Monthly Progress Report for May, 2010 Water and Sanitation ...

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Monthly Progress Report for May, 2010
Water and Sanitation Improvement in Informal Settlement through Gender
Mainstreaming and Empowerment of Local Authorities
UN‐HABITAT Watsan Team has been involved in developing the supplementary projects and submitted
the proposal for TIKKA i Fund (Turkish Govt.), up scaling the present project to Quetta City (Baluchistan).
In addition to this a series of meetings with UNICEF WES ii Team were carried out for development of
joint proposals and it was decided to meet the relevant Govt. Line Departments at District Level
(Rawalpindi), in order to know their priorities and thus reflecting their prioritized needs in the joint
proposal. WHO iii was also involved in the process of Joint Proposal Development. UN‐HABITAT Watsan
Team was also part of National Sanitation Action Plan developed for five years and stake holder analysis
workshop for developing Behavior Change Communication Strategy at Provincial Level‐Punjab.
Expression of Interest for Global Sanitation Fund for Country Programme Monitor as well as for
Executing Agency was also submitted. The detail of the activities carried out in each non formal urban
settlement is given below;
Rawalpindi
During the reporting month, the implementing partner’s project staff remained involved in carrying out
different activities with community and stakeholder to encourage their participation and ownership in
project activities. Community Councils have been established and structure of the Community Councils
was finalized by involving all the stakeholders. The process of formation of Community Councils in the
four project localities was completed. During the discussions in the meetings the idea of reflect circle
was shared with the communities and it was decided that the communities would be facilitated in the
process of graduation for each reflect circle. It would enable each women interest group to translate
their preferences in improving their livelihoods and to increase their earnings as well as using their
savings in an effective and efficient manner. The
implementing partner also participated in the “Clean
Week” which was organized by the City Government,
Rawalpindi. In coordination meeting with the Executive
District Officer – Municipal Services, the request for
repairing of twelve QINGQI (vehicles provided by
Rawalpindi Environment Improvement Project and a
local NGO Alfalah Development Foundation to overcome
the issue of waste management at UC level. These
activities stepped forward into Memorandum of
Understandings (MoU) with WASA iv and Municipal
Services Department – City District Government
Rawalpindi. Executive District Officer – Municipal
Services (EDO‐MS) and Director Sanitation WASA agreed to take up all the initiatives taken by the
implementing partner under WASH project in future as well as they agreed to include Jhaggyan,
Muhallah Farooqia and Quaidabad in their action planning in future. Two Community Led Total
Sanitation (CLTS) Campaigns one in Jhaggyan and the other in Quaidabad. In addition to this thirty
hygiene sessions have been organized for hundred and thirty boy and three hundred and eleven girl

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students of Government Primary Schools. The discussion was carried out on roles and responsibilities of
different entities in house hold unit.
Islamabad
WES Project in Faisal Colony entered in second phase in the
month of May. Various processes were conducted to assess
health and hygiene related behaviors (demand creation).
Different consultations were conducted with men, women
and religious leaders to finalize the BCC v material. Versus
from bible was included (as the target community is
Christian Community) in the poster to be displayed in
churches. Agreement by the implementing partner was
signed with contractor for implementation of hardware
related activities. Boring of five motorized pumps has been
initiated. Almost all of them are at completion stage.
Monitoring visits were paid by implementing partner
including Community Development Facilitators and WES
adviser. On self help basis 10‐15 houses appointed a lady to collect solid waste from these houses at the
cost of Rs.20‐25 per month per household. Work for boring of water pumps is in process and all the
streets are flooded with waste water, coming out of bores which is properly drain d through the side
drains. It’s not possible to initiate any waste collection mechanism. Project committee is sensitizing
households to dump waste in bins placed by CDA vi outside Faisal colony.
Muzaffarabad
During the reporting month one day gender mainstreaming training was conducted. WASH vii Development
groups formed were three in number in the project area
comprising of fifteen women and two men as members.
Twenty four Wash Improvement Groups meeting were
conducted having participation of three hundred and forty
women, six men and thirty four children. Community
Management Skill Training was organized in camp‐2, where
thirty three women and three men were amongst trainees.
Field teams conducted five life skill sessions where eighty
girls and twenty boys participated. A total of six Community
Based Gender Mainstreaming Watsan Awareness and
Monitoring Sessions were conducted with the community in
which forty five women and fifteen children participated. On
the other hand three meetings with influential stake holders
were organized in the camps for smooth execution of project activities; six Gender mainstreaming school
awareness sessions and three gender mainstreaming and student related WASH activities were also
conducted in the Camp area. Awareness raising sessions were conducted i.e., seventeen sessions on safe
water, five on sanitation and three on safe personal hygiene in the camps. Project Management Committee
meeting was held at Children First Islamabad office during current month. BCC Specialist UN‐HABITAT also
visited Muzaffarabad along with consultants for the development of IEC viii / BCC material.

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Hyderabad
Three Community Organizations (COs) were formed, for capacity building of community organizations in
the context of Watsan, the implementing partner
organized one day training workshop for CO capacity
building, the training was designed on the basic concepts
of organization, structure of CO, roles and responsibilities
of office bearers i.e president, secretary, treasurer and
other members of CO. Twenty five participants from
targeted informal settlements attended the training
workshop and active participants were women in the
training covering the focused gender mainstreaming.
Project engineer with support of PHED ix engineers and
TOIS (TMA x ) prepared rehabilitation/improvement plans
of Thakar Colony, Ghera Colony and Sheedi Goth. Sheedi Goth plan was approved by District
Coordination Officer (DCO) Hyderabad and MD xi WASA assured for the implementation of work in the
mid June. In Thakar Colony the activity of de siltation and rehabilitation of the main holes of sewerage
lines was carried out. The activity was completed with the support of community volunteers and
sanitary workers.
During the reporting month, twelve mobilization and sensitization sessions with the active participation
of hundred and seventy four women were conducted. In
addition to this eleven hygiene sessions were also
conducted. These sessions were participated by more
than three hundred. Hygiene Promoters Staff (Female) of
the implementing partner organized seven training
sessions in three settlements, detailed as three training
sessions in Sheedi Goth where more than seventy
girls/women were benefitted. The implementing partner
also carried out Sanitation Mapping through five PRA xii
sessions. In addition to this eleven sensitization sessions
with school children at Rais Khan Mohammad Primary
and High School near Thakar Colony (class 1 to 10
including girls) where total three hundred and twenty five students were sensitized on hygiene
promotion. Children Clubs were also formed in these schools.
i Turkish International Development Agency
ii Water, Environment and Sanitation
iii World Health Organization
iv Water and Sanitation Authority
v Behavior Change Communication
vi Capital Development Authority

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vii Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
viii Information, Education and Communication
ix Public Health and Engineering Department
x Tehsil Municipal Administration
xi Managing Director
xii Participatory Reflection and Action