Thursday 29 November 2012

Emergency WASH services for flood affected population settled in various school buildings of district Charsadda
August 2010 To August 2010

The monsoon floods of 2010 caused thousands of families to leave their homes in district charsadda and take refuge in various public buildings and spontaneous camps. Congested population in small areas, scarcity of clean drinking water and less awareness about hygiene placed the displaced population at risk for out breaks of diarrhea. To reduce the risk of diarrhea out breaks and contribute to improved general health conditions FRD entered in to Small scale funding agreement with UNICEF for provision of emergency WASH services to flood affected population settled in 09 schools of district Charsadda. FRD continuously provided services of trucking in clean chlorinated drinking water, promotion of personal and communal hygiene among the flood affected population, distribution of family hygiene kits, Installation of water tanks and hand washing facilities, provision of temporary toilets and bathing places in the selected schools, functionalizing the non-functional permanent toilets in schools and providing solid waste management services in the selected schools. The project successfully prevented outbreak of any water born disease during the implementation and for three months after the completion of the project. The project benefited 4,546 individuals. Majority of the beneficiaries of the project had been women and girls as more than 60% of the population in schools during emergency consisted of women and girls.

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