Water Services Trust FundUp-scaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor

ProgrammeWhat is the SafiSan Project?

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The Name SafiSan

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• Derived from Safi (Swahili word meaning clean) and Sanitation (English word meaning hygienic management of human faeces

When it comes to sanitation, what are some of the challenges that we face???

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Sanitation challenges in Kenya

• Priority is given to improving water supply leaving sanitation lagging behind • Most resources/ funding set aside for sanitation have been assigned for hygiene education. Toilet construction was not a priority • A split sanitation sub-sector and unclear distribution of responsibilities. Different ministries working on sanitation and it is unclear sometimes who is responsible for what• Very little regulation of toilets (particularly in low income areas) •Very little regulation of waste from the toilets

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Sanitation challenges in Kenya• Rapid urbanization (4.2% p.a.) and

increasing population densities• No space for constructing toilets• Landlords do not want to invest in

constructing toilets in their plots• There are not enough low cost, sanitation

technologies in the Kenyan market • Insufficient experiences and best practices

in sanitation up-scaling approaches• Very poor emptying, transportation and

disposal practices carried out• Low prestige of emptiers

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What is the Water Services Trust Fund?

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• WSTF is the pro-poor basket fund of the water sector which is successfully up-scaling water supply and public sanitation in urban low income areas through the Urban Projects Concept (UPC) window

• To address the sanitation challenges, the WSTF has developed a concept for up-scaling basic sanitation at household and plot level in low income urban areas which will be implemented between 2013 and 2016. This is known as the UBSUP/SafiSan programme

Water Services Trust Fund

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• The UBSUP/SafiSan programme is implemented through UPC which has a proven track record in implementing projects with the WSP’s

• The project is funded by KfW and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) with technical support from the German International Cooperation (GIZ)

What is UBSUP?

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• Upscaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor

• Six-year programme (2011- 2017) with projects financed through the Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF) and implemented by the Water Service Providers (WSPs)

GOAL: Improving living conditions by offering sustainable sanitation to residents of urban low income areas in Kenya

Financing and Implementation

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Policy developments

• Within the framework of the water sector reforms 2003, the water sector has put necessary policy, legal and institutional frameworks to improve the sanitation situation

• Constitution of Kenya 2010: Sanitation is a human right

• Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR) has drafted a new national water policy of 2014 taking into account the requirements of the CoK 2010

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How is Sanitation governed?

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The UBSUP approach (1)• Call for proposals: Water service

providers apply for the UBSUP project within their jurisdiction with estimated minimum demand of 200 toilets (Phase 1)

• Social marketers (animators) promote toilet at household level (Public awareness raising and sanitation marketing)

• Households/Landlords register and choose from standardised toilet designs (UDDT, Pour flush, cistern flush)

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The UBSUP approach (2)

• Households/Landlords contract artisans to build toilet according to standards set

• Supervision of construction is done by the water service providers and field monitors from the Water Services Trust Fund

• After construction to the standards, the water service provider pays a subsidy 20,000 Kenya Shillings per toilet door regardless of the type of toilet chosen

• If a toilet has been rehabilitated, a subsidy of 15,000 Kshs is paid

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Objectives of the UBSUP/SafiSan Programme

• Aims to achieve up-scaling of basic sanitation by developing, testing and implementing innovative practical on-site sanitation systems and service delivery

• Aims at improving the living and health conditions of the urban poor through enhanced access to basic sanitation

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Objectives of the UBSUP/SafiSan Programme (2)

• It will enable residents of low income urban areas to apply good hygiene practices through improved access to adequate sanitation, awareness creation and sensitization

• The programme will be firmly integrated into the water and health sector policies and procedures to ensure sustainability

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Target and status of SafiSan

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Target•To reach 600,000 people with improved sanitation and 200,000 people with improved access to clean water Status•Concept development stage complete•Testing and pilot phase complete in Oloolaiser, Nakuru and Embu•Up-scaling has began with the first 20 WSPs being financed for the project!

Some UBSUP toilets

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Rehabilitated toilets

Have you understood everything about the UBSUP programme?

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Thank you!