Sudan - Emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Oxfam Canada 2015

March 2015 – Ongoing conflicts in Darfur South Kordofan and Blue Nile States as well as an influx of refugees from South Sudan have contributed to a significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Sudan. Some 6.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance including 3.1 million internally displaced people 700 000 refugees and asylum seekers 1.2 million malnourished children under the age of five and 1.6 million people who are food insecure. Food security and malnutrition continue to be priority sectors for humanitarian assistance as well as health and sanitation needs. With DFATD’s support Oxfam Canada is providing emergency food water sanitation and hygiene services to 37 000 conflict-affected people in North Darfur. Project activities include: (1) constructing four new boreholes with hand pumps and rehabilitating ten non-functional hand pumps; (2) training 500 community members on hygiene practices sanitation and water-related diseases; (3) constructing 1 000 households latrines distributing hygiene kits for 1 000 of the most vulnerable households and cleaning tools for 700 additional households; and (4) providing cash grants to 1 000 of the most vulnerable households for cash-for-work projects.

The expected 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 livelihoods activities. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.