HOPE UK recently raised funds for the Uba Dama Water, Sanitation and Livelihood Skills Project.
This community in the Oyida district of southern Ethiopia expressed a desire to work with HOPE staff to build a water system in their community.
For sustainability, they are keen to learn the skills to maintain and manage the water system. They have also agreed to hire local people as health educators, to work with HOPE staff, to teach each household about hygiene and sanitation to ensure that everyone can fully benefit from having local, safe water. They know access to clean water will change their future.
The planned project involves:
Capping one spring
Constructing one water reservoir
Building nine water points & eight washbasins
Installing 6.4 km of pipeline
Training five water caretakers
Electing 21 members for the water users' association members for proper management of the water system
Providing training to 180 households to their own prepared pit latrines, toilet covers, dry and liquid waste disposals, driers, shelves and hand-washing facilities using locally available materials
Providing comprehensive health education and hygiene and sanitation awareness raising services to 3,344 men, women, girls, and boys
Establishing 16 Self-Help Groups, consisting of 320 women members, and providing essential capacity-building training
Providing training to 150 selected farmers and government officers on agricultural productivity and household income, market linkage and other agricultural packages
Distributing 40 kgs of improved vegetable seeds to selected women and farmers so that they can plant the seeds and use as a model for others
Providing training for 15 women and landless farmers on bee hiving and material support to engage in bee hiving activities
Distributing 3,000 fruit tree seedlings based on the needs of selected farmers, women and interested individuals to plant and showcase for others as models
The construction of the water system will take approximately 3-4 months, but the full project investment by HOPE will take 18 months. The budget is £176,919. This is larger than previous projects due to the significantly increased cost of building materials.
