To support community efforts aimed at addressing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges, DAPP Zambia implemented the Child Aid WASH Project in Mwinilunga, Kasempa and Kalumbila districts of North Western Province from 2021 to 2024.

The project was anchored on community structures including Community Action Groups, Village-WASH Committees, Area Pump Menders, WASH Champions and School Peer Educators. These structures, along with the support of traditional leaders, have continued to promote and enforce the required WASH standards to sustain interventions beyond the lifespan of the project.

The end-of-project evaluation highlighted significant achievements, indicating that communities have started to embrace low-cost self-supply technologies such as manual drilling, rope pumps and solar pumps to improve access to water for domestic and productive use. Those who have invested in these technologies have water for domestic use at their own homes and water for irrigation, thereby increasing horticulture production throughout the year.

The evaluation indicated that the integrated approach successfully improved WASH, boosted local capacity and fostered sustainable community practices as demonstrated in the illustration below.

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 KEY FIGURES

6,135 families  

150 Community Action Groups formed

100 Village-WASH Committees

200 School WASH Peer Educators

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Project Full name: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Principal Partner(s): Sign of Hope

Other Partner(s): Government Line Departments and Humana People to People

Location: Kalumbila, Mwinilunga and Kasempa districts of North-Western Province