Basic Infrastructure and Livelihoods

Results achieved as of the end of the project (September 2009) include: (1) 23 new boreholes with hand pumps were drilled 20 existing boreholes were rehabilitated and 12 hand-dug wells were built giving 35 000 people access to safe drinking water; (2) 65 gender balanced village water committees were established and members were trained in water maintenance; (3) 800 children were registered at school following the construction of a high school classroom in Mayen Ulem county; (4) six Women’s Centres were rehabilitated and two new Centres were constructed offering training in embroidery bread making and agriculture techniques to more than 4 000 people; (5) 843 women attended literacy and numeracy training in the newly established Women’s Centres empowering them to run income-generating activities; and (6) 1 003 women received tools and vegetable seeds and were trained in vegetable production to increase food security during the rainy season. These results supported the effective and sustainable reintegration of 35 000 returnees and existing community members (surpassing the target of 25 000) in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state through improved access to primary education improved living conditions especially for female-headed households and increased local capacity to manage water resources within communities.