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DHV Group SUMMARY Introduction The project “Clean Water for Cameroon” was taken up in 1997, by Inbo Foundation and RC Scherpenzeel- Woudenberg, in cooperation with CORDAID and RC Bertoua. It aims at providing clean and wholesome water for at least 200,000 people in the town of Bertoua (East Cameroon) and its immediate surroundings through the construction or rehabilitation of around 55 water points. By early 2010, when 46 water points had been taken up by the project, it was decided to carry out an evaluation of the results. The aim was first and foremost to identify “lessons learned” that could be used for optimising the project and improving the quality of the water points, while retaining those approaches that had proven to work well. Key issues to be addressed, and the approach to be followed for the evaluation, were discussed with the various Dutch stakeholders in early 2010, and on 3 March 2010 also with the Chairman of RC Bertoua’s Water Committee. This was followed by a field survey in July 2010, during which all water points under the project were visited and relevant data collected. At the same time interviews were held with local stakeholders and other parties involved. The field visit and interviews lead to the following conclusions and recommendations: Conclusions The project is a major success, in improving access to better quality water at shorter distances for a considerable number of people. Still, improvements may be realized in three main fields: – – – Technical issues; Community involvement; Project management and administration. These are worked out below in a number of primary recommendations. The degree to which these can be implemented will vary, and will also depend on the expected duration of the involvement of the Dutch Rotary Clubs in the project. Experience shows that the successful involvement of the community, notably in managing water points, requires much time, probably more than may be available within the current project. It is, therefore, essential to follow a pragmatic approach and set the level of ambitions not too high. Recommendations – – – – – Arrange for involvement and commitment of the potential beneficiaries already prior to the start of construction works. The experience of the project currently being carried out by the RC’s from the Veenendaal region could be taken into account for that; Arrange for good-quality type design drawings with sufficiently worked out details, for the various types of water points, together with Bills of Quantities; Develop a more systematic approach to the selection of sites for new water points, starting from the town of Bertoua, and aiming for saturation before expanding the reach of the project. Simultaneously, when selecting sites for water points, pay attention to the presence of latrines, garbage heaps, etc.; Pay more attention to the protection of spring catchment areas against pollution. Where this is not possible, the alternative of constructing a well with handpump should be taken into serious consideration, as the risks are considerably smaller for this type of water point; Rotary / Inbo / Cordaid/Clean Water for Bertoua, Cameroon November 2010, version 5 - 2 -
DHV Group – – Arrange for the involvement of a local supervisor with adequate technical background for supervising the contractor and the construction works in the field; Set up a more professional coordination and control, both locally and from the Netherlands. Rotary / Inbo / Cordaid/Clean Water for Bertoua, Cameroon November 2010, version 5 - 3 -
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