Integrated Services for Children & Mothers (ISDCM)

Software Activities :

Visit of each SWO (Base Line Survey to Assess present Situation)
Situation Analysis
Users' group meeting at each option site
Re-Briefing of C/Ts on Maintenance
Creation of Maintenance fund
Awareness creating (Community Participation) through Secondary School Debate
Awareness creating through Drama staged locally
Briefing of local Elites and Volunteers on 11 Hygiene Practices.
Survey to assess present situation of 11 Preferred Hygiene practices
Analyzing Survey data to detect the Health Hazard Risks
Filling of Registration Format Survey with Global Positioning System (GPS)
Filling of Sanitary Inspection Survey (SIS)
Piloting Water Safety Plan (WSP)
Activate Union AMC through conducting meeting presenting situation of SWO installed in the union
Briefing of union level Stake Holders on present status of SWO and future plan and sort necessary assistance
Meeting of Upazila AMC
Participation of Regional Training session on WSP in conjunction with CAP training (ESHWRA Project).

C. Hardwire Activities

Minor rectification of Dug well
Major rectification of Dug well
Rectification of R W H system

D. Follow-Up of Uzirpur PWSS

Mass Meeting in 7 Para of Uzirpur Village
Reorganize the Management Committee of PWSS
Re –orientation of Community Leaders
Repair, rectification, replacement of spares and pipe line leakage
Rectification of Electrical Motors to overcome the problem arise due to load shedding

Information to be added


Donor & Agreement:	UNICEF. UNICEF/PCA/2005/046.
Area & Duration :	Manikganj Sadar, Homna and Damurhuda Upazila. June 2005 – December 2005
Cost of Project :	BD. Tk. 3,898,542.00

DAMURHUDA

Introduction / Background : Access to safe water is one of the important determinants and accordingly different Arsenic free water options were constructed at the community level under DPHE-UNICEF Action Research Community Based Arsenic Mitigation Project. Damurhuda is one of the Upazilas out of 19 Upazilas under this project. GOB-UNICEF Arsenic Mitigation project also has been implemented for this upazila for the last 3 years. In order to sustain the project activities greater emphasis was given on the community efforts. But options installed and activities carried out did not produce the desired results. Now it has become imperative to assess the situation and sort out the best options and from the ones less effective and also those which totally failed. The lessons have been learnt and the real picture is now in front of us for further necessary action. A lot of money has been spent for the project and UNICEF-DPHE felt that a follow-up project had to be made and implemented on the basis of project activities, field situation and from the lessons learnt. The project was designed by ISDCM as an implementing agency which was approved by DPHE and funded by UNICEF.

Objectives of the Project:

To make the community management system effective for operation and maintenance of water options installed.
To keep the safe water options running in order to ensure arsenic free water
Piloting Water Safety Plan (WSP)
Monitoring Water Quality