Sudan - Emergency Health Water Sanitation and Hygiene - World Vision Canada 2014

March 2014 - More than 6.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan 1.7 million more than in 2013. Conflict poverty environmental hazards and weak governance are all contributing to insecurity and internal displacement. An estimated 5 million people concentrated mostly in Darfur South Kordofan Blue Nile and eastern Sudan require essential life-saving assistance. With DFATD’s support World Vision Canada is providing assistance to 148 337 conflict-affected people in South Darfur Sudan. Project activities include: (1) drilling five new boreholes and repairing 10 broken hand pumps benefitting over 7 500 people; (2) constructing 500 household latrines including bathing facilities for vulnerable households; (3) providing hygiene training to 50 volunteers and distributing hygiene kits to 10 000 people; and (4) equipping health clinics with essential medicines and supplies in four communities to ensure comprehensive reproductive health care.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to safe drinking water; (2) increased awareness of the importance of proper hygiene to maintain and improve health; (3) increased access to sanitation facilities; and (4) increased access to reproductive health care. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.