July 2019 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE 2019 WASH CLUSTER BULLETIN

The WASH cluster Good Practice Bank

Following the discussion held at the WASH Cluster Emergency Task Force (ETF) in June, the WASH Cluster has developed a Good Practice Bank. All WASH partners are

requested to fill in the Google Form to indicate their good practices, failures observed INSIDE THIS ISSUE: and lessons learned so that WASH Cluster can compile effective activities and lessons WASH Cluster Good 1 learned to improve further humanitarian WASH response. practice Bank

Key objectives of Good Practice Bank are Resilient WASH project— 1 Habitat for Humanity  to effectively respond to diverse and dynamic humanitarian WASH needs in HPC tools 2 Ethiopia;  to develop applicable standards and Emergency WASH 3 response models; and response—DRC Update  to utilize Good Practice Bank for further advocacy messages.

Success stories — World 4-7  Inputs by partners would be Vision, Save the categorized based on types of activities Children, CRS, IOM and comparative analysis would be made to verify its replicability.

MOWIE ending cholera 8 WASH Cluster would also like to utilize outputs of the Good Practice Bank for further roadmap and WASH advocacy messages and quality improvement to meet WASH response needs among Cluster Focal Points affected populations. If necessary, key outputs might be incorporated with the Strategic Operational Framework (SOF) to standardize good practice in humanitarian WASH responses.

Resilient WASH project, Region

Distribution of Sawyer water filter devices to waterborne diseases. To address this problem, Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity Ethi- Ethiopia has been sup- opia distributed 130,000 porting Sachets of Water Treat- Negele Arsi and Shalla  This filter removes ment Chemicals (Bishan District since 2018. The 99.999 of all bac- Gaari) for 1,444 house- aim was to encourage teria holds residing in two communities to practice kebeles of Shalla District the aspired hygiene be-  This filter removes (Kobo Lamaanii, and Ore- haviors through different 99.999 of all Pro- Shibibo). hygiene promotion chan- tozoa nels, and to influence Water treatment Chemi- children, vulnerable  This filter cleans 3 cals (Bishan Gari) groups and elders in gallons of water in Moreover, HFHE DR3-WASH practicing the aimed 20 minutes Project played a key role in the west Arsi Zone Shalla behaviors. The community and stu- District to strengthen stand- dents now have safe puri- Much of the water that ard WASH Procedures in fied water to drink. It is a the community drink is order to protect community, not considered safe in basic human right that all children and elders as well the area. HFHE have people should have safe as vulnerable groups to distributed 981 sawyer water to drink. avoid contamination of wa- water filter devices at- ter for drinking. Lack of wa- tachable to buckets for ter, poor sanitation and 981 households. hygiene conditions can lead Page 2

The Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC) Tools

The humanitarian programme cycle Humanitarian InSight discontinuing funds tracking locally is a coordinated series of actions and will use FTS. undertaken to help prepare for, OCHA has also launched a web-based manage, and deliver humanitarian portal that connects the data and response. OCHA has been develop- information generated through coordi- FTS (https://fts.unocha.org/ ing the essential tools that enable nation processes to the managers appeals/677/summary) is a glob- us to acquire and manage struc- and leaders who rely on it for decision al platform which provides a real- tured information on the humani- -making. Using Humanitarian InSight time overview tarian programme cycle – what we (https://hum-insight.info/plan/677), of humanitarian funding, and call HPC.tools. This work has in- anyone can, for the first-time, access feeds their information directly cluded a complete rebuild of the publicly available information on into Humanitarian InSight. FTS is Financial Tracking Service (FTS) needs, response, funding and gaps in the main source and the establishment of an online Ethiopia through one innovative and of humanitarian funding globally, module for humanitarian response in-built online portal. Humanitarian and most donors and recipient planning and monitoring (RPM). InSight will help strengthen the hu- agencies report to FTS. manitarian community’s commitment In order to reflect all humanitarian funding towards the 2019 Ethiopia HRP on FTS and Humanitarian InSight, donors should report their contributions or recipient organizations should report directly to FTS. Guidance on FTS reporting is available Response Planning and Moni- to greater transparency and account- here: https://fts.unocha.org/ toring (RPM) ability, and increasingly allow us to content/report-contribution. showcase collective achievements in

RPM is one of the HPC.tools and an coordinated humanitarian response. online module where we insert the results of our humanitarian re- sponse to monitor against the planned cluster objectives on a monthly basis. The main data source for RPM is the monthly re- port collected from humanitarian partners through the 4W.

Financial Tracking Services (FTS)

OCHA Ethiopia country office, with the help of clusters, used to track humanitarian funding towards the HRP/HRD/HDRP locally and share the information to all humanitarian partners regularly. However, to avoid duplication of ef- forts and to use a single source of

information globally, OCHA Ethiopia is WASH CLUSTER BULLETIN Page 3

Emergency WASH Response to Internally Displaced People (IDPs) & Host Communities in Fafan Zone, Somali Regional State

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Resource Development Bureau cerns through innovative public has implemented an emergency (RWRDB) & Regional Disaster lighting solutions. DRC installed WASH project in Qoloji 2 IDP site, Prevention & Preparedness Bu- solar street lights to ensure night neighbouring Anod host commu- reau (RDPPB). Furthermore, wa- access to constructed facilities, nity, and informal IDP sites in ter management committees especially for women and girls. Babile Woreda, Fafan Zone, So- established from the targeted mali region. The main purpose of community and trained on opera- the project was to contribute to tion and maintenance to en- the health and quality of life hance community ownership and among displacement affected proper management of the people, through lifesaving and systems. durable WASH interventions that combine hygiene promotion, en- DRC also constructed 24 sex- vironmental sanitation and ac- segregated semi-permanent cess to safe drinking water. communal and 3 institutional latrines in Qoloji 2 and other 3 informal IDP sites (Holobiyo, DRC constructed a hybrid water Reerbahay and Kulmiye) to sup- supply system, which is support- port maintenance of health for ed by solar installation pump and the targeted beneficiaries generator set to ensure continu- through increasing access to the- ous access to safe and adequate se facilities thereby reducing the water supply for the targeted potential public health risk of communities in Qoloji 2 IDP site defecation in the open and to and host communities from Anod achieving better sanitary living kebele. Most importantly, this conditions. Moreover, solar ener- intervention halted the need for gy has been used to minimize Semi- permanent communal latrine with recurrent water trucking service safety and security-related con- solar light constructed in Qoloji 2 IDP provided by the Regional Water site.

Muhubo Ahmed, 60, is a single mother with 10 children (five boys and five girls), who fled the intercommunal conflict happened a year ago in her home town Kili village, Erer woreda. For the last one year, Muhubo and her children have spent more than half day on queue to collect water from the tanker. Muhubo said, ‘’sometimes we spent more than half day on queuing in the line and come back home with- out even filling our jerry cans. It is because most of the times the water was not enough, but now thanks to DRC me and my children can collect enough water anytime.”

Muhubo, collecting water from the newly constructed water point, Qoloji 2 IDP site. Page 4

Responding to the most in need in Oromia: IDPs, Sefiya’s story

Sefiya Ali, 35 and a mother of Latrines were not the only ne- In addition to provision of clean two had a happy family and a cessities that were in short sup- water and latrines, hygiene warm home, with a supportive ply in the camp. Clean water keeping items and non – food husband who made sure the was hard to come by. WASH items have also been family had all the basic neces- supplied to the IDPs in the sities met, and its well taken World Vision Ethiopia was camp. 1, 604 women and girls care of. among the first to provide a benefited from distribution of helping hand to families like disposable sanitary pads under But this stable home was bro- Sefiya’s in the IDP camp and the project. Non – food items ken down when a devastating install water taps and construct including Jerry Cans, Washing internal conflict occurred in the latrines. A semi-permanent la- Basins, bathing and laundry border between Oromia and trine was put in place using cor- soaps were supplied to 7,055 Somali Regional States, about rugated iron sheet for the super IDPs. 1,696 IDPs and host com- two years ago. Sefiya’s hus- structure. A water point was also munity members were also band, Hassen Mohammed, constructed through pipe line trained in basic hygiene and was among the causalities of extension in the camp helping sanitation principles and pre- the conflict and lost his life in a people to get access to clean vention of diseases. cross fire. The conflict claimed water. lives and displaced thousands While the wellbeing of families of families. 5,256 IDPs have now improved like that of Sefiya’s is better sanitation facilities and clean ensured in a safe and stable Sefiya and her two children, water to drink and bath includ- home outside of camps, an im- Nesru (3) and Hakima (2), ing Sefiya’s. mediate and lifesaving support were among the thousands goes a long way. This is precise- who fled the area to save their “I’ve been here in the camp for almost two years now, with no ly what World Vision had been lives. They were later settled in doing in Meta and Kersa with an Internally Displaced Per- proper toilet, water and hygiene inputs. Thanks to World Vision, the support of EHF, as a re- sons (IDP) camp in Meta Wore- sponsive humanitarian. da of East Hararghe Zone, Oro- we have a toilet that not only mia, by the local government. prevents diseases but also keeps our privacy. Water is also Basic necessities like clean available now. We are also able water, latrines and hygiene to keep our hygiene through the amenities, which were once supplies. You appreciate the taken for granted in Sefiya’s value of these necessities when home were nowhere to be you don’t have them,” notes found now. Health and wellbe- Sefiya. ing concerns were imminent. World Vision Ethiopia is helping “We had no choice but to use a IDPs in Meta and Kersa Woreda latrine in the camp which was with the support of the Emer- already out of use, as it served gency Humanitarian Fund (EHF), way too many people beyond under the project “Life Saving its capacity. People including WASH Response for Internally my children were exposed to Displaced People (IDPs) and health problems as the latrines Hosting Communities at Kersa were in a really bad state,” said and Meta Woredas in East Ha- Sefiya. rarghe zone” Sefiya and her children washing their hands with a wash basin supplied by World Vision Page 5

“Quenching Thirst, Saving Lives”

Almaz Mohammed, 35, has three children and lives in a small rural village called Alansha in Kutaber district of the Amaha- ra Region in Ethiopia. Small scale agriculture in the form of crop production and livestock raring is the main source of liveli- hood to the community in this area. Almaz’s community in Alansha has struggled with access to safe drinking water for a very Almaz filling her jerry can long time. “My name is Almaz and I have three children. Before, we used management and finance ad- selves and our animals at a to get our drinking water from a ministration, and that helps us short distance.” far away place, and the water understand how community re- was unclean and unsafe to sources are managed and uti- Save the Children with fund- drink. We normally share the lized to keep the water point ing support from Global Af- water with the livestock. Be- functional. fairs Canada through the IN- cause of that, many of us would As a member of the WASH com- SPIRE project implemented get sick and suffer from diseas- mittee we were provided a five the Water, Sanitation and Hy- es such as typhoid and typhus. day training by Save the Children giene Promotion (WASH) initi- Because of the long queue at on water resource management ative to support vulnerable the water point and as we also and hygiene promotion, with the children and their families in had to travel long to fetch water, new knowledge that we acquired Amhara Regional state. So we had little time to take care of from the training we were able far, the project constructed our children. In addition, be- to properly manage the water 92 water supply schemes in cause of water shortage in this scheme for the last one and half 14 target Woredas and estab- area access to water has been a year. Currently, the community lished WASH committees major source of conflict here in agreed to contribute some more (consisting 644 committee our community. money to do minor maintenance members) in all the water points constructed. Last year, through support from of the water source. So far, we Save the Children’s INSPIRE raised more than 20,000 Birr project, a water point was con- and we used some for minor

structed here in our village, and maintenance of the water point a local Water Hygiene and Sani- and deposited the remaining tation Committee was set up. 13,000 Birr to our bank account. The committee has four women I am really glad to see this new and three men with roles of water supply constructed here Chairperson, Secretary, Cashier, near our home. We no more water point Caretaker, Health longer need to travel long dis- Promotion Member, and a Store tance to search for water. Our Keeper to run the water supply children’s and our own health in our village. I am the secretary has significantly improved. Now in the committee. All of us in the we have access to clean and committee received training on sufficient drinking water for our- WASH CLUSTER BULLETIN Page 6

Emergency Water project in Kercha, Babile, Boji Dirmeji, Chinakson, and Gursum Woredas.

CRS Ethiopia is completing an elevated reservoir, 1800m pipe lay- emergency WASH project with the ing, 1,200 latrine slab and NFI distri- objective of solving a critical water butions. The projects benefited more problem of displaced people and than 15,696 both the IDPs and Host their host communities. The water communities. supply projects are focused on re- The Emergency Response in Boji Dir- habilitation of existing water meji (Bila town) is implemented from sources, new spring development, RRM fund and addressed more than shallow well drilling, pipeline ex- 10, 436 IDPs and 15, 241 Host com- pansion and connecting several munities. Supply and installation of water points to the new water sup- pump and generator, construction of ply system. In addition, water truck- 5 water points. 3,200m pipe laying, ing was implemented for live sav- installation of Rotos, construction of Water trucking connected with distribution points in Babile Woreda ing of displaced people sheltered in shower houses and VIP latrines, NFI school and government offices. distributions are the main activities.

# of Beneficiaries Name of Projects Reached 1 Emergency WASH Response in Kercha woreda 15,000 2 WASH Emergency Response in Babile Woreda of East Har- 30,738 raghe Zone, Oromia Region 3 WASH Emergency Response in Chinakson and Gursum 15,696 Woredas of East Harraghe Zone, Oromia Region 4 WASH Emergency Response in Boji Dirmeji Woredas of West 25,677 Wolloga Zone, Oromia Region Total 87,111

In Kercha town, 5 springs devel- oped, 2900m pipe line installed CRS has used a participatory community- and connected to 50m3 reservoir based approach, engaging beneficiaries in the town for 5 water point distri- throughout the planning, implementing, bution through gravity system. The monitoring and evaluation of project activi- scheme will supplement the exist- ties. ing water supply system of the town and can benefit more than 15,000 people. The WASH response in Babile town and surrounding kebeles includes, water trucking for more than 4 months, rehabilitation of 9 water schemes, drilling of three shallow wells, distribution of NFIs and re- placement of 75KVa for Bisidimo town. The project is funded from EHF fund and addressed more than 30,738 IDPs and Host com- munities. NFI Distribution at Borji Dirmeji Woreda Bila IDP The Emergency Response in Chi- nakson and Gursum Woredas is funded from EHF fund and ad- dressed the following major activi- ties. Drilling of two shallow wells and one deep wells, construction of

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IOM Wollega Emergency Response

IOM is working in East Wollegas Most of returnees are accessing sur- management committees in these since January 2019 to respond face water or unprotected springs. As locations. Through this intervention to emergency crisis as a result of first stage of emergency and follow- 906 households in Guto Gida and the conflict that broke out in Sep- ing recommendations from multi tember 2018 at the border with agencies assessment, IOM have dis- Sasiga kebeles; Kenaf, Haro Wata the Kamashi zone, Benishangul- tributed Water purification chemical, (Shambalele & Bikiltu gudatau), Gumuz. More than 150,000 soap, hygiene kits and dignity in Baredu-Balo have now accessed to were located in 22 collective close coordination with WASH cluster protected sources of water. sites and with host communities and Water office targeting the most established a water management vulnerable more exposed to diseas- in 7 woredas in East Wollega. committee to look after the new wa- es. As well, IOM has conducted AWD ter point. Return process of IDPs was initi- (Acute Watery diarrheas) awareness

ated by the government last May session. 2019. In East Wollega Zone, a “We’ve built a fence around the water total of 7,691 HHs or 45,946 In Haro Limu, 1010 Households or pump to protect it from animals and people are returned to their origi- 5279 individuals who returned to children. We’ve also agreed to collect nal place between May7- their original places have found their 5 birr from each household every 20,2019 in the kebeles found at home fully destroyed and were living month to make sure we have the re- the boarder of Benishangul- under trees. During the last conflicts sources to do any repairs in case the Gumuz. Most of the population they lost their NFIs (Non-food items) pump breaks again,” Says Getahun, has been returned in three and are now accessing unprotected the newly elected chair of the com- Woredas: Haro Limu (58%), Sasi- sources of water. In July 2019, IOM mittee . ga (25.1%) and Guto Gida organized distribution of WASH NFIs, (9.9%). Water purification chemical, Soap and dignity kits as well full NFI kits as In these Woredas, the Water of- an integrated WASH and S/NFI re- fice and WASH partners have sponse. raised the alert about high risk of water related diseases outbreak As 2nd phase of the emergency re- considering the rainy season, the sponse, IOM has started the rehabili- displacement of people and that tation of broken handpumps in re- most of protected sources of turnees’ locations. During the month water have been damaged dur- of July 2019, IOM has rehabilitated ing conflict or because of lack of five handpumps in Sassiga and Guto maintenance. Gida and has established Water Standby on “Ending Cholera – A Global Roadmap to 2030”

Cholera is a communicable rainy season which usually lasts Ministry of Water, Irrigation and disease aggravated by poor from July to August. Ethiopia is Energy as a key sector in the access to safe water supply and currently also experiencing an prevention of disease occurrences, basic sanitation. Safe drinking active outbreak of cholera, with the committed to implementation of water and advanced sanitation majority of cases being reported long-term sustainable WASH systems have made Europe and from Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and interventions in cholera hotspot North America cholera free for Afar regions as well as in Addis areas of the country in decades, however it still affects Ababa and in Dire-Dawa city collaboration with concerned 47 countries across the globe. administrations. sectors and WASH cluster partners Cholera is responsible for 2.9 to ensure use of adequate and million cases and 95,000 deaths In view of elimination of cholera, in safe water supply and access to per year worldwide. October 2017 the Global Task basic sanitation for vulnerable and Force on Cholera Control partners at-risk populations. Therefore, we In Ethiopia, since the beginning of endorsed a call to action on ending encourage concerned sectors, 2015, around 500 Woredas and cholera through implementation of WASH partners, civil societies and towns have reported Acute Watery “Ending Cholera – A Global Road donors to join in the development Diarrhea (AWD) cases. Areas more map to 2030” aiming to reduce and implementation of the national at risk are where pilgrims gather deaths by 90% by 2030 in up to 20 multi-sector cholera elimination plan for traditional and religious countries around the world. to ensure investments in cholera events; holy water sites; IDP control are prioritized, particularly To align with this global framework, collective sites and refugee in WASH in cholera-affected areas there was a high level briefing on camps; agricultural investment in line with undertaking rapid the development of a multi-sector sites and other places. AWD outbreak responses. outbreak follows a seasonal cholera control/elimination plan on pattern with peaks during the July 23 2019, organized by the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the

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Federal ETF Chair (MoWIE) Sub-national Cluster Coordinator Ato Gebite Genamo (Oromia) - 011 651 8614/[email protected] Itsuro Takahashi 0902575222 / [email protected] National WASH Cluster Coordinator Oromia WASH Cluster email: Itsuro Takahashi [email protected] 0902575222 / [email protected] Sub-national Cluster Coordinator National WASH Cluster email: (Somali) [email protected] Stanislaus Kamwaga 098 487 6417/[email protected] Information Management Officer (IMO) Somali WASH Cluster email: Habtamu Mohammed [email protected] 091 307 4467/[email protected]