Performance Report for FY 2009/10 - UWASNET

Performance Report for FY 2009/10
Case Study 4.16:
Peace in the homes and in community with improved access to safe water
sources. Source JOY Drilling
Brief background;
WASH project has been implemented in Ayer sub county by J.O.Y Drilling in partnership
with Lifewater International funded by Charity Water. One of the villages where the
intervention took place was Abolonyero in Telela parish that had 171 households with
856 people (241 men, 297 women & 318 children). Before intervention, the village
had one functional water point, two
broken wells and an open dry well.
Women and children used to take
six to eight hours queuing for water.
Quarrels and fights often broke out
at the water source. Within homes,
long hours to collect water resulted
into domestic violence and break
ups of families. Furthermore, there
was limited water for domestic
usage, high rates of skin infections
and absenteeism of children from
school. To make matters worse
women had little or no time for
women to engage in other economic
Stella and her friend at the borehole
activities.
Intervention
WASH intervention in 2009 transformed the community through rehabilitation of
two boreholes in the village. JOY Drilling undertook mobilisation and sensitisation
of water users on best hygiene and sanitation practices and trained them on how
to effectively operate and maintain their water and sanitation facilities. Water and
sanitation committees were also elected and trained to operate and maintain the
water sources.
Outcome
Appreciating the outcome of the rehabilitation of the boreholes, Mrs. Stella Oming, a
member of water users in the village observed, “There were three boreholes in the
whole parish but two had broken down. People would wait for a very long time; if you
went at around 8:30 am, you could return late by may be about 4:00pm. Stella and
her friend added that, “at least there is peace in the homes, no struggling for water,
we have enough water now”. The two ladies happily talk about the joy they have in the
village, now that the times when they were dirty and shabby without clean, adequate
and safe water supply in the village are firmly behind them.
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