WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE (WASH) AND WATER GOVERNANCE
Through the Kalinjor Water Supply Scheme constructed in Sarlahi district, people like Chandra Kala Thapa (above) and 4000 other people (700 households) are getting water closer to their houses. Photo by: Prerana Marasini/Oxfam
The goal of this programme is to address water insecurity for poor, socially excluded and vulnerable women and men, and achieve systemic change for sustainable and equitable access to water and sanitation. For this, we identify the reasons why people cannot safely access, afford or maintain them. We seek to support them through: policy change in the form of new or improved water law policies and regulatory systems for institutional accountability; pro-poor finance products and technical solutions for ease of maintenance; affordable service agreements with both formal and informal providers and local governance.
To achieve these goals, Oxam takes a system-based approach, identifying the technical, institutional and economic barriers to creating sustainable access to water and sanitation services. Oxfam adopts a holistic water resources management approach to bring water security to marginalized and vulnerable communities with a disaster and climate resilient WASH programme. Syadul Bhalinatar Water Supply System under construction in Dhading district to provide clean water for 188 families. Photo by: Punit Raj Shrestha/Oxfam
Oxfam in Nepal has helped more than
250,000
people with drinking facilities either by constructing new or renovating old water supply schemes, providing financial and technical support to construct toilets, helping them harvest rain water and utilizing waste water. 154,204 people in three provinces got access to household latrines with support provided to construct
30,841 toilets
Working areas: Rautahat, Sarlahi, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, Lalitpur, Kanchanpur, Dadeldhura, Baitadi, Darchula
Projects Purnima: UK Support for Post Earthquake Recovery in Nepal This project supports earthquake-affected communities by providing them with safe and adequate water to address the challenge of water insecurity and achieve systemic change for sustainable and equitable access to water and sanitation. We improve water quality through better design, protection of catchment and recharge areas, protection of intakes, sealing of structures to prevent contamination, and awareness on in-house storage.
16
water supply systems constructed
TROSA (Trans-boundary Rivers of South Asia) The Trans-boundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) is a five-year (2017-2021) regional programme jointly implemented by Oxfam and its partners in four countries. One of the objectives of TROSA is to support women contribution in the decision-making processes, policy dialogues and project specific interventions around trans-boundary water governance. Women’s inclusion and women’s empowerment is crucial for this programme.The program brings together efforts to support the lives of communities (especially women) living along the Mahakali River basin.
Chandra Kala Thapa from Damini Danda of Sarlahi happy to have saved almost three hours of her daily time to fetch water after construction of Kalinjor Water Supply System. Photo by: Prerana Marasini/Oxfam
95
more in pipeline benefitting 50,838 people
22
Women Empowerment Centers formed in four districts Community based
Flood Early Warning System established in Rangoon of Dadeldhura.
Safe Water This project is implemented in Sarlahi and Rautahat districts to improve the lives of 9,657 vulnerable and marginalised population of Pidari Village and Fatuha Maheshpur by providing them with access to safe drinking water with a single, robust, hybrid-powered water system. Sustainability of the system will be ensured through community engagement and evidence based private sector
management for operation and maintenance of the system. The duration of the project is from December 2017 to November 2020. We improve water quality through better design, protection of catchment and recharge areas, protection of intakes, sealing of structures to prevent contamination, and awareness on in-house storage.
Oxfam's WASH in School programme helps school kids like this girl to get good access to clean water and understand the importance of hygiene and sanitation practices. Photo credit: Oxfam
PARTNERS: Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO}, Community and Rural Development Society Nepal (CARDSN), Action Nepal, Forum for Community Upliftment System (FOCUS-Nepal), Prayatnashil Community Development Society (PRAYAS-Nepal), Tulsi Meher UNESCO Club (TMUC) , Unification Nepal (UN), Bagmati Welfare Society Nepal (BWSN), Rural Development Centre Nepal (RDC), Nepal Enviornment and Equity Development Society (NEEDS), Rural Women’s Development and Unity Centre (RUWDUC), Rural Development and Environment Management Society (RUDES), Sankalpa Nepal Oxfam Country Office Jawalakhel-20, Lalitpur, Nepal Telephone: +977 (1) 5542881, Fax: +977 (1) 5523197 www.nepal.oxfam.org www.facebook.com/OxfamInNepal | www.twitter.com/OxfamInNepal
Oxfam has been supporting the people of Nepal for more than 30 years with the vision to create a just society without poverty; a society in which all women and men live a life of dignity, enjoy their rights and assume their responsibilities as active citizens of Nepal. Through its Sustainable Development Programme and Humanitarian Programme, Oxfam in Nepal aims to provide people with livelihood opportunities, ensuring that development-related activities are demand driven and sustainable and that the most vulnerable are empowered to claim their rights.