WASH

Reaching the Unreached Estates and Surrounding Communities on Equitable Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) for improved health and nutrition Project Funded by the European Union Implemented by
In partnership with the Central and Uva Provincial Councils

ISD started WASH project for Estates and Surrounding Villages.

ISD has started a new initiative in Estate and surrounding villages to improve WASH facilities by enhancing health and nutritional status of marginalized and underserved communities living in 50 estates, 100 rural villages and 50 schools. Key aim of the project is to increase access to high quality safe drinking water, sanitation and hygienic practices in Uva and central provinces. This is a European Union funded project and commenced on 2017, and have been implementing in collaboration with Solidaridad Network Sri Lanka and Nucleus Foundation.

Specific Objectives of the project include:

• Strengthening capacities of local functionaries and community institutions.
• Improved access of population from underserved estates and its surrounding villages to adequate and sustainably managed water supply sources.
• Sustainable nutrition, sanitation and hygienic practices promoted through community mobilization and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) processes.
• Inter-sectorial (public-private) convergence and civil society participation for strengthening service delivery on WASH at district and provincial levels.

Furthermore, it is promoting an enabling environment for the emergence of estate and rural communities to improve health and nutrition status by facilitating the access for safe drinking water facilities at their domestic level. Also, this project contributes to improve the skill and knowledge on best practices of water management, Hygiene and sanitation practices at HH level. The project management is colossally working with government administrational mechanism at central and provincial level to operationalize the project successfully in selected estates and surrounding villagers. Also, project have a strong relationship with Plantation Human Development Trust (PHDT), RPCc, SLPCS, Elkaduwa Plantation and Estate managements to   implement the project at all locations. The Project Management has signed a contract with PHDT, Provincial Councils and Ministry of Hill Country to implement the project in collaborative manner.