SUDAN

22[1] 2012 in review | SECTOR ACHIEVEMENTS United Nations and PartnersSudan work plan 2013WashWaSh3.3millionpeople assisted with watersupply in 20124.4millionpeople assisted withimproved sanitation in 2012of existing services. An additional 371,555 people gainedaccess to improved water supply through the constructionof new facilities. Meanwhile, 13 communities in Darfur weredeclared to be free from open defecation and 282,259 peoplewere provided access to improved sanitation through theconstruction of new sanitation facilities and the rehabilitationof damaged sanitation facilities.In terms of hygiene education, 2.6 million people werereached with hygiene education messages and 2.4 millionpeople benefitted from solid waste management activities.Moreover, almost 1.6 million people were served by vectorcontrol measures in IDP camps and risks areas. Capacity buildingactivities were carried out for 6,326 people by communitymembers and WASH sector staff.ChallengesIn 2012, the WASH Sector faced a number of significantchallenges. Reduced funding for WASH humanitarian workresulted in some partners withdrawing or closing operationsin Sudan. This, combined with the creation of two additionalstates in Darfur, resulted in the dividing of limited WASHresources and personnel, affecting the sector’s capacity toimplement WASH responses in a timely manner. The sectorhad to respond to new displacements while at the same timecontinuing to support and maintain essential WASH servicesfor the large number of IDPs already in camps. Sustainingessential WASH services for the old case load of IDPs wasincreasingly challenging with reduced funding. Continuedconflict in some areas of Darfur, South Kordofan State, BlueNile State and Abyei, affected access to some of the country’smost vulnerable people. Poor access was also exacerbated byflooding, which has negatively impacted the implementationof WASH responses.