Project: Proposal for Provision of Sanitized Water

Project on the supply of hygienic water in the community of Danishabad

Area: Danishabad community (Peshawar)

Organization: The Water Bearers

Project Goal:

Providing the inhabitants of Danishabad with proper tube well system through collaboration of the community members and semi-government organization.

Project Objectives:

1. To spread awareness about hygiene and maintaining health standards.2. To develop a tube well system for provision of sanitized water in the community.3. Controlling the already initiated health problems caused by using unhygienic water;

example cholera, malaria etc.4. Ensure participation of community members, promoting use of clean water and

maintaining proper health standards in the community.

Water is the basic necessity needed by everyone every day. Clean water is a precious gift that is usually taken for granted. Only those know the value of water that are deprived from it.

Being a community psychologist it is our responsibility to facilitate the underprivileged. For this purpose we have to ensure the participation of the targeted community’s members and involvement of semi-government organization to channelize funding and resources for this problem. Stimulate bottom-up participation and active system of water provision for the community.

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Project Implementation Strategy:

1. Baseline survey to find out the problems and needs of the community:a. To find out the basic attitudes of the community towards provision of

hygienic water and enhancement of water sanitation and finding out other problems (diseases) that have risen due to low health standards by observation and conducting interviews in the community.

b. Assessing validity of the issues realized/raised by the community members.2. Spread awareness about the value of hygienic water by and to promote realization

of their problem and maintaining health standards in the community by setting up awareness raising camp/sessions (community mobilization).

3. To devise an appropriate solution for the existing problem: Identify areas and make plan for:

a. Designing and constructing standard tube well water system and maintaining water sanitization effectively.

b. Setting up small temporary camps for disease control caused by lack of hygienic water and poor health standards in the community.

4. To collaborate with an appropriate semi-government organization (that would help in working for our cause) and stakeholders in order to achieve the objectives of the project.

5. To work within the existing resources (i.e. funds etc.) and keep the strategy/design flexible.

6. Anticipate affectivity of the project by weekly progress reports and evaluations and adjust the project design on basis of (community) feedback and available resources.

7. To assure active community involvement in providing safe water supply and safeguarding the tube well system for purposeful future use.

8. To encourage the community members and volunteers for funding and maintenance and sustainability of the project.

Project Estimated Budget:

• The calculated estimate of the budget is PKR Rs. 07 million.

• A total of 5 million PKR is allocated for the construction of tube well and resource supply.

• The rest 2 million will include employee salaries (including 8 labourers) other cost and expenses of food and shelter.

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Project Modalities:

Project Beneficiaries:

This project will benefit mainly the inhabitants of the community of Danishabad. According to a recent survey the town consists of about 28,000 people. A large number of them have migrated here from rural areas such as Lund Khwar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Parachinar, Hangu, Kohat, Karak, Bannu and Regy. This community mainly consist of low income families mostly living in rented houses. These people don’t have proper channels to voice their demands i.e. improving health standards in the community and supply of hygienic water for their daily use.

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Monitoring the Project and Progress Reporting on a Weekly Basis

Schedule of Personnel:

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Position Responsibilities

1. Board of directors

Programme management Planning strategies of implementation Funding sources identification and Planning for sustainability

2. Manager

Training and advising Operations and performance tracking Research and innovation Program accounting and finance

3. Community Psychologist

Administration Service/problem identification and

supervision Consult with stakeholders/semi-govt.

organization Arrangement of meetings with the

community Devising appropriate solution by

collaboration of professionals (engineers, doctors etc.)

Channelize resources Volunteers supervision Field support Maintaining records

4. Social Mobilizers

Set up awareness raising sessions/camps in the community with the help of stakeholders

5. Engineers

Designing standard tube-well system for the supply of hygienic water in the community

6. Doctors/Dispensers

Setting up temporary camps for disease control caused by lack of hygiene

Providing medication and other health facilities to control prevalent diseases in the community

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Position Responsibilities

7. Labourers Constructing the tube-well system Help setting up the camps in the required

areas

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Board of Directors Manager

Community Psychologist

Engineers

Doctors/

Dispenser

Social Mobilizers

Labourers

Monitoring, Evaluation Plan and Reporting:

The progress of the project will be monitored and evaluated from day 1 through proper assessment, evaluation and recording on a weekly basis. The evaluation will be achievement based with reference to time and will be done keeping in mind the projects main objectives and goals.

A water committee will be set up in the community so that information regarding any problems etc. will be managed through a proper channel and directed towards the stakeholder in a timely manner. This committee will discuss progress and if any hindrances in it twice a year with the stake holder. Feedback from the local community members will be taken immediately and processed for further progression.

Our weekly evaluation plan will consist of the following points:

WEEK 1

Initially observations will be made in the community as well as interviews taken to get a feel of the problems that are faced by the inhabitants.

Further in depth research and assessments of the realized needs will be made to find out the major problem at hand.

These problems will then be discussed with an influential member of the community (stakeholder).

WEEK 2

Devise proper solutions to overcome these problems. These solutions will then be discussed with the stakeholder. Cross checking for probable errors in the design.

WEEK 3

Social mobilization. Setting up awareness camps and health camps with the help of stakeholders. Educating the people about hygiene and health standards. Making them realize their problems. Motivating them to take action. Providing them with proper medication to control already present diseases caused

by unsanitary conditions.

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WEEK 4

Encouraging inhabitants to step forward to help in fund raising for the project at hand.

Call for volunteers. Accumulation of the funds. Estimate the cost/benefit of the project.

WEEK 5

Looking for efficient and capable engineer to design the tube-well system. Discussing blue prints of the tube well system with the inhabitants through the

stakeholders.

WEEK 6

Locating proper site for construction. Asking for land permit to start construction. Providing material and labourers for construction.

WEEK 7

Starting construction on the tube-well.

WEEK 8-9

Construction continued.

WEEK 10

Inauguration of new tube well system with community members and stakeholders and organizations.

Testing the water of the tube well system

WEEK 11

Putting the tube well into practice.

WEEK 12

Forming a water committee for the maintenance and sustainability of the tube well system.

Inviting doctors for monthly visitation for regular check on disease control

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Risks to Successful Implementation:

Insufficient participation from stakeholders, community members and relevant semi govt. agencies in deciding the type of system to be implemented.

Land issues: Locating proper site for construction. Permits for land will be needed to lay pipes, construct tube well-system,

storage tanks, treatment systems etc. Objection or blockage from community members during construction of

project. Land acquisition not finalized before construction work starts.

Quality of water: Quality of water from the tube-well may be low. May contain high iron or manganese, may be smelly. Well head protection will be required.

Lack of proficient and qualified engineers. Lack of fund and manpower for operation. Continuous maintenance will be required to ensure the filtration system and

other equipment and components of the tube-well system function efficiently and effectively.

Project Sustainability:

Sustainability before the project will be achieved through: Motivating the community members and stakeholders to take active part in

this project by explaining their problems and sharing their views, ideas on solution towards their problems.

Sustainability during the project: Social mobilization. Active participation ensured by community members, stakeholders, relevant

semi-govt. organization. Stake holders will be asked to invite other influential parties and or

organizations to take part in providing funds and helping out in this project. Doctors and dispensers will be encouraged to educate the people about

hygiene and improving health standards; and work on disease control. Sustainability after project:

Once the new tube well has been properly built and put into practice management and care will be done through a water committee.

Regular sanitation of the water to ensure cleanliness of its use for the inhabitants.

Testing/disinfecting the water so it is according to WHO standards.

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Monthly feedback by the inhabitants consuming the water. Regular visits by doctors for looking at patients and providing proper

treatments.

Pilot Study: Need Based Research

Aim/Objective: The supply hygienic water in the community of Danishabad and improving health standards (by disease control etc.).

Method: Observation & Unstructured Interviews

Procedure: The community of Danishabad is ghetto neighbourhood located in periphery of University Town; Peshawar. It has an estimate of about 28,000 people. A large of number of them have migrated here from rural areas such as Lund Khwar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Parachinar, Hangu, Kohat, Karak, Bannu and Regy. We got to know from a source that there are some problems in that community. Our team went there and conducted a survey to find out the prevalent issues over there. We observed the state of the community and conducted some interviews from the community members to find out/locate the major problem at that time. Our interviews were unstructured and most of the questions were thought of at the spot, relevant and according to the situation at hand.

Description: Water scarcity /shortage occurs where there are insufficient water resources to satisfy long term average requirements

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which may be caused due to high population density ,intensive agriculture and excessive water demands or an inadequate water supply/source.

The main problem felt was prevalent in the community was the shortage of potable water and an unhygienic environment(stagnant water and a canal containing filthy water due to which many water borne diseases were spread).

During our observations we saw that the community had a canal running through that was filled with filthy water, along with stagnant water in parts of the areas. These were the main nesting places for flies and mosquitoes and were the major source of water borne diseases.

We also found an old water tank over there but it was dysfunctional, rusted and was of no use.

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Result/Conclusion: According to our survey a need was felt for the supply of hygienic water and control of prevalent diseases in the community due to unsanitary conditions and poor health standards.

Interventions: Set up awareness raising sessions, set up temporary camps for disease control and providing necessary medications, designed and constructed a proper tube-well system for hygienic water supply to the inhabitants of the community.

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