures, responsibilities of offices involved and logistic asset of water points in the town were collected on purpose to create a general picture of the present situation. Meetings with all the departments present in Negele town were organized to inform and explain about the general actions that COOPI would have been implementing. The following works have been implemented in full collaboration with the Negele Town authority in order to increase the participation toward the self sustainability of the action. Rehabilitation of 5 hand dug wells Management committee The establishment of the committee for Negele Water Scheme Rehabilitation was suspended