WATSAN Needs Assessment Report Mercy
corps together with Medair, COOPI, ASB, Food for Hungry and AMREF Uganda is
implementing water and sanitation in Pader district settlement camps. The Needs
Assessment on water and sanitation study was conducted in the four sub counties
in Pader district. The rapid assessment
was intended to provide the necessary baseline data for programme planning and
future program evaluation. A random
sampling method was employed with help of the camp commandant where 40
households were involved in the study in each of the four camps. Camp
population was estimated at 2,500; 3,000; 2,559; and 3,919 for Obolokome,
Opyelo, Agelec and Ogonyo camps respectively.
Mercy Corps,
April 2007,
3 pages.
Response to Emergency Situations:
Camp Community Sanitation and Hygiene strategy
Lack of adequate safe water and poor hygiene and
sanitation for large numbers of people living in internally displaced people
(IDP) camps has resulted into appalling living conditions. The main objective of the Camp Community
Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy is to provide simple technology options,
mobilization, and organisational guidance, for the sustainable promotion of
sanitation and hygiene among the internally displaced people. The main focus is starting with small and
simple improvements but through an integrated approach progressively work
towards the recommendations of the Sphere standards. The strategy paper is a useful document for
Local government with IDP camps, and NGOs involved in improving
sanitation and hygiene in the camps.
UNICEF Uganda and NETWAS Uganda,
June 2005,
23 Pages.
Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion
Strategy for Schools in Conflict areas
In situations of high population densities per unit
area as seen in the camps in Northern and Eastern Uganda, the preservation of
sanitation and hygiene is an enormously big challenge that needs careful
planning and the use of suitable approaches and technologies. This proposed strategy provides a brief
overview of the current sanitation and hygiene conditions in the IDP camp
schools and provides some suggestions on how to address the sanitation and
hygiene problems. The strategy focuses on low cost technologies and
approaches. This strategy has been
developed as part of UNICEF’s response to emergencies for use by local
governments and NGOs.
UNICEF Uganda and NETWAS Uganda,
First Edition: March 2005,
41 pages.
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