The DAPP Child Aid WASH Project brings families in Community Action Groups to work together towards reducing water and sanitation challenges that lead to hygiene-related diseases, infant mortality and school absenteeism among children.

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Using a community-centered approach, the project involves all stakeholders including parents, children, teachers and health staff to achieve total community behavioral change towards WASH practices resulting in overall improved health. The project also promotes skills transfer of low cost technologies including manual drilling, rope pumps and san plates production to community members.

To assure sustainability of the project activities, the project trains categories of community WASH masons and Committees, while working closely with line ministries and the local council provides for continued technical support and adherence to compliance standards by beneficiary communities.  

Women and female children being the most vulnerable in the community, have been the key project beneficiaries. With a reduction from 82% to19% of women in the operation areas walking long distances (of more than 30 minutes) to fetch water, they are now able to spend more time on economic activities, while female children have reduced absenteeism which emanated from inadequate water sources negatively affecting their menstrual hygiene. 

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KEY FIGURES (2021 to date)

  • 6,135 families working in 150 Village Action Groups
  • 98 water points established (33 manually drilled boreholes, 40 boreholes rehabilitated, 25 wells upgraded.
  • Reduced open defecation from 5% to 0% from baseline to date
  • 400 Change Agents (WASH Champions) trained
  • 200 School WASH Champions trained
  • 100 Village-WASH Committees established in communities.
  • 30 Area Pump Minders trained in conjunction with the Local Councils

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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