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Jacinta Nekesa SNV - Uganda
District-based Hand Pump Mechanics
Associations for improved operation and
maintenance of rural water supply facilities
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Context: Where SNV works
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Current rural water supply situation in Uganda
• Access (national): 65% (SPR 2011)
• Low functionality of systems: 80% – 83% due to: Inactive Water User
Committees (71%) Spare parts supply chain
is not organized Inadequate trained and
skilled hand pump mechanics (HPMs)
Poor coordination and commitment from HPMs
Poor collection, misuse and abuse of maintenance funds
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What Government of Uganda is doing:
• Provides guidelines e.g. the O&M
Framework
• Promotes the community based
maintenance system (CBMS)
• Revitalizes water user committees
• Provides funds for training of water user
committees & hand pump mechanics
• Maintains sources beyond communities'
capacity
• Provides spares parts for boreholes
• Provides back up support e.g. through
Technical Support Units & Umbrella
organizations
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District-based Hand Pump Mechanics Associations:
An Approach to improving functionality
• District-based membership
associations; average 25 members
• Registered both at district and national
levels as private companies to be
contracted
• Operate on resources from member
contributions, sale of spares,
community repairs, & support from
Districts
• SNV capacity building focuses on
strengthening the associations as local
private service providers.
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District Water Officer (DWO- Yumbe District) and Hand Pump Mechanics working together
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Methodology and approach – what SNV has done:
• Conducted an assessment of all hand
pump mechanics in each district
• Supported establishment of Associations
through:
meetings to discuss potential benefits
of associations
establishment of leadership structures
& legal documents
registration processes
• Conducted capacity needs assessment;
developed & implemented capacity
building plans
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The “how” of the support provided by SNV to
the mechanics’ Associations:
Capacity building support focused on:
• Training on the following:
Good leadership and management
skills
Business development skills
Financial management & reporting
Procurement and procurement
procedures
Contract administration &
management
• Peer-to-peer learning
• Documentation and sharing of
experiences
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Results and outcomes of SNV’s work:
• Increased cooperation &
learning between mechanics
• Increased accountability to
communities & to
districts/government
• Increased access to spares,
tools, finance & knowledge
• Formal institutions with access
to contracts for repairs &
rehabilitation
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Results & outcomes (Continued):
• Reduced repair costs, in the
long term
• Improved skills in
management of the
associations
• Roll out of the approach by
Ministry of Water &
Environment
• Improved functionality (e.g.
in Kasese district: from 61% in
FY 2008/09 to 74% in 2009/10).
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Lessons learned by SNV:
• District-based associations provide better organized &
regulated service to the sector & community
• HPM associations improve coordination & information flow
between 3 key stakeholders: districts, communities &
mechanics themselves
• District water offices are able to provide adequate support to
well organized associations
• There is need to link associations with support agencies e.g.
for start-up capital; stock of spares; and tools & equipment
• Up-scaling workable solutions can be achieved through
documentation & sharing of success stories
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• SNV will consolidate achievements in the
5 focus districts
• Ministry of Water & Environment should
work closely with SNV in the roll out
• SNV will continue to bridge the
knowledge gap to avoid re-inventing the
wheel
• Participants are urged to increase
functionality using the same approach –
it works!
• SNV is currently working closely with IRC on
the Sustainability Services at Scale (i.e. with
the Triple-S Program in Uganda.
Conclusion: what should happen next
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