KIVU provinces
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Key elements
- The 2 platforms of local NGO’s working on drinking water and sanitation are efficient groups.
- A combined pilot project on Integrated Water Resources Management a small water basin.
- Reform partners from emergency help to structural development.
- Drinking water, hygiene and sanitation.
Partners
1. PEHA (Plate-Forme Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement du Sud-Kivu, with base in Bukavu).
Member organisations (5+1 NGO): Comité Anti-Bwaki, ADI-Kivu, APIDE, ASSATe, BRAPTE, and the BDD (secretary).
2. REHA (Réseau Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement du Nord-Kivu, met basis in Goma).
Member organisations (16 NGO): AMI-Kivu, Antenne Technology/Grands Lacs, ATHR, BEHCOGEN, BOAD, CADRE, CARITAS, CBCA, CECA, CEPROSSAN, CODECO, ETN, FACAR, GAIDER, PAL, UPADERI and GEAD (secretary).
Target groups
Directly: the 2 platforms.
Indirectly: give access to 24.000 people for drinking water and hygiene.
Objectives
The action wants to concede to the necessity of the population to drinking water facilities and sanitation. Many NGO's provide 'short term emergency help'. By setting up a network and reinforcing the capacity by organising workshops, exchanges, formulating action plans and action-focused research, there will be an evolution to sustainable development.
Harmonisation of intervention strategies improves sustainability. Information exchange between the different interventions improves coordination allowing to direct focus to areas with the highest needs.
Main results
- More than 60% of the actors in the water and sanitation sector in North and South Kivu (except the emergency aid organisations) are member of the PEHA or REHA.
- The members of both the co-operations pay membership fees to help financing its functioning.
- Action plans are implemented for the reinforcement of the organisation, the development of the organisation and for organisational learning.
- 36.000 people have sustainable access to drinking water.
- 8.500 people have access to sanitation infrastructure.
- An experiment concerning Integrated Water Resources Management in a micro basin is done and will regarded as a study-object by other actors.
Financing
DGD, ICCO, - the department LNE of the Flemish government - and TMVW through the Flemish Partnership Water for Development, and private donations.
Exchange of expertise
TMVW, ARCADIS Belgium
