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DHV Group 3.8 Water and health related user involvement Health education and training of users are important aspects in a project like this. Currently, the people collecting water are interested mainly in the convenience of collecting water, rather than its quality. This also means that they are collecting clean water in dirty buckets, for instance. Also the use of handpumps needs to be explained. People are often – unnecessarily – banging the handle against the stops, which increases wear on the bearings without offering any benefits. Also, when a well dries up, the people start to pump even harder, without any effect. User-directed education and training is thus an important issue. These aspects are currently being taken into account during the pilot phase of the maintenance project by the RC’s of the Veenendaal area. 3.9 Technical supervision Originally the work of the contractor(s) was supervised by a professional engineer, Mr. Jean Marcel Medou, who also prepared the designs for the water points under Phase 1, and supervised the work by the contractor at that stage, Mr. Laurent Esse. Some reports mention that RC Bertoua considered the cost involved too high, so that this arrangement was discontinued. During the field visit of Mr. Frank Jansink another explanation was given, namely that for health reasons Mr. Medou was no longer available. Some sources mention that for phases 2 and 3 the engineering was done by the contractor Esse himself, like a Design & Construct contract. This happened virtually without outside control, either on the design or on the construction itself. The result was mentioned to be less than desired so that the Chairman of RC Bertoua’s Water Committee decided to terminate the contract. Rotary / Inbo / Cordaid/Clean Water for Bertoua, Cameroon November 2010, version 5 - 22 -
DHV Group The services of another engineer, Mr. Mfoum, were then used, but this was mentioned not to have been a success either. From that time onward, technical supervision has been done by the Chairman of the RC Bertoua’s Water Committee – who obviously does not have the specific technical background. In serious cases the assistance of Mr. Medou is still sought, but because of his poor health he is no longer in a position to visit the locations of the water points. 3.10 Improvement in health conditions as a result of the Project According to an interview by RC members with the Health Inspector (in May 2004) no reliable data is available on water-related diseases such as amoebiasis, dysentery, typhoid fever, cholera, etc. All together, these were said to constitute a problem comparable to that of e.g. AIDS, for which statistical data do exist. Information provided during the June 2010 field trip by the Chairman of RC Bertoua, owner of several pharmacies, indicates that the use of medicines related to water-related diseases has notably decreased, which might be an indication for the success of this and similar projects. 3.11 Exit strategy There is no formal exit strategy for the Project, even though the originally expressed intention to provide Bertoua with clean water through the construction of around 55 water points might be considered as such. Current plans are awaiting the results of this evaluation report, but are based on the assumption that the Project will continue for some time in any case. No decision appears to have been taken on whether such continuation would be in the shape of rehabilitating or constructing other water points, or would concentrate first on any required maintenance or rehabilitation for the 46 water points that have been taken up so far. It is to be expected, however, that the implementation of Phase 6 would be based on the results of the maintenance-related project that is currently ongoing. Rotary / Inbo / Cordaid/Clean Water for Bertoua, Cameroon November 2010, version 5 - 23 -
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