Program Category: Emergency WASH

Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC)

Project Partner: Oxfam, 

 

Funded by: DFID/Unilever

Project Area: Mahalaxmi Municipality, Lalitpur District

Project Duration: November 2019 to November 2020

 

Aim:

This project focuses on improved prevention and reduction of COVID-19 infection risk focusing on the most vulnerable regions and populations and also with other approaches.

 

Project Description: 

Nepal, first reported the COVID-19 case in January 2020, and the graph of COVID-19 cases increases from March 2020. With this, the spread of COVID-19 has been rapid and people are at high risk of developing and spreading the disease in the community and further increase public health threats.

In response to this, ENPHO with the support of Oxfam has been implementing “Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC) at Mahalaxmi Municipality, Lalitpur. Adopting Mum’s Magic Hand (MMH) tools as a one of the effective tools for behaviour change in regard to handwashing, this project focuses on prevention and reduction of COVID-19 infection risk focusing on the most vulnerable regions and populations.

 

Project Outputs:

  • Sustained improvement in hygiene and health behaviours that limit the spread of Covid-19
  • Gender norms promote equal distribution of hygiene and health related care work among women and men at the household and community level

Major Achievements:

  • Completed baseline assessment
  • Pretested Mum’s Magic Hand (MMH) story board at community level

Beneficiaries:

1000 HHs

Post-Earthquake Reconstruction WASH in Nepal (PURNIMA)

Project Partner:  Oxfam

Project Areas:  Bagmati Rural Municipality, Mahankal Rural Municipality, and Konjyosom Rural Municipality (Rural Municipalities of Southern Lalitpur), Lalitpur district, Province 3.

Project Duration:   Sept 2018-May 2019 (Extended to June 2019)-Lot3

May 2019- March 2020 (Extended to July 2020)-Lot 4

Aim:

  • To contribute to gender responsive sustainable recovery and reconstruction among vulnerable earthquake affected communities by providing them with safe, adequate and sustainable water.

 

Project Description:

In order to provide access to safe, adequate and sustainable water supply services to the most vulnerable and excluded households of earthquake affected communities, PURNIMA project is working at the three Gaupalikas (Rural Municipalities) of southern Lalitpur: namely Bagmati Rural Municipality, Mahankal Rural Municipality, and Konjyosom Rural Municipality. In line with DFID and MM, Oxfam in Nepal has provided the financial support for the implementation of the project. Rehabilitation and construction of sustainable disaster resilient and gender friendly water supply systems are the major objectives of this project. PURMINA project is a phase-wise implementation project, where ENPHO get to implement Lot 3 and Lot 4 phase of the project. The Lot 4 phase focuses on development and construction of 9 water supply schemes. Apart from constructing disaster resilient and gender friendly water supply schemes, various programs for institutional capacity development of WSS were also conducted.

 

Project Outputs:

  • Developed 9 disaster resilient and gender friendly water supply systems;
  • Developed 9 Water Supply Schemes Water Safety Plans and are being applied
  • Institutional capacity developed as following:
  • 9 Water Users Committee (WUC) registered;
  • 91 people trained on Occupational Health and Safety Measures (OHS);
  • 96 people trained on pre-construction;
  • 97 people trained on waters safety plan development.

 

 

 

Major Achievements:  

  • Trained 83 WUC on roles and responsibilities related to planning, implementation, O&M and Water Safety Plan (WSP);
  • No cases and incidence of safety issues have been registered in Safety Assurance and Information Boards which were installed during construction.
  • Increased ownership, management and sustainability of the schemes through water tariff and monthly payment system.
  • Authorities from rural municipalities and local communities more dedicated and concerned for the sustainability of the constructed schemes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficiaries:

Bagmati Rural Municipality: 728 people reached

Mahankal Rural Municipality: 1291 people reached

Konjyosom Rural Municipality: 331 people reached

440 Households

2068 People Reached